Goodness, a whole page in Monday’s Standard was devoted to Routes World, an international conference held in Hong Kong. Travellers at Hong Kong International Airport. Photo: GovHK. Routes World is …

Words by James Lee. As Hong Kong’s economic boom faded and manufacturing moved to China, some long-established, family-run companies preserved their traditions as others innovated to survive. …

Hong Kong started a countdown on Friday to eliminate “shoebox” flats, with a new law taking effect in March that will regulate cramped living quarters in one of the world’s least …

Hong Kong has seen the highest number of tropical cyclones in a year since records began, the Observatory (HKO) has said. Workers deployed to Lei Yue Mun to drain floodwaters as Super Typhoon Ragas…

An ocean of blue solar panels ripples across the ochre dunes of Inner Mongolia’s Kubuqi desert, a glittering example of China’s almost inconceivably mammoth energy transition. Solar pan…

On Friday, NGO Greenpeace published photos and videos showing visitors trampling on corals and digging up marine creatures including sea urchins and clams at Sharp Island in Sai Kung.

Hong Kong police have detained a homeless man suspected of carrying out a knife attack that left two people critically injured, following a manhunt lasting for over 24 hours. The Hong Kong Police F…

Hong Kong will begin accepting nominations on October 24 to fill 90 seats on the Legislative Council (LegCo) for the December elections – the second polls held after Beijing overhauled the ci…

Youth-focused SLAP, a community space and nightclub in Mong Kok, is closing this month, less than a year after it opened. SLAP. Photo: SLAP Hong Kong, via Instagram. SLAP is an electronic dance mus…

At least seven people were injured in a five-vehicle collision in Kowloon, which ended in the arrest of a driver on suspicion of drug trafficking. The collision in Jordan on October 5, 2025. Photo:…

The Hong Kong government’s move to lower the price threshold for property purchases under an investment immigration scheme will not affect the local housing market, the city’s treasury …

The month of September saw activist Nathan Law, who is wanted under Hong Kong’s security law, denied entry to Singapore over “national interests.” Pro-democracy activist Nathan La…

With tears rolling down his cheeks, detained Chinese political exile Zhou Junyi struggles to make his voice heard over dozens of families visiting Bangkok’s main immigration detention centre.…

China’s premier will pay an official visit to North Korea this week, Beijing said Tuesday, announcing the high-level diplomatic engagement to the isolated nuclear state. Chinese Premier Li Qi…

UN experts have expressed alarm after self-exiled lawyer Kevin Yam was barred from practising as a solicitor in Hong Kong. Solicitor-activist Kevin Yam. Photo: Kevin Yam, via Facebook. Australia-ba…

A group of Hong Kong activists marched in Tsim Sha Tsui on Tuesday to condemn Israel’s war on Gaza and to call for a ceasefire, marking two years since the latest conflict in the Palestinian territ…

The NBA returns to the lucrative China market this week with two pre-season games following a six-year absence after a team official tweeted his support for pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. The…

A total of 50 films have been required to be edited, and 13 titles have not been approved for screening on national security grounds since Hong Kong amended the Film Censorship Ordinance in 2021, a…

False claims that pets can receive a Hong Kong identity card have gained traction across social media. Photo: Pubity, via Instagram. A post with almost a million Likes on Pubity’s Instagram p…

A high-profile case involving two men accused of spying for China was dropped because the UK government failed to provide evidence Beijing was a security threat, the chief prosecutor has said. Chri…