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HK Tiananmen vigil organisers labelled 'foreign agents'; Airport arrests
May 11, 2022 (AFP)
The decision was made on national security grounds but those being prosecuted argue that the precedent-setting ruling makes it harder to prepare their defence a...
China's consumer inflation picks up in April in virus flare-up
May 11, 2022 (AFP)
The damage from Beijing's strict zero-Covid strategy has been increasingly reflected in economic data, as lockdowns in key cities such as Shanghai snarled suppl...
G7, EU voice 'grave concern' at new HK leader selection process
May 09, 2022 (AFP)
Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the United States joined the EU in putting on record their "grave concern over the selection process", in whic...
John Lee: the former Hong Kong cop Beijing trusts
May 07, 2022 (AFP)
Lee, 64, is expected to be anointed Hong Kong's next chief executive by a small committee on Sunday, the culmination of a choreographed, Beijing-blessed race wi...
Will Hong Kong reopen for business under new leader Lee
May 06, 2022 (AFP)
Lee, a former security chief, is expected to be confirmed Hong Kong's next chief executive on Sunday by a committee of 1,463 elites after running uncontested wi...
Hong Kong more unequal, less free as Carrie Lam leaves office
May 05, 2022 (AFP)
Lam, Hong Kong's first woman leader, took office promising to heal divisions and tackle livelihood issues, especially a housing crisis. Her term was instead dom...
Hong Kong's next leader vows reboot but no zero-Covid exit timeline
Apr 29, 2022 (AFP)
John Lee, a former top cop and security chief, is expected to be appointed Hong Kong's new chief executive by a committee of some 1,500 Beijing loyalists on May...
Hong Kong student gets five-years for Telegram 'secession' messages
Apr 29, 2022 (AFP)
Lui Sai-yu, a 25-year-old engineering student, pleaded guilty to "incitement to secession", a crime under the national security law imposed by Beijing in 2020 t...
China unfavorability at all-time high in US
Apr 28, 2022 (AFP)
The Pew Research Center, which surveyed 3,581 US adults in March, also found that 40 percent of Americans have "very" unfavorable views of China, with feelings ...
EU okays aid to Lithuanian firms hurt by China spat
Apr 26, 2022 (AFP)
Lithuania has attracted bitter retaliation from China after Taiwan was allowed to open a de-facto embassy in Vilnius. Beijing staunchly rejects any internationa...
West urged to fight against 'dire' state of press freedom in HK
Apr 26, 2022 (AFP)
Hong Kong Watch urged Western countries to defend journalists in the former British territory, including by offering them visas to relocate and outlets for Cant...
Hong Kong press club scraps rights awards over 'red line' fears
Apr 25, 2022 (AFP)
The decision has triggered a row within the Foreign Correspondents' Club Hong Kong (FCCHK) and sparked resignations from within its press freedom committee, fou...
Hong Kong judge rules in favour of abused domestic worker
Apr 22, 2022 (AFP)
The landmark ruling marks a rare victory for migrant worker activists, who have long argued that the city's 340,000 domestic workers -- mostly women from the Ph...
YouTube removes channel promoting future Hong Kong leader
Apr 20, 2022 (AFP)
Lee is expected to be appointed the business hub's new chief executive by a committee of 1,500 Beijing loyalists next month. He faces no rivals. He has used You...
Hong Kong pro-democracy DJ gets 40 months in jail for sedition
Apr 20, 2022 (AFP)
Tam Tak-chi, 49, is among a growing number of activists charged with sedition, a previously little-used law that prosecutors have dusted off in the wake of mass...
First Hong Kongers convicted for online vote-boycott calls
Apr 19, 2022 (AFP)
Salesman Chan Kin-man, 36, and office assistant Alice Leung, 65, were both sentenced to two months in jail with 18 months of suspension respectively by a magist...
Hong Kong TV show ignites 'brownface' row with Filipina role
Apr 13, 2022 (AFP)
Broadcaster TVB cast Canadian-Hong Konger Franchesca Wong to play a Filipina domestic worker for its series "Barrack O'Karma 2". Wong appears in the show with v...
Hong Kong leadership candidate says one-horse race 'not easy'
Apr 13, 2022 (AFP)
John Lee, 64, is expected to be anointed the business hub's new chief executive by a committee of 1,500 Beijing loyalists next month. Hong Kong media have widel...
Veteran Hong Kong journalist arrested for 'sedition'
Apr 11, 2022 (AFP)
The arrest is the latest blow to the local press in Hong Kong, which has seen its media freedom rating plummet as Beijing cracks down on dissent. Allan Au, a 54...
Leader-in-waiting light on policy details in Hong Kong reboot vow
Apr 09, 2022 (AFP)
John Lee, 64, is expected to be anointed the business hub's new chief executive by a committee of Beijing loyalists next month. A hardline former security chief...
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