Latest Hong Kong government News
China tells foreign consulates in Hong Kong to provide personal data of all local staff
HONG KONG (AP) — China’s Foreign Ministry has asked all foreign consulates in Hong Kong to provide the personal details of their locally employed staff, as Beijing tightens its control over the semi-autonomous city. The Commissioner’s Office of the Foreign Ministry, in a letter...
Canada announces public inquiry into whether China, Russia and others interfered in elections
TORONTO (AP) — Canada announced Wednesday that a judge would lead a public inquiry into whether China, Russia and other countries interfered in Canadian federal elections in 2019 and 2021 that re-elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals. Opposition Conservative lawmakers...
Hong Kong's top court rules in favor of recognizing same-sex partnerships in a landmark case
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s top court ruled Tuesday that the government should provide a framework for recognizing same-sex partnerships, in a landmark decision for the city’s LGBTQ+ community. The ruling did not grant full marriage rights to same-sex couples but was a partial...
Britain's foreign secretary will visit China in an attempt to shore up ties and reduce tensions
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Britain’s top diplomat, James Cleverly, is set to visit China on Wednesday, as the two countries attempt to shore up frayed ties. It will be the first trip by a U.K. foreign secretary to China in more than five years. Both countries confirmed the...
Hong Kong police arrest 2 men accused of foreign collusion over links with protest fund
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police on Tuesday detained two men on suspicion of violating the city's national security law through links with a now-defunct fund that aimed to help people arrested in the pro-democracy protests in 2019. The two men were suspected of conspiring to...
A Hong Kong language group shuts down after police allege one of its essays breached security laws
HONG KONG (AP) — A group that promotes the Cantonese language shut down Monday after Hong Kong authorities said a fictional essay depicting a decline in liberties in the city on the group’s website violated the national security law, in the latest example of the city’s erosion of freedom of...
A Hong Kong court refused to ban a protest song. Now the government has been allowed to appeal
HONG KONG (AP) — The Hong Kong government was given the green light on Wednesday to appeal a court's refusal to ban a protest song, after government lawyers cited national security concerns. “Glory to Hong Kong” was often sung by demonstrators during months of anti-government...
Hong Kong court upholds minimum sentences for breaching Beijing-imposed security law
HONG KONG (AP) — A jailed university student who pleaded guilty to inciting secession in Hong Kong lost his bid to reduce his five-year sentence in a court ruling Tuesday that is expected to set the bar for other cases brought under the national security law Beijing imposed on Hong Kong. ...
Hong Kong judges propose a further delay in the trial of activist publisher Jimmy Lai
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong judges on Friday proposed a new delay until December in the trial of a prominent activist publisher who was arrested in August 2020 under a sweeping Beijing-imposed national security law. Jimmy Lai, the 75-year-old founder of the now-defunct pro-democracy...
Hong Kong police arrest 10 people accused of supporting overseas activists after 2019 protests
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police on Thursday arrested 10 people on suspicion of endangering national security through their alleged involvement with a now-defunct fund that aimed to help people arrested in 2019 pro-democracy protests, escalating a crackdown on dissidents in the semi-autonomous...
