US officials attack HSBC for its treatment of pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong, and accuse China of ‘bullying’ the bank By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:13 BST, 26 August 2020 | Updated: 22:54 BST, 26 August 2020 US officials have attacked HSBC for its treatment of pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong, and … Read more
A pro-democracy Hong Kong media tycoon was yesterday arrested along with eight other journalists after Chinese officials raided his newspaper offices in the city. Jimmy Lai, 71, whose net worth is just shy of a billion dollars, was handcuffed and hauled off his premises under the new draconian security law. ITV News freelancer Wilson Li … Read more
Electricity firm UK Power Networks pays £237m divi to Hong Kong tycoon By Neil Craven for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:31 BST, 8 August 2020 | Updated: 22:31 BST, 8 August 2020 A British electricity company controlled by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing and his family has paid out its biggest ever dividend. UK … Read more
Four Hong Kong ‘students’ aged 16 to 21 are detained for ‘urging independence’ from China in the region’s first arrests under its controversial national security law Three males and one female, aged 16 to 21, were arrested across Hong Kong The youths were charged with inciting secession from the Chinese state Police said the group … Read more
A Hong Kong property tycoon is making a bid to build a new city for 50,000 Hong Kong residents in Ireland to help them escape China‘s new security law. Ivan Ko has pitched his plans to Ireland officials in light of Hong Kong’s controversial new legislation which has left many residents considering emigration. The national … Read more
A schoolboy today admitted selling £2 ‘Donkey Kong’ ecstasy over Snapchat to a tragic 13-year-old boy who died in a park. The teenager, then 14, used social media to sell three cartoon character Donkey-Kong branded ecstasy pills to Carson Price, 13. The two boys arranged to meet outside a garage for Carson to pay for … Read more
China has warned Britain will ‘bear the consequences’ of suspending its extradition treaty with Hong Kong. Yesterday, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab announced the suspension of an extradition treaty with Hong Kong, amid anger at alleged Chinese human rights abuses in the region, as well as against its Uighur Muslim population. A spokesman for the Chinese … Read more
China warned yesterday that Britain was heading down the ‘wrong path’ ahead of Dominic Raab announcing the suspension of an extradition treaty with Hong Kong. The Foreign Secretary pulled the reciprocal arrangement and also extended an arms embargo with China to the formerly autonomous city following Beijing’s imposition of a new national security law. Wang … Read more
Virgin Atlantic resumes flights from Heathrow to Hong Kong, New York and LA but warns passengers ‘it’s essential travel only’ Virgin Atlantic will fly to Hong Kong tonight, with New York and LA tomorrow The airline giant expects to run three round trips to the cities each week Flights will leave from Terminal 2 until … Read more
Dominic Raab today announced the UK’s extradition treaty with Hong Kong is being ‘immediately and indefinitely’ suspended after Beijing imposed a controversial national security law. The Foreign Secretary said the UK wants a ‘positive relationship’ with China but ‘we will be clear where we disagree’. He said: ‘I have consulted with the Home Secretary, the … Read more