US Customs Seizes $30 Million Shipment of Fake Jewelry From Hong Kong

Customs and Border Protection headquarters in Washington on Aug. 12, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times Customs officers in Louisville, Kentucky, have seized a shipment containing fake earrings that would be worth millions of dollars if they were …

Everything I can: Trump vows to help Hong Kong's jailed leader Jimmy Lai

US President Donald Trump vowed on Thursday to do “everything I can” to help imprisoned Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy figure Jimmy Lai, even if Chinese President Xi Jinping “wouldn’t be thrilled.” "I'm going to do everything I can to …

Hong Kong’s commercial property crisis

5 black rainstorms expose Hong Kong’s weak, outdated climate strategy: experts

The unprecedented five black rainstorms in Hong Kong this year have exposed major weaknesses in the city’s climate defence strategy, with authorities underestimating risks and eroding public confidence, a top climate scientist has warned, as he called for …

Hong Kong arrivals up 12% led by visitors from US, Europe, Australia

The number of visitors to Hong Kong rose by 12 per cent year on year in July, with long-haul arrivals from countries such as Britain, the United States and France showing the biggest increase at 21 per cent, according to official data. The Hong Kong …

Trump says he hopes to 'save' Hong Kong democrat Jimmy Lai

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would see what he could do to help "save" detained Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, even though Chinese President Xi Jinping would not be "thrilled." "I'm …

Hong Kong is super superstitious

TATSUKI RYO is the finest diviner since Nostradamus, in the view of many Hong Kongers. In 1999 the Japanese manga artist published a collection of supposedly prophetic dreams warning of a “great disaster, year 2011, month 3.” In March 2011 Japan suffered …

Ronaldo’s Labubu grabs attention in Hong Kong as teams land for Saudi Super Cup

Two further Saudi Super Cup teams arrived in Hong Kong on Friday, while Cristiano Ronaldo carried a Labubu doll and welcomed a new teammate, as the city stepped up preparations to stage the competition next week. Ronaldo and his fellow Al-Nassr players …

Hong Kong’s Restart! Beyond Gaming Exhibition offers pure nostalgia

For scores of Hongkongers who grew up during the 2000s (this writer included), many of their formative years would have been spent hunched over a mechanical keyboard, jostling for shoulder space with one or two adolescent friends and smashing the keys as …

Race for Hong Kong Stablecoin Licenses Shakes Markets

A high-stakes competition has emerged in Hong Kong over a limited number of licenses to issue stablecoins, significantly impacting China’s stock market. Investors have been making speculative bets on which firms will lead Hong Kong’s push into digital …