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Pro-China supporters hold the effigy of U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese national flag outside the U.S. Consulate during a protest in Hong Kong (AP)

Security law: Hong Kongers hit panic button, big spike in immigration inquiries

3 min read . 31 May 2020

US President Donald Trump. (Reuters)

China, Hong Kong push back against Trump’s latest trade threats

2 min read . 31 May 2020

FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators protesting the proposed extradition bill aim their flashlights towards riot police as they are chased through the streets of Hong Kong, China, August 25, 2019. Reuters has been awarded the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in Breaking News Photography for Hong Kong protests. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan (REUTERS)

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Hong Kong’s security law: What China is planning, and why now

4 min read . 29 May 2020

Riot police stand guard in a cordoned off area as a second reading of a controversial national anthem law takes place in Central district, Hong Kong (AP)

Sanctions won’t help

1 min read . 28 May 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping casts his vote on the national security legislation for Hong Kong Special Administrative Region at the closing session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. (Reuters)

China parliament advances Hong Kong security law as tensions with US rise

3 min read . 28 May 2020

The decision by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday was sparked by growing fears that Beijing is prematurely stamping out freedoms

Hong Kong loses US 'special status' — what next?

3 min read . 28 May 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One with first lady Melania Trump as they depart Washington for travel to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at Joint Base Andrews, (REUTERS)

US says Hong Kong’s autonomy is gone, sowing China trade doubt

5 min read . 28 May 2020

A man walks past an electronic display showing Asian markets indices outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan (REUTERS)

Asian stocks pull back as Hong Kong uncertainty weighs

2 min read . 27 May 2020

Riot police detain protesters during a demonstration against Beijing's national security legislation in Causeway Bay in Hong Kong, Sunday (Photo: AP)

Hong Kong police fire tear gas, water cannon on protest against security law

3 min read . 24 May 2020

FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators clash with police during a protest against police violence during previous marches, near China's Liaison Office, Hong Kong, China July 28, 2019. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo (REUTERS)

Hong Kong braces for protests on heels of China's proposed national security law

2 min read . 24 May 2020

Leung Chun-ying. Photo: Reuters

China could set up Hong Kong intelligence agency under security law: ex-leader

2 min read . 23 May 2020

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam, right, and other officials attend a press conference in Hong Kong after returning from China's National People's Congress (NPC) meeting in Beijing. (AP)

Hong Kong's controversial security law: What is it and why does China want it?

2 min read . 22 May 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the opening session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China May 21. (REUTERS)

China moves to impose Hong Kong security law, stirring outrage

5 min read . 21 May 2020

Researchers say the coating can give ‘significant’ protection against viruses such as the one causing covid-19. (Bloomberg)

Hong Kong scientists say new antiviral coating can protect surfaces for 90 days

1 min read . 28 Apr 2020

A currency trader watches computer monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, (AP)

Asian stocks see modest gains; Oil rebounds

2 min read . 23 Apr 2020

By April, exports of gems and jewellery could further decline by 95% year-on-year. Photo: Bloomberg

Coronavirus: Gems and jewellery export to Hong Kong, China may fall 70% in March

2 min read . 05 Mar 2020

Representative image (Photo: Bloomberg)

Hong Kong: Armed gang steals toilet rolls in panic buying caused by coronavirus

2 min read . 18 Feb 2020

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

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