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Hong Kong mother Yoyo Chan carries a large white backpack every day. Inside are two sets of portable breast pumps, a nursing cover, storage bags, alcohol spray, and other items she needs to express breast milk every four hours. The milk is not only for her eight-month-old daughter but also for the city’s first breast […]

By Sam Davies In the frigid night of China’s Qinling mountains, hunters with huge social media followings scour the landscape in pursuit of wild boars menacing local farmers’ livelihoods. China’s wild boars — today numbering two million — were a protected species from 2000 until 2023, but emerged from safeguarding last year with a hell-raising […]

A Hong Kong lawyer has quoted prominent Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi in a landmark appeal against the conviction and jail sentence of activist Tam Tak-chi under a since-repealed sedition law. The Court of Final Appeal (CFA) on Friday heard its first challenge ever against a conviction and sentence under the colonial-era sedition law, which was […]

Hong Kong’s home affairs minister has said residents were eager to support the work of district-level community care teams, after a report suggested some teams sought to bolster numbers by inviting event participants to pose as volunteers for group photos. Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs Alice Mak also said on Friday that the government […]

China, North Korea and Iran are part of an “axis of autocrats” and the United States and its allies are the “thin blue line” protecting democracy, the outgoing US ambassador to Japan said on Friday in a parting shot at Beijing. Rahm Emanuel has been a sharp critic of China’s economic and geopolitical strategies during […]

A Hong Kong social worker has been denied legal aid for a challenge against authorities’ approval of a tech hub development, with the government citing his financial circumstances among other reasons. Eddie Tse told HKFP on Friday that he was notified by the Legal Aid Department on Thursday that his application for legal aid had […]

China said on Thursday it had recorded five cases of a new mpox strain, but that the “outbreak has been effectively handled”. Mpox is caused by a virus transmitted to humans by animals but can also spread from person to person through close physical contact. It causes fever, muscular aches and large boil-like skin lesions, […]

Former Hong Kong lawmaker and prison rights activist Shiu Ka-chun has died at 55, following a cancer diagnosis that worsened over the past weeks. The former pro-democracy lawmaker passed away shortly after midnight on Friday, with condolences pouring in from social workers, activists, and a bookstore. Shiu was elected in 2016 to represent the social […]

Hongkongers will be eligible for rewards of up to HK$3,000 for reporting neighbours who abuse the public housing system, the government has announced, as an official said the scheme would not undermine social harmony. People will be eligible if they provide information allowing the government to take back a public rental flat, said the Housing […]

Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai has told his national security trial that he feared Joe Biden would not continue Donald Trump’s tough China policies after Biden was elected in 2020. Wearing a light green sweater and a navy blue blazer, Lai appeared at West Kowloon Law Courts Building on Thursday for the 117th day […]

Hong Kong’s Department of Health has urged residents, especially the elderly and children, to get vaccinated as the city enters influenza season. Flu and other respiratory infectious diseases are expected to increase further as the weather becomes colder, Edwin Tsui, controller of the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said on Thursday. The percentage of specimens testing […]

Hong Kong’s Ming Pao newspaper has defended its journalism after the government described one of its reports on a cybersecurity bill as “biased and misleading.” The newspaper on Wednesday published a letter from Vega Wong, deputy secretary for security, who accused the newspaper of misleading readers in a report about the Protection of Critical Infrastructures […]

Sales of electric and hybrid vehicles jumped more than 40 percent in China last year, a trade association said on Thursday, as demand for new energy autos continues to surge. “From January to December 2024, the retail sales volume (of new energy vehicles) reached 10.899 million units, a year-on-year increase of 40.7 percent,” the China […]

By Matthew Walsh China said Thursday that an investigation had found the European Union imposed unfair “trade and investment barriers” on Beijing, marking the latest salvo in long-running commercial tensions between the two economic powers. Officials announced the probe in July, in a tit-for-tat move after Brussels launched probes into whether Chinese government subsidies were […]

A controversial HK$580 billion plan to create three artificial islands may face a further delay as Hong Kong’s development minister said there was “no need” to specify a starting date for reclamation work. Development minister Bernadette Linn on Tuesday said that infrastructure projects such as the Northern Metropolis would take priority, refusing to specify a […]

Conservationists have confirmed the presence of a Eurasian otter, once thought extinct in the wild in Hong Kong, in northern Lantau waters. While the discovery brought “hope for this locally critically endangered species,” it also raised questions about government plans to develop Lantau’s northern shore. According to a statement from conservation and education centre Kadoorie […]

Hong Kong’s top judge has questioned whether a rule that allowed certain information to be kept from three Tiananmen vigil activists throughout their national security trial made a fair hearing an “impossible task.” Chief Justice Andrew Cheung raised the questions on Wednesday as five Court of Final Appeal judges heard the appeals of Chow Hang-tung, Tang […]

Guangzhou FC, China’s most successful football team and former Asian champions, have been thrown out of the country’s professional leagues because of “heavy historical debt”, the club say. The effective demise of the eight-time Chinese Super League (CSL) winners, once managed by Marcello Lippi and also Fabio Cannavaro, signals the end of an era in […]

Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District has said it planned to build some 2,000 residential flats, the sale of which would help fund the cash-strapped arts hub. In a document submitted to the Yau Tsim Mong District Council’s housing and development planning committee on Monday, the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority (WKCDA) said it hoped […]

By Isabel Kua Thousands of rescuers were searching for survivors in freezing conditions Wednesday after a devastating earthquake in China’s remote Tibet region killed at least 126 people. Videos published by state broadcaster CCTV on Wednesday showed rescue workers pulling injured victims from the rubble of collapsed buildings and carrying them to safety. Footage also […]

Hongkongers who plan to visit or transit through the UK will need an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) from Wednesday. Passport holders from 54 countries and territories – including Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan – will require an ETA to enter the UK from Wednesday. Hongkongers with British National (Overseas) passports will also need an ETA, […]

Hong Kong has lowered the threshold of a recently revived investment scheme, relaxing how applicants’ assets and investments are assessed. The government on Tuesday introduced a string of measures it said would “enhance” the New Capital Investment Entrant Scheme, which was revived last March to attract capital and high earners to the city. Under the current […]

No overseas judge will preside over a landmark case at Hong Kong’s apex court involving pro-democracy activist Tam Tak-chi, who sought to challenge his conviction and sentence under a since-repealed colonial-era sedition law. Chief Justice Andrew Cheung and four other local judges will gather at the Court of Final Appeal (CFA) on Friday to hear […]

Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai told his national security trial that Taiwan would not need to declare independence to join an international alliance and gain protection from China’s military aggression as he again denied advocating the self-ruled island’s sovereignty. Speaking from the witness stand, Lai, 77, was asked to explain an episode of […]