カテゴリー: Hong Kong
Ronson Chan was due to travel to the UK when he was arrested for ‘obstructing police’The head of Hong Kong’s journalist union was charged with obstructing police on Monday, 10 days before he was set to leave the city and begin an overseas fellowship at…
British consulate in Hong Kong extends opening hours as thousands gather to remember ‘boss lady’Death of the Queen and King Charles’s accession – live updatesIt was the hottest day on record for September, yet under a sweltering sun, thousands of Hongk…
Books depicted sheep fleeing from invading wolves, which judge found aimed to incite hatred against ChinaA court in Hong Kong has convicted five speech therapists of producing “seditious publications” in the form of a series of illustrated children’s b…
Democracy activist and Apple Daily founder will stand trial without jury and could face up to life in prisonThe founder of Apple Daily, Jimmy Lai, will stand trial without a jury in Hong Kong, after he told a court he would plead not guilty to national…
Chinese-Canadian’s firm fined record 55.03bn yuan on charges including illegally taking funds from publicXiao Jianhua, a Chinese-Canadian billionaire at the centre of an alleged abduction scandal in Hong Kong in 2017, has been sentenced by a Shanghai c…
Former student leader among 29 pro-democracy activists entering same plea on subversion charges after more than a year in jailJoshua Wong and a group of 28 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists charged under a controversial national security law have enter…
Advertising standards regulator says content ‘falls outside our jurisdiction’ as opponents decry ‘cruel reminder’ of China’s crackdown on pro-democracy protestersGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastBillboards with a messa…
Two dancers injured as suspended LED screen crashes down on to stage during show by Cantopop band MirrorTwo dancers have been injured at a Cantopop concert in Hong Kong after a massive video screen suspended above the stage fell on to performers below….
The judges who sit on the court of final appeal are only legitimising Beijing’s draconian rule, writes David AltonThe Hong Kong regime’s repeated incarceration of the veteran activist Alexandra Wong for peaceful protest reveals just how fearful it is o…
At least three booksellers say they were banned from the annual jamboree as the city embarks on ‘new form of censorship’Hong Kong publishers have decried a “new form of censorship” after vendors selling books deemed politically sensitive were allegedly…
One of the four was shot in the chest by a police officer during 2019 protestsFour Hong Kong men, including one shot by the police during the 2019 protests in Tsuen Wan and later charged with rioting, have been arrested as they attempted to flee the ci…
Wong, a familiar presence at the rallies, used her court appearance to label Hong Kong’s government an ‘authoritarian regime’Hong Kong has jailed a 66-year-old activist known affectionately as Grandma Wong in relation to the pro-democracy protests that…
Those in home isolation will be forced to wear a bracelet tracking their movements as territory introduces China-style QR code systemHong Kong will mandate electronic tracking bracelets for people in home isolation and bring in a China-style electronic…
The group are accused of trying to ‘incite hatred’ with books depicting Hong Kong residents as sheep and mainland Chinese as wolvesHong Kong unionists have pleaded not guilty to publishing “seditious” material as a five-day trial began over illustrated…
Donations flooded in to office of security hardliner despite lack of any rivals to beat for job of chief executiveHong Kong’s new chief executive, John Lee, received almost HK$11.3m (US$1.4m) in donations during his election campaign earlier this year,…