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Hundreds of thousands vote in Hong Kong democracy ‘poll’ in defiance of Beijing

August 25, 2021 at 12:55 a.m.

By Nikki Sun and Alice Woodhouse HONG KONG (Reuters) - Nearly 600,000 votes have been cast in three days of an unofficial referendum on democratic reforms in Hong Kong, part...

Hong Kong’s ‘milkshake murderer’ loses bid for final appeal

August 24, 2021 at 11:19 p.m.

HONG KONG (Reuters) - American Nancy Kissel, serving a life sentence in a Hong Kong jail for the "milkshake" murder of her Merrill Lynch banker husband, failed in her bid...

China shadow looms large over bid to scrap Tiananmen crackdown museum in Hong Kong

May 14, 2019 at 12:54 a.m.

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A planned museum dedicated to the brutal crackdown on China's Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests has run into a legal challenge in Hong Kong that some say...

Former editor of Hong Kong newspaper stabbed amid media tensions

August 24, 2021 at 9:02 p.m.

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A former chief editor of a major Hong Kong newspaper known for its critical reporting was stabbed and seriously wounded on Wednesday in an attack likely...

The King of Kung-Fu film makers, Sir Run Run Shaw, in London with his wife and daughter, after receiving a Knighthood from the Queen.

Hong Kong media mogul Run Run Shaw dies at 106

November 3, 2021 at 7:52 p.m.

HONG KONG, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Hong Kong media mogul Sir Run Run Shaw, who created an empire in Asia spanning movies to television, died on Tuesday at the age...

Hong Kong media mogul Run Run Shaw dies at 106

December 23, 2018 at 3:08 p.m.

HONG KONG, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Hong Kong media mogul Sir Run Run Shaw, who created an empire in Asia spanning movies to television, died on Tuesday at the age...

Sausage ceasefire may not end war between China’s noodle kings

August 24, 2021 at 4:10 p.m.

HONG KONG (Reuters) - It started with a sausage. A three-inch, complimentary ham sausage, to be precise. The price war for China's $8.8 billion instant noodle market sparked last year...

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