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Head of China’s state-backed Catholic church will visit Hong Kong as ties with Vatican are strained

The Hong Kong Roman Catholic diocese says that the leader of China’s Communist Party-sponsored version of the Catholic church will visit Hong Kong this month at the invitation of the city’s pope-appointed cardinal

The Independent UK

Supporters celebrate opening of Gay Games in Hong Kong, first in Asia, despite lawmakers' opposition

Scores of athletes celebrated the opening of the Gay Games in Hong Kong despite opposition from anti-LGBTQ lawmakers, marking the first time the international sporting event to be held in Asia

The Independent UK

Watch: Hong Kong celebrates Asia’s first Gay Games with opening ceremony

Hong Kong is playing host to this year's Gay Games - and is the first Asian country to embrace the LGBT+ sports tournament.

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Australia’s Albanese heads to China touting ‘consistent, steady’ engagement

Labor leader is first Australian prime minister to visit since 2016 after a turbulent period in bilateral ties.

Al Jazeera

OPINION - Airport lounges are victims of their own success, they’re now far too popular

Forget The Bishops Avenue in north London, Billionaire’s Row in Manhattan or Mount Nicholson in Hong Kong. The most expensive real estate in the world can be found on an aeroplane.Every inch — from the cardboard excuse for a seat in economy class to the luxuriant flat beds in first…

Evening Standard

Gay Games: Hong Kong's groundbreaking role as first Asian host could be overshadowed by politics

The Gay Games – a global sporting event for LGBTQ+ athletes – have been held in San Francisco, Paris, Sydney and several other cities in North America and Europe. This year, the games will be held in Asia for the first time. Events begin in Hong Kong, the co-host with…

The Conversation

Asia's first Gay Games to kick off in Hong Kong, fostering hopes for wider LGBTQ+ inclusion

Hong Kong is set to launch Asia's first Gay Games on Friday, fostering hopes for wider LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Asian financial hub

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Beijing's crackdown fails to dim Hong Kong's luster, as talent scheme lures mainland Chinese

The exodus of tens of thousands of professionals from Hong Kong, triggered by Beijing’s crackdown on its civil liberties, is being offset by new arrivals: mainland Chinese keen to move to the former British colony

The Independent UK

Hong Kong: over-the-top punishment for 2019 democracy protesters, report finds

More than 10,000 arrests and nearly 3,000 prosecutions, with 82% given jail including ‘extraordinary high’ proportion of children

The Guardian - UK

Hong Kong leader defends new election rules even though biggest pro-democracy party can't join race

Hong Kong’s leader is defending the rules for the upcoming local elections as open and fair after an electoral overhaul effectively barred the city’s remaining pro-democracy activists from joining the race

The Independent UK

4 former Hong Kong student leaders jailed over their praise of a knife attack on a police officer

Four former student leaders from the University of Hong Kong have been sentenced to two years in prison for inciting people to wound others through their praise of a man who stabbed a police officer before killing himself in 2021

The Independent UK

Firearms charge against Washington state senator Jeff Wilson dismissed in Hong Kong court

A Hong Kong court has dismissed a gun charge against a Washington state senator arrested after he carried a gun into the Chinese territory

The Independent UK

China Evergrande winding-up hearing adjourned to Dec. 4 by Hong Kong court

A Hong Kong court has adjourned a winding up hearing for property developer China Evergrande Group’s until Dec. 4

The Independent UK

We live in troubled times, but can fear be a force for good?

Anxiety is an obvious response to world events. But what if fear is actually a motivational emotion driving change? Here, author Robert Peckham reveals why the history of fear is the history of hope

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Hong Kong denies visa to prominent Tiananmen Square scholar

Rowena He lost her job at the Chinese University of Hong Kong after her visa was not renewed.

AAP

Hong Kong's Iron Man trainer seeks Cox Plate history

Hong Kong raider Romantic Warrior is primed to become the fourth northern hemisphere-trained winner of Australasia's premium weight-for-age race at The Valley.

Fortune

Hong Kong hopes a one-off $2500 check for new parents will help lift one of the developed world's lowest birth rates

Hong Kong's chief executive announced the 'baby bonus' on Wednesday—but much larger checks elsewhere in Asia haven't lifted birth rates.

The Independent UK

Hong Kong cuts taxes for foreign home buyers and stock traders as it seeks to maintain global status

Hong Kong’s leader has cut taxes for some homebuyers and stock traders to boost markets as the city seeks to maintain its reputation as a global financial hub

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Jimmy Lai: UK refuses to release details of efforts to free British citizen jailed by China ‘to avoid damaging relations’

Media tycoon and activist Jimmy Lai has been detained in China since 2020 and while foreign secretary James Cleverly says he raised the issue in Beijing, it is not clear how

Al Jazeera

Hong Kong to introduce own national security law in 2024

The move follows Beijing’s move to impose a national security law following the 2019 mass protests for democracy.

The Independent UK

Washington state senator arrested at Hong Kong airport

US politician was aboard an airplane to Hong Kong when he reached into his briefcase for gum when he found an unloaded firearm

The Guardian - US

US state senator arrested in Hong Kong over pistol in carry-on bag

Republican Jeff Wilson, from Washington state, charged with possession of an unregistered firearm but calls it ‘honest mistake’

The Independent UK

A Hong Kong court upholds a ruling in favor of equal inheritance rights for same-sex couples

A Hong Kong court has upheld a ruling that favored the granting of equal inheritance rights to same-sex couples

AAP

Hong Kong police visit raises concerns

Concerns have been raised about Hong Kong police officers touring Australia and meeting with the AFP after China cracked down on freedoms.

The Guardian - UK

Back Home review – Bai Ling brilliant in return to a Hong Kong house of horror

Nate Ki’s shocking debut feature follows a man who revisits the grim flat where he grew up, which remains haunted with extravagant evil

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