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 ...

The U.S. has denounced Hong Kong’s new national security law as a tool to potentially silence dissent both at home and abroad, but so far the action from Washington has been notably muted ...

Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong’s largest airline, has been one of the travel companies hit hardest by the outbreak of COVID-19. Hong Kong’s proximity to the worst affected country of China meant ...

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.

Latest news and updates on the impact of a new strain of coronavirus on Hong Kong. The virus causes the disease Covid-19 and the World Health Organisation has declared the spread of the infection ...

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.

In 2022, LSE welcomed 366 students from Hong Kong, 253 at undergraduate level and 113 at graduate level. If you would like to receive further information about studying at LSE, please register your ...

A new exhibition opens in Leeds explaining why people have moved to the city from Hong Kong. Officials in several countries say spice mixes made by MDH and Everest may contain ethylene oxide.