Politics

A mam walks through Hong Kong's Central financial district: The Japanese government has created new rules expediting the transfer of investment funds from Hong Kong in the event of unrest.
Politics

Japan to offer express lane for funds leaving Hong Kong

Tokyo looks to lure talent from Asian financial hub in wake of unrest

31 July 2020
Activist Joshua Wong, shown registering his candidacy on July 20, was one of 12 opposition candidates disqualified on Thursday. 
Politics

Hong Kong disqualifies 12 security law opponents from election

Joshua Wong and four incumbents blocked from joining Sept. 6 legislative polls

30 July 2020
Hong Kong democracy activists including Agnes Chow, left, and Joshua Wong, front row center, pose while campaigning ahead of legislative polls. 
Politics

Hong Kong activists count losses from first month of security law

Some democrats and publishers retreat or flee, while others continue fight

30 July 2020
A Chinese national flag flies in front of HSBC's offices in Hong Kong.
Finance

A month on, Hong Kong banks caught between US and China sanctions

Lenders comb through clients to mitigate risk since security bill's passage

30 July 2020
Benny Tai, a leader of the 2014 Occupy Central pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong, speaks with reporters after being released on bail in August 2019.
Hong Kong protests

Hong Kong protest leader Benny Tai sacked by university

Legal scholar says dismissal marks 'end of academic freedom' in the territory

29 July 2020
Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou leaves her home to attend a court hearing in Vancouver on May 27.
Finance

Chinese state media step up attacks on HSBC over Huawei troubles

Site backed by cabinet office accuses British bank of 'betrayal'

28 July 2020
Demonstrators march in a protest demanding the resignation of Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha in Bangkok on July 26.
Turbulent Thailand

Thai youth protests draw moral support from Hong Kong activists

Taiwan peers also join 'Milk Tea Alliance' for more democracy in rebuff to China

28 July 2020
A protester holds up a British passport during a demonstration outside the British consulate in Hong Kong last year.
International relations

China warns it won't recognize Hong Kongers' British passports

Beijing retaliates after UK opens path to citizenship for BNO holders

24 July 2020
Former Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky, center, and his wife tour the KGB's Lefortovo Prison -- where he was once held -- in Moscow in 1997. 
Interview

Ex-Soviet dissident Sharansky urges 'solidarity' with Hong Kong

Gulag survivor turned Israeli politician advises linking trade to Beijing's actions

23 July 2020
Dismissing worries, senior Hong Kong leaders say the operations of "law-abiding financial institutions and market practitioners" should not be affected by the new national security law. 
Finance

Officials fail to quell Hong Kong financiers' security law worries

Bankers and fund managers are changing how they trade and communicate

22 July 2020
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, meets with Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson at Downing Street in London on July 21. 
International relations

US pushes for transatlantic coalition against China

Pompeo and Johnson signal united front after Britain's Huawei ban

22 July 2020
Anti-government protesters gather at the British Consulate in Hong Kong in September 2019.
International relations

UK suspends Hong Kong extradition treaty over China security law

London joins US, Canada and Australia in move expected to draw Beijing rebuke

21 July 2020
Pro-democracy activist Nathan Law speaks during a press conference on June 19: the momentum of the movement shows no signs of dying down.
Opinion

World must defend democratic results of Hong Kong primaries: Nathan Law

China wants to disqualify winners to keep opposition voices out of Legislative Council

18 July 2020
A Chinese bank employee counts U.S. currency notes at a local bank in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu province.
Finance

US threatens to cut off Chinese banks' access to dollars

Asset freeze and investment ban among sanctions targeting Beijing's Hong Kong clampdown

16 July 2020
The New York Times Building in New York. The company is set to move one-third of its staff in Hong Kong to Seoul due to concerns over the national security legislation.
Media & Entertainment

NY Times picks Seoul over Tokyo to diversify from Hong Kong

Foreign media in Chinese city face uncertainty after enactment of security law

15 July 2020
Zhang Xiaoming, executive deputy director of Beijing’s Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, could be one of the officials considered for sanction by the U.S. for undermining Hong Kong’s autonomy.
Finance

Banks in Hong Kong grade clients for US sanction risk

Institutions squeezed between Washington penalty threat and national security law

15 July 2020
Major Chinese internet groups are facing extreme scrutiny but it does not mean that they must stop expanding internationally.
Opinion

China's aggression is undermining its tech giants' global ambitions

TikTok's troubles shows ByteDance and others will face U.S. pushback as they expand

15 July 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the White House on July 14.
International relations

Trump signs Hong Kong bill to punish Chinese officials and banks

Move comes with executive order to revoke city's preferential treatment

15 July 2020
Pedestrians use their mobile phones near a Huawei advert at a bus stop in central London last year. 
Huawei crackdown

UK bans Huawei, cutting gear from 5G network by 2027

Reversal puts Britain in US-led camp pushing decoupling from China

14 July 2020
Pro-democracy activists Tiffany Yuen Ka-wai and Joshua Wong attend a campaign event during primary elections in Hong Kong on July 11.
Politics

Young activists dominate Hong Kong opposition primary victors

Voters seek new blood despite candidates' risk of disqualification under security law

14 July 2020
Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Nathan Law, center, is flanked by Joshua Wong, left, and Sunny Cheung during a press conference outside the Legislative Council in Hong Kong on June 3.
International relations

Hong Kong activist Nathan Law says he has arrived in London

UK and China are in a spat over the territory and use of Huawei technology

13 July 2020
Police detain protesters on July 1 in Hong Kong, one day after China enacted a national security law that cracks down on protests in the territory.
Comment

Hong Kong should not be left to die

The world can still China's behavior toward its freedom-loving territory

13 July 2020
Voters in Hong Kong line up over the weekend at a polling station. More than 600,000 people participated in the primary held by the city's pro-democracy camp.
Politics

Hong Kong voters show defiance with turnout for opposition primary

Despite little promotion, more than 600,000 join to select legislative candidates

13 July 2020
Hong Kong's financial district: a key selling point for the city has long been the stablest exchange rate in Asia.
Opinion

Donald Trump's White House would strangle Hong Kong to hurt China

Idea to end city's currency peg is one face of president's economic war on Beijing

13 July 2020
A woman carries an American flag during a protest outside the U.S. Consulate in Hong Kong on July 4: Pro-Beijing activists decry what they call foreign meddling over a new national security law.
Economy

Security law threatens Hong Kong's arbitration and trade hub status

Prospect of politicized courts and US sanctions has business community sweating

12 July 2020