Politics

2 November 2025
Richard Choi, a Liberal Democrat councillor, hosted an event to celebrate the efforts of Hong Kong volunteers in Sutton, in southwest London, in December 2024. (Courtesy of Richard Choi)
Posters and banners outside a Hong Kong government office call for public servants to support voter participation in the upcoming Legislative Council election. (Photo by Kensaku Ihara)
Politics

Hong Kong opens legislature race as veteran lawmakers bow out

Analysts see Beijing's growing role in shaping a more compliant council

24 October 2025
Demonstrators at the Chinese Embassy in London in November 2024 hold signs calling for the release of 45 pro-democracy activists sentenced to prison by Hong Kong's High Court.
International relations

UK law change paves way for Hong Kong extraditions, unnerving exiles

Fugitive Hong Kongers fear reprisals and call for more protection from Beijing

22 October 2025
The Trump administration has responded to a statement from the senior Chinese diplomat in Hong Kong warning the recently appointed U.S. consul general there against interference in the affairs of the city by colluding with anti-China forces.
US-China tensions

US brushes off Chinese warning to Hong Kong consul general

Incident comes before Trump meets with Xi this month for key trade talks

3 October 2025
Cars produced by Chinese automaker Chery are displayed at a dealership in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in September 2024. The company says Russia's contribution to its revenue will soon be "negligible."
Automobiles

Chinese carmakers diverge in Russia under sanctions, protectionism

While Chery withdraws, Great Wall Motor 'doubles down'

2 October 2025
Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee delivers his annual policy address at the Legislative Council on Sept. 17.
Politics

Hong Kong chief vows to fast-track Northern Metropolis ambitions

John Lee policy speech highlights key project, mainland ties and pets for economy boost

17 September 2025
The U.S. is threatening China's pharmaceuticals boom with possible import restrictions and policies to promote domestic production.
Pharmaceuticals

Chinese drugmaker stocks fall on possible US clampdown

Trump reportedly considering new curbs on imports of experimental pharmaceuticals

11 September 2025
A Hesai sensor is installed on the bumper of a self-driving car in San Francisco in 2019. The Nasdaq-listed company is set to offer shares on the Hong Kong bourse.
Equities

Chinese auto lidar maker Hesai eyes $474m Hong Kong listing

US-blacklisted company files for dual listing after posting Q2 net profit

8 September 2025
Eric Trump, cryptocurrency proponent and son of U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks with Nikkei Asia in an interview in Hong Kong on Aug. 30. (Photo by Kensaku Ihara)
Interview

Eric Trump talks up crypto ambitions as family empire eyes Asia

US president's son makes splash in Hong Kong, says he'd 'love to be' in Japanese market

31 August 2025
Douglas Alexander, U.K. minister of state for trade policy and economic security, talked to Nikkei Asia on board the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales harbored in Tokyo on Aug. 30. (Photo by Kenji Kawase) 
Interview

UK cautiously seeks to rebuild ties with China, trade minister says

Douglas Alexander raises Jimmy Lai case and broader human rights issues in Hong Kong

30 August 2025
Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, founder of the since shuttered Apple Daily newspaper, in 2020. He now awaits a verdict on national security charges against him.
Hong Kong security law

Hong Kong awaits Jimmy Lai verdict as security trial ends

Media tycoon's health in question after 1,700 days in solitary confinement

28 August 2025
Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai, pictured in May 2020, is understood to be suffering from health problems after years in solitary confinement.
Hong Kong security law

Closing arguments begin in mogul Jimmy Lai's Hong Kong security trial

Prominent activists-in-exile Ted Hui, Tony Chung granted asylum by Australia, UK

18 August 2025
Media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, founder of the now-defunct newspaper Apple Daily, reports to a Hong Kong police station in December 2020.
Hong Kong security law

Jimmy Lai's Hong Kong security trial adjourned over health concerns

Final arguments put off; tycoon's son had warned of deteriorating condition

15 August 2025
A Chinese flag flutters outside the Cheung Kong Center building, CK Hutchison's headquarters, in Hong Kong on April 1. The conglomerate has been under scrutiny over a move to sell dozens of global ports.
Companies

CK Hutchison downplays port sale snag as Victor Li skips briefings

With chairman unusually absent, key exec says delay 'not particularly troublesome'

14 August 2025
Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong in October 2019. Now 28 and serving a jail term, he faces a new national security charge that could significantly extend his sentence.
Hong Kong security law

Joshua Wong appears in court to face new foreign collusion charge

Spectators shout encouragement to activist, case to be sent to high court

8 August 2025
The Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong's Tsim Sha Tsui district, pictured on May 7. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi) 
Travel & Leisure

Peninsula Hotels operator stuck in red as greater China stagnates

New CEO sees chance for full-year profitability but wary of geopolitics and trade war

6 August 2025
A ship sails through the Panama Canal near Balboa Port, which is operated by Hong Kong's CK Hutchison. 
Companies

CK Hutchison seeks mainland investor to OK $23bn sale of ports

Hong Kong magnate Li Ka-shing's group changes tack amid Beijing threat

28 July 2025
The annual China Human Rights Lawyer Awards sponsored by eight international organizations, were presented to Li Guobei, left, and Lu Siwei, who is currently imprisoned in mainland China. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Kenji Kawase) 
Politics

Two mainland China human rights lawyers awarded at Japan conference

Lu Siwei and Li Guobei commended at tenth anniversary of the '709 crackdown'

10 July 2025
July 9 marks the 10th anniversary of the "709" crackdown against human rights lawyers and advocates in mainland China. Before Beijing imposed a national security law in June 2020, Hong Kong could still hold open protests, such as this one in 2018. That is no longer the case, as many figures in the rights movement, including Albert Ho Chun-yan, center, are now behind bars.  
Politics

China toughens national security 10 years after '709' crackdown

Widespread repression of human rights lawyers extends to further restraints

9 July 2025
Lens Technology and Beijing Geekplus were among a number of companies that listed in Hong Kong on July 9. (Photo by Peggy Ye)
Markets

Apple supplier Lens Tech opens 4% up on first Hong Kong trading day

Chinese company raises $608mn to fund overseas expansion amid US tariff pressure

9 July 2025
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4 July 2025
Workers hang Chinese and Hong Kong flags ahead of the July 1 anniversary of the 1997 handover of sovereignty from Britain to China. (Photo by Yuki Kohara)
Hong Kong security law

Hong Kong media reshaped by dismissals, audits and red lines

Journalists push on despite risks under national security legislation

1 July 2025
Annie Zhang Jieping opened the Nowhere Bookstore in the cozy Tokyo neighborhood of Koenji. She says the name expresses hope for those who have been forced to disperse, and also represents a place of safety. (Photo by Kenji Kawase)
Hong Kong security law

Chinese publishing thrives in Tokyo as Hong Kong freedom narrows

Security law imposed 5 years ago undermines former colony's uncensored book scene

30 June 2025
Chan Po-ying, the chairwoman of League of Social Democrats, holds a microphone at a news conference in Hong Kong on June 29. (Photo by Kensaku Ihara)
Hong Kong security law

Hong Kong's 'zero tolerance' dooms last vocal pro-democracy party

League of Social Democrats announces shutdown near 5th anniversary of security law

30 June 2025
Leung Kwok-hung, second from right, a co-founder of the League of Social Democrats who is widely known as "Long Hair," protests in 2019. The group is reportedly set to disband after years of tightening restrictions on dissent.
Hong Kong security law

Hong Kong pro-democracy group set to fold as security law turns 5

Arrests continue as China's law reshapes city's politics, education, media

25 June 2025
Anti-government protesters protect themselves with umbrellas during a demonstration in Hong Kong on Sept. 15, 2019. Nathan Law, a former Hong Kong legislator and a democracy activist, writes that we push for political changes that enact protections and guardrails to safeguard democratic systems. (Nikkei montage/Source photo by Reuters) 
Opinion

It's time to build a Democracy AI movement

Future of freedom depends on organizing against concentration of tech giant power

25 June 2025
Terumi Tanaka, secretary-general of Nihon Hidankyo -- the group that won last year's Nobel Peace Prize -- speaks to students from the Chinese University of Hong Kong on June 13 at the University of Tokyo. (Photo by Kenji Kawase)
Society

Atomic bomb survivor, 93, appeals for peace amid Iran, Ukraine wars

Leader of Japan's Nobel-winning Hidankyo meets Hong Kong students, criticizes nuclear threats

18 June 2025
Democracy activist Joshua Wong is pictured in a police van in August 2019.
Hong Kong security law

Jailed Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong hit with new security charge

Key face of protest movement accused of collusion with foreign forces

7 June 2025
Beijing's Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989, and on March 8, 2025. (Source photos by Reuters and Tomoki Mera) 
International relations

Dogged activism keeps Tiananmen flame burning 36 years on

World marks crackdown anniversary as China maintains tight grip on Hong Kong

5 June 2025
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, center, attends a ceremony for the establishment of the International Organization for Mediation (IOMed) in Hong Kong on May 30.
International relations

China launches mediation center with veiled jabs at Trump unilateralism

Friendly states back Hong Kong hub, while Beijing ignores South China Sea arbitration

30 May 2025