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Elderly Chinese farmers carrying enormous baskets of vegetables squeezed into a subway station as its doors opened before dawn on Wednesday, on the outskirts of megacity Chongqing. As the economy took centre stage at a key political meeting in the capital Beijing thousands of kilometres away, the pensioners went about their daily rush into the […]

A former Hospital Authority (HA) executive and her husband, who were convicted of stealing from a supermarket two years ago, have been denied a chance to appeal at the city’s top court. Vivien Chuang – a former HA chief manager who spoke at a number of Hong Kong’s daily Covid-19 press briefings in 2020 – […]

Four Hong Kong activists, including three members of pro-democracy group the League of Social Democrats (LSD), will stand trial in late April after pleading not guilty last year to the offences linked to setting up street booths in 2023. LSD chairperson Chan Po-ying, vice-chairs Dickson Chau and Yu Wai-pan, and activist Lee Ying-chi – the […]

China’s retaliatory tariffs against US farm produce from corn to chicken are designed to hurt Donald Trump’s voter base, analysts say, but remain restrained enough to allow room for the adversaries to hash out a trade deal. Since taking office in January, Trump has unleashed a storm of tariffs against friends and foes alike, this […]

The government has welcomed a ruling from the Court of Final Appeal which upheld pro-democracy radio host “Fast Beat” Tam Tak-chi’s conviction and sentence for uttering seditious words. Tam stood accused of chanting the controversial slogan “liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times,” a phrase ruled as capable of inciting others to commit secession in […]

The Hong Kong government has said it will study how to “improve” national security legislation after the city’s top court quashed the convictions of three Tiananmen vigil activists. The Court of Final Appeal (CFA) on Thursday ruled in favour of Chow Hang-tung, Tang Ngok-kwan, and Tsui Hon-kwong – all from the now-disbanded Hong Kong Alliance […]

The national security trial of jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai is expected to hear closing arguments in late July, with proceedings now adjourned for both parties to prepare for their submissions. Three judges presiding over the high-profile national security trial tentatively set July 28 for both parties to begin their closing arguments. They […]

Hongkongers with British National (Overseas) passports will soon no longer need an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) to travel to the UK, a minister has said. In a March 5 letter to David Alton, a member of the House of Lords, Minister for Migration and Citizenship Seema Malhotra said that having reviewed the ETA policy and […]

China’s foreign minister on Friday vowed Beijing would “firmly counter” US pressure, after Donald Trump heaped  tariffs on Chinese goods and torched off a trade war between the world’s two largest economies. Speaking at a press conference on the sidelines of a key political meeting, Wang Yi warned the “law of the jungle” could take […]

A Hong Kong cleaners union has asked a sanitation contractor to clarify the status of four cleaners accused of faking work records after they were captured on video pasting up flyers then taking them down. The Cleaning Workers Union said in a statement on Wednesday that Baguio Cleaning Services Company, which is contracted by the […]

By Sam Davies and Luna Lin China vowed to fight a trade war with the United States “to the end” on Thursday, as tariffs from Washington buffeted the global economy and threatened to hit Beijing’s lagging growth. Beijing set an ambitious annual growth target of around five percent this week, vowing to make domestic demand its […]

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has wrapped up his testimony in his high-profile national security trial after taking the witness stand for more than 50 days. Wearing a light grey blazer, Lai waved to his family members and supporters in the public gallery at a courtroom in the West Kowloon Law Courts Building as […]

Lawmakers from Tibet on Thursday hailed recent economic progress and vowed to keep “high pressure” on alleged separatists in the region, where Beijing stands accused of widespread repression of minorities. Sparsely populated Tibet, which borders India, is one of China’s poorest and most tightly controlled provinces. Lawmakers from the region convened in Beijing for the […]

Hong Kong’s security chief has condemned a legal scholar for “undermining the rule of law” after the latter wrote an opinion piece criticising a court ruling that sent an ex-lawmaker to jail for “rioting” in the Yuen Long attack in 2019. In his letter to Ming Pao on Wednesday, Secretary for Security Chris Tang also […]

Hong Kong’s top court has ruled in favour of three Tiananmen vigil activists, quashing their convictions over failing to comply with a national security police data demand. Five Court of Final Appeal judges on Thursday unanimously ruled in favour of Chow Hang-tung, Tang Ngok-kwan, and Tsui Hon-kwong – all from the now-disbanded Hong Kong Alliance […]

Hong Kong’s apex court has upheld the conviction and sentence of jailed activist Tam Tak-chi in a landmark challenge of a since-repealed sedition law. The Court of Final Appeal (CFA) on Thursday ruled against former radio host Tam, who was found guilty and jailed for 40 months by the District Court in 2022 for 11 […]

Hong Kong’s Caritas Medical Centre has apologised for the death of an elderly patient who choked after being fed a regular meal instead of pureed food due to “communication issues.” Representatives of Caritas Medical Centre and the Hospital Authority held a press conference on the medical blunder on Wednesday, two days after the 75-year-old male […]

Hong Kong customs officers have announced the seizure of 42 endangered live lizards – with an estimated market value of HK$210,000 – at the city’s international airport. On Monday, customs officers inspected an air consignment from Australia, declared to contain “dehumidifier, air purifier, milk powder.” “Upon inspection, the suspected scheduled endangered live lizards were found […]

Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai told an American think tank in 2019 that the US should use its moral authority, which was a “vital weapon” that China lacked, his national security trial has heard. Lai appeared at the West Kowloon Law Courts Building on Wednesday as his high-profile trial, originally slated to last […]

China set an ambitious annual growth target of around five percent on Wednesday, vowing to make domestic demand its main economic driver as an escalating trade war with the United States hit Beijing’s exports. Beijing also announced a rare hike in fiscal funding, allowing its budget deficit to reach four percent this year as it […]

A Hong Kong street artist who was previously convicted for tagging the word “Freedom” across the city has been charged again for spray-painting the same Chinese characters on 20 occasions early this year. Appearing before Principal Magistrate Don So at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts on Wednesday, Chan King-fai, 41, was granted bail with a bond […]

Hong Kong tourists may be able to use the Octopus app in Japan later this year as the payment platform plans to expand its service overseas, the company has announced. Octopus Holding Ltd, currently in discussion with Japanese e-payment platforms, hopes that Hong Kong tourists can start using the Octopus app in Japan by the […]

Organisers of the World Grand Prix have apologised after kicking dozens of snooker fans out of Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Sports Park facility before a match concluded on Tuesday night. Spectators were told to leave the Kai Tak Arena on late Tuesday night, midway through the match between English snooker players Kyren Wilson and Matthew […]

Under fierce pressure from US President Donald Trump, Hong Kong firm Hutchison said Tuesday it had agreed to sell its lucrative Panama Canal ports to a US-led consortium. CK Hutchison Holdings said it would offload a 90-percent stake in the Panama Ports Company (PPC) and sell a slew of other non-Chinese ports to a group led […]