Category: Hong Kong
Crowds gather outside court after HK dissidents charged
Hundreds of democracy supporters gathered outside a Hong Kong courthouse on Monday chanting slogans and flashing protests symbols as some of the city’s best-known [...] » More
China considers high-speed maglev train linking Guangzhou and HK
China is considering a high-speed maglev train line that would link the city of Guangzhou in the south with Hong Kong, the latest in efforts to cultivate closer ties among [...] » More
HK Democracy Advocates Charged Under National Security Law
The Hong Kong government charged 47 democracy advocates Sunday with violating a national security law that prohibits “conspiracy to commit subversion.” The [...] » More
47 HK opposition figures charged under national security law
The Hong Kong authorities charged 47 opposition activists with violating the city’s national security legislation on Sunday, in the biggest application of the law since [...] » More
Hong Kong activists chant protest slogans as crowds gather for subversion hearing
Protest slogans rang out as about 1,000 people gathered outside a Hong Kong court on Monday for the hearing of 47 democracy activists charged with conspiracy to commit [...] » More
Britain scolds China over charging of HK activists
Britain on Monday scolded China for a decision to charge 47 Hong Kong politicians and activists for conspiracy to commit subversion under the National Security Law. [...] » More
‘Grandma Wong’ leads brief reminder of HK’s protest past
Alexandra Wong disappeared for more than a year into mainland China’s opaque judicial system because she joined Hong Kong’s democracy rallies. But that did not [...] » More
Security tight as crowds gather outside HK court for subversion hearing
Protest slogans rang out as about 1,000 people gathered outside a Hong Kong court on Monday for the hearing of 47 democracy activists charged with conspiracy to commit [...] » More
EXPLAINER: How a primary got HK activists in trouble
Hong Kong democracy supporters are being locked up in jail, charged with being a threat to national security. Their arrests come under a new security law imposed on the [...] » More
HK’s Rosewood Hotel Group to file for SPAC listing: sources
Hong Kong’s luxury Rosewood Hotel Group, a unit of property developer New World Development, plans to file for a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) listing, two [...] » More
HK shares bounce back from heavy sell-off
Hong Kong shares rallied today along with other Asian markets as bargain-buyers moved in following last week’s steep losses, with sentiment buoyed by vaccine optimism. [...] » More
Dozens of leading HK pro-democracy campaigners charged with subversion
Forty-seven Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigners and activists were charged on Sunday with conspiracy to commit subversion in the largest single crackdown on the opposition [...] » More
Dozens of HK dissidents charged with security crime
Hong Kong police charged dozens of dissidents with subversion on Sunday in the largest use yet of Beijing’s sweeping new national security law, as authorities move to [...] » More
Explainer: What is love? Beijing desires unconditional loyalty from HK
Chinese officials have signalled that Beijing plans sweeping electoral changes for Hong Kong, possibly as soon as next week, when China’s parliament, the National [...] » More
Korea, HK administer first coronavirus vaccines
South Korea and Hong Kong administered their first coronavirus vaccines to citizens this week. South Korea got its first round of the Pfiser-BioNTech vaccine on Saturday from [...] » More
