ET on Nov. 19 in response to the sentencing of the Hong Kong 47 democracy activists.

While he emphasizes that "the currency peg remains important for Hong Kong trade because Hong Kong exports still depend on the U.S. market," he said the widening Hong Kong–U.S. interest rate differential is pressuring the peg.

The Hong Kong artist couple Lumli Lumlong in an undated file photograph.

Jimmy Lai, founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily, was charged for allegedly calling for foreign sanctions against Chinese and Hong Kong officials.

On Nov. 29, the pro-Beijing Hong Kong Ta Kung Wen Wei Media Group reported that Kwan had been arrested for online “incitement.”

His movement in the Western world was facilitated by his Hong Kong camouflage.

A fire spread across seven high-rise apartment buildings in a Hong Kong housing complex, killing 13 people and leaving others still trapped, the city's fire services said Wednesday. The Kremlin said U.S.

“As the Hong Kong and Chinese governments wage war on love, hope, and human dignity, I will continue to fight for my family, for the 1,934 political prisoners in Hong Kong, and for a free Hong Kong.”

Hong Kong dismisses claims Lai's trial was politically motivated.

in two U.S. laws: the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act and the Hong Kong Autonomy Act.

Lai, who suffers from diabetes and heart palpitations, has already been kept behind bars for five years and two months in Hong Kong.

. laws, the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act and the Hong Kong Autonomy Act.

Meanwhile, Hong Kong has cut off package deliveries from and to the United States. The United States kicked off tariff talks with Japan in Washington on Wednesday, with President Donald Trump attending the meeting in person.

Consul General in Hong Kong, who arrived in the city in August.

The Hong Kong government said in a statement that it had canceled travel documents for 12 of the 16 who hold Hong Kong passports.

Owning a home is a distant dream for many in Hong Kong, one of the world's most expensive housing markets and where residential rents are hovering around record highs. ($1 = 7.7779 Hong Kong dollars)

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HONG KONG—The Turkish-operated cargo plane that skidded off the runway at Hong Kong’s international airport last month, killing two airport workers, experienced an acceleration in one of its four engines after landing, an initial investigation has found

Additionally, Hong Kong’s Department of Justice lost its appeal against Lawrence Lau, a former district councilor who was one of the two acquitted in the “Hong Kong 47” case.

Cheung, 20, is the junior manager for public Affairs and advocacy at the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation.

The 10 Hong Kong democracy groups say the announcement of formal cooperation with China’s ministry of public safety has “caused deep fear and anxiety within Hong Kong diaspora communities in Canada and worldwide.”

Hong Kong now, and anyone who thinks they can do business there, watch out.”

Wong pointed out that this reveals Beijing's perspective on Hong Kong capital.

in Hong Kong.

A police van carrying Hong Kong pro-democracy defendants arrives at a court building under heavy police presence on Nov. 18.

HKT is a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based telecoms giant PCCW, which is majority-owned by Hong Kong tycoon Richard Li, son of billionaire Li Ka-shing, Hong Kong’s richest man, according to Forbes.

The Hong Kong government summoned the British and Australian envoys on Monday over the two countries' decisions to grant asylum to two activists.

At least 128 people are now confirmed dead in Hong Kong’s Wang Fuk Court fire, one of the city’s deadliest disasters in generations.

Tang Ngok-kwan (R), a Tiananmen vigil activist and former committee member for Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, is queueing for the start of the trial of the now-disbanded Hong Kong Alliance at the West Kowloon

Phone messages showed the two conducted surveillance of former Hong Kong lawmaker Nathan Law and that their interest extended beyond Hong Kong activists, who they referred to as “cockroaches.”