Hong Kong has a free market economy, highly dependent on international trade and finance - the value of goods and services trade, including the sizable share of reexports, is about four times GDP.

A 47-year-old Hong Kong man has been charged with drug trafficking after customs seized about HK$2.2 million (US$280,972) of cannabis and crack cocaine in a weekend bust. The Customs and Excise ...

Critics say national security law cracking down on offences such as insurrection will further erode civil liberties Hong Kong’s parliament has passed a controversial national security law ...

Hong Kong’s economy grew faster than expected in the first quarter, a tentative sign that the city’s post-pandemic recovery is stabilizing. The city’s gross domestic product expanded 2.7% in ...

Asian equities were mixed overnight as Mainland China underperformed and Hong Kong and Australia were closed for Boxing Day. We are seeing a rebound today in US trading among US-listed China ...

Three words, stamped out in multicolour tiles above a doorway, represented one of the last vestiges of Hong Kong’s once vibrant literary spaces. On 31 March, Mount Zero, a beloved independent ...

Hong Kong has introduced a law called Article 23 - raising fears about civil liberties. Beijing and Hong Kong defend the controversial law, saying it is necessary for the city's stability.

A Portuguese citizen who also held a Hong Kong ID card is the first foreign national to be jailed under the city's National Security Law A Portuguese man has become the first European citizen ...

The Group of Seven was unambiguous about the West's differences with Beijing, such as the quashing of democratic freedoms in Hong Kong and its failure to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Hong Kong has again erupted in protest over frustrations with Beijing’s increasingly iron-clad rule. In response, embattled Hong Kong government leader Carrie Lam has authorized aggressive police ...