For the first time in its history,the financial and commercial hub will not have a business leader or public servant with policy expertise at the helm.
COVID turned the Jumbo into a floating duck,but its fortunes,along with the replica Tai Pan in Sydney Harbour,were sealed before that.
Chris Patten mocked China’s plans to teach students that Hong Kong was never a British colony:“I’m delighted to be able to demonstrate... that I do actually exist”.
Amid expectation that President Xi Jinping might visit to celebrate 25 years of Chinese rule,the stock market - and people’s moods - are looking up.
‘Sick with anxiety’:life after the Northern Rivers floods;the Hong Kong locals fleeing Chinese crackdowns;Hamish Blake on handling tricky conversations.
Cardinal Joseph Zen and three others who helped run a now-disbanded Hong Kong fund for protesters were arrested on charges of “collusion with foreign forces”.
As the only candidate in Sunday’s secret ballot,Lee won near-unanimous support from the Election Committee.
As China’s crackdowns on Hong Kong continue,many locals are fleeing the territory to carve out new lives in other countries.
The Hong Kong chief executive will put an end to a 42-year career that saw her transform from a social activist to an icon of Beijing’s authoritarian reach.
Swedish speed skating champion Nils van der Poel wants to raise awareness of the human rights issues in China.
The city’s economic prosperity lies with the mainland,says the finance minister,as Western investment and those qualifying to live abroad head for the exits.