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Hong Kong government offers to buy apartment ownerships from fire victims

Hong Kong’s government is offering to buy back homeownership rights from residents displaced by last year’s deadly Wang Fuk Court fire

The Independent UK

38 Years Later, A Legendary Hong Kong Director's Cult Crime Thriller Just Got A Huge Upgrade

Johnnie To may have just been a hired hand for 'The Big Heat,' but you can see the seeds of his best work in the forgotten action gem.

Inverse

Night King review – Hong Kong hostess bar comedy is love letter to old-style Kowloon nightlife

Dayo Wong and pop star Sammi Cheng star in strangely coy comedy which has glitzy charms and jokes but lacks raw chemistry

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Student expelled after calling for probe into Hong Kong’s deadliest fire that claimed 168 lives

Months after a deadly fire engulfed the Wang Fuk Court residential towers in Hong Kong, the questions surrounding accountability for the tragedy have shifted focus. A university student has been expelled by the Chinese University of Hong Kong, or CUHK, for raising the question of accountability for the tragic incident…

The Times of India

Hong Kong's CK Hutchison warns of legal action over Panama Canal ports

Hong Kong's CK Hutchison say it's escalating its fight over the two Panama Canal ports that it operates

The Independent UK

Lucky Coincidences: 30 Perfectly Timed Pictures Taken By Edas Wong (New Pics)

Edas Wong is a Hong Kong–based street photographer known for capturing fleeting, often humorous moments that many people would walk past without noticing. His work centers on observation—waiting patiently for coincidences, gestures, and visual alignments...

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Father of exiled Hong Kong activist convicted in unprecedented insurance case under national security law

Family of US-based Hong Kong dissident held guilty in first such case

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'It’s as if they hopped off the screen' — Disney World’s Frozen Ever After reopens with more immersive Elsa, Anna, and Kristoff animatronics that ‘gave chills’

When Frozen Ever After reopens at Walt Disney World’s Epcot on February 12, 2026, it will feature next-generation animatronics – and TechRadar spoke with Disney Imagineering to unpack the technology behind the upgrade and why it matters for riders.

TechRadar

Father of activist Anna Kwok convicted under Hong Kong national security law

Kwok Yin-sang arrested after he tried to end pro-democracy daughter’s insurance policy and withdraw funds

The Guardian - UK

Major announcement: Canon has discontinued the EOS R5 – so should you still buy it?

The Canon EOS R5 camera has officially been discontinued in Hong Kong but, for now, remains available in other regions of the world

Digital Camera World

Chinese sea captain pleads not guilty in Hong Kong court to damaging Baltic Sea cables

A Chinese sea captain of a Hong Kong-flagged vessel has pleaded not guilty to damaging undersea cables in the Baltic Sea in 2023

The Independent UK

Father of US-based Hong Kong activist convicted under national security law

A Hong Kong court has convicted the father of a U.S.-based activist for attempting to deal with his daughter's financial assets

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on Jimmy Lai: what Britain’s caution says about its relationship to Beijing’s power

Editorial: Australia defended a detained journalist despite the risks. Britain’s muted response to a media mogul’s harsh sentence suggests a narrowing view of what confrontation is worth

The Guardian - UK

China is losing ground in Latin America

Panama’s supreme court invalidated a contract in late January that had allowed Panama Ports Company, a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based firm CK Hutchison, to operate two ports on the Panama canal since 1997.

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The Guardian - UK

Hong Kong’s once-vibrant press stays silent or celebrates Jimmy Lai’s 20-year jail sentence

Lack of response shows security law and harassment by authorities have muzzled ‘critical voices’, say experts

The Independent UK

China’s Hong Kong white paper targets ‘hostile’ foreign intervention after Jimmy Lai ruling

Hong Kong’s leader John Lee welcomed the white paper, saying it is ‘of great significance and has come at exactly the right time’

The Guardian - UK

Jimmy Lai’s sentencing tells me this: democracy is dead in Hong Kong, and I escaped just in time

Who will speak out for values and rights and my fellow democracy activist now that opposition has been silenced in Hong Kong? I say Britain should, says activist Nathan Law

Newslaundry

20 years for a China critic: Former media tycoon’s jailing signals the end of an era for Hong Kong’s press

Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media tycoon and a fierce critic of Beijing, was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in prison in the longest punishment given so far under a China-imposed national security law that has virtually silenced the city’s dissent.

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'Defy the impossible': NRL bullish about global plan

The NRL is hopeful of playing regular-season games in Hong Kong, Japan, the UK and the Abu Dhabi in the coming years.

Reason

Jimmy Lai Got a 20-Year Sentence for Saying Things the Chinese Government Didn't Like

China's "national security law" was perfectly tailored to zero in on someone like Lai, who vigorously pushed for democracy, freedom of speech, and government reform in Hong Kong.

The Independent UK

Hong Kong fire victims long for home as Lunar New Year stirs painful memories

A massive fire in Hong Kong last November killed 168 people, devastating a tight-knit community

The Independent UK

Son of Jimmy Lai fears he’ll never see father again after media tycoon’s 20-year sentence

Sebastien Lai told The Independent of his devastation at his father’s ‘almost comically large’ jail term, but spoke of his pride that Jimmy Lai had fought so hard for press freedom

The Independent UK

Jimmy Lai’s son says his father remains ‘stoic’ in the face of 20-year ‘death sentence’

Jimmy Lai’s son has revealed that his father remained “stoic” and smiled as he was handed a 20 year term by a Hong Kong court, which has been described as a “death sentence”.

The Guardian - UK

UK, UN and EU deplore ‘monumental injustice’ of Jimmy Lai’s 20-year jail sentence

Son says Hong Kong media figure, 78, fears dying alone while legal team say Lai is now world’s highest profile political prisoner

The Independent UK

UK pushing for release of Hong Kong campaigner Jimmy Lai on humanitarian grounds

British national Mr Lai, 78, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Monday under a security law imposed by China.

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