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Hong Kong Court Upholds Warrant on Tycoon Jimmy Lai’s Phones

August 31, 2022
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HONG KONG—Hong Kong’s High Court on Tuesday upheld a new warrant obtained by the national security police to search the contents of media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s phones. In one of the former British colony’s biggest national security cases, Lai and six former Apple Daily staff members were charged with so-called collusion with foreign forces under…

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Hong Kong ‘Captain America’ Protester Gets Lighter Sentence After Appeal

August 4, 2022
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HONG KONG—A Hong Kong activist dubbed “Captain America 2.0” for wielding the superhero’s shield during pro-democracy protests in 2019 had his jail sentence reduced to five years on Wednesday after winning an appeal. High Court Chief Judge Jeremy Poon and Justices of Appeal Derek Pang and Anthea Pang, wrote in a summary that was posted…

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Hong Kong’s Iconic Jumbo Floating Restaurant Capsizes at Sea

June 20, 2022
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HONG KONG—Hong Kong’s iconic Jumbo Floating Restaurant has capsized in the South China Sea less than a week after it was towed away from the city, its parent company said Monday. The restaurant encountered “adverse conditions” on Saturday as it was passing the Xisha Islands, also known as the Paracel Islands, in the South China…

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Pandemic Subdues Hong Kong’s Usual Energy

March 17, 2022
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Hong Kong’s neon lights are still on, but COVID-19 has turned off a lot of the city’s usual energy. Instead, now there is an unusual sense of limbo. Busy shopping streets and office districts are much emptier than ever before. Fears of the new virus in mainland China hit Hong Kong in early 2020, but…

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