A London rally/march to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the August 31 attacks in Hong Kong was, somewhat surprisingly, highly attended. It was likely the biggest turnout since Article 23. Same in Manchester. voacantonese.com/a/hong-kong-pe…

What is going on here you may ask? HK’s antiquated publication laws require online-only news websites to print out hard copies of everything they publish online & submit it every day to the Office of Newspaper & Article Administration…

Publisher Mountzero reports Magaret Ng's essay collection 'Hong Kong in the Rain' was requested to be removed from Taikwun BOOKED art book fair. No official reason was given, but questions were raised about essays being an art form. The book compiles Ng's writings since 2019.

If China wants Taiwan it should also take back land from Russia, president says reuters.com/world/asia-pac…

Li Ka-shing's 1881 Heritage mall used to house tenants like Tiffany, Cartier and Chopard. Now only 3 out of more than 30 shops there are occupied. Elsewhere in #hongkong top shopping streets, rents have fallen as much as 90% as Chinese spending plunges bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Hong Kong 47: Ex-journalist Gwyneth Ho risks longer sentence by not submitting mitigation plea in national security case hongkongfp.com/2024/09/02/hon… via Hong Kong Free Press HKFP

Journalist Allan Au was going to teach 5 courses at The Chinese University of Hong Kong - CUHK journalism school, but its website now shows he's "on leave". CUHK says he applied for leave on personal grounds. Some of Au's articles for now-defunct Stand News were deemed "seditious". news.mingpao.com/ins/%E6%B8%AF%…

Pro-China activists harassed anti-Xi Jinping protesters in San Francisco - Washington Post washingtonpost.com/world/interact…

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's former deputy chief of staff has been charged with acting as an agent for the Chinese government cnn.it/3Xq1NCp

Four years later and the show has been long gone

Hong Kong secretary for security Chris Tang sent letters to Ming Pao and Wall Street Journal complaining about their commentaries on the Stand News case rfa.org/cantonese/news…

DYK Liam Gallagher has a lifetime ban on Cathay Pacific news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-paci…

On this day last year, Hong Kong's top court partly sided with LGBTQ activist Jimmy Sham and gave the government two years to set up an alternative legal framework to recognise same-sex couples. The government told AFP News Agency this week it is "studying" and "formulating... details".🧵

A Guangzhou local newspaper’s front page is filled with coverage of the Forum on China–Africa Cooperation, i.e. “Xi Jinping meets African President A, B & C”, plain text

Joint letter from Hong Kong Watch, MPs (incld Lord Patten) urging for home fees for Hong Kong BN(O)s, as they said current rule is unfair and unpractical to families who can’t pay for the tuition fees; Those from Ukraine & Afghanistan enjoy home fees though. voacantonese.com/a/british-cros…

Never seen this. From a 1998 annual report for a HK company - Deng Xiaoping's son-in-law lists his address as Zhongnanhai (the leadership compound in central Beijing). When ya got it, flaunt it, I guess.

According to new rules from the city's Immigration Department that took effect Sept. 3, airlines operating routes to Hong Kong must compile passenger details from travel documents processed during check-in and send them to officials. Read more: bit.ly/3APJAp3 #HongKong

Yesterday, Hong Kong Watch, MPs/Peers, and 980 Hong Kongers sent a letter to Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson, urging the UK government to consider granting Home Fee status to BNOs. Read more via 美國之音粵語網: voacantonese.com/a/british-cros…

Newspaper Epoch Times to stop printing, distributing Hong Kong edition after 23 years in city hongkongfp.com/2024/09/06/new… via Hong Kong Free Press HKFP

Today the U.S. government released an updated Hong Kong Business Advisory that cautions U.S. businesses operating in Hong Kong. Businesses should be aware that the risks they face in the People's Republic of China are now increasingly present in Hong Kong.