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    Hong Kong activist Agnes Chow denied bail after landmark sentencing

    09 Dec 2020

    The 24-year old activist was jailed on Dec.2 along with Joshua Wong for their roles in an unlawful rally near police headquarters in 2019, the toughest and most high-profile sentencing of opposition figures this year.

    China restricts US official travel to Hong Kong

    10 Dec 2020

    US diplomatic passport holders visiting Hong Kong and nearby Macao will temporarily no longer receive visa-free entry privileges, spokesperson Hua Chunying said.

    China says will restrict visas for some Americans over Hong Kong row

    29 Jun 2020

    Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told reporters during a briefing that China is urging the United States to stop meddling in Hong Kong affairs and warned that China will react with strong countermeasures if the United States continues with its actions.

    China passes national security law for Hong Kong

    30 Jun 2020

    State media is expected to publish details of the law — which comes in response to last year's often-violent pro-democracy protests in the city and aims to tackle subversion, terrorism, separatism and collusion with foreign forces — later on Tuesday.

    China threatens to ‘counter-attack’ US over Hong Kong curbs

    01 Jun 2020

    President Donald Trump said on Friday that the United States would ban some Chinese graduate students and start reversing Hong Kong's special status in customs and other areas, as Beijing moves ahead with a plan to impose a controversial security law.

    Hong Kong leader accuses US of ‘double standards’ over protests

    02 Jun 2020

    Semi-autonomous Hong Kong has been rocked by months of huge and often violent pro-democracy protests over the past year, which riot police have stamped out with more than 9,000 arrests.

    We'll not walk away from Hong Kong people: British PM tells China

    03 Jun 2020

    China’s parliament last week approved a decision to create laws for Hong Kong to curb sedition, secession, terrorism and foreign interference. Mainland security and intelligence agents may be stationed in the city for the first time.

    Anti-virus face masks plague Hong Kong's beaches

    05 Jun 2020

    Conservationists say the masks are adding to already alarmingly high levels of plastic waste in the waters around the finance hub.

    Hundreds of flights cancelled, businesses shut in Hong Kong, Guangdong as Typhoon Saola nears

    01 Sep 2023

    Saola, packing winds of more than 200 kph (125 mph), will make landfall in Guangdong, which encompasses Hong Kong.

    Hong Kong flags record budget deficit

    26 Feb 2020

    Hong Kong continues under financial pressure as the government unveiled record budget deficit as virus and protests cripple its economy. Hong Kong Finance Secretary

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