Canadian claims he was used by Ottawa for intelligence gathering in China
Ottawa, Canada A Sino-Canadian row reared its head on Monday after one of two Canadians jailed by China for nearly three years claimed he was unwittingly used for intelligence gathering and is seeking...
View ArticleHong Kong police says scammers touting dog meat sales to trick buyers into...
Hong Kong police have alleged that scammers are touting dog meat sales in order to lure people into downloading a malicious mobile app. The police received 11 reports from apparent victims claiming to...
View ArticleHong Kong’s John Lee snubbed the APEC economic forum over ‘scheduling...
Hong Kong leader John Lee’s apparent decision to turn down a invitation and sit out the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in San Francisco last week came amid a flailing economy, both in...
View ArticleChinese foreign minister says ‘urgent’ steps needed to ease Gaza crisis
By Peter Catterall and Oliver Hotham in Beijing, China Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Monday the world must “act urgently” to calm the Israel-Hamas war as he hosted diplomats from Arab and...
View ArticleHong Kong top court orders retrial of ex-professor convicted of murdering...
A Hong Kong professor sentenced to life over gassing his wife and daughter to death in 2015 has won his appeal at the city’s top court, with the judges ordering a retrial of the murder case. Court of...
View Article‘Patriots’ District Council election: Civil servants should ‘lead by example’...
Hong Kong’s civil servants should “lead by example” and vote in the upcoming “patriots-only” District Council elections, Chief Executive John Lee has said. Civil servants photographed at the Central...
View Article2 University of Hong Kong ex-student leaders seek to appeal jail terms over...
Two former university student leaders have filed to appeal against their two-year jail sentences, handed down after they pleaded guilty to inciting wounding by expressing sympathy for a man who...
View ArticlePlans for 500-strong Hong Kong taxi driver strike over Uber thwarted after...
Taxi groups who planned to mobilise 500 drivers to strike over Uber and other ride-hailing services on Wednesday have had their plans thwarted, after an operator refused to lend out a carpark for the...
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