The Latest Breaking News from Hong Kong

Stocks plunged more than four percent in Tokyo on Monday after the yen surged in reaction to Shigeru Ishiba's election last week as the head of Japan's ruling party, which boosted expectations the Bank of Japan will continue hiking interest rates.

Scores of red Chinese flags now flap near the Hong Kong government headquarters in preparation for China’s national day as police patrolled the area thousands of demonstrators occupied a decade ago to protest Beijing’s restrictions on candidates running for the city’s top job.

Anniversary of pro-democracy demonstration takes place in city where protest has been largely criminalised and activists silenced

Chung Pui-kuen sentenced to 21 months while Patrick Lam gets 11-month term but is released on medical grounds

Chung Pui-kuen jailed for 21 months and Patrick Lam for 11 months under colonial-era law.

Hong Kong has welcomed a new pair of giant pandas gifted by Beijing, raising hopes for a boost to the city’s tourism

A Hong Kong court is set to sentence two former Stand News editors in a landmark sedition case that is widely seen as an indicator of media freedom in a city once known as a beacon of press freedom in Asia

It was a low-budget, erotic film that became the most successful French movie of the time. "Emmanuelle" went on to be the symbol of the sexual liberation and free love of the 1970s. Fifty years after Just Jaeckin's softcore movie first became a global phenomenon, a remake is being released…

Two former top editors of Hong Kong’s defunct online media Stand News will learn their sentences Thursday after a landmark sedition verdict

The row over a reclining seat was sparked on a flight but quickly escalated onto social media

The 2015 Hong Kong Open champion will return in November along with fellow PGA Tour player Tom Kim