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HKFP has reported several new cases of harassment to the police and launched a new zero-tolerance policy. Hong Kong police are investigating fake complaints made to the authorities relating to HKFP, as well as a threatening message sent to its previous company secretary. In late 2024, a text message containing false claims about the newspaper […]

Harassment against journalists and news outlets has become more common around the world, and has seen an uptick in Hong Kong, according to press freedom NGOs. Independent media in the city have seen a surge of smear campaigns, trolling, surveillance, libel/defamation, message bombing, doxxing, cyberattacks, false/fake complaints to the authorities, unlawful use of branding or […]

China on Thursday said it was “happy” to see the United States and Russia “strengthen communication”, after US President Donald Trump said he expected to meet his Russian counterpart for Ukraine peace talks. Trump said he had a “lengthy and highly productive” call with Vladimir Putin on Wednesday — their first confirmed contact since the […]

China last year began construction on projects with the greatest combined coal power capacity since 2015, jeopardising the country’s goal to peak carbon emissions by 2030, according to a report published Thursday. The world’s second-largest economy is the biggest emitter of the greenhouse gases that drive climate change, but also a renewable energy powerhouse. It […]

Hong Kong’s taxi drivers have threatened a citywide strike in early March if the government fails to crack down on unlicensed ride-hailing services such as Uber. More than 80 per cent of those present at a meeting held by the Hong Kong Tele-call Taxi Association on Wednesday agreed to hold a five-day strike starting March […]

Selina Cheng, chairperson of the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA), has accused her ex-employer, The Wall Street Journal, of breaching the city’s laws protecting employees’ right to join union activities by firing her after she took on the union’s leadership role. Cheng appeared in court on Thursday to initiate private prosecution proceedings against the US-based […]

The Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute (PORI) has announced it will suspend all self-funded research and may “even close down,” weeks after its CEO Robert Chung was investigated by national security police. Pollster Robert Chung has been taken in by police to assist with investigations twice since PORI’s former deputy CEO Chung Kim-wah, currently […]

Hong Kong police are investigating a murder-suicide case in Yuen Long after a teenager fell to his death at a housing estate on Tuesday. His father and grandfather were found dead in a nearby village home. Police received a call at 8.10pm on Tuesday from a man who reported that two people had died in […]

China said Wednesday that it opposes “politicising” issues involving technology and trade, after US Vice President JD Vance warned that “authoritarian regimes” were seeking to use artificial intelligence for increased control over citizens. World leaders gathered in Paris this week for an AI summit, with dozens of nations signing a statement calling for enhanced regulation […]

The Hong Kong government has estimated it would spend HK$2.8 million to renovate the former chief executive Carrie Lam’s new office in the government-owned Immigration Tower. Lam’s office will move to the Immigration Tower in Wan Chai as the tenancy of her office in Pacific Place in Admiralty expires in May, Chief Secretary Eric Chan […]

Hong Kong’s consumer watchdog has received complaints involving ticketing errors for the much-anticipated performance of K-pop girl group NJZ, formerly known as NewJeans, which left fans with the wrong dates on their passes. The Consumer Council said on Tuesday evening that it had received nine complaints from the South Korean group’s fans who said the […]

Chinese merchants at one of the world’s largest wholesale markets said on Tuesday they were cautiously confident of weathering a potential trade war triggered by US President Donald Trump. Trump imposed fresh 10 percent tariffs on Chinese goods last week, on top of levies that were already in place against Washington’s biggest economic competitor. The newly […]

Hong Kong Tramways has applied to increase adult fares by 10 per cent, from HK$3 to HK$3.30, citing sluggish ridership and rising operational costs. In a press release on Tuesday, the company said it had submitted a fare adjustment proposal to the Transport Department. It also hopes to hike concessionary fares: a 6.7 per cent […]

Hong Kong recorded more than 94,700 reported crime cases in 2024 – up 5 per cent from the previous year – driven by a surge in scams, the city’s police commissioner has said. Fraud cases, which continued to cause the increase in overall crime last year, rose 11.7 per cent from 2023, Commissioner of Police […]

Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei was barred from entering Switzerland over a lack of proper travel documents, police said on Tuesday, as the artist described being deported from Zurich airport. In a post on Instagram late on Monday, the artist indicated that he had found himself barred from entering Switzerland upon arrival from London. “I […]

A Hong Kong doctor has died after he was suspected to have contracted a rare E. coli infection, the city’s health authorities have said. Two other doctors working at Princess Margaret Hospital are also suspected to have contracted the illness. The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) is investigating the suspected Shiga toxin-producing E. coli group […]

Hongkong Post has resumed accepting US-bound parcels, the city’s postal authorities said, following Washington’s confirmation that it would not impose additional tariffs on packages from Hong Kong. In a statement on Monday night, Hongkong Post said that “as the United States Authorities have confirmed that additional duty would not be imposed for postal items containing […]

Four mainland Chinese runners who were disqualified from the 2025 Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon did not deliberately swap their bibs, the event’s organisers have said. In a Monday night statement, organisers – the Hong Kong, China Association of Athletics Affiliates (HKAAA) – said the four athletes shared the same manager. “The incident was caused […]

Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Sports Park will showcase a “grand” opening ceremony featuring local and mainland Chinese athletes and celebrities on March 1, the city’s acting chief executive Eric Chan said. The HK$30 billion park – the largest sporting infrastructure ever built in Hong Kong – will provide a “new experience” of sports, leisure, and […]

Shares in Chinese automaker BYD jumped on Tuesday after it unveiled plans to unroll advanced self-driving technology on nearly all its cars, including budget models priced below US$10,000. The company also said it would integrate AI startup Deepseek’s software into its cars, following domestic peers such as Geely, Great Wall Motors, and Leapmotor. BYD is […]

Two Hong Kong lawmakers have suggested a pay freeze for the city’s civil servants to tackle the ongoing fiscal deficit, ahead of the annual budget speech, set to be delivered at the end of this month. Lawmakers Michael Tien and Stanley Li on Monday joined a growing list of pro-establishment figures, including former minister Anthony […]

Hong Kong police have taken in two relatives of ex-district councillor Carmen Lau, who is wanted for allegedly breaching the national security law, to aid an investigation. National security police arrived at a residence in Tai Wai at around 7 am on Monday, local media reported, and took away Lau’s 66-year-old uncle and 63-year-old-aunt. They […]

China last year saw a one-fifth decline in marriages, the latest sign of persistent demographic challenges as Beijing works to encourage births despite an uncertain economic outlook for young families. The country saw 6.1 million couples register for marriage in 2024, down from 7.7 million the previous year, according to data published by the Ministry […]

Three runners from mainland China have been disqualified for wearing the wrong bibs during the 2025 Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon on Sunday. Two of the athletes were He Yingbing and Sun Xiaoyang, who won first and second place respectively in the half-marathon, said the event’s organisers, the Hong Kong, China Association of Athletics Affiliates […]