Beijing's increasing influence has led to speculation that Hong Kong's days of an independent football scene are numbered.
Bitcoin and Ether spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are set to receive the final approvals in Hong Kong as early as Monday next week. According to a recent Matrixport report, these investment products could unlock up to $25 billion in demand from Chinese investors through the Southbound Stock Connect program. However, the latest revelations and clarifications […]
The Hong Kong government has vowed to launch an investigation into an industrial accident after two men died in a suspected gas leak at a construction site. A 26-year-old worker surnamed Kwok and his colleague surnamed Lee, 34, died on Tuesday after they were hospitalised following a suspected hydrogen sulphide leak at around midnight at […]
A marine pyrotechnic display will take place across Victoria Harbour during next Wednesday’s May Day public holiday, kicking off a campaign of regular fireworks shows to boost tourism, the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) has announced. In a statement released on Thursday, the HKTB said the fireworks show will begin at 8pm on Labour Day […]
A Hong Kong court has refused three activists’ applications to challenge their convictions over refusing to comply with a data request from national security police at the city’s top court. Chow Hang-tung, a human rights lawyer and the former vice-chair of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements, the group that once organised […]
The University of Hong Kong (HKU)’s head has been cleared of misconduct and mismanagement allegations, after whistle-blower emails accusing him of mismanaging funds prompted a six-month-long investigation. The complaints about the institution’s president and vice-chancellor Zhang Xiang were not substantiated, a statement published by the HKU Council on Saturday read. In a separate statement on […]
Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai had wanted to bring together legislators, overseas groups, the power of the community, and other sectors to achieve “China implosion,” a court has heard during a landmark trial under the Beijing-imposed national security law. Paralegal Chan Tsz-wah, who stands accused of conspiring with Lai and others to collude with […]
By Philip Heijmans (Bloomberg) — This was supposed to be the year that Vietnam reaped the benefits from one of its largest natural gas discoveries. An estimated 150 billion cubic meters
'The narrative that unnamed or unidentified Chinese officials are propagating is another crude attempt to advance a falsehood,' says Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr.
By Laurie Chen QINGDAO, China, April 21 (Reuters) – The Chinese Navy on Sunday kicked off a biennial meeting of top foreign naval officials in the port city of Qingdao, in a
By W.G. Dunlop US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with his Chinese counterpart Dong Jun via video teleconference Tuesday, in the first substantive talks between the superpowers’ defense chiefs in nearly 18 months. The United States has been working to strengthen defense cooperation with its allies in the Asia-Pacific region to counter China’s growing influence […]
STORY: More than 700 school students stranded in their dormitories after heavy rains and the ensuing floods were rescued by emergency workers, said CCTV.The southern Chinese province has been battered by unusually heavy, sustained and widespread rainfall since Thursday (April 18), with powerful storms ushering in an earlier-than-normal start to the region's annual flooding season.As of Monday morning, 11 people were missing in Guangdong, state-owned Xinhua news agency reported without giving...