Hong kong

Hong Kong has 42 confirmed cases of coronavirus (Reuters)

Seawater as sanitizer: How this fishing village in Hong Kong is unfazed by virus

2 min read . 11 Feb 2020

File photo. A Hong Kong Airlines plane takes off from the Hong Kong International Airport, (Reuters)

Hong Kong airline asks 27,000 staff to take unpaid leave

1 min read . 05 Feb 2020

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the flu-like virus a global emergency. (Bloomberg)

Hong Kong reports first death from coronavirus

3 min read . 04 Feb 2020

Protesters hold up placards during a rally in Hong Kong (Photo: AP)

China replaces head of Hong Kong liaison office amid ongoing protests

1 min read . 04 Jan 2020

Plainclothes police officers wield telescoping batons as they arrest protesters in a mall during Christmas Eve in Hong Kong on Tuesday (Photo: AP)

Hong Kong police fire tear gas to disperse Christmas Eve protesters

2 min read . 24 Dec 2019

In Hong Kong, the locals have been protesting against the strong arm tactics of the mainland Chinese regime. (AP)

Capital Calculus

2019: The year when the world got angrier

3 min read . 22 Dec 2019

Police arrest a Hong Kong protester after a Chinese flag was removed from a flag pole at a rally in support of Xinjiang Uighurs' human rights in Hong Kong (Reuters)

Hong Kong police clash with protesters after Uighur support rally

2 min read . 22 Dec 2019

In this photo provided by Hong Kong Government Information ServicesChinese President Xi Jinping, right, shakes hands with Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam in Beijing (AP/PTI)

Xi praises Hong Kong leader Lam, police for crackdown on pro-democracy protests

2 min read . 16 Dec 2019

US President Donald Trump. (Photo: Reuters)

Donald Trump okays law backing Hong Kong protesters

1 min read . 28 Nov 2019

Opinion | Bad spell for China

1 min read . 26 Nov 2019

Gains on Monday were broad-based, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq firming over 1.1% and nine of the 11 major S&P 500 sectors higher (Photo; Reuters)

S&P 500, Nasdaq hit new highs as chip stocks climb on trade optimism

2 min read . 26 Nov 2019

Long lines formed outside Hong Kong polling stations (Photo: Reuters)

Hong Kong polls: Record turnout in 1st vote since protests started

3 min read . 24 Nov 2019

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar with the Foreign Ministers of (L-R) Japan, Toshimitsu Motegi, China, Wang Yi, and Singapore, Vivian Balakrishnan at the G20 foreign ministers meeting, in Nagoya on Saturday (Photo: ANI)

China attacks US at G20 as the world's biggest source of instability

1 min read . 23 Nov 2019

Riot policemen stand guard outside a bank as an electronic screen showing the Hang Seng composite index in the Central district of Hong Kong (Photo: AP)

16,700% return in 50 years makes Hang Seng Index world’s best by a stretch

2 min read . 23 Nov 2019

US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump. (REUTERS)

Hong Kong would be 'obliterated in 14 minutes' if not for me: Donald Trump

1 min read . 22 Nov 2019

The legislation aims to address abuses of human rights, clamps on the movement of protesters, and, above all, Beijing’s violations of the territory’s autonomy. (Photo: Reuters)

Opinion | American finger wag

1 min read . 20 Nov 2019

Protesters clash with police outside Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong on 17 November 2019 (Photo: Reuters)

Hong Kong threaten to use live bullets as standoff with protesters escalates

2 min read . 17 Nov 2019

Demonstrators form a human chain to move supplies during a protest on Pedder Street in the Central district of Hong Kong (Photo: Bloomberg)

Hong Kong protest violence hits universities, business district

3 min read . 12 Nov 2019

Protesters building barricades from white boxes in Sai Wan Ho area where a boy was allegedly shot and left unconscious this morning in Hong Kong (Photo: Reuters)

Hong Kong police shoot protester, man set on fire

5 min read . 11 Nov 2019

Riot police officers clear up a road from barricade set up by protesters in Mong Kok, Hong Kong, Sunday (Photo: AP)

Violence spreads across Hong Kong's New Territories in 24th weekend of unrest

3 min read . 11 Nov 2019