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In unleashing global tariffs, President Donald Trump has vowed to remake the world to benefit US workers. One beneficiary could be the country he sees as the primary adversary — China. Asia’s largest economy promptly slapped identical tariffs on the United States and said it would impose export controls on rare earth elements vital in […]

Panama hopes to maintain a “respectful” relationship with the United States, even as President Donald Trump has repeated threats to retake the Panama Canal, Foreign Minister Javier Martinez-Acha said Saturday. His comments came ahead of a visit next week by US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, a trip made more urgent against the backdrop of Trump’s […]

Ivy Ip was 41 years old when she was diagnosed with stage four ovarian cancer in July 2021.  The Hong Kong resident first noticed constant stomach pain, which she thought was triggered by stress from working in the jewellery sales industry. When she was admitted to a hospital for a thorough gastrointestinal check-up, nurses discovered […]

US agricultural exports, fuels and manufactured goods are set to take a hit from China’s blanket retaliation against President Donald Trump’s sharp tariffs, with both sets of measures due to take effect next week. After Trump announced a 34-percent new tariff on imports of Chinese goods — taking the added rate imposed this year to […]

Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison Holdings has made headlines in recent weeks since it announced in early March that it would sell over 40 of its ports to an American-led consortium. Two of the ports are located at the Panama Canal, a strategic waterway key to international trade that US President Donald Trump claims is […]

By Mary Yang Chinese tourists visiting the country’s closest point to Taiwan wished for the democratic island’s return to Beijing’s rule, as their leadership called its president a “parasite” and unleashed ships and jets in drills to encircle it. On a sunny Wednesday at a scenic park in Pingtan — just 130 kilometres (80 miles) […]

President Donald Trump said his administration was “very close” to a deal to find a buyer for TikTok, which faces a US ban if not sold by its Chinese owner by the weekend. “We’re very close to a deal with a very good group of people,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One, adding that […]

A wildfire that broke out on Lantau Island’s Mui Wo nearly two weeks ago burned down hundreds of trees, many of them planted by horticulturist Paul Melsom over the past two decades. “It’s painful to walk amongst all the ashes. Trees you’ve been nurturing for a long time just reduced to nothing,” Melsom told HKFP. He […]

By Luna Lin and Oliver Hotham US President Donald Trump has slapped punishing new tariffs on imports of Chinese goods, deepening a trade war between the world’s two largest economies. Beijing has vowed countermeasures in response and warned the new tariffs will cripple global supply chains — and Washington’s own interests. AFP looks at how […]

Hong Kong recorded 365 new HIV cases in 2024, with the youngest infected individual aged 14, health authorities have said. The Department of Health announced on Thursday that the city saw a decline in the number of new HIV infections for the ninth consecutive year. In 2024, health authorities received reports of new HIV cases […]

China on Thursday said it “firmly opposes” sweeping new US tariffs on its exports, vowing “countermeasures” to protect its rights and interests. US President Donald Trump has ignited a potentially ruinous global trade war after imposing 10 percent levies on imports from around the world and harsh extra duties on key trading partners. Trump unveiled […]

The US has banned government personnel in China and Hong Kong from any romantic or sexual relationships with Chinese citizens, according to the Associated Press (AP) citing four sources with direct knowledge of the policy. In a report on Friday, the news wire said that the ban was put into effect by departing US ambassador […]

Hong Kong social worker Jackie Chen is a kind person who is happy to help others in need, her lawyer has said as a judge prepares to hand down a jail term for her riot conviction linked to a protest in 2019. Chen, 48, appeared at the District Court on Thursday morning. She was found […]

Hong Kong is aiming to bar residents from possessing or smoking e-cigarettes in public from the second quarter of next year, in a move that will eventually ban their use even in private, according to local media reports. The government is set to submit a bill that will strengthen its crackdown on e-cigarettes and heated […]

A Hong Kong man has been found guilty in a retrial over his involvement in the Yuen Long mob attack in 2019, after his acquittal was overturned last year. District Court Judge Eddie Yip convicted Wong Chi-wing of one count each of rioting and wounding with intent on Thursday after an appeal court in August […]

Chinese artist Badiucao has said that two Mong Kok billboards showing a clip he made with a hidden political message have been removed. Organisers would not confirm the removal but have denied the work is political, calling the Australian-based artist’s move “disrespectful.” Four-second black-and-white clips featuring Badiucao had been intermittently displayed on two LED billboards […]

US President Donald Trump signed an order Wednesday to close a duty-free exemption for small parcels from China, in a move likely to severely disrupt the import of popular low-cost products. The rule has faced heavy scrutiny as US officials pointed to the growth of Chinese-founded online retailers Shein and Temu as a factor behind […]

Hong Kong’s commerce chief has turned down an idea floated by a lawmaker to merge the city’s public broadcaster and the government’s public relations department, saying such a move would be “counterproductive” to official communication work. Speaking during a Legislative Council (LegCo) meeting on Wednesday, Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Algernon Yau said the […]

The Hong Kong government has invited members of the public to submit their views on its proposal to legalise basketball betting in the city. The government announced on Wednesday the launch of a one-month consultation on a regulatory regime for basketball betting under the Betting Duty Ordinance. A 16-page consultation document was released for the […]

China’s military said it practised hitting key ports and energy sites during “live-fire” drills Wednesday as part of exercises aimed at Taiwan, the democratic island it claims as its own. The surprise manoeuvres were criticised by Washington as “intimidation tactics” and come after Taiwan President Lai Ching-te called China a “foreign hostile force”. Named “Strait […]

Hong Kong has slammed “untruthful remarks, slanders and smears” in a US report accusing Beijing and local authorities of taking further steps to curtail human rights in the city through national security legislation. In its 2025 Hong Kong Policy Act Report issued Monday, the US Department of State said that Beijing and Hong Kong last […]

US lawmakers moved Tuesday to rename the street next to Hong Kong’s Washington office after Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy media owner jailed as China clamps down in the financial hub. A bill introduced in the House of Representatives would erect the street sign “Jimmy Lai Way” on a stretch alongside the Hong Kong Economic and […]

A Hong Kong man who wrote slogans related to Taiwanese independence and the Chinese Communist Party has been jailed for 10 months for criminal damage and sedition under the city’s homegrown security law, Article 23. Ernest Lee pleaded guilty at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts to the offences on Tuesday, according to court news outlet […]

Joe Chow – previously deputy commissioner of police (operations) – has been appointed as Commissioner of Police by China’s State Council. It comes after Raymond Siu stepped down as the city’s top cop on Tuesday. He entered pre-retirement leave after serving for 36 years. Director of Crime and Security Keith Yip will take on Chow’s […]