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Hong Kong to ban passenger flights from UK to curb virus
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong says it will ban all passenger flights from the U.K. starting Thursday as it seeks to curb the spread of new variants of the coronavirus. It said in a statement Monday that the U.K.
Crossing the Red Line: Behind China’s Takeover of Hong Kong
One year ago, the city’s freedoms were curtailed with breathtaking speed. But the clampdown was years in the making, and many signals were missed.
China Is Said to Ask Citic Group to Examine Huarong Finances
China has asked one of its biggest state-owned conglomerates to examine the finances of China Huarong Asset Management Co., people familiar with the matter said, adding a new twist to the drama that has roiled the world’s second-largest credit market for months.
Fear Grips Other Hong Kong Media After China Crushes Apple Daily
Less than a week after Jimmy Lai’s Apple Daily closed abruptly following a crackdown by Beijing, the unease is spreading to other pro-democracy media in Hong Kong, a city that’s long protected civil liberties unseen in mainland China.
Geely Automobile Withdraws Shanghai Star Board Listing Application
Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. has decided to withdraw its application for a proposed yuan share issue on Shanghai’s Nasdaq-style Star board, citing the “company’s business decisions and strategic adjustments,” according to a Hong Kong stock exchange filing Friday.
China’s PBOC Leads the Fed in Weaning Economy Off Stimulus
China’s central bank is a step ahead of its U.S. counterpart in reining in its Covid-19 emergency stimulus, relieving potential market pressure from the Federal Reserve’s looming shift in policy.
Banned Australian Lobsters Are Sneaking Into China Via Hong Kong
Australia’s rock lobsters may be finding their way onto Chinese dinner tables through a back door that’s letting the industry sidestep a ban on the long-prized delicacy.
EV Maker Xpeng Seeks Hong Kong Listing of Up to $1.97 Billion
New York-traded electric-vehicle maker Xpeng Inc. is looking to raise as much as $1.97 billion for a listing in Hong Kong, putting it on track to be the first Chinese EV producer to complete a so-called homecoming share sale.
What Else Has Hong Kong Lost, Readers Ask as a Paper Is Forced to Shut
Apple Daily, a pro-democracy news outlet, is the biggest casualty yet in Beijing’s campaign against Hong Kong’s once freewheeling news media. Its million-copy final edition sold fast.
Hong Kong's last pro-democracy paper sells out final edition
HONG KONG (AP) — The final edition of Hong Kong's last remaining pro-democracy paper sold out in hours Thursday, as readers scooped up all 1 million copies of the Apple Daily, whose closure was yet another sign of China's tightening grip on the semi-autonomous city.
New Data Show Hong Kong’s National Security Arrests Follow a Pattern
In the nine months since the Hong Kong National Security Law was passed, more than 90 people have been arrested under the new legislation. Though they have been charged with various breaches of
Hong Kong’s Lalamove Files Confidentially for $1 Billion U.S. IPO
Hong Kong’s on-demand logistics and delivery firm Lalamove has filed confidentially for a U.S. initial public offering, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Hong Kong Bids Emotional Farewell to Newspaper Shut by China
Hong Kong activists said goodbye to the Apple Daily newspaper in a dramatic midnight vigil as the pro-democracy tabloid became the latest victim in Beijing’s campaign to silence dissent in the former British colony.
Hong Kong police arrest man for sedition over protest flag
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police have arrested a 40-year-old man on suspicion of using seditious words after a flag with a banned protest slogan was seen hanging outside his apartment. Police received a report on Monday from a passerby who spotted the flag bearing the banned slogan “Liberate Hong Kong, the revolution of our times” hanging from a laundry rack outside the apartment in the Mong Kok neighborhood in Kowloon, police said Tuesday.
Hong Kong leader refuses to say how media can avoid arrest in wake of Apple Daily raids
Carrie Lam denies arrest of senior editorial figures at pro-democracy paper and seizure of its assets was an attack on press freedom
Taiwan to maintain Hong Kong office despite visa problems
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan says it will continue operating its de facto consulate in Hong Kong in spite of visa difficulties for its staffers while also providing consular services online. The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Hong Kong has been unable to get new visas for its staff after the Hong Kong government in 2018 began requiring that Taiwanese personnel at the office sign a statement accepting the “one-China principle,” Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council said.
In a Muffled Hong Kong, Bookstores Offer Freedom of Thought
Some independent shops flout the new limits on free expression. Others try to come to terms with them. For readers, they offer a sense of connection in a changed city.
China’s Worse-Than-Suez Ship Delays Set to Widen Trade Chaos
The global shipping industry, already exhausted by pandemic shocks that are adding to inflation pressures and delivery delays, faces the biggest test of its stamina yet.
Editors of Hong Kong newspaper arrested under security law
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police used a sweeping national security law Thursday to arrest five editors and executives of a pro-democracy newspaper on charges of colluding with foreign powers — the first time the legislation has been used against the press in yet another sign of an intensifying crackdown by Chinese authorities in the city long known for its freedoms.
China’s firewall is spreading globally
Chinese internet censorship efforts are increasingly being felt in places outside the country.
This is what Chinese state disinformation looks like
Chinese state media’s videos are increasingly slick and compelling. Don’t believe them. Last Thursday, Google announced it disabled 210 channels on YouTube “to combat coordinated…
Beijing claims British consul employee arrested for soliciting prostitutes
On Wednesday, the South China Morning Post reported that Simon Cheng Man-kit (郑文杰 Zhèng Wénjié), 28, an employee of the British consulate in Hong Kong, was detained…
Beijing blames protests on Hong Kong ‘Gang of Four’
Move over, Jiang Qing, Zhang Chunqiao, Yao Wenyuan, and Wang Hongwen. There’s a new Gang of Four in town. The South China Morning Post reports: China’s state…
Twitter and Facebook ban accounts pushing disinformation from Beijing
China’s state media agencies have been buying large quantities of ads and promoted posts on Facebook and Twitter for years. But their budget seems to…
No foreign black hands, say source: Hong Kong police officers
As Sophia Yan and Roland Oliphant of The Telegraph reports, three senior Hong Kong police officers held a small roundtable with foreign media and said some…
‘What a shame to Hong Kong’: Chinese users flood Instagram
In an attempt to construct an unfavorable narrative about the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong for the eyes of the rest of the world, hundreds of thousands of mainlanders have bypassed the Great Firewall, China’s massive internet filtering system, and flocked to Instagram to denounce the protesters and exhibit solidarity as mainlanders. Congregating around the hashtag #whatashametohongkong, these tech-savvy internet users from the mainland, who are mostly young people with the knowledge of how to use a virtual private network (VPN) service, have been spreading various forms of pro-CCP messages on the platform.
Hong Kong: The propaganda is working
The BBC reports that “squads of riot police” arrived at the Hong Kong International Airport shortly before midnight local time after a second day of protests that…
Weekly Briefing: Police brutality in Hong Kong; the world’s most dangerous place; progress for LGBT Chinese
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Beijing bans Cathay Pacific flight crew who protest
On Friday, Beijing revealed a new strategy to sanction people and companies that participate in protests: “Beijing has ordered Cathay Pacific to stop aircrew who…
Beijing blames Hong Kong protests on American ‘black hands’
In the People’s Republic, the people are always happy. So when there is unrest, for example in 1989, it must be the fault of a small…
Hope for Hong Kong? Depends who you ask
On Tuesday, a spokesperson for the Chinese government’s Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office gave a press conference where he warned Hong Kong protesters that…
‘Play with fire, you’ll get burned’ — a warning to Hong Kong
Yáng Guāng 杨光, a spokesperson for the Chinese government’s Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, gave a press conference yesterday where he warned Hong Kong…
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