A leading media group reports that dozens of Hong Kong journalists have faced harassment in recent months
September 13, 2024
A powerful typhoon has made two landfalls in southern China after it swept south of Hong Kong, bringing many aspects of life in the region to a halt
September 06, 2024
As Beijing’s political crackdown dominates Hong Kong's headlines, some residents are turning away from local news, especially political reports
August 31, 2024
The convictions of two Hong Kong journalists who led a now-shuttered online news outlet have deepened concerns of media groups and foreign governments over the city’s press freedom
August 29, 2024A Hong Kong court has convicted two former editors of a shuttered news outlet in a sedition case seen as a barometer for the future of media freedoms in a city once hailed as a bastion of free press in Asia
August 29, 2024
Two journalists who led a now-closed Hong Kong online news outlet will hear a verdict in their sedition case on Thursday
August 28, 2024
Hong Kong has welcomed the births of its first locally born giant pandas
August 15, 2024
Hong Kong’s top court on Monday upheld the convictions of seven of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy activists over their roles in one of the biggest anti-government protests in 2019
August 12, 2024
Five years after Hong Kong's massive anti-government protests erupted, the lives of many young people who were jailed or arrested during Beijing’s political crackdown on the city's pro-democracy movement remain in limbo
August 01, 2024
A lawyer says activist publisher Jimmy Lai will testify in his defense at his Hong Kong national security trial
July 25, 2024
A top Chinese university has fired a professor a day after a graduate student accused him of sexual harassment and posted recordings online as evidence
July 22, 2024
Cheng Pei-pei, a Chinese-born martial arts film actor who starred in Ang Lee’s “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” has died at age 78
July 19, 2024
The new chair of Hong Kong’s leading media professional group says she lost her job at The Wall Street Journal after she refused her supervisor’s request to withdraw from the election for the leadership post
July 17, 2024
Hong Kong’s innovation minister says the government is testing its own ChatGPT-style tool for its employees, with plans to eventually make it available to the public, after OpenAI decided to take extra steps to block access from unsupported regions like China
July 16, 2024
Global leaders have expressed concern over the assassination attempt targeting former U.S. President Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania that left one attendee dead and critically injured two others, with many condemning the violence that shocked the world
July 14, 2024
The Hong Kong government is seeking to regulate online car-hailing platforms through licensing and impose tougher penalties on illegal ride services
July 08, 2024A Hong Kong court on Tuesday began to hear pleas for lenient sentences from some prominent pro-democracy activists who were found guilty in the city’s biggest national security case and now face up to life in prison
June 25, 2024
Two British judges have resigned from Hong Kong’s top court, deepening worries over the city’s rule of law under a Beijing-imposed national security law
June 06, 2024
The United States has expressed its deep concerns about the convictions of 14 pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong under a Beijing-imposed national security law
May 31, 2024
Verdicts have been handed down in Hong Kong’s largest national security case to date
May 29, 2024
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May 29, 2024
Hong Kong police on Tuesday arrested six people, including a former organizer of the city’s decades-long annual vigil that commemorated China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown, for allegedly publishing seditious social media posts
May 28, 2024
The distributor of a popular protest song in Hong Kong has decided to remove the music from all platforms because of a court ban in the city, the group that created the song says
May 24, 2024
Hong Kong’s leader says his government will keep monitoring for any non-compliance with a court order that bans a popular protest song
May 21, 2024
Hong Kong's leader has urged foreign governments to respect its overseas-based trade offices after a staff member in its London branch was charged in Britain for allegedly working for the Chinese city’s intelligence service
May 14, 2024
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