Hong Kong

Protesters gather at Victoria Park in Hong Kong on June 4 in 2019, left. The park was empty this year after being cordoned off by police. (Source photos by Kosaku Mimura and Reuters)
Politics

Hong Kong's Tiananmen vigil organizer to halt almost all activities

Citing intensifying political suppression, group to lay off staff, shutter museum

10 July 2021
Police officers raise the flags of China and Macao in the territory's Golden Lotus Square.
Politics

Macao disqualifies pro-democracy groups from legislative election

Three incumbents among about 20 candidates barred from September polls

9 July 2021
A Hong Kong shopping district, pictured on July 27: the city has been stable since the enactment of the National Security Law.
Opinion

Hong Kong remains a free and open city

Freedom of speech and of the press are guaranteed

9 July 2021
Hong Kong residents lined up on Oct. 14, 2020 to buy apartments in New World Development's Pavilia Farm development.
Property

Hong Kong's New World to demolish new condo towers over defects

Pavilia Farm project attracted record buyer interest

8 July 2021
Baidu is one of a string of New York-listed Chinese technology companies to have secured a place on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange through a local offering since 2019. 
IPO

Hong Kong stands to win from China clampdown on offshore IPOs

Beijing's probes of companies listed in US may spur interest in nearby market

8 July 2021
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said the government would address worries about the anti-doxxing law during the legislative process.
Technology

US tech giants warn Hong Kong data law could drive them away

Google, Facebook and Twitter cite prosecution risks under privacy plans

6 July 2021
Hong Kong police have sought to stop residents from memorializing a man who last week stabbed a policeman and then himself.
Politics

Chinese officials: 'Plenty more to be done' on Hong Kong security

Zheng Yanxiong vows 'no compromise' with those causing unrest in name of freedom

5 July 2021
The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge opened in 2018 after nearly nine years of construction. 
Caixin

Hong Kong court raises sentences in Zhuhai-Macao Bridge fraud

Appeals court finds 11 defendants' sentences 'too lenient'

5 July 2021
Chinese electric vehicle maker Xpeng debuts on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange after raising $1.8 billion in its first local share sale. 
Your Week in Asia

G-20 talks corporate tax, Xpeng Hong Kong debut, AI in Shanghai

Your weekly lineup of Asia's biggest business and political events

4 July 2021
Tenor Ziwen Xiang (left), and soprano Bizhou Chang as the tragic romantic couple Rodolfo and Mimi. (Photo by Laine Rettmer)
Arts

The ex-Goldman Sachs banker who turned "La Boheme" into a movie

COVID pandemic helped forge a new take on a classic opera

3 July 2021
Police officers block Hong Kong's Victoria Park after permission was denied for a protest rally during the 24th anniversary of the former British colony's return to Chinese rule on July 1.
Politics

Hong Kong rally banned as China celebrates party centennial

19 arrested on handover anniversary, while suspect in officer's stabbing dies

2 July 2021
Hong Kong's Stand News has taken down sensitive articles and stopped donations to prevent money going to "waste" if its accounts are frozen. (Screenshot from Stand News website) 
Politics

Apple Daily's fate puts Hong Kong independent media on high alert

Stand News axes articles and halts donations in preparation for crackdown

1 July 2021
Jimmy Lai, chairman and founder of Next Digital, holds up a copy of the Apple Daily newspaper as he speaks during an interview with Reuters in Taipei in 2010. 
Media & Entertainment

How Jimmy Lai's Apple Daily reshaped Taiwan's media landscape

Once all conquering empire loses out to politics and financial woes

30 June 2021
The Tokyo Stock Exchange had only four listed non-Japanese companies at the end of 2020, a far cry from Hong Kong or Singapore.
Markets

Tokyo snags Asian listing in 'Goldilocks' space between NYSE and Hong Kong

More than 30 companies weighing depositary share debut in Japan

30 June 2021
A woman walks past a poster for the National Security Law in Hong Kong.
Politics

Hong Kongers get creative to show opposition to security law

People need to 'be bold, be wise, but be careful,' Emily Lau Wai-hing says

29 June 2021
The security law has produced a "chilling effect covering the entire Hong Kong society," says Toru Kurata, a politics and law professor at Rikkyo University.
Asia Insight

How the National Security Law transformed Hong Kong in one year

Legislation forces people to migrate, steer clear of politics in 'South Shenzhen'

29 June 2021
The Chinese Communist Party sees the centenary of its founding as an important event that will highlight the legacy of socialist rule and the regime's success in controlling COVID-19.
Your Week in Asia

CCP turns 100, Phuket reopens and Didi IPO

Your weekly lineup of Asia's biggest business and political events

27 June 2021
Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong, pictured on June 22: much of what makes the city great remains fundamentally ever-present.
Opinion

This is why I will never abandon Hong Kong

Our city is wounded, but it is not dead

27 June 2021
"Denise Ho: Becoming the Song" is an American documentary depicting a famous Hong Kong singer's fight for democracy.
26 June 2021
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam, second right, poses with newly promoted officials Chris Tang, right, John Lee, second left, and Raymond Siu, on June 25.
Politics

Top Hong Kong security officials rewarded ahead of law anniversary

Police veteran John Lee ascends to No. 2 role in government

25 June 2021
Sam Bankman-Fried is worth $8.7 billion, shares an apartment with roommates, wears T-shirts and shorts to work, and sleeps on bean bag chairs.
Business Spotlight

Hong Kong's 29-year-old crypto billionaire: FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried

Value of exchange business led by US entrepreneur jumps 20-fold in a year

25 June 2021
Even with their final paychecks uncertain, many Apple Daily staff stayed until the final paper's printing late Wednesday night. 
Media & Entertainment

Hong Kong's Apple Daily yields to 'inevitable fate'

Newspaper critical of Chinese authorities meets end after years of defiance

24 June 2021
The final edition of Apple Daily on June 24 sold briskly after residents lined up sometimes for hours to get copies.
Media & Entertainment

Apple Daily prints final edition after arrest of editorial writer

Government-owned industrial park seeks eviction of critical Hong Kong newspaper

24 June 2021
A Lalamove truck with company founder Shing Chow.
IPO

Hong Kong's Lalamove files for $1bn American IPO

Sources also say China's Xpeng targets up to $2bn in homecoming listing

24 June 2021
Copies of Apple Daily on display at a newsstand in Hong Kong. The paper could cease operations in days unless its assets are unfrozen.
The Nikkei View

China's media crackdown in Hong Kong is beyond comprehension

The public's right to know is under attack as clock ticks on Apple Daily

23 June 2021