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Suez Canal traffic blocked again as Hong Kong cargo ship runs aground

Xin Hai Tong 23 refloated after running aground at an angle across the canal’s southern mouth

The Independent UK

Last Chinese emperor’s wristwatch — with Oak Park connection — sells for $6.2 million

Oak Park-based journalist Russell Working played a vital role in helping to authenticate the Patek Philippe watch.

Chicago Sun-Times

Watch owned by last Chinese emperor Aisin-Gioro Puyi sells for $9.4 million at Hong Kong auction

The rare Patek Philippe watch belonged to Qing Dynasty emperor Aisin-Gioro Puyi, who reigned from the age of 2 and was captured by the Red Army in 1945.

ABC News

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New Inmotion RS Is A Ridiculously Powerful Electric Kick Scooter

Hong Kong-based e-mobility startup Inmotion has launched its newest creation, the outlandishly powerful RS electric scooter, capable of hitting speeds of 68 miles per hour.

InsideEVs

Cathay Pacific sacks crew members accused of discriminating against non-English speakers

The airline’s chief executive has apologised over the ‘unpleasant experience’

The Independent UK

Hongkongers opt out of organ registry ‘amid fear of Chinese donations’

Thousands of residents withdraw consent in apparent protest at potential donation agreement with the mainland

The Guardian - UK

Last emperor of China's watch sells for record $6.2 million in Hong Kong auction

A watch that was once owned by the last emperor of China's Qing Dynasty, whose life formed the basis of the Oscar-winning film "The Last Emperor," sold for a record HK$49 million ($6.2 million) at a Hong Kong auction on Tuesday.

Reuters

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Watch: Wristwatch owned by last Chinese emperor sold for $5.1m in Hong Kong

A wristwatch once owned by China’s last emperor, Aisin-Gioro Puyi, went up for auction on Tuesday (23 May) in Hong Kong.

The Independent UK

Airline apologises for staff mocking passengers’ English

HONG KONG: Cathay Pacific Airways apologised on Tuesday after a passenger accused its flight attendants of discriminating against non-English speakers in an online post that went viral on Chinese social media.

Bangkok Post

Hong Kong leader condemns suspicious uptick in registration withdrawals from organ donation system

Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee is condemning an unusual rise in the number of withdrawal requests to the city's organ donation system, saying police will investigate suspicious cases

The Independent UK

Newcastle to host Friendship Festival to welcome new arrivals from Hong Kong

Around 160,000 people from Hong Kong have arrived into the UK since January 2021

Chronicle Live

‘I miss Ukraine’: the real-life stories behind UK immigration statistics

Some are fleeing persecution and war. Some are studying. Others are bringing their professional skills to the benefit of society

The Guardian - UK

New govt coalition parties yet to agree terms

Potential governing coalition parties have yet to agree on the terms of a memorandum of understanding expected to be announced on Monday, according to a senior Move Forward Party (MFP) official.

Bangkok Post

FTSE 100 Live: Flat week as FTSE closes at 7757; Tesco chair to step down; US shares down on default fears

The FTSE 100 index found positive territory today despite Hong Kong shares falling after Alibaba sales came in below expectations.

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Macao further restricts political freedoms with revisions to national security law

Echoing the crackdown on freedoms in neighboring Hong Kong, the former Portuguese colony of Macao has revised its legal system to face "new adverse challenges in terms of national security."

Reuters

Hong Kong court rejects challenge by jailed media tycoon Lai over British lawyer

A Hong Kong court on Friday dismissed an attempt by jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai to challenge a decision by security officials to effectively bar his British lawyer from representing him in a landmark national security trial.

The Independent UK

Hong Kong court dismisses pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai's legal bid to fight for UK lawyer

A Hong Kong court has dismissed a jailed pro-democracy publisher’s legal bid in his fight to use a British lawyer in his landmark national security trial

Evening Standard

Hong Kong leader defends removal of politically sensitive books from libraries

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Al Jazeera

Tiananmen books disappear from Hong Kong library shelves

Chief executive John Lee says residents should not be exposed to ‘unhealthy ideas’.

The Independent UK

Hong Kong leader defends removal of politically sensitive books in public libraries

Hong Kong's leader says the city’s public libraries would not recommend books featuring “bad ideologies” to residents after they pulled titles related to the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown and certain political figures

The News Lens

In Taiwan, Liz Truss Called For ‘Economic NATO’ to Counter China

The Guardian - UK

Once admired, now reviled, Hong Kong police force failing to attract new recruits

Long-serving officers have left and generous incentives are not enough to fill vacancies in what is today seen as a brutish arm of the Chinese state

Zenger

Reporters Without Borders Advocate For The Release Of Jimmy Lai From Prison In Hong Kong

An open letter to the government of Hong Kong was published barring Lai from having foreign lawyers to represent him.

Radio France Internationale

Reporters Without Borders and media leaders and call for liberation of Hong Kong's Jimmy Lai

Reporters Without Borders and over a hundred international media leaders called on Tuesday for the "immediate release" of Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai, an “emblematic figure in the fight for press freedom in Hong Kong and globally," who was detained by Chinese authorities 2020 and is still in jail.

The Guardian - AU

Liz Truss in Taiwan calls for ‘economic Nato’ to challenge China

Former British PM says Taiwan is ‘on the front line of the global battle for freedom’ during trip that China has called a ‘dangerous political show’

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