Tag: Hong Kong
2 deaths in one week after Covid-19 vaccine; links uncertain
Hong Kong – Two days after receiving a Covid-19 vaccine shot, a 63-year-old man in Hong Kong passed away, although it is uncertain if...
Hong Kong lifts first virus lockdown after mass testing
Hong Kong lifted its first neighbourhood coronavirus lockdown on Monday morning after testing some 7,000 people and finding just a handful of cases as...
Hong Kong to impose first Covid-19 lockdown on virus-hit district: reports
Thousands of Hong Kongers will be ordered to stay in their homes for the city's first coronavirus lockdown, local media reported Friday, as authorities...
Hong Kong government slams US for ‘insane’ sanctions
Hong Kong on Saturday hit back at the United States over its latest sanctions on six pro-China officials, slamming the move as "insane, shameless...
Chinese state-owned companies debt defaults send investors into a tizzy
India, Dec. 14 — Despite claims of an economic recovery, Chinese state-owned companies are defaulting on their debts. A string of missed debt repayments...
HK media mogul and Beijing critic Jimmy Lai charged under security law
Hong Kong -- The city's media tycoon and Beijing critic Jimmy Lai was charged under a new national security law on Friday (Dec 11),...
Hong Kong police make national security arrests over campus protest
Hong Kong police arrested three people on Monday for chanting banned slogans at a university campus last month, accusing them of violating a draconian...
Can sworn enemies Umno and DAP work together? Kadir Jasin says if Dr M...
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 6 — To Datuk Kadir A. Jasin, the former press secretary and a close ally of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, life-long...
US ends China-funded exchange programs, calls them ‘propaganda tools’
The US State Department said Friday it was terminating five Chinese-funded exchange programs with the United States, calling them propaganda tools for Beijing. Secretary...
Hong Kong, Singapore ‘travel bubble’ delayed indefinitely
Hong Kong and Singapore on Tuesday indefinitely delayed a "travel bubble" in a new blow to their hard-hit tourism and aviation industries as the...