has slashed its coronavirus quarantine requirement for overseas arrivals from seven to three days in a bid to attract business travellers and kick-start economic activity in the Asian financial hub, the dpa reported.
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Hong Kong will ease its Covid hotel quarantine requirements for people arriving from overseas, Chief Executive John Lee said on Monday.
From Friday, those arriving in the city will have to stay at designated quarantine hotels for three days.
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China's Foreign Ministry announced new countermeasures against Washington on Friday, including the suspension of climate talks, in response to Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, hours after it announced sanctions against the US House speaker.
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A giant screen fell and injured two dancers in front of horrified fans at a concert in Hong Kong by the hugely popular boy band Mirror.
The video screen crushed one performer before toppling onto others, footage circulating online showed.
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Beijing has urged candidates vying to be Britain's next Prime Minister to refrain from "hyping up the so-called 'China threat,'" as foreign relations with the Asian economic giant emerge as a key issue in the closely-fought leadership race.
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The world's oldest male panda in captivity has died in an amusement park zoo in Hong Kong on Thursday.
The panda, called An An, was euthanized at the age of 35 — the equivalent of a human living till 105.
Officials at Ocean Park say the decision was (...)
An industrial support ship operating in the South China Sea has sunk in a storm with the possible loss of more than two dozen crew members, rescue services in Hong Kong said Saturday.
Authorities dispatched planes and helicopters to aid in the (...)
China's "one country two systems" model of ruling Hong Kong has worked in protecting the city and must continue long term, says Xi Jinping.
The Chinese leader mounted a stern defence of the political system in a speech in Hong Kong, following recent (...)
Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Hong Kong to mark 25 years since the former British colony returned to Beijing's rule.
It is his first visit outside mainland China since the start of the pandemic nearly two-and-a-half years ago.
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A floating restaurant that was a famous Hong Kong landmark has sunk, days after it was towed away from the harbor where it operated for nearly 50 years.
The Jumbo restaurant capsized in the South China Sea while on its way to an undisclosed (...)
For decades the Amur River has separated modern China and Russia -- its waters cutting through more than 1,000 of their roughly 2,500 border miles. But it's always lacked one thing: a vehicle bridge. Now -- as Russia's economic isolation in the wake (...)
Cryptocurrencies tumbled afresh on Tuesday, with bitcoin and ether falling to new 18-month lows, after major cryptocurrency lending company Celsius Network's freezing of withdrawals delivered the latest jolt to investors in the asset-class.
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Shares advanced in Asia on Tuesday, the Associated Press reported.
Hong Kong advanced 2.5% and other regional benchmarks were moderately higher. Oil prices slipped.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 500 points to 20,450.95 while the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo (...)
China has relinquished its rights to host the 2023 Asian Cup finals due to the COVID-19 situation in the country, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) announced on Saturday.
The event, which is played every four years and features 24 national (...)
One of the Catholic Church's most senior members has been arrested in Hong Kong for breaking China's national security law, police have confirmed.
Cardinal Joseph Zen, 90, is one of four people detained for being associated with a now-defunct (...)
Shanghai is further tightening its stringent lockdown measures after China's top leader Xi Jinping pledged to "unswervingly" double down on the country's controversial zero-Covid policy, leaving millions confined to their homes with no end in (...)
Hong Kong has a new leader to replace outgoing Chief Executive, Carrie Lam.
John Lee, a hard-line security chief who oversaw the crackdown on Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement was elected on Sunday more than 99% of the vote by a 1,500-strong (...)
Asian shares tumbled to their lowest in seven weeks on Friday, Reuters reported.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan shed 2.65% on Friday and fell to its lowest level since March 16.
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Asian shares rose on Thursday, Reuters reported.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.52%, although trading was thin with Japanese and Korean markets closed for public holidays.
Early moves in Asia followed a U.S. rally (...)
China's national security law imposed on Hong Kong nearly two years ago has completely changed the territory's political landscape.
Free speech has been curtailed, civil society groups have closed down and only Beijing-approved candidates can stand (...)
Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam announced she would not seek a second term in office after a controversial tenure that has seen many of the territory's civil freedoms eroded.
As chief executive, Lam oversaw a turbulent period where massive (...)
One passenger was a mother, flying to visit the daughter she hadn't seen for several years. Another was a woman on her way to reunite with her fiancé after months apart.
Awaiting their arrival, those loved ones were instead met with horror after (...)
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Sunday she plans to review COVID-19 restrictions on Monday, just days after acknowledging that many people in the global financial hub were "losing patience" with the city's coronavirus policies.
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The Biden administration has formally determined that Myanmar's military committed genocide and crimes against humanity against the Rohingya, a US official told CNN on Sunday.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will publicly announce the (...)
As Covid makes a resurgence in China, the country's leader signaled that his focus this time around is on containing the collateral damage to its huge economy.
China must "strive to achieve the maximum prevention and control at the least cost, and (...)
