16 h. ago Coldplay draws 200,000 fans as Hong Kong bets big on concert tourism boost

The British band were the first major international act to perform at the newly-opened Kai Tak Sports Park

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35 h. ago China to retaliate with sanctions on US officials, NGO leaders over Hong Kong issues

China will sanction U.S. officials, lawmakers and leaders of non-governmental organizations who Chinese officials say have performed poorly on Hong Kong issues in a retaliatory move against Washington

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37 h. ago The Upper House, Hong Kong: Is this the best city hotel in the world?

This boutique bolthole was voted the world’s fifth best hotel, so does it live up to the hype? Joel Porter finds out

Society

3 d. ago Ronnie O'Sullivan's World Snooker Championship 'stage fright', life in Hong Kong and huge net worth

World Snooker Championship success for Ronnie O'Sullivan this year would break a tie with Stephen Hendry to become the outright modern-era record holder with eight wins

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3 d. ago Bog standard? Tokyo’s spectacular public toilets – in pictures

Public toilets are rarely thought of fondly – that is unless you’re talking about those in Tokyo’s Shibuya district. Commissioned in 2019, creatives including renowned architects Shigeru Ban and the late Fumihiko Maki designed 17 beautiful, functional, meticulously clean public toilets, some of which featured in Wim Wenders’s 2023 film Perfect Days. Hong Kong-based photographer Ulana Switucha came across the toilets, each unique, while working on a project about Japanese architecture in 2023, and went back to photograph them the following year. “These structures are works of art,” she says. “They shine as beacons in their urban setting and demonstrate that public design can go beyond functionality to represent cultural and artistic value.”Ulana Switucha is the winner of the architecture and design category of the Sony world photography awards 2025 Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Ken Doherty gives honest verdict on Ronnie O'Sullivan living outside the UK

Ronnie O'Sullivan and Judd Trump have, separately, relocated to Hong Kong to help cope with snooker's intense travel demands.

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3 d. ago BBC snooker star admits Judd Trump and Ronnie O'Sullivan decision may 'suit' Crucible

Judd Trump and Ronnie O'Sullivan both left the UK for Hong Kong at the end of 2024 after being granted residency, and this pundit believes the move could benefit them at the Crucible

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3 d. ago AP PHOTOS: Chinese factories seek to expand their business outside the US

Massive sheets of aluminum hang in Danny Lau’s factory as workers bustled about painting them with oil coating in China's southern industrial city of Dongguan.

Culture

5 d. ago Temu and Shein drop US ad spending as they face tariffs on even small sales

E-tailers also hiking prices after Donald Trump ends ‘de minimis’ exemption for cheap shipments from China and Hong KongTemu and Shein are cutting back their spending on US social media advertising as they lose an exemption on tariffs for many of their shipments from China and Hong Kong.The online e-tailers, both of which ship low-priced China-made goods direct to US shoppers, had been on an ad spree until recently. But under an executive order from Donald Trump, as of 2 May their sales valued at under $800 will no longer be exempt from US tariffs. Continue reading...

Economics

6 d. ago Lib Dems urge ministers to suspend China visit after MP blocked from Hong Kong

Sir Ed Davey has written to Foreign Secretary David Lammy, urging the Government to take steps in retaliation for Wera Hobhouse’s deportation.

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6 d. ago Hong Kong post office to stop shipping parcels to the US after Trump’s tariffs

Hong Kong’s post office will stop shipping parcels to the United States

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6 d. ago Hong Kong post office will stop shipping parcels to the US over tariffs

Hong Kong’s post office will stop shipping small parcels to the United States after Washington announced plans to charge tariffs on small-value parcels from the southern Chinese city

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7 d. ago Ed Davey urges China to ‘publish the tapes’ after MP denied entry to Hong Kong

Wera Hobhouse, the Lib Dem MP for Bath, was refused entry to the former British territory while travelling to meet her son and baby grandson.

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7 d. ago 'Let those US peasants wail in front of 5,000 years of Chinese civilisation!': Beijing fires extraordinary trade war broadside following JD Vance's slur

Beijing has branded the US tariffs as 'extremely shameless' today and warned that bullying has never worked on Chinese people - including those from Hong Kong.

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7 d. ago Why was I deported from Hong Kong? There should be no more ministerial visits until the UK gets an explanation | Wera Hobhouse

The government needs to be clear-eyed about the threats China poses – not just accept them as the cost of doing businessLast week, my husband and I flew to Hong Kong with real excitement to see my family and meet our newborn grandson for the first time. Welcoming a family member is a precious moment and this was going to be a special trip. But what would have become an incredible memory – seeing our grandson for the first time – was snatched from us before we reached the baggage carousel.Arriving at passport control, all seemed well. I handed my passport to a polite immigration official who put it into the computer system, and then paused. At this point I realised that something had been flagged up. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Scottish Labour MP says treatment of MP refused entry to Hong Kong was a 'disgrace'

Wera Hobhouse was turned away by the Chinese authorities

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8 d. ago Minister urges explanation for ‘concerning’ decision to bar UK MP from Hong Kong

Douglas Alexander demanded that interlocutors explain why Wera Hobhouse was blocked from entering the Chinese region last week.

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8 d. ago MP refused entry to Hong Kong warns of closer relations with China

Liberal Democrat MP Wera Hobhouse raises concerns about a ‘hidden blacklist’ of MPs barred from entering former British territory

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8 d. ago MP has passport confiscated as she is refused entry into Hong Kong to visit newborn grandson

Wera Hobhouse, 65, who has represented Bath for the Liberal Democrats since 2017, was left devastated after her emotional family trip turned into a humiliating airport ordeal.

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9 d. ago MPs demand answers from China as Lib Dem MP on personal trip refused entry into Hong Kong

The former Rochdale councillor was detained, questioned and put on a flight back to the UK

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