Hongkongers and mainland residents jumped at the chance to send money across the border via a new electronic payment service on its first day of operation on Sunday. The so-called Payment Connect was operating smoothly, with 6,900 Northbound and 19,000 Southbound transactions as of 6pm, according to a spokesperson for the Hong Kong Monetary Authority…
Police have warned residents against downloading a mobile game application advocating Hong Kong and Taiwanese independence, or risk breaking national security laws. The force also said on Tuesday that action had been taken under the Beijing-imposed national security law to allow police to require the relevant electronic platforms to remove access to the game Reversed…
China’s government on Wednesday issued two warnings to its citizens about travel to the United States, noting a deterioration in bilateral relations as the two countries slap hefty tariffs on each other’s imports. “Due to the deterioration of Sino-US economic and trade relations and the domestic security situation in the United States, the Ministry of…
Criticism of Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing’s CK Hutchison Holdings over its Panama Canal ports sale is mounting as key Beijing offices posted another online media commentary warning entrepreneurs who choose to “dance with Americans” will have no future even if they secure a “big deal”. The article, published by pro-Beijing newspaper Ta Kung Pao…
Criticism of Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing’s CK Hutchison Holdings over its Panama Canal ports sale is mounting as the two top Beijing offices in charge of Hong Kong affairs posted another commentary warning entrepreneurs who choose to “dance with Americans” will have no future even if they secure a “big deal”. The article, published…
A painting by a mainland Chinese contemporary artist created by exploding gunpowder may seem an unlikely item for a Picasso exhibition, but it is among more than 190 artworks at Hong Kong’s M+ museum. Gunpowder Drawing No 8-A5 by Cai Guo-qiang is displayed alongside the Spanish master’s cubist study of the Sacre-Coeur Basilica in Paris….
A painting by a mainland Chinese contemporary artist created by exploding gunpowder may seem an unlikely item for a Picasso exhibition, but it is among more than 190 artworks at Hong Kong’s M+ museum. Gunpowder Drawing No 8-A5 by Cai Guo-qiang is displayed alongside the Spanish master’s cubist study of the Sacre-Coeur Basilica in Paris….
China’s foreign ministry has accused the United States of launching a smear campaign, following the release of updates to the US-China relations fact sheet on the US State Department’s website. Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said the changes – which focused on the US trade deficit and competitive relations between the two countries – were “distorting…
Chinese President Xi Jinping called for renewed efforts to counter economic risks and “external shocks” in his Lunar New Year message on Monday, as Beijing braces for more uncertainty following Donald Trump’s return to the White House. Xi made the remarks at a reception in Beijing to usher in the Year of the Snake, which…
Efforts by New Zealand, the United States and other allies against alleged China-linked espionage activities are “groundless and irresponsible”, Beijing said on Saturday, claiming that it had been a “main victim” of large-scale cyberattacks. The statement was in response to an advisory from New Zealand and its international partners Australia, Canada and the US earlier…