Hong Kong

President Donald Trump said on Monday that he asked Chinese dictator Xi Jinping to free Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy Hong Kong media mogul who is awaiting sentencing after he was found guilty of “colluding with foreign forces” on Monday.

The High Court of Hong Kong found Jimmy Lai, the proprietor of the anti-communist newspaper Apple Daily and several other free journalism outlets, guilty of violating various provisions of the Chinese “national security law” imposed on the country in 2020 to crush dissent.

Authorities in Hong Kong on Monday said the protective netting used in the renovation works at the residential complex that caught fire last week did not meet fire safety codes.

Hong Kong authorities raised the death toll of this week’s deadly fire at the Wang Fuk Court residential complex to 128 as rescue operations reach its end.

A massive blaze engulfed several high-rise residential blocks in a sprawling Hong Kong estate on Wednesday, claiming the lives of at least 13 people with local media predicting many more still trapped by the flames.

Reuters on Thursday cited “three people briefed on the talks and a U.S. administration official” who said President Donald Trump asked Chinese dictator Xi Jinping to release imprisoned Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai when the two leaders met in South Korea last week.

The NBA is finally launching its first games in China since 2019 and has pledged to “learn” how to bend to Chinese communist rule.

A Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and a former lawmaker who are wanted by the city’s authorities have been granted asylum in Great Britain and Australia, respectively.

Panama’s comptroller general sued against the contract that allows a China-linked company to control two Panama Canal ports.

LOS ANGELES — The Walt Disney Co. on Wednesday sued a Hong Kong jewelry company it accuses of selling illegal Mickey Mouse jewelry.

China’s aircraft carrier Shandong began a five-day visit to Hong Kong on Thursday, accompanied by two guided-missile destroyers and a missile frigate.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio published a statement on Tuesday in anticipation of the 36th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, condemning the Chinese Communist Party for its indiscriminate slaughter of peaceful pro-democracy dissidents — and its attempts to erase the incident from history.

China is marking the 36th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre on Wednesday, believed to have resulted in the killing of as many as 10,000 anti-communist protesters.

Pope Leo XIV asked Sunday for prayers for China’s Catholics to be in communion with the Holy See, as he made his first public remarks about one of the thorniest foreign policy issues facing his new pontificate.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Monday announced sanctions against several American officials, including members of Congress, who allegedly “performed poorly” on issues related to Hong Kong.

British Foreign Secretary David Lammy on Sunday said he was deeply concerned after a UK lawmaker was denied entry to Hong Kong, and said he would be urgently raising the issue with the Chinese authorities.

Comptroller General of Panama Anel Flores on Monday announced that he would file a criminal complaint against Panama Ports Company (PPC), a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Hutchison Port Holdings, on accusations of breach of contract over the two ports it manages at the Panama Canal.

The State Department announced sanctions on six Chinese regime officials in Hong Kong and an unknown number in Tibet.

Chinese antitrust regulators on Friday blocked a deal by the Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison conglomerate to sell two ports along the Panama Canal to a consortium led by investment giant BlackRock.

The Conservative opposition in Canada demanded Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney fire a Toronto-area candidate, Paul Chiang, for suggesting that anti-Communist Conservative Joe Tay be handed over to the Chinese government for a bounty.

Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte was arrested on Tuesday in response to a warrant by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges of crimes against humanity, allegedly committed during his brutal war against drug dealers.

Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD), a non-governmental human rights organization, released a report on Wednesday that found over 1,500 people have been arbitrarily detained by the Chinese Communist government over the past six years in a wide-ranging crackdown on dissent.

Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison Holdings Limited announced Tuesday asset manager BlackRock has agreed to buy a majority stake of its subsidiary that operates two ports at the Panama Canal for $23 billion.

Attorney General of Panama Luis Carlos Gómez said on Wednesday that a decades-long contract awarded to Panama Ports Company (PPC), a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Hutchison Port Holdings, to operate two ports in the Panama Canal is “unconstitutional,” local outlets reported.

All inbound packages from China and Hong Kong have been suspended by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) “until further notice,” a statement released by the carrier Tuesday night confirmed.

Chinese officials are reportedly refusing to discuss Beijing’s travel ban against Marco Rubio, the former Republican senator from Florida who was confirmed as U.S. Secretary of State on Monday.

British treasurer Rachel Reeves said Saturday that London was a “natural home” for Chinese finance during a visit to Beijing in the shadow of bond market turmoil back home.

A major electricity interconnector unexpectedly went offline on Christmas day, with officials saying they are not ruling out sabotage.

Researchers from Hong Kong have created a handheld user interface in the shape of a lollipop that can recreate various flavors in a virtual environment, the latest technology aimed at making VR more immersive.

Media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying was upbeat and defiant at his trial in Hong Kong on Wednesday, facing down a kangaroo court appointed by the Communist-controlled puppet government to prosecute him under the fascist “national security law” imposed by Beijing.

A Hong Kong court on Tuesday sentenced 45 pro-democracy activists and former activists to up to 10 years in prison, concluding the largest case brought to date under the authoritarian “national security law” imposed by Beijing to crush the 2019 pro-democracy movement.

The Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), a semi-official organization created by the government of Taiwan, reported last week that at least 40 Taiwanese travelers went missing in communist China over the past year and remain unreachable.

Tuesday was the official beginning of National Day, a Chinese holiday marking the anniversary of Communist Party rule.

A 27-year-old man named Chu Kai-pong pled guilty to “sedition” in a Hong Kong court Monday because he wore a t-shirt with a protest slogan.

A Hong Kong court finds two editors of the now-defunct Stand News guilty of “sedition” for covering the pro-democracy uprising in 2019.

A federal court in New York convicted naturalized U.S. citizen Wang Shujun of working as an agent for China’s Ministry of State Security.