HONG KONG (AP) — As Hong Kong passed a new national security law, the city that evolved from a swampy fishing village to a financial center embarked on another transformation, one that may redefine ...

AS A SYMBOL of China’s tightening grip on Hong Kong, the national-security law known as Article 23 takes some beating. The measure, which grants the authorities more powers to clamp down on dissent, ...

The Hong Kong Legislative Council unanimously passed the Safeguarding National Security Bill recently. Both the Chinese National People’s Congress Standing Committee and the Hong Kong government have ...

HONG KONG (Reuters) -A new national security law came into force in Hong Kong on Saturday despite growing international criticism that it could erode freedoms in the China-ruled city and damage its ...

Last month, the Chinese Communist Party and Hong Kong authorities — using Article 23 powers under the city-state’s mini-constitution, the Basic Law — struck yet another blow against freedom in Hong ...

FILE - In this image taken from video, former employee at the British consulate in Hong Kong Simon Cheng speaks during an interview in London, on July 3, 2020. The Hong Kong government on Wednesday, ...

Hong Kong lawmakers unanimously approved a new national security law Tuesday that grants the government more power to quash dissent, widely seen as the latest step in a sweeping political crackdown ...

Foreign businesses have good reason to wonder what Hong Kong’s wide-ranging new security law, known as Article 23, will mean for them. The US has said it is “alarmed” by the law’s vague wording. Some ...

Some firms have already moved staff out of the city since the Chinese government took a heavier hand in 2020. By Keith Bradsher Reporting from Beijing Paul Chan, the top finance official of Hong Kong, ...

Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai was found guilty on Monday in his landmark security trial on ...