Hong Kong

Students at Hong Kong's most prestigious university will be required to take a course on Beijing's national security law in order to graduate, the latest sign of China's growing influence on the city. The online course, titled…

From Slovakia to Japan, top Hong Kong officials have fired off at least 500 letters blasting critical foreign media coverage, as the city wages a global battle to safeguard its reputation as a liberal financial hub. At least 174 media…

Hong Kong will require travelers to the city to fill out an electronic health declaration form before boarding a flight, no longer allowing them to do the paperwork after landing, in an effort to make the process more efficient. The new…

Hong Kong authorities have sentenced an activist with stage four cancer to nine months in jail for his attempt to protest against the Beijing Olympics. Koo Sze-Yiu, 75, was arrested by police in February before he could carry…

Until the start of this year, Australians had lived through almost two years of the Covid-19 pandemic without experiencing a serious nationwide outbreak. But this largely virus-free existence ended in January, when a major outbreak brought…

Mass compulsory testing plan to begin in the middle of March, as the territory struggles to get control of Omicron wave. Hong Kong has announced plans to roll out compulsory COVID-19 testing from next month, with each of the…

Hong Kong has recorded more than 1,000 Covid infections for the first time since the pandemic began in a worrying milestone for officials who are aggressively pushing for zero-Covid. The city has some of the toughest virus…

Journalists laid off after the folding of a number of outspoken news organizations since the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) imposed a ban on public dissent face an uncertain future amid dwindling freedom of expression in Hong Kong,…

Edward Leung, an Activist from Hong Kong, was released from jail Wednesday after serving a four year sentence for taking part in a 2016 protest. The 30-year-old activist posted a message on his Facebook page that he was released from…

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Tuesday said that the recent closure of two media outlets in the city does not reflect the state of press freedom in Hong Kong as the decisions were made by the outlets themselves. Her comments came almost a…