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Troubled Chinese property developer Evergrande has found a potential buyer for its $1.1 billion Hong Kong headquarters

Business

Indebted Evergrande looks to sell Hong Kong headquarters again

Troubled Chinese property developer Evergrande has found a potential buyer for its Hong Kong headquarters.

AFPJuly 28, 2022

Zoila Lecarnaque Saavedra was broke when a woman in her neighbourhood in Peru offered her $2,000 to fly to Hong Kong to 'pick up tax-free electronics'

World

Easy targets: Drug mules fill women’s jails in Hong Kong

A quarter of Hong Kong's prisoners are women, a record-high percentage skewed by impoverished foreign drug mules.

AFPJuly 28, 2022

Alibaba is among a number of top tech firms targeted by China in a long-running crackdown, though Beijing appears to be taking a less tough line on the sector

Business

Alibaba seeks dual-primary listing in Hong Kong

E-commerce giant Alibaba said it will seek a primary listing in Hong Kong, potentially giving access to China's vast pool of investors.

AFPJuly 25, 2022

World

Longest-living male giant panda in captivity An An dies at 35

The world’s longest-living male giant panda under human care, An An, has died at the age of 35, the Hong Kong zoo where he spent most...

AFPJuly 21, 2022

Poet Eric Yip says his writing is a 'private rebellion' against the 'regimented approach' of the strict curriculum he followed through much of his schooling

World

‘Private rebellion’: Hong Kong’s anglophone poets gain recognition abroad

As a teenager stuck in Hong Kong’s pressure-cooker school system, Eric Yip found his escape in writing poetry — never dreaming that one day...

AFPJuly 20, 2022

Veteran activist Koo Sze-yiu has been jailed for attempted sedition over a planned protest against Beijing's Winter Olympics

World

Hong Kong jails terminally ill activist for attempted Olympics protest

A Hong Kong activist with terminal cancer was jailed Tuesday for attempted sedition over a planned protest against Beijing’s Winter Olympics that was foiled...

AFPJuly 12, 2022

The US Consulate General building in Hong Kong. The departing US envoy said China should not be 'terrifed of dissenting opinions'

World

Top US envoy in Hong Kong rebukes China’s crackdown in farewell speech

Washington’s top diplomat in Hong Kong said China should not be “terrified of dissenting opinions” as he used a farewell speech on Monday to...

AFPJuly 11, 2022

Macau is the only place in China where gambling is legal but the pandemic has hammered the city's fortunes

Business

Macau lockdown begins, Hong Kong mulls health code app

Macau casino shares plunged on Monday as the Chinese city embarked on a week-long lockdown to curb its worst coronavirus outbreak while neighbouring Hong...

AFPJuly 11, 2022