Hong Kong

Beijing’s public pressure campaign against CK Hutchison portends a growing effort by the CCP to control Hong Kong’s independent business interests.

Hong Kong authorities seek to silence exiled dissidents by pursuing arrest abroad and intimidating their families at home.

A massive new development project, centered around the San Tin Technopole, will transform farm and village land – including manmade wetlands crucial for regional wildlife.

Bitcoin’s surge helped uncover Asia’s sky-high enthusiasm for crypto adoption and development.

“Jimmy Lai’s life story is the story of Hong Kong.”

Violations of digital rights in Hong Kong and against Hong Kongers in exile around the world are all too common.

This cutting-edge satellite showcases Hong Kong’s growing role in China’s space ambitions and highlights the city's strategic importance in technological development. 

China promised “resolute countermeasures” if the full Congress passes a bill that would shutter Hong Kong’s representative offices over the city’s reduced autonomy.

Over time, the scope of the Entity List has broadened. In turn, the number of China- and Hong Kong-based companies on the list has skyrocketed.

The journalists were charged with conspiracy to publish seditious materials under a colonial-era law two years ago.

The denial of Hong Kongers’ savings is just one piece of the puzzle of transnational repression against the Hong Kong diaspora.

Hollowed out by Beijing, the city, once the world’s freest society, should be viewed as an example of the state of post-authoritarianization.

Selina Cheng was let go by WSJ only two weeks after being elected as the chair of the Hong Kong Journalists Association. 

The new law seeks to regulate critical infrastructure operators responsible for “continuous delivery of essential services” and “maintaining important societal and economic activities.”

Hong Kong’s investments in semiconductors and technology highlight a deliberate strategy to align with China’s objectives while exploiting gaps in U.S. regulations.

Hong Kong's vague and ambiguous concept of “national security,” imported from the mainland, is applied to arts and culture.

As the anniversary approached, authorities heaped new charges on a jailed vigil organizer. 

Prosecutors had accused them of attempting to paralyze Hong Kong’s government by securing the legislative majority necessary to veto budgets.

In 2021, 47 pro-democracy activists were charged under the Beijing-imposed national security law for their involvement in an unofficial primary election. The first verdicts are due this week.

Under the government’s strict control, independent unions have been devastated, labor protests are prohibited, and opposition to the government’s labor policies has become rare.

“Glory to Hong Kong” was often sung by demonstrators during huge anti-government protests in 2019. 

Tokyo is worried about the Safeguarding National Security Bill.

The U.S. must safeguard its nationals and business interests in Hong Kong as well as reevaluate the city’s status on the international stage.