Hong Kong

Thousands more Hong Kongers applied for a new route to British citizenship in the second quarter, as the city's strict Covid-19 curbs fuel a population exodus that is undermining its economic outlook. Between April and June, some 18,100…

Bubble-tea shop owners jailed after publishing anti-vaccination messages online. An IT worker arrested over posting the political slogan "Liberate Hong Kong" on social media. A 67-year-old apprehended simply for applauding a court…

Hong Kong is considering a series of travel and quarantine exemptions for participants in a November investment summit designed to trumpet the financial hub's revival, according to a local media report. The government is studying…

Six Hong Kongers who belonged to a pro-independence student group pleaded guilty on Saturday (Aug 20) to charges of subverting the state under a Beijing-drafted security law, according to local media. The case of a seventh defendant…

Hong Kong will reopen one of its biggest Covid-19 isolation facilities as case numbers hit the highest in more than four months, putting strain on the hospital system and sparking uncertainty around whether the city can further ease virus…

Signs keep emerging that Hong Kong's financial hub status is increasingly at risk. The latest red flag comes from a new survey by the Hong Kong Investment Funds Association that shows more than a third of fund-management companies moved…

Hong Kong reported 5,308 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, the highest daily number in more than four months. The city recorded 5,148 local infections and 160 imported cases, health authorities said at a presser. There were three new…

Hong Kong's population dropped by a record as people fled strict Covid-19 restrictions that have hobbled the city as most other regions move on from the pandemic. The city saw a decline of 121,500 residents in the year ended June 30,…

Hong Kong police arrested two civil servants for speech crimes under its national security law, as authorities expand their crackdown on dissent to government workers. National security police arrested two men, aged 28 and 29, on Tuesday…

Hong Kong's leader John Lee and his team will hold a meeting Wednesday (Aug 3) to discuss reducing mandatory hotel quarantine for overseas arrivals. Health officials may present data on nucleic acid tests collected from arrivals in hotel…