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The other defendants included “Hong Kong’s father of democracy” Martin Lee and veteran pro-democracy figures Albert Ho and Lee Cheuk-yan. They were charged with organizing and taking part in a …

The changes would see the number of directly elected representatives fall to 20 from 35 and the size of the legislature increase to 90 seats from 70 currently China’s legislature …

The top decision-making body in the Chinese parliament unanimously adopted a controversial plan to reform Hong Kong’s electoral system by a vote of 167-0 on Tuesday. The sweeping bill is …

In a unanimous and unsurprising decision Tuesday, the standing committee of the National People’s Congress, China’s rubber-stamp parliament, endorsed proposed changes to how Hong Kong lawmakers and the city’s leader …

Since its premiere at Sundance Film Festival in January 2020, ‘Do Not Split’ has won praise on the festival circuit for its intense, street-level depiction of the 2019 Hong Kong protests …

Chinese officials have also increasingly insisted that only those who prove themselves sufficiently loyal to Beijing and the ruling Communist Party may hold office Delegates wearing face masks to help …

SINGAPORE — Stocks in Asia-Pacific rose in Monday morning trade, with multiple markets in North Asia closed for Lunar New Year holidays. South Korea’s Kospi led gains in the region …

“The HKTB has been planning ahead to prepare for the much-anticipated grand invitation to welcome visitors back to Hong Kong,” YK Pang, Chairman of the HKTB, said during the virtual …

TipRanks Wells Fargo: These 2 Stocks Could Climb at Least 30% After January’s sell-off, February’s first week of trading saw the stock market firmly back in bull mode. All 3 …

Chan, Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong government, said in a blog that in the past few years’ budgets, investment was made in environmental protection and optimizing urban construction to …

Lau Ka-tung struggled to breathe. He’d been locked in a room that smelled of feces, he said, with a man who kept banging his head on the wall. The lights …

For years, parents and students in the semi-autonomous city have feared a shift toward China-style “patriotic education,” with a previous attempt to introduce such a curriculum defeated by mass protests …

HONG KONG: Twenty-four activists appeared in a Hong Kong court on Friday on charges related to a June 4 vigil last year marking the anniversary of China’s military crackdown on …

HONG KONG — Some days, Cathy Yau wanders down dark alleys looking for rats to poison. Other days, she helps food banks deliver meals to older people. Often her phone …

Britain’s government said some 7,000 people with BN(O) passports have arrived since July on the previously allowed six-month visa and estimates that over 3,00,000 people will take up the offer …

Cindy had a comfortable lifestyle in Hong Kong: she owned several properties with her husband, they had a good business going. But last year she made up her mind to …

Hong Kong residents can apply from Sunday for a new visa offering them an opportunity to become British citizens after Beijing’s imposition of a national security law in the Asian …

From Sunday afternoon, anyone with a British National (Overseas) passport and their dependents will be able to apply online for a visa allowing them to live and work in the …

China said Friday it will no longer recognise the British National Overseas passport as a valid travel document or form of identification amid a bitter feud with London over a …

Written by Vivian Wang and Tiffany May When Shirley Leung, 60, woke up enclosed in Hong Kong’s first coronavirus lockdown, she surveyed the tiny room she shares with her adult …

(Bloomberg) — A chill swept through Chinese financial markets after the central bank withdrew cash from the banking system and an official warned about asset bubbles. The People’s Bank of …

New infections in recent months and a contagious new variant threatening to accelerate the pandemic have prompted some governments to revert to their harshest social-distancing measures. In Hong Kong, the …

The government said there were 70 buildings in the “restricted area” of Jordan and that it aims to finish the process within about 48 hours. Hong Kong’s government locked down …

Shares fell Monday across most of Asia following a retreat on Wall Street, but benchmarks in Hong Kong and Shanghai rose after data showed the Chinese economy grew a solid …

Last July, five young men boarded a recreational boat in a remote harbor in Hong Kong. They passed through waters patrolled by the Chinese authorities and headed east, across the …

Their escape follows the mass arrest of democracy figures in Hong Kong under a new national security law that is part of a mounting crackdown by China on the financial …