Politics

9 November 2024
A historic handshake with Chinese Vice Premier Zhu Rongji in Beijing in the runup to the Hong Kong handover in May 1997 was a “seismic moment" for Jardine Matheson and its Chairman Henry Keswick, according to a memoir by his late wife Tessa Keswick.  
Many of Asia's chip and other tech companies are bracing for four years of uncertainty. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Getty Images)
U.S. elections 2024

'Buckle up': Asia's tech industry braces for bumpy ride under Trump

Businesses expect trade turbulence during leader's second term

8 November 2024
Pedestrians walk through downtown Hong Kong in July. The city looks to draw more people from the mainland. (Photo by Shinya Sawai)
Politics

Hong Kong opens doors wider to mainland Chinese as birth rate drops

Territory looks outward for talent amid baby bust and brain drain

30 October 2024
Pro-democracy activists targeted the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in San Francisco in 2014 as the Umbrella Movement pursued genuine universal suffrage in the Chinese city.
Hong Kong security law

Hong Kong offices in U.S. promote Beijing's agenda, report alleges

Local network's political influence campaign raises concern among activists

30 October 2024
Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee is seen on a screen as he delivers his annual policy address at the Legislative Council on Oct. 16.
Politics

Hong Kong cuts liquor duty, eases mortgage rules for economic spark

John Lee policy speech stresses 'shining' prospects despite retail and property woes

16 October 2024
Sam Hou-fai, Macao's former top judge and sole chief executive candidate, speaks at a news conference on Sept. 28. 
Politics

Macao's former top judge elected city's first mainland-born leader

Sam Hou-fai wins near-unanimous backing from committee stacked with Beijing loyalists

13 October 2024
Sam Hou-fai, Macao's former top judge, is set to become the chief executive of the world's leading casino hub. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by AP and Ken Kobayashi)
Politics

Macao's predetermined election reverberates across casinos and Hong Kong

Sam Hou-fai set to be first chief executive born outside former Portuguese colony

12 October 2024
Trading of CHK Oil's Hong Kong shares is due to resume on Oct. 2. It was suspended in early September when the shares were at 0.08 Hong Kong dollars.
US-China tensions

China's CHK Oil seeks to restore terminated Utah oil and gas leases

Hong Kong-listed company discloses deeper losses, including penalties

1 October 2024
Demonstrators carry banners demanding genuine universal suffrage under the watchful eyes of police in Hong Kong's Mongkok area in November 2014. The Umbrella Movement, as it was known, officially began on Sept. 28 that year. (Photo by Kenji Kawase)
Hong Kong security law

10 years on, Hong Kong's Umbrella Movement protests remembered in Japan

City authorities busy ginning up festive mood for China's 75th National Day

28 September 2024
Patrick Lam of the now-defunct Stand News was given a sentence that allowed him to be released immediately on health grounds.
Politics

Hong Kong court jails former Stand News editor for 21 months on sedition

Second journalist released on health grounds; government rejects Western criticism

26 September 2024
Chan Po-ying, chair of Hong Kong's League of Social Democrats, says that although the authorities crushed the Umbrella Movement, political movements can make comebacks and beat their former oppressors. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Kenji Kawase and Ken Kobayashi)
Interview

Chan Po-ying, the Hong Kong activist who still dares to protest

10 years after Umbrella Movement, League of Social Democrats leader keeps up 'hope'

26 September 2024
This temporary June 4 Memorial Museum -- an exhibit commemorating the Tiananmen crackdown on June 4, 1989 -- was displayed at City University of Hong Kong back in 2013. Since Beijing imposed a national security law in mid-2020, all such memorials have been removed from Hong Kong campuses. (Photo by Kenji Kawase)  
Hong Kong security law

Hong Kong academic freedom under assault in name of security, report says

Legislation sows fear, self-censorship; city's rejection of AP journalist symbolizes climate

25 September 2024
Hong Kong's West Kowloon Court sentenced a 27-year-old man for wearing a "seditious" T-shirt and mask on Sept. 19, in the first conviction under the city's Article 23 security legislation. (Photo by Peggy Ye)
Hong Kong security law

Hong Kong jails man 14 months for 'seditious' T-shirt

First Article 23 sentence comes as city spars with West, shows fealty to Beijing

19 September 2024
A recent report published by the Economist Intelligence Unit says, "Singapore has solidified its position as an international financial center, benefiting from China's crackdown on the rival business hub of Hong Kong." (Source photos by Ken Kobayashi)
Finance

Singapore to 'mop up' finance business leaving Hong Kong: report

EIU says Japan and India also to benefit amid Chinese markets' challenges

16 September 2024
A man walks past an election banner of presidential candidate Namal Rajapaksa outside the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) party office near Colombo.
Your Week in Asia

Sri Lanka votes, Midea lists in Hong Kong, BOJ policy meeting

Your weekly lineup of Asia's biggest business and political events

15 September 2024
Chinese President Xi Jinping's books, in various languages, are displayed on the sidelines of a Belt and Road event in Hong Kong -- one of several international forums in the city this week. (Photo by Kenji Kawase)  
Hong Kong security law

Hong Kong hosts flurry of forums, cozying up to non-Western partners

U.S.-led democracies conspicuously absent as city woos mainland, ASEAN, Middle East

14 September 2024
The Epoch Times will stop publishing its print edition in Hong Kong but intends to maintain its website. (Photo montage by Suzu Takahashi)
Hong Kong security law

Falun Gong-backed Epoch Times to pull plug on Hong Kong printing

Washington renews warning to U.S. businesses in city, drawing official fury

9 September 2024
All six ETFs, which made their market debuts in Hong Kong at the end of April, have posted negative returns as of the end of August. (Source photos by AP and Getty Images)
Market Spotlight

From Hong Kong to Singapore, crypto ETFs face chill

Market turbulence ahead of U.S. election weighs on digital asset funds

9 September 2024
A pedestrian crossing in Hong Kong in June. Japanese business sentiment in the city has been in negative territory for more than two years. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
Hong Kong security law

Hong Kong economic, security pressures sour Japanese business sentiment

Survey shows deepening concern over personnel exodus and information restrictions

4 September 2024
Exhibits inside the Hong Kong Museum of War of Resistance and Coastal Defense. (Photo by Kenji Kawase)
International relations

Hong Kong converts defense museum to focus on anti-Japan resistance

John Lee emphasizes WWII exhibits' role in today's 'patriotic education'

3 September 2024
King's College London has refused to provide information about donations made to its Lau China Institute, the largest China research center in the U.K.
Education

Top London university urged to open up about China center funding

Academics call for donation reporting requirements over fears of undue influence

1 September 2024
Macao in June: Some mainland Chinese are believed to use casinos in Macao as a way to circumvent strict capital controls by Beijing. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
Politics

Macao casinos rake in revenue as authorities target money changers

Unlicensed services for gamblers seen as path to skirt Beijing's capital controls

1 September 2024
Chung Pui-kuen, former chief editor of the now-shuttered Stand News, leaves the district court on bail on Aug. 29 after being convicted of sedition, along with another editor and the publication's owner.
Hong Kong security law

Hong Kong's Stand News editors and owner convicted of sedition

Human rights groups condemn verdict under 1938 law as latest hit to press freedom

29 August 2024
NagaWorld in Phnom Penh. The NagaCorp casino group is saddled with a Vladivostok project that was put on ice due to the Ukraine war. (Photo by Masayori Ishikawa)
Media & Entertainment

Cambodia's NagaCorp 'open' to sale of stalled Russia casino

Chairman weighs all options as Vladivostok impairment charge tips group into red

28 August 2024
Fish on sale in Hong Kong. The city, a critical export market for Japanese food products, has imposed restrictions on seafood from the region surrounding Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant.
International relations

Japan fisheries minister tries in vain to reverse Hong Kong's import ban

Sakamoto says he told official 'quite a lot' on Fukushima water safety during visit

16 August 2024