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Veteran Hong Kong Labor Rights Activist Arrested on Suspicion of Foreign Collusion

Elizabeth Tang, a veteran Hong Kong labor activist, was arrested after she visited her husband Lee Cheuk Yan, who’s in jail for organizing and participating in several unauthorized assemblies between 2019 and 2020.

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Asian markets rally as bank worries ebb, Fed rates back in view

Hong Kong (AFP) - Asian markets bounced Wednesday as concerns about contagion from the collapse of two US regional lenders eased while investors turned their attention back to next week's Federal Reserve interest rate decision.

AFP

Man accused of importing drug haul nabbed at airport

An Australian man is accused of storing cocaine and methamphetamine in a Hong Kong house before using a courier to smuggle the drugs into Australia in 2012.

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Have a villain in your life? In Hong Kong, a ritual helps ease anxieties

Customers pay ritual practitioners to bash an image of their target with a shoe. It could be anyone — rival lovers and unfriendly colleagues, or horrible bosses and unlikeable public figures.

WEKU

AP PHOTOS: Hong Kong's 'villain hitting' ritual draws crowds

People holding a grudge may have found a way to release it in Hong Kong’s “villain hitting” ritual.

The Independent UK

'John Wick 4' Review: There’s No Such Thing as Overkill

'John Wick 4' takes the action and spectacle to jaw-dropping (and jaw-breaking) new levels.

Inverse

‘Making history again’: Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh’s sweet link to iconic Moomba Festival

New video has emerged of Oscar-winner Michelle Yeoh aboard a float in Melbourne's 1984 iconic Moomba Festival parade

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Glasgow's Barras to be transformed into traditional Hong Kong Street Market this month

The famous Glasgow market is set to transport shoppers around the world at the end of the month as they transform their London Road site for a fun one-off event.

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Huatulco’s imprint in the sand: Rescuers ignore the odds to save Oaxaca's turtles

Growing up as the daughter of missionaries, my childhood travels were usually centered on giving back. From South Africa and Hong Kong to Romania and Tanzania, each purposeful journey involved some level of digging ditches, feeding children, raising awareness and rescuing the lost.

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Price war started by Tesla, BYD sends Chinese auto stocks into nosedive in sign of fragile consumer sentiment

Traders have been abandoning Chinese auto stocks as a price war started by Tesla and BYD spread across the whole industry, a sign of weak consumer sentiment amid pessimism about the pace of economic recovery.

Bangkok Post

US-sanctioned general to become public face of China's growing military

HONG KONG: General Li Shangfu, named on Sunday as China's new defence minister, is a veteran of the People's Liberation Army's (PLA) modernisation effort - a drive that led the United States to sanction him over the acquisition of weapons from Russia.

Bangkok Post

Watch as celebrities arrive at the Asian Film Awards red carpet

Watch from the red carpet as stars arrive for the 16th annual Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong.

The Independent UK

Hong Kong court sentences 3 Tiananmen vigil organisers to jail

The organisers of a yearly vigil to mark China’s brutal 1989 crackdown were sentenced to four and a half months in jail.

Al Jazeera

Hong Kong court jails Tiananmen anniversary vigil organisers

Prosecutors said Chow Hang-Tung, Tang Ngok-kwan and Tsui Hon-kwong were under foreign influence but refused to say who it was

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The Independent UK

Hong Kong activists behind Tiananmen vigil jailed for months

Three former organizers of Hong Kong’s annual vigil in remembrance of victims of China’s 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protests have been jailed for four and a half months for failing to provide authorities with information on the group in accordance with a national security law

Bangkok Post

Securing its future with diversification

After 85 years of building its business in Thailand, the Hong Kong-based life insurance firm AIA is pursuing portfolio diversification here to capture future potential and achieve sustainable growth.

Los Angeles Times

Review: Chang can dunk (but won't) on 'Chang Can Dunk'

In a recent interview with GQ, Hong Kong star Donnie Yen noted that Caine, his character in the upcoming action blockbuster "John Wick: Chapter 4," had originally been given a more common Chinese name. The choice bothered Yen, who lobbied successfully to have the character renamed. "Why does he always…

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Targets ‘Shadow Banking’ Network Helping Iran Evade Sanctions

The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on 39 entities, including many based in Hong Kong, that Washington said facilitate Iran's access to the global financial system, describing them as a "shadow banking" network that moves billions of dollars. The US Treasury Department in a statement said those targeted had…

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The Independent UK

Hong Kong security police arrest veteran labor activist

Hong Kong national security police have arrested a veteran labor activist who is also the wife of an organizer of annual vigils commemorating China’s 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters

Reuters

Prominent Hong Kong union leader arrested after prison visit -source

Hong Kong police on Thursday arrested veteran union leader Elizabeth Tang after she visited her pro-democracy activist husband who is jailed at a high security prison, according to a source close to the couple and domestic media.

Bangkok Post

Special deals at Somewhere Koh Sichang

Somewhere Hotel, Koh Sichang, the first boutique hotel from Cape & Kantary Hotels, launches the Escape package offering special hotel promotions for booking and stays from now until Oct 31.

Bangkok Post

HK women abandon attempts to march

 A Hong Kong women’s rights group said on Wednesday that it had called off what would have been a rare authorised protest after its representatives had been summoned numerous times for meetings with the police.

AFP

Asia, Europe track Wall St losses after Powell's rate hike warning

Hong Kong (AFP) - Markets sank Wednesday, the dollar held big gains and oil struggled to recover from hefty losses after Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell opened the door to a quicker pace of interest rate hikes as officials battle to tame inflation.

The Independent UK

Hong Kong's Cathay posts $834 million loss for 2022

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Asia tracks Wall St losses after Powell's rate hike warning

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