As Hong Kong prepares to celebrate the anniversary of its 1997 handover to China, the city’s annual street protest is also likely to see fireworks. Detained bookseller Lam Wing-Kee (pictured), who recently returned to the…
Hong Kong’s universities are taking a stand. Despite opposition, CY Leung, the chancellor of HK’s eight publicly funded institutions and the city’s chief executive, appointed Arthur Li to chair Hong Kong University’s cou…
Carrie Lam was appointed Hong Kong’s fifth chief executive yesterday in an unsurprising result. A hardworking career civil servant, she is admired for her bureaucratic abilities and now takes on the near-impossible job of…
Christmas came early in Hong Kong when the city’s unpopular leader CY Leung announced earlier this month that he will not be seeking reappointment as chief executive in March. The shock decision caught both sides of Hong…
Hong Kong is preparing to host its quirkiest event this weekend: the annual bun festival, which traces its roots back to 1894 and is held on the outlying island of Cheung Chau. The festivities climax on Saturday evening…