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Hong Kong leader defends new election rules even though biggest pro-democracy party can't join race

Hong Kong’s leader is defending the rules for the upcoming local elections as open and fair after an electoral overhaul effectively barred the city’s remaining pro-democracy activists from joining the race

The Independent UK

4 former Hong Kong student leaders jailed over their praise of a knife attack on a police officer

Four former student leaders from the University of Hong Kong have been sentenced to two years in prison for inciting people to wound others through their praise of a man who stabbed a police officer before killing himself in 2021

The Independent UK

Firearms charge against Washington state senator Jeff Wilson dismissed in Hong Kong court

A Hong Kong court has dismissed a gun charge against a Washington state senator arrested after he carried a gun into the Chinese territory

The Independent UK

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China Evergrande winding-up hearing adjourned to Dec. 4 by Hong Kong court

A Hong Kong court has adjourned a winding up hearing for property developer China Evergrande Group’s until Dec. 4

The Independent UK

We live in troubled times, but can fear be a force for good?

Anxiety is an obvious response to world events. But what if fear is actually a motivational emotion driving change? Here, author Robert Peckham reveals why the history of fear is the history of hope

The Guardian - UK

Hong Kong denies visa to prominent Tiananmen Square scholar

Rowena He lost her job at the Chinese University of Hong Kong after her visa was not renewed.

Al Jazeera

Hong Kong's Iron Man trainer seeks Cox Plate history

Hong Kong raider Romantic Warrior is primed to become the fourth northern hemisphere-trained winner of Australasia's premium weight-for-age race at The Valley.

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Hong Kong hopes a one-off $2500 check for new parents will help lift one of the developed world's lowest birth rates

Hong Kong's chief executive announced the 'baby bonus' on Wednesday—but much larger checks elsewhere in Asia haven't lifted birth rates.

Fortune

Hong Kong cuts taxes for foreign home buyers and stock traders as it seeks to maintain global status

Hong Kong’s leader has cut taxes for some homebuyers and stock traders to boost markets as the city seeks to maintain its reputation as a global financial hub

The Independent UK

Jimmy Lai: UK refuses to release details of efforts to free British citizen jailed by China ‘to avoid damaging relations’

Media tycoon and activist Jimmy Lai has been detained in China since 2020 and while foreign secretary James Cleverly says he raised the issue in Beijing, it is not clear how

The Independent UK

Hong Kong to introduce own national security law in 2024

The move follows Beijing’s move to impose a national security law following the 2019 mass protests for democracy.

Al Jazeera

Washington state senator arrested at Hong Kong airport

US politician was aboard an airplane to Hong Kong when he reached into his briefcase for gum when he found an unloaded firearm

The Independent UK

US state senator arrested in Hong Kong over pistol in carry-on bag

Republican Jeff Wilson, from Washington state, charged with possession of an unregistered firearm but calls it ‘honest mistake’

The Guardian - US

A Hong Kong court upholds a ruling in favor of equal inheritance rights for same-sex couples

A Hong Kong court has upheld a ruling that favored the granting of equal inheritance rights to same-sex couples

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Hong Kong police visit raises concerns

Concerns have been raised about Hong Kong police officers touring Australia and meeting with the AFP after China cracked down on freedoms.

The Guardian - UK

Back Home review – Bai Ling brilliant in return to a Hong Kong house of horror

Nate Ki’s shocking debut feature follows a man who revisits the grim flat where he grew up, which remains haunted with extravagant evil

Zenger

Hong Kong Skepticism Towards Crypto Investments Rises, Survey Shows

Survey by HKUST reveals increased disinterest and decreased future investment interest in digital assets.

France 24

Beijing 'determined to deteriorate Hong Kong's freedom', activist Nathan Law says

Nathan Law, one of Hong Kong's most prominent pro-democracy activists and as such wanted by Beijing, spoke to FRANCE 24's Marc Perelman from the UK. He discussed the current situation in Hong Kong and the actions taken by the Chinese authorities against pro-democracy activists abroad.

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The Independent UK

A Hong Kong protester shot by police in 2019 receives a 47-month jail term

A Hong Kong man who was shot by police during pro-democracy protests in 2019 has been sentenced to 47 months in prison on charges of rioting, assaulting a police officer and perverting the course of justice

The Guardian - UK

‘We don’t feel safe here’: Hongkongers in UK fear long reach of Chinese government

Pro-democracy supporters who fled Hong Kong for Britain speak about continued harassment, threats and physical attacks

Evening Standard

Different Halloween traditions from around the world

From superstitions and the remembrance of death to costumes and colour, how is Halloween celebrated globally?

Evening Standard

Hong Kong: 11 kilos of suspected cocaine found in electric wheelchair

A 51-year-old man has been arrested after drugs bust at international airport

The Independent UK

AP PHOTOS: Hong Kong's hottest summer fell hardest on most vulnerable

Joe Wong sweats through his days as a cleaner in a Hong Kong housing complex, laboring in narrow, stuffy corridors that this summer and last were the worst he’s known. He finds what relief he can in a resting area where a fan offers a breeze and a refrigerator holds…

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LPGA returns to China, where Danielle Kang is a two-time winner, after three-year hiatus

LPGA begins its four-week Asian swing in China for the first time since 2019.

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Aussies show impressive form in Asian WTA events

Australians are shining at WTA events in Asia, with Priscilla Hon and Daria Saville posting wins in Hong Kong, and Kimberly Birrell advancing in South Korea.

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