Tag: Hong Kong
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Court convicts Wall Street Journal publisher of deterring reporter from taking union role
A Hong Kong court on Thursday convicted the publisher of The Wall Street Journal of deterring its reporter from taking up a trade union role, in a ... -
Court upholds convictions of Cardinal Zen and others
A Hong Kong court yesterday dismissed appeals brought by a 94-year-old Roman Catholic cardinal and four others over their convictions for failing to register a now-defunct ... -
Joshua Wong pleads guilty in second national security case
Prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security under a Beijing-imposed law that ... -
Fast-fashion giant Shein’s shares fall after trading debut
Shares in fast-fashion online retail giant Shein fell after they began trading on Hong Kong’s stock market yesterday, after a long delay in the company’s plans ... -
AI and robotics drive an IPO boom in China
Chinese markets are booming with new public stock offerings, energized by the craze for artificial intelligence and other advanced technology and a growing preference to list ... -
Conglomerate seeks $1.5 billion in damages from Panama
Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison said yesterday it was seeking more than $1.5 billion in damages from Panama after the country seized two canal ports caught ... -
Committee hears final arguments in probe of city’s deadliest fire in decades
An independent committee investigating the cause of Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades began hearing final arguments yesterday as the inquiry moves toward a conclusion. The November fire engulfed seven ... -
Eateries welcome dogs as city relaxes ban
Hong Kong dog owners and their four-legged friends have gained new freedoms after the city relaxed a decades-old rule, allowing the pets to join them at eateries. ... -
Activist Joshua Wong set for September sentencing in second national security case
Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong is scheduled to be sentenced in September in a case brought under a national security law that critics say has stifled the city’s ... -
Hong Kong Police arrest booksellers on suspicion of selling seditious publications
Hong Kong police on Wednesday arrested two people on suspicion of selling seditious publications and receiving funds from foreign political organizations, acting under a recent national security law. ... -
Gov’t begins consultation on first five-year plan modelled on mainland approach
Hong Kong yesterday launched a public consultation for its five-year plan in a politically symbolic step that brings the special administrative region closer to mainland China’s development ... -
Customs swoop ahead of the World Cup, seizing USD20m in fake goods
Just hours before the World Cup was set to kick off, Hong Kong authorities announced the seizure of 230,000 suspected counterfeit items worth an estimated $20 million, including ... -
Hong Kong charges 7 people and 2 firms over massive fire that killed 168
Hong Kong authorities yesterday charged seven people and two companies with offenses including manslaughter and conspiracy to defraud over the city’s deadliest fire in decades. The massive ... -
Hong Kong proposes to let city leader decide what counts as national security offense
The Hong Kong government proposed legislation yesterday that would allow the city’s leader to designate certain criminal acts as national security offenses, stepping up its efforts to stamp ... -
Beijing’s capital controls may test Hong Kong property rebound: report
A fresh crackdown by Beijing on cross-border capital flows is casting uncertainty over one of the strongest drivers of Hong Kong’s property recovery: mainland Chinese buyers. ... -
Revelers pack Cheung Chau Island for bun festival, a century-old tradition
Hong Kong’s iconic bun festival drew throngs of revelers to the densely populated city’s outlying island, Cheung Chau, to celebrate a century-old tradition that is rooted ... -
Court hears final arguments in trial of vigil organizers, hopes for July verdict
A Hong Kong court yesterday concluded final arguments in a national security trial for two former organizers of the city’s vigils remembering the 1989 Tiananmen Square ... -
Regulators fine PwC $166M over China Evergrande audit
PwC, one of the world’s biggest accounting firms, is paying HK$1.3 billion ($166 million) in fines and compensation in Hong Kong over its audit work for ... -
Government seeks to seize millions from jailed activist Jimmy Lai
The Hong Kong government is seeking to confiscate millions of dollars in funds and corporate shares it says are linked to crimes committed by jailed former ... -
Grieving, traumatized survivors return to their homes five months after deadly fire
Keung Mak knew what he would see and he already was hurting, but he had to go back. For the first time since Hong Kong’s deadliest ... -
Firm files arbitration against Maersk, saying it schemed with Panama over port takeover
A subsidiary of a Hong Kong-based conglomerate started arbitration proceedings against Danish logistics and port group Maersk, accusing the company of aligning with Panama in a ... -
The probe of Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades begins hearings
An independent committee investigating the cause of Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades heard accounts yesterday about how a series of failures contributed to the 2025 ... -
Ex-media mogul Jimmy Lai will not appeal national security conviction, legal team says
Hong Kong pro-democracy ex-publisher Jimmy Lai will not appeal the national security conviction for which he was sentenced to 20 years in prison last month, his legal team ... -
Father of a US-based activist is sentenced to eight months under national security law
A Hong Kong court sentenced the father of a U.S.-based activist to eight months in prison late last week for attempting to withdraw some funds from ... -
Court dismisses appeals of activists in a key national security case
A Hong Kong court yesterday dismissed all appeals in the city’s biggest case brought under a Beijing-imposed national security law, upholding the convictions and sentences of ... -
Gov’t offers to buy apartment ownerships from fire victims
Hong Kong officials on Saturday unveiled resettlement plans for thousands of people who were displaced by the deadliest blaze in decades last November, proposing to buy back ... -
Chinese sea captain pleads not guilty court to damaging Baltic Sea cables
A Chinese sea captain of a Hong Kong-flagged vessel accused of damaging undersea cables and a gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea in 2023 pleaded not ... -
Former media tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in national security case
Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media tycoon and a fierce critic of Beijing, was sentenced yesterday to 20 years in prison in the longest ... -
Ex-media tycoon Jimmy Lai will be sentenced today after national security conviction
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy former media tycoon Jimmy Lai will be sentenced today following his conviction in December under the city’s national security law. Lai, the 78-year-old founder of ... -
Hong Kong firm begins proceedings over ruling against its Panama Canal port contract
Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison Holdings said yesterday its subsidiary started arbitration proceedings against Panama after that country’s Supreme Court ruled a concession for the subsidiary to ... -
Uber announces taxi services between Hong Kong and Macau
Uber has launched a new cross-border travel service linking Hong Kong and Macau, alongside the introduction of limited taxi rides in Macau through its app, expanding ... -
Across the forgotten walls of an island, a flock of bird murals rises
They perch gently on concrete ledges. They nestle into peeling stucco. Occasionally, they soar across a stone house’s rooftop. A flock has landed in Wang Tong ... -
Two activists plead not guilty in national security trial
Two organizers of Hong Kong’s long-running vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown pleaded not guilty yesterday, while a third pleaded guilty before the trial brought ... -
Conviction in Jimmy Lai’s case demonstrates effectiveness of legal system for safeguarding national security
The conviction in Jimmy Lai’s case was based on a solid and comprehensive chain of evidence, demonstrating the robustness and effectiveness of Hong Kong’s legal system ... -
Red lines and increasing self-censorship reshape once freewheeling press scene
From 18th place to 140th. That’s how much Hong Kong’s ranking plunged in a global press freedom index over some 20 years. Behind the decline are ...
