Hong Kong

Hong Kong stocks opened on the front foot on Friday morning, extending gains into a third day following a surge on Wall Street as investors cheered news that the White House and lawmakers had struck a...

Hong Kong stocks fell in opening trade Monday after US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Bloomberg News that President Joe Biden should press ahead with his US$4 trillion spending plan even if it triggers inflation and...

Hong Kong has passed a controversial electoral reform law, aimed at keeping people China deems “unpatriotic” from positions of political power. The reform will allow a pro-China panel to vet and elect candidates, reducing democratic representation....

A 90-year old woman from Hong Kong has been scammed out of HK$250 million (£23m, $32m) by fraudsters pretending to be Chinese officials, police said. Hong Kong police said the criminals had posed as public security...

Jimmy Lai, known as Hong Kong’s pro-democracy ‘media mogul’, has been sentenced to 14 months in prison. He was convicted on Friday of being involved in a rally without permission. This information was reported in a...

Thousands of Hong Kong residents are waiting to immigrate to the country under the new UK visa facility. They will be assisted with housing, school and job facilities, said Robert Generick, the British Minister for Local...

Two Hong Kong films won accolades at Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards on Saturday, as the island staged its largest film festival after successfully containing the coronavirus. While many film festivals have been forced largely online or...

Hong Kong’s plan to offer free coronavirus tests to all residents has become swept up in the festering political debate dividing the city, where many remain deeply skeptical of both local leaders and China. Billed as...

Australia on Thursday extended the visas of about 10,000 Hong Kong nationals living in the country for five years following China’s security crackdown on the territory. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said that Hong Kong citizens...

China has warned the United Kingdom (UK) not to intervene with Hong Kong following the imposition of new national security law, as one pro-democracy campaigner asked for international support. Chinese Ambassador Liu Xiaoming stated the UK’s...