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By Sam Davies with Danny Kemp in Washington China on Thursday urged the United States to meet it “halfway” as US President Donald Trump imposed more levies on Chinese goods but, in a huge relief to global markets, paused tariffs on other countries. Stocks on Wall Street, across Asia and Europe rocketed in reaction to […]

Three Hong Kong teenagers have been arrested in a police raid on a drug-manufacturing facility that allegedly produced “space oil” for sale online and at illegal entertainment venues. Hong Kong police said they arrested one girl and two male teenagers – aged between 14 to 18 – on Tuesday on suspicion of manufacturing dangerous drugs […]

Hong Kong’s national security police have taken in the parents of wanted US-based activist Frances Hui for questioning, according to local media reports. Citing sources, local media reported that the police force’s National Security Department took away Hui’s parents on Thursday morning to assist with an investigation. HKFP has reached out to police for comment. […]

Hong Kong’s Executive Council has approved the MTR’s Northern Link (NOL) Main Line, which will see the Tuen Ma Line linked to the East Rail Line in two phases. Phase one, which began in September 2023, involves the construction of Kwu Tung Station above the existing Lok Ma Chau Spur Line of the East Rail […]

US President Donald Trump abruptly paused tariffs on most countries Wednesday after admitting they made the markets nervous, but doubled down on a brutal trade war with superpower rival China. Following days of market turmoil, Wall Street stocks saw historic surges in reaction to Trump’s announcement that he was halting a levy hike for almost […]

China will impose 84 percent tariffs on US imports, up from 34 percent, the finance ministry said Wednesday, hours after similar levies by the United States came into force. US President Donald Trump’s latest salvo of tariffs came into effect on dozens of trading partners Wednesday, including punishing 104 percent duties on imports of Chinese […]

US President Donald Trump has raised planned tariffs on small parcels coming from China and Hong Kong to 90 per cent, tripling the rate he announced a week ago, amid an escalation of the trade war with Beijing. Last week, Trump announced the US would end a duty-free exemption for shipments valued at US$800 or […]

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday that Ukrainian troops had captured two Chinese citizens fighting alongside Russian forces, with Kyiv demanding an explanation from Beijing. Moscow and Beijing have in recent years boasted of their “no limits” partnership and deepened political, military and economic cooperation since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022. “Our […]

Hong Kong social worker Jackie Chen has been jailed for three years and nine months, after a retrial found her guilty of rioting during the 2019 protests and unrest. Chen, 48, appeared before Deputy District Judge May Chung on Wednesday morning to face sentencing along with three co-defendants for taking part in a riot in […]

Hong Kong police have arrested five people over suspected ticket scalping outside Kai Tak Stadium, where British band Coldplay kicked off its concert series in the city on Tuesday. Three men and two women were arrested on Tuesday night outside the stadium, according to the police force. The five, aged 27 to 51, were visitors […]

Tram fares will rise by up to 15 per cent from May 12, the government has announced, after the Executive Council approved Hong Kong Tramways’ (HKT) application for the increase on Tuesday. Fares for passengers aged 12 or above will rise 10 per cent to HK$3.30, whilst children aged between 3 and 11 will pay […]

Leung Chai-yan, the daughter of former Hong Kong chief executive Leung Chun-ying, has died at the age of 33. In a Facebook post early on Wednesday, the ex-leader said that his daughter had died suddenly, but peacefully, in bed. A few days earlier, she “took the initiative to get the flu vaccine,” he added. “Thanks […]

A 57-year-old Hong Kong man has been jailed for one year over posting seditious comments on three social media platforms under the city’s homegrown security law. On Tuesday, Chow Kim-ho, a former member of the pro-democracy group League of Social Democrats, pleaded guilty to one count of “knowingly publishing publications that had a seditious intention” […]

The United States and China hurtled towards an all-out trade war Tuesday, locked in a high stakes game of brinkmanship as President Donald Trump prepared to unleash a new wave of tariffs against dozens of partners. The global economy has been rocked since sweeping 10 percent US tariffs took effect over the weekend, triggering a […]

Most of the cases related to the 2019 anti-government protests and national security have been finalised by Hong Kong courts, according to the Judiciary. As of February, the city’s courts had concluded around 96 per cent of more than 2,350 protest-related cases and about 86 per cent of over 230 national security cases, the Judiciary […]

By Sam Davies, with Ben Sheppard and Beiyi Seow in Washington and Simon Sturdee in Tokyo China vowed on Tuesday to “fight to the end” against fresh tariffs of 50 percent threatened by US President Donald Trump, further aggravating a trade war that has already wiped trillions off global markets. Trump has upended the world […]

Hong Kong will “seize every opportunity” to assist influencers, Chief Executive John Lee has said, after American streamer IShowSpeed reportedly snubbed the city’s tourism board. “The tourism board actually approached Speed on various arrangements and indicated their willingness to provide assistance, but Speed did not approach the tourism board, so the government did not take […]

A Hong Kong man has been sentenced to seven years in prison over his involvement in the 2019 mob attack in Yuen Long, following his conviction in a retrial. District Judge Eddie Yip on Tuesday jailed Wong Chi-wing, 60, for rioting and wounding with intent on the night of July 21, 2019, when over a […]

Chief Executive John Lee has said Hong Kong will “fully seize” the opportunities in China and deepen regional ties amid uncertainties caused by “ruthless” US tariffs on the city’s goods. During a press briefing on Tuesday, Lee also called the imposition of an additional 34 per cent levy by the US on Chinese imports, including […]

Hong Kong’s Digital Policy Office has requested that government departments using Oracle Cloud services conduct an “urgent” precautionary review, amid reports of a data breach, HKFP has learned. The office, which oversees IT policy and digital security for the government, told HKFP on March 31 that it had noted reports of a possible data leak […]

US President Donald Trump on Monday threatened huge additional tariffs on imports from China if Beijing did not withdraw its retaliation plans, adding that Washington would begin talks with other countries that want negotiations. The fresh action would stack on an already steep US rate taking effect Wednesday, the White House told AFP, bringing the […]

Hong Kong’s national security legislation does not affect artistic creation, the city’s new police chief has said, days after warning of “soft resistance” in the media, arts and culture sectors. Many artists or performers understand the “boundaries of the law” and would not get involved in national security issues, Commissioner of Police Joe Chow said […]

Hong Kong’s home affairs minister has defended the city’s “patriots-only” district councillors after a newspaper found that six of them had never spoken during council meetings over the past year. Alice Mak, secretary for home and youth affairs, said on Monday that all 470 district councillors had achieved the government-set goals in the past year […]

Shares in Hong Kong plummeted more than 13 percent Monday on their worst day in almost three decades as China’s retaliation against Donald Trump’s tariffs ramped up a trade war and fuelled recession fears. The Hang Seng Index ended down 13.22 percent, or 3,021.51 points, to 19,828.30 — its heftiest drop since 1997 during the […]