投稿者: Helen Davidson in Hong Kong
Authorities are seeking to fix the city’s problem of tiny, overcrowded housing but critics say the new regulations fail to capture the worst offendersLai Shan Zse moves quickly, bounding up the grungy, dimly lit stairwell of the unit block in Hong Kon…
Last week’s conviction of dissidents came in the biggest case since introduction of a new national security lawThe verdict wasn’t surprising but outside room no 2 of the West Kowloon courthouse, people still wept. The panel of Hong Kong national securi…
China’s health commission says all of Wednesday’s new cases were recent overseas arrivals, as Australia and New Zealand close borders to foreign arrivalsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageFor the first time since the coronaviru…
As the revolt dampens and government crackdowns increase, views differ on whether the movement can regain momentumAmid a global pandemic, Hong Kong’s famously crowded streets are eerily quiet. Most of the city’s 7.5m people have been practising various…
Earliest case detected on 17 November, weeks before authorities acknowledged new virus, says Chinese mediaCoronavirus: lives updatesThe first case of someone suffering from Covid-19 can be traced back to 17 November, according to media reports on unpub…
Pomeranian tested a ‘weak positive’ for virus after owner was infected, authorities sayCoronavirus: latest developmentsHong Kong authorities have warned people to avoid kissing their pets, but also to not panic and abandon them after a dog repeatedly t…
Wide range of speech about virus and Covid-19 references is being tightly controlled, report findsChinese social media censors blocked neutral information about the coronavirus outbreak when they targeted references to the outbreak on WeChat and other …