Politics

Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour. Taiwan will continue operating its office in the city for such activities as to issuing visas and promoting trade.
Politics

Taiwan vows to keep Hong Kong offices despite 'one China' spat

Mainland Affairs minister accuses city of violating 2011 deal governing ties

21 June 2021
Residents keen to show their support for Apple Daily bought extra copies last Friday and showed up for court Saturday when its editor-in-chief was brought before a magistrate. 
Media & Entertainment

Apple Daily to shut unless Hong Kong police release frozen funds

Board of Next Digital to decide Friday on closure of outspoken newspaper

21 June 2021
Taiwanese personnel at the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Hong Kong have been forced to leave the city due to political obstacles the Hong Kong government has set up.
Politics

Taiwanese officials in Hong Kong forced to return home

City demands signing document that recognizes 'one China' principle or leave

21 June 2021
Police said on Thursday dozens of the newspaper's articles were suspected of violating the national security law.
Politics

Apple Daily editor and CEO denied bail in Hong Kong

Ryan Law and Cheung Kim-hung were among five executives arrested

19 June 2021
Hong Kong residents lined up to buy copies of a bumper run of Apple Daily on Friday. 
Media & Entertainment

Readers rally to Hong Kong's Apple Daily despite official warning

Shops sell out despite print run expanded to 500,000 from 80,000

18 June 2021
Ryan Law, center, Apple Daily's chief editor, was one of five top editors and executives of the paper and its parent company arrested on June 17.
Politics

Hong Kong police arrest Apple Daily editors and executives

Authorities cite articles said to urge imposition of sanctions on China and city

17 June 2021
Pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow, center, was released from prison in Hong Kong on June 12. 
Politics

Agnes Chow released from Hong Kong prison

Democracy activist unresponsive to reporters as she leaves scene

12 June 2021
Showings of the documentary "Inside the Red Brick Wall," about Hong Kong's 2019 anti-government protests, have been disrupted by local authorities. (Screenshot from Docaviv YouTube page)
Politics

Hong Kong to censor movies in name of 'national security'

Move comes after actions against media, teachers and activists

11 June 2021
Singaporean Finance Minister Lawrence Wong says the city-state "will make any necessary changes to our corporate tax system" once a global consensus is reached.
Economy

G-7 tax deal reverberates in Singapore and beyond: What to know

Proposed minimum of 'at least 15%' spurs talk of strategic rethink

11 June 2021
Police disperse people gathered at Hong Kong's Victoria Park on June 4, the 32nd anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators.
Hong Kong protests

Hong Kong courts find over 700 guilty 2 years after protests shook city

Widening crackdown quells demonstrations but not distrust in government

10 June 2021
Police, which reportedly positioned 7,000 officers throughout the territory on Friday, blocked all entrances of Victoria Park and occasionally held up a yellow banner with a warning to passers-by. (Photo by Kenji Kawase)
Politics

Hope and mourning: Hong Kong remembers Tiananmen despite ban

Observers find ways to mark anniversary in face of arrests and Victoria Park shutdown

5 June 2021
Hong Kong's June 4th Museum received more than 550 visitors after reopening on May 30. 
Politics

Hong Kong's Tiananmen museum forced to close ahead of anniversary

Exhibits commemorating 1989 Beijing crackdown had reopened three days earlier

2 June 2021
Thousands of people hold a candlelight vigil to mark the 31st anniversary of the crackdown on pro-democracy protests at Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989, after police rejected a mass annual vigil amid concerns about COVID-19, at Victoria Park, Hong Kong, on June 4, 2020.
Hong Kong protests

Hong Kong organizers lose appeal to hold Tiananmen vigil on June 4

COVID cited in ban on rally to remember crackdown on pro-democracy protests

29 May 2021
Avery Ng, a co-defendant of Jimmy Lai, hoists a copy of a book of speeches by Chinese President Xi Jinping as he is taken from jail to court on Friday. 
Hong Kong protests

Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai given another 14-month prison term

10 activists sentenced for taking part in 2019 China National Day protest

28 May 2021
Under the new law, only 22% of the legislative seats will be elected by the public, down from 57% in the last election in 2016.
Politics

Hong Kong passes Beijing bill to reduce directly elected lawmakers

Law approved in opposition-less legislature seen as regression of democracy

28 May 2021
Hong Kong's property sector has been less politically outspoken since protests swept the city in 2019.
Politics

Hong Kong property tycoons play nice as China steps up pressure

Blamed for unrest in city, developers see political influence wane

27 May 2021
Demonstrators rally in Taipei on October 25, 2020 in support of Hong Kong activists.
International relations

Hong Kong blames 'gross interference' for Taiwan office closure

City accuses Taipei of offering help to 'violent protesters' seeking to flee financial hub

21 May 2021
Next Digital continued to print its feisty Apple Daily newspaper in Hong Kong despite the freezing of owner Jimmy Lai's stake, but stopped printing in Taiwan.
Politics

Hong Kong threatens 'full force of law' after Lai assets frozen

Shares of Apple Daily owner Next Digital suspended from trading

18 May 2021
Hong Kong has served as an international financial and business hub, largely thanks to its laissez-faire economic policies.
Politics

New Hong Kong regulations threaten to stifle financial hub

Potential restrictions on travel and reduced corporate disclosure spark concern

16 May 2021
Chow Hang-tung, vice chair of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, said after Joshua Wong’s sentencing that group members will again light candles to mark the anniversary of the 1989 crackdown.
Politics

Hong Kong's Joshua Wong gets 10-month sentence for Tiananmen event

Authorities decline to process application for this year's June 4 commemoration

6 May 2021
Bao Choy, a reporter formerly affiliated with Hong Kong public broadcaster RTHK, appears in front of supporters outside a courthouse on Nov. 10, 2020.
Politics

Hong Kong reporter found guilty after investigating police conduct

Documentary revealed slow response by officers to mob attack on protesters in 2019

22 April 2021
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has argued that human rights should trump commerce when it comes to Hong Kong.
Hong Kong protests

US 'laser-focused' on Hong Kong rule of law: Pelosi

House leader says support for democracy is 'bipartisan and bicameral'

20 April 2021
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Asia Insight

Hong Kong's security law sends chill through arts community

Political pressure undermines city's position as regional culture hub

20 April 2021
Hong Kong students attend a flag raising ceremony during morning assembly ahead of National Security Education Day.
Politics

Hong Kong students learn new lesson: respect China's laws

Once regarded as a bastion of free thought, city's education takes a drastic turn

18 April 2021
Martin Lee, the founder of Hong Kong's Democratic Party and widely known as the city's "father of democracy," arrives at the courthouse prior to sentencing on April 16.
Politics

Hong Kong's Jimmy Lai and others jailed over illegal assembly

Media mogul receives 14 months for two cases, while Martin Lee avoids prison

16 April 2021