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Hong Kong hunkers down as Super Typhoon Saola barrels toward southern China

Most of Hong Kong and other parts of southern China ground to a near standstill Friday with classes and flights canceled as powerful Typhoon Saola approached.

France 24

Hong Kong and parts of southern China grind to near standstill as Super Typhoon Saola edges closer

Most of Hong Kong and some other areas in southern China ground to a near standstill as Super Typhoon Saola edged closer to the region on Friday

The Independent UK

Cleverly’s humiliating China visit was the perfect symbol of isolated, ill-led ‘global Britain’

The foreign minister set off with the aim of both ‘standing up for our values’ and securing profitable trade. He failed at both, says foreign policy commentator Simon Tisdall

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Colourful playground installation brings Hong Kong square to life

‘Prismatic’ is a colourful playground installation created for Design District Hong Kong by artists Craig & Karl

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Typhoon Saola: China issues highest warning as storm approaches Hong Kong and Guangdong

Winds reaching 209km/h recorded as major train lines suspended ahead of typhoon’s expected arrival on Friday

The Guardian - AU

Son of British media tycoon tells Cleverly to rescue father from Chinese jail: ‘British values are on trial’

James Cleverly met China’s Vice President today in first visit by a UK foreign secretary to China in five years

The Independent UK

This Olympic equestrian's small apartment has gentle nods to her love of horses - and space for a saddle

The transformation of this Hong Kong apartment into a characterful, light-filled space meant removing furniture, opening up walls, and bringing a very personal theme into the mix

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James Cleverly in China despite storm of criticism over ‘appeasement’ of communist regime

It is the first time a Foreign Secretary has visited China since 2018

Evening Standard

Key questions around James Cleverly’s visit to China

The last UK foreign secretary to visit China was Jeremy Hunt in 2018.

The Independent UK

Bright Fear by Mary Jean Chan review – pain and acceptance

The Hong Kong-born queer poet explores their parents coming to terms with their sexuality in tender, incisive pieces

The Guardian - UK

Foreign Secretary to visit China on Wednesday

James Cleverly will raise concerns over human rights, Taiwan and Hong Kong during his visit, the first by a UK foreign secretary since 2018.

The Independent UK

A Hong Kong language group shuts down after an essay alleged to have breached security law

A group that promotes the Cantonese language has shut down after Hong Kong authorities said an essay submitted to a literary competition three years ago violated the national security law

The Independent UK

Q&A: Sebastien Lai on father Jimmy Lai’s Hong Kong ‘show trial’

The media tycoon has been in jail for three years awaiting trial under the territory’s national security law.

Al Jazeera

Why Japan has started pumping water from Fukushima into the Pacific – and should we be concerned?

Japan’s decision to release water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant has been greeted with horror by the local fishing industry as well as China and several Pacific Island states. China – which together with Hong Kong imports more than US$1.1bn (£866m) of seafood from Japan every year – has…

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The Independent UK

A Hong Kong court refused to ban a protest song. Now the government has been allowed to appeal

The Hong Kong government has been given the green light to appeal a court’s refusal to ban a protest song

The Hindu

Rutuja and Vaidehi sail into doubles quarterfinals in Hong Kong

Rutuja Bhosale & Vaidehi Chaudhari (IND) beat Nagi Hanatani & Man Ying Maggie Ng (JPN/HKG) 6-2, 6-1 in doubles pre-quarterfinals of $40K ITF women's tennis tournament in Hong Kong.

The Independent UK

A jailed Hong Kong student loses bid to reduce sentence over inciting secession in landmark ruling

A jailed university student in Hong Kong has lost his bid to reduce his five-year sentence over inciting secession

Al Jazeera

Hong Kong bets on crypto as sector’s star dims over crackdowns overseas

The Chinese territory has issued its first licenses for retail crypto trading amid push to cash in on virtual assets.

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The man behind 30 years of Chairman and Yip

The 'godfather' of the Chairman Group is still on a quest to share knowledge.

Evening Standard

KFC made a VR game that rewards players with free chicken

A virtual-reality game could land KFC diners in Hong Kong the chance of getting some very real free chicken

Fortune

Country Garden to be booted from Hong Kong's stock index

Country Garden is reportedly trying to extend the payment period for a bond due in September as it tries to avoid a default.

France 24

China's central bank cut a key interest rate to boost loans, but investors expected more

The People's Bank of China announced it was cutting its key one-year interest rate for the second time in three months on Monday, but left its five-year rate unchanged. The move comes as China's economy has struggled to recover from the impact of the pandemic. The move has defied expectations…

The Independent UK

Hong Kong judges propose a further delay in the trial of activist publisher Jimmy Lai

Hong Kong judges have proposed a new delay in the trial of a prominent activist publisher who was arrested in August 2020 under a sweeping Beijing-imposed national security law

The Independent UK

Stock market today: Asian shares mostly decline after Wall Street drops on higher bond yields

Asian shares have slipped as rising yields in the bond market on Wall Street set off expectations that high interest rates would continue in the U.S. Benchmarks fell in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Seoul, and were little changed in Sydney

The Guardian - AU

‘Gangster tactic’: the true aim behind Hong Kong’s pursuit of overseas dissidents

Police targeting pro-democracy activists abroad have questioned their family and put out bounties, but there is a broader, more chilling, objective behind the operation

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