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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 […]

Hong Kong’s largest international school group is looking to raise tuition fees by an average of 4.8 per cent for primary and secondary school students, subject to approval by the city’s Education Bureau. In a letter to parents on Monday, the English Schools Foundation (ESF) CEO Belinda Greer said that the group’s board had approved […]

By Sally Jensen and Chayanit Itthipongmaetee A Chinese construction company is facing questions over the deadly collapse of a Bangkok skyscraper — the only major building in the capital to fall in a catastrophic earthquake that has killed more than 2,000 people in Thailand and neighbouring Myanmar. The 30-storey tower, still under construction, was to […]

Chinese artist Badiucao has said he snuck a political message onto two billboards in Mong Kok during last week’s Art Week. Organisers have denied the work is political. Four-second black-and-white clips featuring Badiucao are being intermittently displayed on two LED billboards, where the Australia-based artist is seen silently mouthing a quote from Chairman Mao Zedong. […]

Hong Kong cinema chain Golden Harvest has announced it will shut down its branch in Whampoa on April 10 due to “expiry of tenancy,” amid a wave of theatre closures since last year. After operating in the Kowloon residential district for almost 16 years, GH Whampoa will host its final screenings on April 9, Golden […]

By Joy Chiang with Mary Yang in Beijing China on Tuesday sent its army, navy, air and rocket forces to surround Taiwan for large-scale drills Beijing said were aimed at practising for “precision strikes” and a blockade of the self-ruled island. Taiwan dispatched its own aircraft and ships, and deployed land-based missile systems, in response […]

Hong Kong has slammed the United States for placing sanctions on six local and Chinese officials for their involvement in what Washington calls “transnational repression” and the implementation of the Beijing-imposed national security law. In a statement released in the early hours of Tuesday, the Hong Kong government said it “strongly condemns” the US for […]

Hong Kong’s top court has sided with the government in overturning the acquittal of Lam Cheuk-ting after the pro-democracy ex-lawmaker disclosed a misconduct probe into a police officer who was under investigation for his role in a mob attack during the 2019 protests and unrest. Lam, of the opposition Democratic Party, was cleared of three counts […]

Greenpeace has called on Kai Tak Stadium to allow reusable cups after an estimated 510,000 paper cups were used during the Hong Kong Sevens rugby tournament over the weekend. Volunteers at the stadium estimated that 60 per cent of the 860,000 pieces of disposable tableware generated during the three-day tournament were paper cups, the green […]

Heralded as the sixth most dangerous in the world, Kai Tak served as Hong Kong’s airport from 1925 until 1998. Initially a simple grass-strip airfield, a concrete slipway was added in 1928. A flight control tower and hangar were built in the 1930s, when commercial flights began. The airport was expanded in the 1950s with a new […]

Hong Kong’s security chief has accused a former examinations official of spreading rumours about the recent death of a secondary school student during a study tour in mainland China. Social media page “Edu Lancet,” which describes itself as a platform for “voicing concerns” about the education sector, was slammed by Secretary for Security Chris Tang […]