By Anne Marie Roantree and Felix Tam Hong Kong’s extradition bill demonstrations have mutated into a much bigger and more complex animal, ripping open old wounds and expanding a political fight...
https://hongkongfp.com/2019/07/18/infinity-war-hong-kongs-protesters-dig-long-summer-discontent/
By Greg Torode and Anne Marie Roantree Hong Kong’s vaunted police force is facing a crisis of confidence and leadership amid the city’s worsening political tensions, according to serving and ...
By Anne Marie Roantree Among the hundreds of thousands of protesters who have clogged the streets of Hong Kong in recent weeks, silver-haired, bespectacled “Grandma Wong,” usually seen waving...
By Greg Torode and John Ruwitch Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam’s apologies and explanations for a doomed extradition bill have failed to quell political tension and her departure is now seen by ma...
By Greg Torode and Phil Stewart The Chinese military commander responsible for Hong Kong has assured a Pentagon official that Chinese troops will not interfere in the city’s affairs in an appar...
By Noah Sin and Vimvam Tong Thousands of mothers marched in Hong Kong on Friday in support of students who have taken to the streets in recent weeks to protest against an extradition bill that wo...
Hong Kong’s chief executive Carrie Lam has asked to meet with the city’s university students, her office said on Thursday evening, as the embattled leader tries to fend off pressure from a mo...
https://hongkongfp.com/2019/07/05/hong-kong-chief-carrie-lam-seeks-meeting-students-mass-protests/
By David Lague and Anne Marie Roantree As images of demonstrators pounding at the glass walls of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council were beamed live to the world, with the notable exception of mai...
By Clare Jim Immigration consultants in Hong Kong have seen a dramatic surge in inquiries, especially from the young, after mass protests against an extradition bill that would allow people to be...
By Yimou Lee and James Pomfret When Taiwanese businessman Jhang Yun-nan wanted to find buyers for his company’s new cleaning products in China, he turned to an unconventional channel: A Taiwane...
https://hongkongfp.com/2019/06/27/god-china-pro-beijing-groups-step-offensive-win-taiwan/
Hong Kong’s top court on Wednesday quashed a conviction against former leader Donald Tsang for misconduct in public office, bringing to a close a legal battle that had tarnished his reputation ...
https://hongkongfp.com/2019/06/26/hong-kong-court-quashes-conviction-former-leader-donald-tsang/
Many Hong Kong residents, worried about growing encroachment by Beijing as the financial hub marks 20 years since its return to China, are rushing to secure British passports as a safety net in t...
On Saturday, Hong Kong will mark 20 years since the end of British colonial rule, when the Asian financial hub was handed back to mainland China. The territory has seen tumultuous times since Jul...
https://hongkongfp.com/2017/07/01/20-years-20-pictures-key-moments-hong-kong-since-end-british-rule/
Hong Kong student activist Chau Ho-oi, born in the year the Asian financial hub returned to Chinese rule 20 years ago, recalls the sense of pride she once felt towards mainland China. Sitting wit...
https://hongkongfp.com/2017/06/25/two-decades-handover-scant-love-china-among-hong-kong-youth/
A flood of Chinese bankers is changing the social fabric of Hong Kong, as they rapidly expand their footprint in one of the world’s premier financial centres, even as Beijing struggles to tame ...
https://hongkongfp.com/2017/06/19/chinese-bankers-flock-hong-kong-expats-retreat/
A man has been arrested and two are missing in China after conducting an investigation into a Chinese company making Ivanka Trump-branded shoes, China Labor Watch, a New York-based advocacy group...
https://hongkongfp.com/2017/05/31/activist-probing-ivanka-trumps-brands-china-arrested-rights-group/
Twice a week, a group of mostly African asylum-seekers gathers on a soccer pitch in Hong Kong and trains for its next match against a local side. The team, All Black FC, is the first of its kind ...
https://hongkongfp.com/2017/05/30/pictures-hong-kongs-refugee-football-team-kicks-hope/
In August 2014, planners in the northeastern Chinese city of Hunchun argued in state media that it should be included in the “One Belt, One Road” project, Beijing’s vision laid out the prev...
https://hongkongfp.com/2017/05/14/one-chinese-city-new-silk-road-leaves-old-problems-unsolved/
After trying cosmetic creams and surgery, Wang Jing placed her hopes in the skilled hands of a tattoo artist to make the scar on her belly finally disappear. “Whenever you try to reach for some...
For years the Chinese town of Yiwu has welcomed business-savvy Syrians, Yemenis, Libyans and Iraqis. Although China does not have laws recognising refugees, it has granted visas to migrants who w...
As Europe and the United States crack down on migrants from the Middle East and Africa, China is welcoming those with money with the boomtown of Yiwu, known as “Christmas Town”, luring busine...
China on Thursday passed a revised mapping law to bolster understanding of its territorial claims and to create hefty new penalties to “intimidate” foreigners who carry out surveying work wit...
https://hongkongfp.com/2017/04/28/china-revises-mapping-law-bolster-territorial-claims/
When Siti was promised a high salary for working as a maid overseas, her parents urged her to leave their rural home in Indonesia’s rugged East Java province. There was only one problem – Sit...
Jing Qi, a part-time presenter on the live streaming platform Huajiao, underwent cosmetic surgery in March to improve her chances of becoming an internet celebrity. After five hours of rhinoplast...
The Hong Kong government said on Tuesday first-time home buyers purchasing more then one flat at the same time would be subject to a 15 percent stamp duty, the latest bid to cool property prices ...
https://hongkongfp.com/2017/04/12/cy-leungs-tackles-first-time-buyer-multiple-flat-loophole/
China’s detention of a Taiwan activist was not a “one-off”, the Taiwan government said Thursday, a day after the man’s wife and rights groups demanded his release or at least that they be...
https://hongkongfp.com/2017/03/30/taiwan-says-detention-activist-china-not-one-off/
CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd, the ports-to-telecoms arm of billionaire businessman Li Ka-shing, said on Wednesday net profit rose 6 percent in 2016, helped by stable earnings from its infrastructure...
https://hongkongfp.com/2017/03/22/li-ka-shings-ck-hutchison-says-2016-profit-6-percent-forecast/
China said it would “resolutely strike” against the “Dalai Lama clique’s separatist activities” as protesters planned demonstrations in major world cities on Friday to mark the annivers...
https://hongkongfp.com/2017/03/10/china-vows-strike-separatism-anniversary-tibet-uprising/
Every March, the curtains go up in China’s capital of Beijing for two major events in the political calendar. The “lianghui,” or “two meetings,” as they are known, attract thousands of ...
https://hongkongfp.com/2017/03/03/pictures-peek-curtains-chinas-two-meetings/
Developments in Hong Kong have affected confidence in a system of government intended to ensure the Chinese-ruled city’s autonomy, though its rule of law remained robust “despite challenges�...
https://hongkongfp.com/2017/02/25/britain-flags-concern-about-confidence-in-hong-kongs-system/