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Hong Kong has slammed “untruthful remarks, slanders and smears” in a US report accusing Beijing and local authorities of taking further steps to curtail human rights in the city through national security legislation. In its 2025 Hong Kong Policy Act Report issued Monday, the US Department of State said that Beijing and Hong Kong last […]

US lawmakers moved Tuesday to rename the street next to Hong Kong’s Washington office after Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy media owner jailed as China clamps down in the financial hub. A bill introduced in the House of Representatives would erect the street sign “Jimmy Lai Way” on a stretch alongside the Hong Kong Economic and […]

A Hong Kong man who wrote slogans related to Taiwanese independence and the Chinese Communist Party has been jailed for 10 months for criminal damage and sedition under the city’s homegrown security law, Article 23. Ernest Lee pleaded guilty at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts to the offences on Tuesday, according to court news outlet […]

Joe Chow – previously deputy commissioner of police (operations) – has been appointed as Commissioner of Police by China’s State Council. It comes after Raymond Siu stepped down as the city’s top cop on Tuesday. He entered pre-retirement leave after serving for 36 years. Director of Crime and Security Keith Yip will take on Chow’s […]

Hong Kong’s largest international school group is looking to raise tuition fees by an average of 4.8 per cent for primary and secondary school students, subject to approval by the city’s Education Bureau. In a letter to parents on Monday, the English Schools Foundation (ESF) CEO Belinda Greer said that the group’s board had approved […]

By Sally Jensen and Chayanit Itthipongmaetee A Chinese construction company is facing questions over the deadly collapse of a Bangkok skyscraper — the only major building in the capital to fall in a catastrophic earthquake that has killed more than 2,000 people in Thailand and neighbouring Myanmar. The 30-storey tower, still under construction, was to […]

Chinese artist Badiucao has said he snuck a political message onto two billboards in Mong Kok during last week’s Art Week. Organisers have denied the work is political. Four-second black-and-white clips featuring Badiucao are being intermittently displayed on two LED billboards, where the Australia-based artist is seen silently mouthing a quote from Chairman Mao Zedong. […]

Hong Kong cinema chain Golden Harvest has announced it will shut down its branch in Whampoa on April 10 due to “expiry of tenancy,” amid a wave of theatre closures since last year. After operating in the Kowloon residential district for almost 16 years, GH Whampoa will host its final screenings on April 9, Golden […]

By Joy Chiang with Mary Yang in Beijing China on Tuesday sent its army, navy, air and rocket forces to surround Taiwan for large-scale drills Beijing said were aimed at practising for “precision strikes” and a blockade of the self-ruled island. Taiwan dispatched its own aircraft and ships, and deployed land-based missile systems, in response […]

Hong Kong has slammed the United States for placing sanctions on six local and Chinese officials for their involvement in what Washington calls “transnational repression” and the implementation of the Beijing-imposed national security law. In a statement released in the early hours of Tuesday, the Hong Kong government said it “strongly condemns” the US for […]

Hong Kong’s top court has sided with the government in overturning the acquittal of Lam Cheuk-ting after the pro-democracy ex-lawmaker disclosed a misconduct probe into a police officer who was under investigation for his role in a mob attack during the 2019 protests and unrest. Lam, of the opposition Democratic Party, was cleared of three counts […]

Greenpeace has called on Kai Tak Stadium to allow reusable cups after an estimated 510,000 paper cups were used during the Hong Kong Sevens rugby tournament over the weekend. Volunteers at the stadium estimated that 60 per cent of the 860,000 pieces of disposable tableware generated during the three-day tournament were paper cups, the green […]

Heralded as the sixth most dangerous in the world, Kai Tak served as Hong Kong’s airport from 1925 until 1998. Initially a simple grass-strip airfield, a concrete slipway was added in 1928. A flight control tower and hangar were built in the 1930s, when commercial flights began. The airport was expanded in the 1950s with a new […]

Hong Kong’s security chief has accused a former examinations official of spreading rumours about the recent death of a secondary school student during a study tour in mainland China. Social media page “Edu Lancet,” which describes itself as a platform for “voicing concerns” about the education sector, was slammed by Secretary for Security Chris Tang […]

Arsenal will play Tottenham in a pre-season friendly in Hong Kong, the first North London derby to be held outside the United Kingdom, the clubs said Monday, while Liverpool will meet AC Milan. The London rivals will clash at the southern Chinese city’s new 50,000-capacity Kai Tak Stadium on July 31, just over two weeks […]

Hong Kong deployed a search and rescue team of 51 specialists to earthquake-stricken Myanmar on Saturday and donated HK$30 million for emergency relief effort. The 7.7-magnitude quake hit Myanmar on Friday, with an epicentre near Sagaing and Mandalay cities. It was the most powerful quake to strike the war-torn country since 1912. The number of […]

By Kyoko Hasegawa The United States will ensure “robust, ready and credible deterrence” across the Taiwan Strait, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Sunday, calling China “aggressive and coercive”. Hegseth also stopped short of publicly calling on Tokyo to hike military spending, saying in Japan he trusted the close US ally to “make the correct […]

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations) Joe Chow is reportedly set to take the helm at the Hong Kong Police Force after Commissioner of Police Raymond Siu retires on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Director of Crime and Security Keith Yip will take on Chow’s role, pending approval, according to local media citing sources on Monday. Currently Siu’s deputy, […]

Chief Executive John Lee has praised the first-ever Hong Kong Sevens held at the new Kai Tak Stadium as a success, despite reports of fans going hungry due to vendors running out of food. “The Hong Kong Sevens is one of the city’s local flagship mega events, promoting Hong Kong as a hub for international […]

Hong Kong’s first breast milk bank, which aims to save the lives of high-risk newborns, has commenced its second phase of service by distributing donated milk to neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), the Hospital Authority has said. Rosanna Wong, director of the breast milk bank, said in a statement on Sunday that the Hong Kong Breast Milk […]

Critics of Hong Kong firm CK Hutchison Holdings over a deal to sell its ports around the world – including two at the Panama Canal – should “pause and calm down,” a senior lawmaker in the city has said. Jeffrey Lam, a lawmaker representing the commercial sector, said in a Commercial Radio programme on Sunday […]

By Hla-Hla Htay and Sebastien Berger, with Thanaporn Promyamyai in Bangkok. The death toll from a huge earthquake that hit Myanmar and Thailand passed 1,600 on Saturday, as rescuers dug through the rubble of collapsed buildings in a desperate search for survivors. The shallow 7.7-magnitude quake struck northwest of the city of Sagaing in central […]

By Faïza Soulé Youssouf. In the markets of the Comoros, the hand-embroidered kofia that is essential headwear for men and boys at Eid celebrations this month is facing fierce competition from much cheaper Chinese versions. The authentic kofia — which often feature delicately embroidered Arabic calligraphy in silk thread — can cost up to 400 […]

Veteran Hong Kong journalist Justin is a freelance editor at Whynot, a Chinese-language online media outlet and a subsidiary of the US government-funded Radio Free Asia (RFA). Since US President Donald Trump’s return to the White House in January, Justin – not his real name – began to fret about the future of his media […]