Tag: Hong Kong
For Hong Kong’s Beijing-Backed Officials, Xi’s All That
HONG KONG — On his first full day on the job, Hong Kong’s new leader, John Lee, shared…
How a Flight Attendant Became a Funeral Planner in the Covid Era
HONG KONG — Before she became a funeral planner, Connie Wong was a flight attendant for a Hong…
Ailing Hong Kong Activist Defiant as Court Sentences Him to Prison
HONG KONG — If his cutoff T-shirts, close-cropped hair and long, thin beard were not enough to make…
‘Everything in Hong Kong Has Changed’: A Road to Reinvention
HONG KONG — On the day that Hong Kong was returned to China a quarter century ago, the…
In New Textbooks, Hong Kong Was Never a British Colony
HONG KONG — Many schoolchildren around the world have long been taught that Hong Kong was once a…
On the Anniversary of Tiananmen Massacre, Victims Remembered
TAIPEI, Taiwan — For decades, a large candlelight vigil was held in Hong Kong each June 4, to…
John Lee Wins Hong Kong’s Rubber-Stamp Election
HONG KONG — John Lee “will make Hong Kongers and international investors feel relaxed, at ease and full…
In Hong Kong Election, John Lee Is Running Uncontested
HONG KONG — When hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong residents took to the streets in 2019 to…
In Hong Kong, Cheap Dining Options Are All the Rage
HONG KONG — The lines begin forming before lunchtime and wind on well into the night, with customers…
Star Ferry, ‘Emblem of Hong Kong,’ May Sail Into History After 142 Years
HONG KONG — On a damp Monday morning in Hong Kong, Freeman Ng looked out from the upper…
Carrie Lam, Hong Kong’s Leader, Won’t Seek Second Term
HONG KONG — Under the watch of Carrie Lam, Hong Kong’s chief executive, huge citywide protests deepened political…
In Asia, Covid-19 Rules Fall Away, With a Big Caveat
MANILA — In the Philippines, tens of thousands are crowding into political rallies in Manila, and the zoo…