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Dozens of Hong Kong journalists and some of their families have been harassed, media group says
Selina Cheng, chairperson of the Hong Kong Journalists Association speaks to media in Hong Kong on July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Kanis Leung)
travel
In Hong Kong, I got a nostalgic taste of the past
FILE PHOTO: A general view of Two International Finance Centre (IFC), HSBC headquarters and Bank of China in Hong Kong, China July 13, 2021. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo
world
Executives at Jimmy Lai’s Hong Kong media firm challenge accountants BDO over company’s liquidation
FILE PHOTO: The logo of the global accounting firm BDO is seen at its office in Hong Kong, China August 23, 2024. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo
obituary
Queen’s professor Alvin Y.H. Cheung sounded alarm about China’s threat to Hong Kong
Alvin Cheung, Queen’s University law prof
world
Hong Kong court convicts two journalists in a landmark sedition case
FILE - Chung Pui-kuen, second left, former chief editor and Patrick Lam, left, former acting editor of the now-defunct independent media outlet Stand News leave the court on the last day of the publication's sedition trial closing statements, in Hong Kong, Wednesday, June 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte, File)
world
Hong Kong court will deliver verdict Thursday for two journalists accused of sedition
FILE - Chung Pui-kuen, second left, former chief editor and Patrick Lam, left, former acting editor of the now-defunct independent media outlet Stand News leave the court on the last day of the publication's sedition trial closing statements, in Hong Kong, Wednesday, June 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte, File)
opinion
Hong Kong has courts, but no justice
The Editorial Board
world
Seven prominent Hong Kong activists fail to overturn their convictions over 2019 protest
FILE - Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai pauses during an interview in Hong Kong on July 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)
british columbia
Scams targeting Chinese community in Vancouver result in millions lost, police say
A Vancouver Police Department patch is seen on an officer's uniform Jan. 9, 2021. Police in Vancouver are warning about three scams that target the Chinese community after victims reported losing nearly $6 million since the start of 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
world
Hong Kong says it ‘strictly enforces’ UN sanctions after Ukraine criticism
FILE - Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba attends a meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, not pictured, July 9, 2024, at the State Department in Washington. Kuleba on Thursday, July 25, called on Hong Kong to prevent Russia and Russian businesses from using the region to circumvent sanctions. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)
international business
Illicit chip flows to Russia are seen as slowing, but China, Hong Kong remain transshipment hubs
FILE PHOTO: A drone view shows containers and ships at the Kwai Chung Container Terminal in Hong Kong, China June 6, 2021. REUTERS/Aleksander Solum/File Photo
report on business
Manulife Financial boosts key profit target at investor day in Hong Kong
Signage is seen on Manulife Financial Corp.'s office tower in Toronto, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020. Manulife Financial Corp. says patients who require specialty drugs will be able to fill their prescriptions at any pharmacy following backlash sparked by the insurance provider signing an exclusive arrangement with Loblaw Cos. Ltd. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
globe investor
Cash is leaving China again, pressuring yuan
An advertisement poster promoting China's renminbi (RMB) or yuan , U.S. dollar and Euro exchange services is seen outside at foreign exchange store in Hong Kong, China August 13, 2015.
investment ideas
Three stocks in the Far East with mouthwatering free-cash-flow yields
A tourist poses for a photo against the backdrop of the financial Central district and Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong, China, May 9, 2023. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
report on business
China sanctions 2 US defense companies and says they support arms sales to Taiwan
US tanks M1-A1 Abrams block a path at a training range in Paju, near Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), 50 kilometer north of Seoul, on June 9, 2003. China on Thursday, April 11, 2024 announced sanctions against two U.S. defense companies, one of which produces the M1 tank, over what it says is their support for arms sales to Taiwan, the self-governing island democracy Beijing claims as its own territory to be recovered by force if necessary. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara, File)
world
Vietnam tycoon sentenced to death in US$12-billion fraud case, state media reports
Business woman Truong My Lan, front center, attends a trial in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on Thursday, April 11, 2024. The real estate tycoon may face the death penalty if convicted of allegations that she siphoned off an amount of $12.5 billion, nearly 3 percent of Vietnam's 2022 GDP, in its largest financial fraud case. (Thanh Tung/VnExpress via AP)
seafood
Strong demand, weak catch: Lobster prices reach historic highs in Nova Scotia
Stewart Lamont, Managing Director at Tangier Lobster Company Ltd., poses at the company's facility in Tangier, N.S. on Thursday, April 4, 2024. Darren Calabrese/The Globe and Mail
world
27 people charged in ‘Panama Papers’ trial as worldwide money laundering case begins
People enter the courthouse where the "Panama Papers" trial is being held in Panama City on April 8, 2024. 27 people will be tried starting on June 8, 2024, for the "Panama Papers" case, eight years after this scandal broke out, revealing how personalities from around the world would have hidden money through the defunct Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca. (Photo by MARTIN BERNETTI / AFP) (Photo by MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP via Getty Images)
world
Foreign media in China face growing harassment and restrictions on reporting
Plainclothes police officers gesture to signify photographs should not be taken in front of the number 2 intermediate people's court in Tianjin on December 26, 2018, where the trial of human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang is set to begin. - Two rights activists were taken away on December 26 after protesting outside the courthouse where the trial of Wang, a prominent human rights lawyer, is set to begin amid tight security, according to an AFP reporter and a witness. (Photo by Nicolas ASFOURI / AFP)NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images
sports
Canadian women win three straight to finish first in their group at Hong Kong Sevens
Canada's Olivia Apps (L) carries the ball during the France vs Canada match in the 2024 HSBC Rugby Sevens LA women's tournament at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California on March 3, 2024. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)