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  • Monday, 27 June, 2022
    Inside BusinessTom Mitchell
    Foreign business in Hong Kong looks to the long term

    Despite erosion of freedoms, companies and investors prioritise access to capital markets oasis

  • Saturday, 25 June, 2022
    Chinese politics & policy
    Xi Jinping to make first trip outside mainland China for Hong Kong ceremony

    President will attend swearing in of new leader on 25th anniversary of city’s handover to Beijing

  • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
    FT Magazine
    She was loved for standing up to China. She may die in jail

    The story of Claudia Mo is also that of Beijing’s tightening grip on Hong Kong

  • Monday, 20 June, 2022
    OutlookChan Ho-him
    Demise of Hong Kong’s Jumbo floating palace reflects city’s capsized dreams

    For some, the sinking of the much-loved restaurant is symbolic of the territory’s lost freedoms

  • Wednesday, 15 June, 2022
    Hong Kong
    New Hong Kong school textbooks say city was not a British colony

    Recasting of Chinese territory’s history is part of intensifying nationalist clampdown on education

  • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
    Hong Kong economy
    Hong Kong fund managers plead with officials to reopen border

    Lobby group representing $52tn in assets says city could ‘be put in an uncompetitive position’

  • Sunday, 5 June, 2022
    Hong Kong authorities snuff out Tiananmen Square commemorations

    Police arrest six after closing park that traditionally held biggest annual vigil of massacre

  • Saturday, 21 May, 2022
    Davis Polk Asia chair withdraws from Hong Kong security law forum

    US law firm’s attendance seen as endorsement of controversial law, critics say

  • Friday, 20 May, 2022
    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
    US law firm denounced for joining event to mark Hong Kong security law

    Davis Polk criticised for agreeing to appear at commemoration of measure used in opposition crack down

  • Thursday, 19 May, 2022
    Collecting
    Art Basel Hong Kong 2022
  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    OutlookTom Mitchell
    Cardinal Zen will not fear the fate that awaits him in Hong Kong

    The religious leader previously did not seem to be a threat to the authorities

  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
    News in-depth
    Arrest of Cardinal Zen send chills through Hong Kong’s Catholic church

    Chinese city’s diocese had already cancelled masses to commemorate Tiananmen Square protests

  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
    Hong Kong police arrest Cardinal Zen under national security law

    Popular singer, scholar and barrister also detained amid crackdown in Chinese territory

  • Sunday, 8 May, 2022
    Beijing-backed hardliner John Lee chosen as Hong Kong’s next leader

    Critics say uncontested election won by former security minister was a ‘facade’

  • Thursday, 5 May, 2022
    Societe Generale
    Singapore deal allows SocGen bankers to flee Hong Kong

    French bank declares ‘business emergency’ to work around Chinese territory’s Covid curbs

  • Friday, 29 April, 2022
    The Weekend Essay
    Hong Kong, my vanishing city

    Facing a political crackdown, austere Covid rules and an uncertain future, many Hong Kongers are fleeing into exile — and battling to preserve their identity

  • Monday, 25 April, 2022
    Hong Kong human rights awards suspended over security law fears

    Foreign Correspondents’ Club halts journalism prizes in wake of media crackdown in Chinese territory

  • Wednesday, 20 April, 2022
    Google and Meta impose social media curbs on Hong Kong’s sole leadership candidate

    Restrictions on John Lee’s campaign presence based on sanctions imposed by Washington in 2020

  • Monday, 11 April, 2022
    FT live news
    Live news updates from April 11: US and Kyiv warn that Russia is preparing for new offensive in Donbas, Musk declines to join Twitter board
  • Saturday, 9 April, 2022
    Person in the News
    John Lee, Hong Kong’s security tsar turned chief executive-in-waiting

    The expected appointment shows that Beijing’s focus is on ensuring law and order, not financial recovery

  • Wednesday, 6 April, 2022
    Hong Kong
    Hong Kong hardliner joins race to become city’s next leader

    Ex-security chief John Lee played crucial role in crackdown on city following pro-democracy protests

  • Wednesday, 6 April, 2022
    News in-depthSingapore
    ‘Singaporeans must benefit’: expats fleeing Hong Kong meet rising resentment

    City-state’s reputation for openness being undermined by locals who want to clamp down on immigration

  • Monday, 4 April, 2022
    Carrie Lam
    Carrie Lam says she will not seek a second term as Hong Kong leader

    Chief executive’s tenure was buffeted by pro-democracy protests and devastating Covid outbreak

  • Monday, 4 April, 2022
    News in-depth
    Hong Kong’s reputation as a financial centre hit as UK judges quit top court

    City’s standing was already damaged by security law and Covid restrictions that isolated territory

  • Wednesday, 30 March, 2022
    Hong Kong to stick with zero-Covid despite easing, says Lam adviser

    Business fears flip-flopping by city’s leader on pandemic policies is fuelling outflow of talent

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