Hong Kong has banned the screening of an award-winning animated short film over a one-second depiction of the city’s 2014 democracy protests, a film society said Friday, as Beijing maintains its…
The population as of mid-2022 declined by 1.6% from a year earlier to 7,291,600. It said there was a net outflow of 113,200 residents while only 18,300 new residents arrived. The announcement gave no indication how many thousands of people might have left due to the crackdown and a national…
The southern Chinese city remains one of the few places in the world, together with mainland China, to require a quarantine to guard against travelers spreading Covid-19 to the local population. The policy taking effect Friday will be Hong Kong’s shortest quarantine for arrivals since the pandemic began.
A staunch defender of human rights and long-time China critic, US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi is set to meet rights activists in Taiwan on Wednesday, a move certain to ramp up…
Footage from the concert appears to show a giant screen hitting a performer from boyband Mirror directly on the head and crushing his body. Two dancers were rushed to hospital.
A falling video screen struck and injured two dancers on the concert stage as Cantopop band Mirror was performing Thursday night in Hong Kong. The falling screen appeared to directly hit one dancer on the head and body before toppling onto another performer as the audience screamed in horror. The…
Music was rudely interrupted by shrieks when a giant TV screen fell off during boy band Mirror’s concert at Hong Kong Coliseum Thursday night injuring multiple people, say reports.
China should also release those detained during Hong Kong protests in 2019, the UN Human Rights Committee has said. It marks the panel’s first recommendation since 2020.
Hong Kong’s controversial national security law should be repealed, experts on the UN Human Rights Committee said on Wednesday, amid concerns the legislation is being used to crack down on free speech…