Furious McDonald’s customer brutally beats a restaurant worker in Hong Kong 

Big MASK and Fries: Furious McDonald’s customer brutally beats a restaurant worker after being reminded to put on a face mask in Hong Kong Footage allegedly shows the man throwing punches at the worker in Hong Kong He reportedly got angry after the manager reminded him to wear a face mask  The customer then pushed … Read more

Hong Kong: 200,000 set to come to UK after citizenship offer

200,000 Hong Kongers are set to come to Britain to live after UK offered them a route to citizenship Boris Johnson has unveiled plans to welcome three million Hong Kong residents   The Foreign Office is working on estimates that 200,000 will take the offer Alan Mak, a Conservative of Chinese descent, said he doesn’t think … Read more

Hong Kong: 200,000 set to come to UK after citizenship offer

200,000 Hong Kongers are set to come to Britain to live after UK offered them a route to citizenship Boris Johnson has unveiled plans to welcome three million Hong Kong residents   The Foreign Office is working on estimates that 200,000 will take the offer Alan Mak, a Conservative of Chinese descent, said he doesn’t think … Read more

Hong Kong police are handed power to raid people’s homes without a warrant

Hong Kong police have been granted permission to carry out warrant-less home searches under China’s new national security law after the city’s government unveiled vastly expanded powers authorised by Beijing. Officers now also have the right to ban suspects from leaving the city, confiscate their assets, conduct secret surveillance and intercept communications, according to a … Read more

TikTok says it will stop its app from working in Hong Kong following ‘recent events’

TikTok says it will stop its app from working in Hong Kong due to introduction of China’s security law after insisting it does not share users’ information with Beijing TikTok said last night it would be stopping operations in Hong Kong within days  Beijing last week imposed a sweeping new national security law on Hong … Read more

TikTok says it will stop its app from working in Hong Kong following ‘recent events’

TikTok says it will stop its app from working in Hong Kong following ‘recent events’ after insisting it does not share users’ information with Beijing TikTok said last night it would be stopping operations in Hong Kong within days  Beijing last week imposed a sweeping new national security law on Hong Kong Facebook, Google and … Read more

China accuses UK of ‘gross interference’ over Hong Kong

Beijing’s ambassador to the UK has accused the British Government of a ‘gross interference in China’s internal affairs’ after Boris Johnson offered up to three million Hong Kongers a route to citizenship.  Mr Johnson announced the move last week after China pressed ahead with imposing a controversial national security law on Hong Kong.  But Liu … Read more

Hong Kong activist flees the city after testifying before US Congress

A prominent pro-democracy activist revealed he has fled Hong Kong for a secret overseas location after Beijing imposed draconian new security laws on the territory. Nathan Law, a founder of the pro-democracy Demosisto party and a figurehead of the 2014 Umbrella Movement, announced the move on Facebook late Thursday. It came just hours after he … Read more

HSBC and Standard Chartered caught in crossfire over Hong Kong turmoil

Banks caught in crossfire over Hong Kong turmoil: HSBC and Standard Chartered facing threat of US sanctions By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 2 July 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 2 July 2020 Pressure is mounting on HSBC and Standard Chartered as the banks find themselves ‘caught in the crossfire’ of … Read more

China’s Hong Kong crackdown could scupper Huawei deal

China’s ‘unacceptable’ crackdown in Hong Kong could shut the door to Huawei’s involvement in Britain’s 5G mobile network, Boris Johnson has said as London and Beijing traded blows today.  Mr Johnson said the draconian new security law that China has imposed on Hong Kong was ‘plainly an unacceptable breach’ of the freedoms that the city … Read more