Dictatorships rewrite the past to control the present, and so it goes in Hong Kong as its former British legal system becomes a replica of China’s. This month three Hong Kong citizens went on trial ...

A rags-to-riches tycoon, Hong Kong media boss Jimmy Lai is a self-styled "troublemaker" who has long been a thorn in Beijing's side thanks to his caustic tabloids and unapologetic support for ...

Former Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai has become what observers say is a symbol of the 2020 crackdown on press freedoms in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong planned to issue its first stablecoin licenses in March under a strict regulatory regime. Beijing maintained opposition to crypto, signaling no shift in its mainland ban. The rollout ...

A Hong Kong court has convicted the father of a U.S.-based activist for attempting to deal with his daughter's financial ...

Two Tiananmen vigil activists facing national security charges persisted with their long-standing advocacy for democracy in China, with one doing so despite a warning from a Beijing official, a Hong ...

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Beijing has issued a white paper on Hong Kong’s role in safeguarding national security under the “one country, two systems” principle, stressing that the city’s struggles on this front “have never ...

Well, it’s finally here. The sequel to one of the worst games of all time, Hong Kong ’97, is here, and it’s found its way onto indie storefront Itch.io. Hong Kong 2097 is another deliberately bad ...

Beijing has issued a white paper on Hong Kong’s role in safeguarding national security under the “one country, two systems” principle, stressing that the city’s struggle on this front “is persistent” ...

Lai was convicted of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and conspiring with others to publish seditious articles.