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HONG KONG

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 25, 2020
A Hong Kong protester's farewell note and failed escape
Wong Wai-yin's wife feared the worst after reading his short farewell letter.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 24, 2020
China accuses foreign correspondents of meddling in Hong Kong
Beijing warned Hong Kong’s foreign correspondents to stop interfering in the city’s affairs under the guise of press freedom, piling further pressure on media organizations in the financial hub.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 21, 2020
Jack Ma’s Ant Group lifts IPO funding target to $35 billion
Ant's simultaneous listing in Hong Kong and Shanghai may mark the biggest IPO ever, topping Saudi Aramco's record $29 billion sale.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 21, 2020
Hong Kong democrats face choice: Engage Beijing or give up seats
Opposition politicians in the territory are facing calls to resign en masse in protest against Beijing's moves.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 20, 2020
Hong Kong offers a glimpse of one Belarus future
From the start, the crowds in Minsk learned from Hong Kong's broad-based, leaderless campaign. They, too, were making demands of a system ill-equipped to compromise.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 14, 2020
Taiwan holding five Hong Kongers picked up at sea
Taiwan has been holding since last month five people from Hong Kong who fled the Chinese-run city by boat and were picked up by Taiwan's coast guard in the South China Sea, sources familiar with the situation said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 9, 2020
Brave new words hint at a less democratic future
As China tightens its grip on Hong Kong, its vocabulary of hurt national feelings and threat is turning up in the territory.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 9, 2020
Why calls to boycott 'Mulan' over concerns about China are growing
Disney’s live-action remake of "Mulan” has drawn a fresh wave of criticism for being filmed partly in Xinjiang, the region in China where Uighur Muslims have been detained in mass internment camps.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 9, 2020
'Mulan' reboot, once a sure thing, becomes a headache for Disney
It was supposed to be another $1 billion blockbuster for Walt Disney Co. — a live-action remake of a 1998 animated hit featuring an all-star Asian cast, breathtaking cinematography and plenty of martial arts.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 6, 2020
Activists call for ‘Mulan’ boycott over star’s Hong Kong stance
Activists are calling for a boycott of Disney’s live-action "Mulan” remake, citing a social media post from the lead actress in support of Hong Kong police.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 4, 2020
U.N. experts decry Hong Kong security law in letter to China
The 'open letter' reflected a detailed legal analysis of the national security law imposed in Hong Kong on June 30.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 1, 2020
Trump’s China sanctions fail Russian history test
The U.S. is deploying its economic weaponry as never before, using unilateral sanctions to punish China for the erosion of Hong Kong's autonomy and its treatment of Uighur minorities in the country's northwest. Western experience with Russia suggests Washington's efforts to force a change of behavior...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 29, 2020
China captures Hong Kong activists fleeing to Taiwan by sea
Chinese authorities have detained a dozen activists from Hong Kong who were attempting to leave the territory via speedboat, according to people familiar with the attempt and the individuals captured, as Beijing intensifies a campaign to seek out protest leaders and others resisting the Communist Party’s...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 27, 2020
As China hits Jimmy Lai, a bitter tabloid feud may lead to jail
Even as Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai looks to defend himself against possible charges under China’s national security law, a long-running feud with a rival tabloid may see him end up in jail.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Aug 27, 2020
With new arrests, Hong Kong’s police try to change the narrative
Authorities have tried to recast the facts around an incident last year at Yuen Long station in which a group of men in white shirts struck unarmed commuters with bats.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Aug 25, 2020
First documented coronavirus reinfection reported in Hong Kong
A 33-year-old man was infected a second time with the coronavirus more than four months after his first bout, the first documented case of so-called reinfection, researchers in Hong Kong reported Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 21, 2020
After dining ban, takeaway waste clogs Hong Kong's pavements and parks
Coronavirus restrictions on dining in restaurants are eating away at the city's capacity to dispose of its garbage.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Aug 21, 2020
Virus grounding of Asia's private bankers erodes wealth management trade
Private bankers in Hong Kong and Singapore have had their wings clipped by the pandemic, thwarting their pursuit of millionaires scattered across a region where wealth is growing faster than anywhere else.

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