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From the SCMP… A group of mainland Chinese tourists was suspected to have suffered food poisoning after developing diarrhoea and vomiting in Hong Kong, with a dozen ambulances called to take them to hospitals on Tuesday. …Photos posted online showed … Continue reading →

The US House of Representatives approves – by 413 to 3 – the HKETO Certification Act, which requires the US government to consider shutting down Hong Kong’s economic and trade offices in the US. The bill still needs to go … Continue reading →

Politics is the process by which a community decides how to govern itself through laws and policies. In an open, representative system, this involves public debate, often between factions supporting different views. In an authoritarian system, the process takes place … Continue reading →

German activist and former HKU student David Missal is turned away at Hong Kong airport after hours of questioning after flying in from… Beijing. As some are pointing out, this could be an example of ‘1 Country. 2 Systems’, in … Continue reading →

Hong Kong’s top security official is sorely vexed after the Wall Street Journal’s recent editorial on the Stand News trial… In an open letter to the Journal on Tuesday, Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung … vowed that Hong Kong … Continue reading →

The Working Group on Patriotic Education proudly presents the song Our Home. Highlights of the video include the C919 airliner, astronauts lined up on a stage, panda bears, and the Kowloon National Palace Museum, plus lots of kids, displaying varying … Continue reading →

Few business stories get clicks like a (probably paywalled) Bloomberg report of blood and mayhem among property tycoons and luxury brands… Only three of the more than 30 units at the [1881] mall owned by billionaire Li Ka-shing’s CK Asset … Continue reading →

It’s easy to forget that Hong Kong’s Democratic Party still exists. Former Chair Wu Chi-wai is among the HK 47, in jail awaiting sentencing for participating in the pan-dems’ 2020 primary election. The party is in effect barred from what … Continue reading →

Following overseas criticism of the Stand News sedition trial, the Hong Kong government makes known its displeasure… After the District Court found three defendants guilty of “conspiracy to publish and/or reproduce seditious publication” yesterday (August 29), officials from the United … Continue reading →

The Stand News case ends with both defendants found guilty of conspiring to publish ‘seditious’ material. NatSec Judge Kwok Wai-kin found 10 of 17 articles (listed here) to be seditious – op-eds written by various contributors… “[Former chief editors Chung … Continue reading →