Hong Kong passenger ferry is transformed into a luxurious yacht and hits the market for £1.9million 

A passenger ferry has been given a spectacular new lease of life having been transformed into a luxurious yacht complete with a New York loft-style interior, a cinema and what is claimed to be the largest single sofa in Hong Kong. And it’s on the market for £1.9million ($2.7million).  The vessel, formerly called Golden Star, … Read more

Hong Guang Mini is the £3,200 EV that’s outselling Tesla in China

China has a new favourite electric car – and it’s not a Tesla. The Hong Guang Mini EV has recently become the nation’s best-selling EV, with the super-compact electric model costing from just £3,200 new. The car, which is produced as part of a joint venture between state-owned SAIC Motor (known locally as Wuling) and … Read more

British foreign office warns China will no longer recognise Hong Kong dual citizens

China moves to strip millions of Hong Kongers of legal rights by refusing to recognise British dual citizens in defiance of handover deal UK Foreign Office warned dual nationality is no longer recognised in Hong Kong  Move means millions of Hong Kongers who qualify for overseas citizenship may not be entitled to consular assistance if … Read more

British foreign office warns China will no longer recognise Hong Kong dual citizens

China moves to strip millions of Hong Kongers of legal rights by refusing to recognise British dual citizens in defiance of handover deal UK Foreign Office warned dual nationality is no longer recognised in Hong Kong  Move means millions of Hong Kongers who qualify for overseas citizenship may not be entitled to consular assistance if … Read more

Woman, 58, abandoned in Hong Kong before being adopted by British couple appears on Long Lost Family

A woman who was abandoned in Hong Kong before being adopted by a British couple has admitted she just wants to find relatives who ‘look and sound like her’ in ‘one of the toughest ever’ Long Lost Family searches. Claire Martin, 58, was nearly two-years-old when she arrived at Heathrow Airport from Hong Kong’s overcrowded orphanages in … Read more

Wimbledon is urged to sever ties with HSBC over Hong Kong human rights

Wimbledon is urged to sever ties with HSBC for failing to stand up for human rights in Hong Kong By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 4 February 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 4 February 2021 Major sporting events are under pressure to cut their ties with HSBC and Standard Chartered over … Read more

‘Petulant’ China blasted over plan to ignore British National Overseas passport for Hong Kongers

China was branded ‘weak, bullying and petulant’ today as it refused to allow Hong Kong citizens to leave using British passports amid a furious row over UK plans to grant residency to thousands of people. The communist regime’s foreign ministry today said it would not recognise the British National Overseas passport as a valid travel document. … Read more

300,000 people from Hong Kong will begin arriving in Britain from Sunday when visa route opens

Fury in Beijing over Boris Johnson’s plan to grant millions of Hong Kong citizens UK residency intensified today as China said it will stop recognising the British National Overseas passport as a valid travel document.  The statement by foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian plunged the visa system into uncertainty just hours after it was announced to be … Read more

China threatens ‘counterstrike’ after Australia condemns Beijing’s assault on Hong Kong democracy

China has threatened a ‘counterstrike’ against Australia after Canberra condemned Beijing’s mass arrest of 55 politicians and activists in Hong Kong. Foreign Ministry spokesman Lijian Zhao, who has a fake image of an Australian soldier holding a bloody knife to a child’s throat pinned to the top of his Twitter account, said anyone who gets … Read more

China threatens ‘counterstrike’ after Australia condemns Beijing’s assault on Hong Kong democracy

China has threatened a ‘counterstrike’ against Australia after Canberra condemned Beijing’s mass arrest of 55 politicians and activists in Hong Kong. Foreign Ministry spokesman Lijian Zhao, who has a fake image of an Australian soldier holding a bloody knife to a child’s throat pinned to the top of his Twitter account, said anyone who gets … Read more