Media tycoon is the most prominent individual to face trial under the law imposed by China in 2020. Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has pleaded not guilty to all charges in his closely-watched trial under the territory’s national security law that could see him jailed for life. Lai, 76,…
BREAKINGBREAKING, The media tycoon and democracy supporter, now 76, has been in jail for three years, accused of ‘collusion with foreign forces’. Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has gone on trial for alleged national security offences, hours after the United Kingdom joined calls for his immediate release. Lai, who…
The national security trial of jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai is due to begin on Monday, more than a year after it was originally scheduled to start, and three years since he was first imprisoned. The 76-year-old, who is also a British citizen, stands accused of conspiring to…
The US and the UK have condemned the move as Hong Kong authorities expand crackdown under national security law. Police in Hong Kong have offered bounties for information leading to the arrest of five activists living overseas, expanding a crackdown on those involved in the city’s once vibrant pro-democracy protest…
Vote restricts residents to choosing between Beijing loyalists after pro-democracy camp scored landslide win in 2019. Hong Kong has begun voting in its first “patriots only” district council election following an electoral overhaul that made it all but impossible for pro-democracy candidates to get on the ballot. Sunday’s vote, which…
A Hong Kong reporter who has been unreachable since travelling to China more than one month ago is the second journalist at her newspaper to have a lengthy unexplained absence from work in as many years, according to multiple people familiar with the situation. Minnie Chan, a reporter with the…
Kyodo News says South China Morning Post reporter Minnie Chan became unreachable after attending forum in late October. A reporter with Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post has gone missing in China after a work trip, a Japanese news outlet has reported, raising fears that she has been detained by…
Taipei, Taiwan – Closing arguments are due to begin in Hong Kong on Wednesday in the high-profile trial of 16 pro-democracy activists and legislators, more than 1,000 days after they were arrested by national security police. Ten days have been set aside for prosecutors and defence lawyers to summarise their…
The introduction of central bank digital currency (CBDC) by central banks in different parts of the world has emerged among the top banking tweaks to be recorded as major banking innovations. Hong Kong has now become the latest nation to join the list of countries like India, China, Japan, and…
After India and China, that have led the CBDC revolution in Asia, Hong Kong is accelerating its efforts to introduce a national digital currency in their existing financial system. The administration of Hong Kong is currently working on the roadmap to introduce the e-HKD CBDC to its estimated population of…
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