Hong Kong’s fading attractions: Will the new Carrie Lam Show help?
Hong Kong is changing so much that it is quickly becoming unrecognizable. With China tightening its grip over the former British colony, it is losing much of its old attraction.
Unused doses pile up as mistrust blights Hong Kong vaccine drive
So many shots are languishing that the government has warned that some will expire in September.
The best bar in Asia right now is Coa in Hong Kong
The ranking is based on the votes of members of the Asia’s 50 Best Bars Academy. Some of the winning bars may be in various states of closure amid the spread of COVID-19.
Joshua Wong’s Hong Kong prison sentence keeps getting longer
Wong and thousands of others held a vigil on June 4 last year to commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, defying an unprecedented ban on the event.
Hong Kong leader flags 'fake news' laws as worries over media freedom grow
The government is working on legislation to tackle "misinformation, hatred and lies," leader Carrie Lam has said.
Fears some may be prevented from leaving under new Hong Kong immigration law
The bill, passed Wednesday, will allow the city’s immigration director to obtain information about any passenger or crew member boarding a flight.
For China's property developers, Hong Kong is becoming Shenzhen's backyard
Chinese property developers have turned their sights to Hong Kong's border districts as mainlanders from neighboring boomtown Shenzhen consider parts of the former British colony as a more affordable long-term housing prospect. The development plans are seen by some as a turning point, with buyers ...
Activists fear Hong Kong immigration bill will allow arbitrary travel bans
An immigration bill on Hong Kong's legislative agenda for Wednesday would give authorities virtually unlimited powers to prevent residents and others entering or leaving the former British colony, lawyers, diplomats and rights groups say. The government says the bill merely aims to screen illegal immigrants ...
Preparations for the travel corridor have been stop-start since an initial plan to open it last November was shelved after coronavirus cases picked up in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong activists retreat as China-style justice comes to their city
On March 23, a Hong Kong High Court judge denied former Democratic Party lawmaker Andrew Wan’s bail appeal and sent him back to Lai Chi Kok prison. "Keep going!” Wan shouted as he was led away by guards. "The Department of Justice will be judged ...
Hong Kong is giving itself another identity crisis
In general, transparency is the friend of honesty, accountability and good governance. As in the political realm, Hong Kong is marching in the opposite direction
U.S. condemns sentencing of Hong Kong activists on 'politically motivated' charges
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken demanded the release of "those detained or imprisoned for exercising their fundamental freedoms."
