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  • Friday, 22 January, 2021
    Hong Kong
    Pro-Beijing Hong Kong politicians to be vaccinated in mainland

    Group will travel to Shenzhen as rollout of inoculation programme in city is delayed

    1 hour ago
  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    British lawyer steps down from Hong Kong trial after intense UK pressure

    David Perry was called a ‘mercenary’ after agreeing to prosecute pro-democracy activists

  • Monday, 18 January, 2021
    Hong Kong
    HSBC CEO expresses regret to Hong Kong activist over frozen bank accounts

    Noel Quinn told former lawmaker Ted Hui bank was following police instruction

  • Sunday, 17 January, 2021
    UK trade
    Tory rebels seek to block trade deal with China over Uighurs

    MPs join forces with opposition in support of amendment upholding human rights

  • Saturday, 16 January, 2021
    US-China relations
    US imposes sanctions on Chinese officials over Hong Kong crackdown

    Trump administration ratchets up pressure on Beijing in its final days

  • Friday, 15 January, 2021
    Hong Kong internet provider blocks pro-democracy website

    Move raises fears Beijing will extend ‘Great Firewall of China’ to financial hub

  • Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
    Detained US lawyer urges Hong Kong to look to Ireland for inspiration

    First expatriate arrested under security law tells activists their cause is not hopeless

  • Friday, 8 January, 2021
    ‘They threatened to storm in’: Hong Kong’s dawn raids on activists

    Authorities widen purge of territory’s pro-democracy movement with mass arrests

  • Thursday, 7 January, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The crushing of Hong Kong’s opposition

    US and EU need a joint strategy on China and to avoid double standards

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  • Thursday, 7 January, 2021
    Joe Leahy
    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

  • Wednesday, 6 January, 2021
    Hong Kong police round up dozens of pro-democracy politicians

    US citizen among those detained in one of biggest purges under Beijing’s security law

  • Tuesday, 5 January, 2021
    Finn Lau
    The world should be wary of ‘feeding crocodiles’ in China

    Hong Kong protesters have watched their free international city be snuffed out

  • Tuesday, 5 January, 2021
    Inside BusinessPrimrose Riordan
    Political pressure weighs on HSBC over Hong Kong activists

    International banks caught between China and US grapple with compliance problems

  • Thursday, 31 December, 2020
    Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai sent back to jail

    Pro-democracy activist’s bail rescinded days after Chinese state media slams his release

  • Wednesday, 30 December, 2020
    Hong Kong activists detained in China sentenced to up to 3 years

    Group of 10 pro-democracy protesters will be jailed in mainland after arrest during escape attempt to Taiwan

  • Monday, 28 December, 2020
    Protest granny ‘prepared to die’ for Hong Kong’s freedoms

    Alexandra Wong, known for waving union jack at 2019 protests, returns after arrest in mainland China

  • Thursday, 10 December, 2020
    Chinese politics & policy
    China ends visa-free access for US diplomats to Hong Kong

    Move marks an escalation of tit-for-tat sanctions as Beijing tells US to ‘stop meddling’

  • Tuesday, 8 December, 2020
    US-China relations
    Senior Biden aide accuses China of ‘assault’ on freedom in Hong Kong

    Incoming national security adviser Jake Sullivan sends stern message to Beijing

  • Monday, 7 December, 2020
    Hong Kong economy
    Hong Kong: boiling frog syndrome

    The water is getting warmer.

  • Thursday, 3 December, 2020
    Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai taken into custody

    Pro-democracy tycoon to be held until at least April after being denied bail over fraud charge

  • Wednesday, 2 December, 2020
    Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong sentenced to prison over protests

    Campaigner jailed for more than a year in relation to pro-democracy demonstrations

  • Thursday, 26 November, 2020
    Hong Kong’s independent judiciary braced for Beijing onslaught

    Territory’s respected legal system at risk from China’s campaign against dissent

  • Wednesday, 25 November, 2020
    Hong Kong leader vows to deepen ties with Beijing

    Carrie Lam uses annual address to hit back at overseas critics for interfering in city

  • Tuesday, 24 November, 2020
    Hong Kong
    Britain warns on future of UK judges in Hong Kong

    Ministers say Beijing’s security crackdown raises ‘important questions on rule of law’

  • Monday, 23 November, 2020
    Joshua Wong faces up to three years in jail over Hong Kong protest

    Prominent activist and colleagues detained as city cracks down on pro-democracy movement

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