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Hong Kong’s security chief has accused a Ming Pao reporter of attempting to undermine the credibility of the government after the journalist asked why the official did not announce his trip to Thailand. Last Friday, Secretary for Security Chris Tang returned to Hong Kong from Thailand after coordinating a joint rescue operation of six Hong […]

Relatives of Chinese passengers lost on Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 gathered in Beijing on Saturday seeking answers from authorities 11 years after the plane disappeared in one of aviation’s greatest enduring mysteries. The Boeing 777 carrying 239 people disappeared from radar screens on March 8, 2014 while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Two-thirds of […]

Hong Kong entrepreneur Danny Lau has to weigh his options since Donald Trump‘s return to the White House has introduced not only fresh US tariffs but also created more uncertainty in global trade. Lau runs Kam Pin Paints Work, which specialises in aluminium coatings. With a third of its orders coming from the US, his […]

By Tommy Wang A Frenchman’s donation of vintage conflict photographs to China offers insight into the 1930-1940s Sino-Japanese War — even if some images are not the unique family heirlooms he believed them to be. Marcus Detrez landed in Beijing last month with a leather briefcase that he said contained hundreds of his grandfather’s pictures […]

China said Saturday it would slap tariffs on Canadian products including rapeseed oil and pork, after a Beijing probe into levies imposed by Ottawa on Chinese goods last year. Beijing’s commerce ministry said it would hit imported rapeseed oil, oil cakes, and peas from Canada with a 100 percent tariff. Aquatic products and pork will face […]

Dear readers and supporters, Ideas that HKFP could avoid some of the pressures faced by the rest of Hong Kong’s independent media sector were dashed in 2024. Threats and harassment, official scrutiny from multiple government departments, pressure on our corporate partners, and false complaints to the authorities marked a bumpy year for our newsroom. We […]

Elderly Chinese farmers carrying enormous baskets of vegetables squeezed into a subway station as its doors opened before dawn on Wednesday, on the outskirts of megacity Chongqing. As the economy took centre stage at a key political meeting in the capital Beijing thousands of kilometres away, the pensioners went about their daily rush into the […]

A former Hospital Authority (HA) executive and her husband, who were convicted of stealing from a supermarket two years ago, have been denied a chance to appeal at the city’s top court. Vivien Chuang – a former HA chief manager who spoke at a number of Hong Kong’s daily Covid-19 press briefings in 2020 – […]

Four Hong Kong activists, including three members of pro-democracy group the League of Social Democrats (LSD), will stand trial in late April after pleading not guilty last year to the offences linked to setting up street booths in 2023. LSD chairperson Chan Po-ying, vice-chairs Dickson Chau and Yu Wai-pan, and activist Lee Ying-chi – the […]

China’s retaliatory tariffs against US farm produce from corn to chicken are designed to hurt Donald Trump’s voter base, analysts say, but remain restrained enough to allow room for the adversaries to hash out a trade deal. Since taking office in January, Trump has unleashed a storm of tariffs against friends and foes alike, this […]

The government has welcomed a ruling from the Court of Final Appeal which upheld pro-democracy radio host “Fast Beat” Tam Tak-chi’s conviction and sentence for uttering seditious words. Tam stood accused of chanting the controversial slogan “liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times,” a phrase ruled as capable of inciting others to commit secession in […]

The Hong Kong government has said it will study how to “improve” national security legislation after the city’s top court quashed the convictions of three Tiananmen vigil activists. The Court of Final Appeal (CFA) on Thursday ruled in favour of Chow Hang-tung, Tang Ngok-kwan, and Tsui Hon-kwong – all from the now-disbanded Hong Kong Alliance […]

The national security trial of jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai is expected to hear closing arguments in late July, with proceedings now adjourned for both parties to prepare for their submissions. Three judges presiding over the high-profile national security trial tentatively set July 28 for both parties to begin their closing arguments. They […]

Hongkongers with British National (Overseas) passports will soon no longer need an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) to travel to the UK, a minister has said. In a March 5 letter to David Alton, a member of the House of Lords, Minister for Migration and Citizenship Seema Malhotra said that having reviewed the ETA policy and […]

China’s foreign minister on Friday vowed Beijing would “firmly counter” US pressure, after Donald Trump heaped  tariffs on Chinese goods and torched off a trade war between the world’s two largest economies. Speaking at a press conference on the sidelines of a key political meeting, Wang Yi warned the “law of the jungle” could take […]

A Hong Kong cleaners union has asked a sanitation contractor to clarify the status of four cleaners accused of faking work records after they were captured on video pasting up flyers then taking them down. The Cleaning Workers Union said in a statement on Wednesday that Baguio Cleaning Services Company, which is contracted by the […]

By Sam Davies and Luna Lin China vowed to fight a trade war with the United States “to the end” on Thursday, as tariffs from Washington buffeted the global economy and threatened to hit Beijing’s lagging growth. Beijing set an ambitious annual growth target of around five percent this week, vowing to make domestic demand its […]

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has wrapped up his testimony in his high-profile national security trial after taking the witness stand for more than 50 days. Wearing a light grey blazer, Lai waved to his family members and supporters in the public gallery at a courtroom in the West Kowloon Law Courts Building as […]

Lawmakers from Tibet on Thursday hailed recent economic progress and vowed to keep “high pressure” on alleged separatists in the region, where Beijing stands accused of widespread repression of minorities. Sparsely populated Tibet, which borders India, is one of China’s poorest and most tightly controlled provinces. Lawmakers from the region convened in Beijing for the […]

Hong Kong’s security chief has condemned a legal scholar for “undermining the rule of law” after the latter wrote an opinion piece criticising a court ruling that sent an ex-lawmaker to jail for “rioting” in the Yuen Long attack in 2019. In his letter to Ming Pao on Wednesday, Secretary for Security Chris Tang also […]

Hong Kong’s top court has ruled in favour of three Tiananmen vigil activists, quashing their convictions over failing to comply with a national security police data demand. Five Court of Final Appeal judges on Thursday unanimously ruled in favour of Chow Hang-tung, Tang Ngok-kwan, and Tsui Hon-kwong – all from the now-disbanded Hong Kong Alliance […]

Hong Kong’s apex court has upheld the conviction and sentence of jailed activist Tam Tak-chi in a landmark challenge of a since-repealed sedition law. The Court of Final Appeal (CFA) on Thursday ruled against former radio host Tam, who was found guilty and jailed for 40 months by the District Court in 2022 for 11 […]

Hong Kong’s Caritas Medical Centre has apologised for the death of an elderly patient who choked after being fed a regular meal instead of pureed food due to “communication issues.” Representatives of Caritas Medical Centre and the Hospital Authority held a press conference on the medical blunder on Wednesday, two days after the 75-year-old male […]

Hong Kong customs officers have announced the seizure of 42 endangered live lizards – with an estimated market value of HK$210,000 – at the city’s international airport. On Monday, customs officers inspected an air consignment from Australia, declared to contain “dehumidifier, air purifier, milk powder.” “Upon inspection, the suspected scheduled endangered live lizards were found […]