Asia: Hong Kong
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The Hong Kong government charged 47 democracy advocates Sunday with violating a national security law that prohibits “conspiracy to commit subversion.” The activists were among Read more
HONG KONG (9News Nigeria) – Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam acknowledged on Tuesday that the record turnout in local elections won by opposition, pro-democracy candidates Read more
HONG KONG (9News Nigeria) – Hong Kong’s democrats romped to a landslide and symbolic majority in district council elections after residents turned out in record Read more
Polls close in local elections seen as a test for the pro-Beijing gov’t after nearly half a year of demonstrations. Hong Kong, China – Millions voted in Read more
HONG KONG (9News Nigeria) – Hong Kong police fired tear gas on Tuesday in the Central financial district, over the harbour in Mong Kok and Read more
Five people have been injured in a knife attack at the site of a pro-democracy protest in Hong Kong. The attack happened at the Cityplaza Read more
HONG KONG (9News Nigeria) – Hong Kong has fallen into recession, hit by more than five months of anti-government protests that show no signs of Read more
HONG KONG (9News Nigeria) – Hong Kong police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at pro-democracy protesters throwing petrol bombs in the Asian financial hub Read more
Hong Kong‘s leader apologised again for the turmoil surrounding a controversial extradition bill that would have allowed suspects to be sent to mainland China for trial and indicated it Read more
At least nine people were killed and many are still missing after one of the strongest typhoons on record barrelled into the southern Chinese territory Read more
Hong Kong braced for Typhoon Hato, a maximum category 10 storm on Wednesday, with hundreds of flights cancelled, trading in financial markets suspended and schools Read more
Three leaders of Hong Kong’s democracy movement have been sentenced to jail for their roles in 2014 pro-democracy protests. Joshua Wong, 20, Alex Chow, 24, Read more
By Michelle Price and James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) – Many Hong Kong residents, worried about growing encroachment by Beijing as the financial hub marks Read more
By James Pomfret and Benjamin Kang Lim HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) – When the British handed over Hong Kong to China in 1997, Beijing promised to Read more
HONG KONG – A top Chinese official said on Saturday Hong Kong’s high degree of autonomy must not be taken as a licence to confront Read more
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore’s defence minister said on Monday nine armoured vehicles seized in Hong Kong could not be detained or confiscated and that the Read more
HSBC has launched a $290 million lending facility aimed at technology start-ups and other new industries in China’s Pearl River Delta region, intensifying the battle Read more
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying said on Friday he will not run in the 2017 chief executive election due to family Read more
BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying to uphold national unity and maintain social and Read more
HONG KONG (Reuters) – A Hong Kong court on Tuesday disqualified two pro-independence lawmakers from taking office, ruling their oath of allegiance invalid, a ruling Read more
By Venus Wu and Sue-Lin Wong HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s parliament passed a ruling on Monday that effectively bars two elected Hong Kong pro-independence Read more
HONG KONG (Reuters) – A Hong Kong jury on Tuesday retired to consider its verdict in British banker Rurik Jutting’s double murder trial, a gruesome Read more
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s parliament passed an interpretation of Hong Kong’s Basic Law on Monday that says lawmakers must swear allegiance to the city as Read more
HONG KONG (Reuters) – British investment banker Rurik Jutting was a narcissistic sexual sadist, according to a British psychiatrist presenting evidence in his defence against Read more
British banker Rurik Jutting calmly detailed to police his cocaine-fueled descent into a torture and killing binge that ended in the deaths of two Indonesian Read more
HONG KONG (Reuters) – A Hong Kong judge warned jurors that they will have to view video filmed by former British banker Rurik Jutting of Read more
HONG KONG – A new generation of anti-China activists have won seats on Hong Kong’s Legislative Council (LegCo), preliminary results indicate. Among them is Nathan Law, Read more
(Reuters) Nearly 120,000 units of digital currency bitcoin worth about US$72 million was stolen from the exchange platform Bitfinex in Hong Kong, rattling the global bitcoin Read more
Protests, cocoons and shoebox homes: A look beyond Hong Kong’s postcard exterior Hong Kong (CNN)It’s no secret: Hong Kong is photogenic. With its shining skyscrapers, Read more
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