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  • Thursday, 30 September, 2021
    News in-depthHong Kong politics
    Hong Kong’s ‘loyal critic’ faces tough test as Beijing targets media

    Media mogul Yu Pun-hoi treads carefully between mollifying China and hanging on to readers

  • Monday, 16 August, 2021
    FT Globetrotter
    The secret’s out: four of Hong Kong’s finest ‘private kitchens’

    They’re word-of-mouth affairs where some of the world’s most talented chefs will cook exclusively for you and a select few — if you’re lucky . . . 

  • Monday, 16 August, 2021
    Hong Kong politics
    Hong Kong activists ask pro-Beijing law firm to defend them

    Democrats believe lawyers with political connections may help them more in court

  • Wednesday, 11 August, 2021
    Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd
    Cathay Pacific unable to forecast end to financial woes

    Airline’s chair warns it faces ‘most challenging period’ as impact of Delta variant hits home

  • Tuesday, 3 August, 2021
    Hong Kong politics
    Veteran journalist flees ‘white terror sweeping’ Hong Kong

    Beijing’s security crackdown spreads as pop singer charged over 2018 election rally performance

  • Saturday, 31 July, 2021
    News in-depthTokyo Olympics
    Hong Kong’s Olympics success exposes deep political fissures

    Police probe fans who shouted down Chinese national anthem during medal ceremony

  • Friday, 30 July, 2021
    Hong Kong politics
    Hong Kong man sentenced to 9 years in first national security law case

    Former waiter rode a motorbike into police lines at a protest last year

  • Thursday, 29 July, 2021
    Hong Kong politics
    More questions than answers in a Hong Kong courtroom

    The mystery of a mob attack on commuters and pro-democracy protesters is still under scrutiny two years later

  • Tuesday, 27 July, 2021
    Hong Kong politics
    Hong Kong man convicted of terrorism in first security law case

    Accused rode motorcycle bearing flag with banned slogan into police line

  • Thursday, 22 July, 2021
    Hong Kong politics
    Hong Kong privacy law change will let government block social media

    Business fears impact of legislation that targets posting of personal information online

  • Thursday, 8 July, 2021
    News in-depthHong Kong politics
    Hong Kong’s legal system bears the scars of security law

    One year on, long-cherished norms such as the right to bail and trial by jury are under attack

  • Friday, 2 July, 2021
    Hong Kong
    Hong Kong police officer stabbed as city marks Communist party anniversary

    Man dies after turning knife on himself in what authorities say was ‘lone wolf’ terrorist attack

  • Wednesday, 30 June, 2021
    Deutsche Bank AG
    Deutsche Bank Hong Kong IPO licence to expire after staffing error

    Lapse means lender cannot sponsor listings in city as it tries to relaunch equities business

  • Saturday, 26 June, 2021
    News in-depthApple Daily
    Apple Daily’s death leaves a shadow over free press in Hong Kong

    Boisterous newspaper was emblematic of city’s longstanding reputation for an open media

  • Thursday, 24 June, 2021
    Apple Daily
    Hong Kongers rush to buy final edition of Apple Daily newspaper

    Hundreds queue as pro-democracy tabloid prints 1m copies after being forced to shutter

  • Wednesday, 23 June, 2021
    Apple Daily
    Hong Kong pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily to shut down

    Newspaper renowned for challenging government to close after assets frozen and journalists arrested

  • Wednesday, 23 June, 2021
    Hong Kong politics
    Hong Kong pro-Beijing legislators intervene in judicial appointment

    Incident raises fears over future of financial centre’s independent legal system

  • Monday, 21 June, 2021
    Next Digital
    Hong Kong’s Apple Daily at risk of imminent closure

    Pro-democracy newspaper’s assets frozen and 2 senior executives face national security charges

  • Thursday, 17 June, 2021
    Hong Kong politics
    Hong Kong police invoke security law to arrest senior journalists

    Executives of Jimmy Lai’s Apple Daily tabloid detained as hundreds of officers raid newsroom

  • Monday, 14 June, 2021
    News in-depthHong Kong politics
    Hong Kong-Taiwan spat threatens cross-Strait business

    Ties between sides collapse as rising political tensions hit important trade relationship

  • Friday, 4 June, 2021
    Hong Kong politics
    Hundreds of Hong Kongers defy police warnings over Tiananmen anniversary events

    Authorities seek to prevent protesters commemorating 1989 massacre in Beijing

  • Thursday, 3 June, 2021
    Hong Kong politics
    Beijing cancels annual Hong Kong rally to mark Tiananmen massacre

    Crowds expected to avoid gathering this year for first time in three decades for fear of arrest

  • Monday, 31 May, 2021
    Hong Kong
    Hong Kong exempts finance executives from virus quarantine rules

    Business groups call for measures to be extended to other sectors as city lags behind in reopening

  • Sunday, 30 May, 2021
    The Big Read
    The Hong Kong dilemma: ‘Either you shut up or you leave’

    Thousands in the Chinese territory have applied for visas after the UK made an offer to 3m residents

  • Friday, 28 May, 2021
    Hong Kong economy
    Hong Kong companies cajole staff to have vaccines with cash and holidays

    Low inoculation rates because of vaccine hesitancy threaten city’s economic recovery

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