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  • Thursday, 7 January, 2021
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    Last orders for Hong Kong taken at Club 71

    The demise of a famous watering hole symbolises Beijing’s crackdown on free speech in the territory

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    Authorities are investigating schoolteachers for stirring up their pupils

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    Covid forces Hong Kong elite to stay home and consider uncertain future

    The region’s wealthy reflect on succession, creating liquidity to fund new opportunities and private jets

  • Wednesday, 26 August, 2020
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    Hong Kong police arrest pro-democracy lawmakers

    Detentions are latest crackdown on opposition in city after passing of security law

  • Tuesday, 25 August, 2020
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    India’s central bank calls for recapitalisation after coronavirus shock

    Shaktikanta Das warns smaller lenders to shore up capital bases ahead of expected bad loans

  • Monday, 24 August, 2020
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    The pandemic brought a huge shift to remote working and attitudes are diverging about what happens next

  • Friday, 14 August, 2020
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    Jimmy Lai, the testy tycoon defying Beijing

    Hong Kong’s pro-democracy media magnate remains unbowed after his latest arrest

  • Wednesday, 12 August, 2020
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    Arrest of Hong Kong media mogul sparks fears of wider crackdown

    Outspoken publisher Jimmy Lai has long been a thorn in Beijing’s side

  • Thursday, 9 July, 2020
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    Global allies step up retaliation for China crackdown in HK

    France and Germany propose countermeasures and Australia suspends extradition treaty

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    Canberra suspends extradition treaty and eases immigration access for city’s residents

  • Tuesday, 7 July, 2020
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    Security law jeopardises HK democrats’ hopes of election victory

    Activists fear Beijing will use legislation to ban anti-government candidates from September poll

  • Wednesday, 1 July, 2020
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    HK begins crackdown despite foreign condemnation

    Police arrest protesters under new security law on anniversary of city’s handover to China

  • Wednesday, 27 May, 2020
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    Hong Kong police arrest hundreds and fire pepper balls at protesters

    Scores stopped and searched as lawmakers debate proposed law on Chinese national anthem

  • Friday, 22 May, 2020
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    China looks to set up national security agencies in Hong Kong

    Plan to impose subversion laws puts Beijing on collision course with pro-democracy protesters and the US

  • Friday, 22 May, 2020
    Asia-Pacific equities
    Hong Kong stocks dive on China’s plans for security law

    Beijing’s move to impose legislation raises concerns over city’s future as a finance hub

  • Thursday, 21 May, 2020
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    Loo roll heist highlights Hong Kong’s curious police state

    In its response to Covid-19, Carrie Lam’s government seems not to know where it stands

  • Monday, 23 December, 2019
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    China’s might damps criticism of Uighur crackdown

    Reluctance to offend Beijing breeds silence over the religious minority’s fate

  • Sunday, 8 December, 2019
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    Hong Kong protesters stage biggest march in months

    Peaceful rally through financial hub’s centre defies Beijing’s efforts to stifle movement

  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2019
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    Wall Street bets on Hong Kong stock rebound

    Claims that market has been oversold come as IMF is latest to warn on city’s economy

  • Monday, 2 December, 2019
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    Hong Kong elections: how protesters and wild boars defied Beijing

    Young pro-democracy activists who won now have to turn their attention to local issues

  • Monday, 25 November, 2019
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    Hong Kong poll win will embolden the protesters

    Victory for the pro-democracy forces will infuriate Beijing

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    Hong Kong’s protests: Inside the PolyU siege

    Demonstrators trapped by police in university tell of attempts to escape

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    Trump claims he saved Hong Kong from obliteration by China

    President says he told Xi Jinping that sending in troops would hit trade talks

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