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Beijing warns Washington that tech restrictions will ‘come back to bite them’
Beijing on Thursday warned the US that restrictions on its industries would “come back to bite them”, after Washington added a number of Chinese firms to a list of companies linked to its military. A...
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China’s economic slowdown expected to last until 2028 amid population,...
China’s economic slowdown is likely to persist in the coming years as the Asian giant struggles with sagging productivity and a rapidly aging population, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said...
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Almost 30% ethnic minorities in Hong Kong at high-risk of mental health...
Almost 30 per cent of people from South Asian and Southeast Asian backgrounds were at “high-risk” of developing a mental health disorder such as depression, anxiety or insomnia, a survey has found....
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Hong Kong withdraws from esports competition after gaming programme omits...
Hong Kong has withdrawn from an esports tournament at the AFC Asian Cup after a computer programme for the event failed to include “China” as part of the city’s name, the Football Association of Hong...
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Workers and bosses reach agreement to give Hong Kong’s part-time staff a...
Worker and employer representatives have agreed on changes to labour rules aimed at forcing unscrupulous Hong Kong bosses to provide thousands of part-time workers with proper benefits. Under the...
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Almost 400 companies arrived or expanded in Hong Kong last year, government says
The government’s investment promotion body says almost 400 foreign or mainland companies started up or expanded in Hong Kong last year, calling the city “a natural first choice” as an Asian base for...
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Public interest defence in Hong Kong’s domestic security law ‘worth...
The suggestion of including a public interest defence against the offence of disclosing state secrets under Hong Kong’s new security law was “certainly worth considering,” a top barrister has said....
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Hong Kong court orders retrial for former university professor convicted of...
A Hong Kong court has ordered a retrial for former University of Hong Kong professor Cheung Kie-chung after he successfully appealed against his murder conviction over killing his wife in 2018. High...
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Media mogul Jimmy Lai’s activism grew after Umbrella Movement, Hong Kong...
Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai became more involved in political activism after the Umbrella Movement of 2014, a former publisher at Apple Daily has said as she began testifying against her former...
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