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Hong Kong security law

11 December 2024
Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, founder of Apple Daily, walks to a prison van to head to court, after being charged under the national security law in Hong Kong on Dec. 12, 2020.
Hong Kong movies catapulted kung fu stars like Bruce Lee to global fame, but the industry has been struggling to recapture its past glory. (Photo by Kensaku Ihara)  
Media & Entertainment

Hong Kong's surprise cinema hit shows resilience of embattled industry

Local films offer 'catharsis' in time of economic pain and security law pressure

7 December 2024
Police officers keep watch outside Hong Kong's West Kowloon courthouse where media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been on trial for 100 days. (Photo by Kenji Kawase)
Hong Kong security law

Jimmy Lai trial hits 100-day mark as testimony details global connections

Trump aides and Taiwan repeatedly come up in Hong Kong 'foreign collusion' case

2 December 2024
Hong Kong citizens were granted a special legal status in the U.S. that protects them from being deported. This status expires in February.
Politics

Hong Kongers in U.S. fear Trump deportations if special status lapses

Human rights activists urge Biden to renew protection, which expires Feb. 5

25 November 2024
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai walks through Hong Kong's Stanley prison in July 2023. He has begun testifying in his closely watched trial for allegedly colluding with foreign forces and conspiring to publish seditious materials.
Hong Kong security law

Jimmy Lai on trial: 5 things to know about landmark Hong Kong security case

Media mogul denies wrongdoing as testimony highlights ties to first Trump team

25 November 2024
A heavy contingent of police guards the Hong Kong courthouse hearing Jimmy Lai's trial on Nov. 20. (Photo by Peggy Ye)
Hong Kong security law

Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai testifies in national security case

Pro-democracy tycoon details ties to first Trump team, says he 'opposed violence'

20 November 2024
Elsa, foster mother of defendant Hendrick Lui, holds up a banner that says: "The righteous shall live; the wicked shall perish" at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts after the sentencing.
Hong Kong security law

U.S., Europe blast mass jailing of Hong Kong activists

West decries criminalization of dissent after 45 sentenced to up to 10 years

20 November 2024
People line up outside Hong Kong's West Kowloon courthouse on Nov. 19, ahead of the sentencing of the so-called HK47 defendants in the city's biggest national security trial. (Photo by Kensaku Ihara)
Hong Kong security law

Hong Kong court jails 'HK47' democracy activists for up to 10 years

Legal scholar Benny Tai slapped with longest term for 'subversion'

19 November 2024
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters celebrate in New Delhi on Oct. 8 during polls in northern Haryana state. 
Your Week in Asia

India state polls, G20 summit, Hong Kong national security case

Your weekly lineup of Asia's biggest business and political events

17 November 2024
Pedestrians walk through downtown Hong Kong in July. The city looks to draw more people from the mainland. (Photo by Shinya Sawai)
Politics

Hong Kong opens doors wider to mainland Chinese as birth rate drops

Territory looks outward for talent amid baby bust and brain drain

30 October 2024
Pro-democracy activists targeted the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in San Francisco in 2014 as the Umbrella Movement pursued genuine universal suffrage in the Chinese city.
Hong Kong security law

Hong Kong offices in U.S. promote Beijing's agenda, report alleges

Local network's political influence campaign raises concern among activists

30 October 2024
Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee is seen on a screen as he delivers his annual policy address at the Legislative Council on Oct. 16.
Politics

Hong Kong cuts liquor duty, eases mortgage rules for economic spark

John Lee policy speech stresses 'shining' prospects despite retail and property woes

16 October 2024
Au Kam-san served for two decades as a Macao legislator after the handover. He retired in 2021, before his successor and peers were disqualified from running for office. He remains unusually outspoken about democracy. (Photo by Kenji Kawase)  
Interview

Macao democracy advocate sees tough path for city's new chief

Au Kam-san says Beijing's emphasis on security will complicate economic agenda

14 October 2024
Sam Hou-fai, Macao's former top judge, is set to become the chief executive of the world's leading casino hub. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by AP and Ken Kobayashi)
Politics

Macao's predetermined election reverberates across casinos and Hong Kong

Sam Hou-fai set to be first chief executive born outside former Portuguese colony

12 October 2024
Demonstrators carry banners demanding genuine universal suffrage under the watchful eyes of police in Hong Kong's Mongkok area in November 2014. The Umbrella Movement, as it was known, officially began on Sept. 28 that year. (Photo by Kenji Kawase)
Hong Kong security law

10 years on, Hong Kong's Umbrella Movement protests remembered in Japan

City authorities busy ginning up festive mood for China's 75th National Day

28 September 2024
Chan Po-ying, chair of Hong Kong's League of Social Democrats, says that although the authorities crushed the Umbrella Movement, political movements can make comebacks and beat their former oppressors. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Kenji Kawase and Ken Kobayashi)
Interview

Chan Po-ying, the Hong Kong activist who still dares to protest

10 years after Umbrella Movement, League of Social Democrats leader keeps up 'hope'

26 September 2024
This temporary June 4 Memorial Museum -- an exhibit commemorating the Tiananmen crackdown on June 4, 1989 -- was displayed at City University of Hong Kong back in 2013. Since Beijing imposed a national security law in mid-2020, all such memorials have been removed from Hong Kong campuses. (Photo by Kenji Kawase)  
Hong Kong security law

Hong Kong academic freedom under assault in name of security, report says

Legislation sows fear, self-censorship; city's rejection of AP journalist symbolizes climate

25 September 2024
Hong Kong's West Kowloon Court sentenced a 27-year-old man for wearing a "seditious" T-shirt and mask on Sept. 19, in the first conviction under the city's Article 23 security legislation. (Photo by Peggy Ye)
Hong Kong security law

Hong Kong jails man 14 months for 'seditious' T-shirt

First Article 23 sentence comes as city spars with West, shows fealty to Beijing

19 September 2024
Chinese President Xi Jinping's books, in various languages, are displayed on the sidelines of a Belt and Road event in Hong Kong -- one of several international forums in the city this week. (Photo by Kenji Kawase)  
Hong Kong security law

Hong Kong hosts flurry of forums, cozying up to non-Western partners

U.S.-led democracies conspicuously absent as city woos mainland, ASEAN, Middle East

14 September 2024
The Epoch Times will stop publishing its print edition in Hong Kong but intends to maintain its website. (Photo montage by Suzu Takahashi)
Hong Kong security law

Falun Gong-backed Epoch Times to pull plug on Hong Kong printing

Washington renews warning to U.S. businesses in city, drawing official fury

9 September 2024
A pedestrian crossing in Hong Kong in June. Japanese business sentiment in the city has been in negative territory for more than two years. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
Hong Kong security law

Hong Kong economic, security pressures sour Japanese business sentiment

Survey shows deepening concern over personnel exodus and information restrictions

4 September 2024
Exhibits inside the Hong Kong Museum of War of Resistance and Coastal Defense. (Photo by Kenji Kawase)
International relations

Hong Kong converts defense museum to focus on anti-Japan resistance

John Lee emphasizes WWII exhibits' role in today's 'patriotic education'

3 September 2024
Chung Pui-kuen, former chief editor of the now-shuttered Stand News, leaves the district court on bail on Aug. 29 after being convicted of sedition, along with another editor and the publication's owner.
Hong Kong security law

Hong Kong's Stand News editors and owner convicted of sedition

Human rights groups condemn verdict under 1938 law as latest hit to press freedom

29 August 2024
An influx from mainland China is shoring up Hong Kong's population. (Photo by Shinya Sawai)
Economy

Hong Kong population edges up from end-2023 as mainlanders move in

City touts programs to lure talent amid questions over long-term prospects

15 August 2024
A new exhibit in Hong Kong features photos and videos showing the damage caused by the 2019 protests. (Photo by Kensaku Ihara)
Hong Kong security law

Hong Kong national security gallery imprints 2019 protests as 'destruction'

New exhibits seek to promote Chinese patriotism in face of 'external hostilities'

8 August 2024
China has served up new economic support measures for Hong Kong coinciding with the 27th anniversary of the city's handover from the U.K. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
Economy

China charms Hong Kong with economic boosts, from pandas to visas

Chief Executive John Lee urges city to 'capitalize' on what Beijing offers

2 July 2024
Emily Lau Wai-hing, a former pro-democracy Hong Kong lawmaker, speaks with Nikkei Asia in the run-up to the 27th anniversary of the handover from the U.K. to China. (Photo by Kenji Kawase)
Interview

Hong Kong has 'changed so much' in the 27 years since handover

Longtime legislator Emily Lau laments 'so many imprisoned' under security laws

1 July 2024
The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal has lost two "undisputed superstars" of the world of international commercial disputes.
Opinion

Acclaimed judges aren't alone in giving up on Hong Kong courts

Companies are increasingly turning to alternative hubs for commercial disputes

17 June 2024
The Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong. A British judge has followed his recent resignation from the court with sharp criticism of what he sees as the erosion of judicial independence, sparking a war of words with the government. (Photo by Kenji Kawase)
Hong Kong security law

Hong Kong fires back after U.K. judge warns of 'totalitarian' turn

Chief Executive John Lee accuses Britain of 'weaponizing' judicial influence

11 June 2024
A woman walks past an Evergrande development in Beijing in September 2023.
Hong Kong security law

Evergrande audit critic GMT says China research trips now too risky

Analysts feel 'like frogs being boiled' as state secrets and other laws sow doubt

8 June 2024