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Continued arrests in Hong Kong
By: Annika Andersson/TT Published: Less than 20 min ago full screen Police patrol in a shopping area in Hong Kong where the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing…
Continued arrests in Hong Kong
Wong reportedly held flowers in her outstretched hand as she was surrounded by authorities and led to a police car. It is not yet known on what grounds the people…
Hong Kong opens the cryptocurrency market to retail investors
Hong Kong authorities have decided to relax cryptocurrency regulations, starting Thursday, June 1. Until now, cryptocurrency exchanges were reserved for a handful of wealthy customers, those whose wallet weighed at…
Hong Kong: the very important Civic Party, pro-democracy, dissolves itself for lack of members
In Hong Kong, one of the main opposition parties, the Civic Party, voted on Saturday May 27 to dissolve itself. The party has been unable to find enough members to…
In Hong Kong, you can even end up in prison for playing the theme music of the democracy movement – activist Kacey Wong tells what her job is like
TAIPEI, TAIWAN Artist and democracy activist Kacey Wong is one of the many Hongkongers who have fled abroad after China suppressed the autonomous region’s democracy movement with a heavy hand.…
“Harmful” books disappear in Hong Kong
That topic, and others that are sensitive to the central government in Beijing, are deemed too “harmful” for public access. — We should not recommend any books that are illegal,…
24-Eyed Cubic Creature Found Hiding in Pond in Hong Kong
Researchers took water from a pond and found Tripedalia maipoensis, a new species of 24-eyed cubic jellyfish, a study has found. Scientists plunged a net into a greenish pond in…
The Hong Kong stock market retreated at the opening
The Hang Seng retreated 0.9 percent in the open. Shanghai’s composite index opened at plus 0.1 and Shenzhen was up by as much. Hong Kong’s financial regulator said on Monday…
Huge fire in skyscraper in central Hong Kong
A 42-story skyscraper in the middle of Hong Kong’s major shopping district has been on fire since 11 p.m. Thursday evening, local time. The skyscraper is a work in progress…
A first since the beginning of the pandemic in Hong Kong! Mask requirement lifted after 945 days
As of today, China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has ended the practice that makes it mandatory to wear sanitary masks in public areas due to the Kovid-19 outbreak. Hong…