TAIPEI (Reuters) - Hong Kong activists and budding pro-democracy politicians have flocked to Taiwan to observe its elections, aiming to bolster exchanges and galvanize an alliance against China's influence. One delegation of about 50, including a batch of ...

City may use national security law to target Canada-based 'Hong Kong Parliament' and Taiwan-based 'Hong Kong Democratic Independence Union' The Hong Kong government is considering enacting a ban on any local operation of two "subversive" groups based in Canada and Taiwan on national security grounds.

A bus advertises Hong Kong’s District Council elections on December 10. With no opposition candidates permitted to run, enthusiasm for the polls is low. Credit: Neal Robbins Subscribe for ads-free reading My friend points across the busy Hong Kong street.

The latest China-Japan furor came after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi publicly linked a Taiwan Strait crisis with the possible deployment of Japanese troops.

HONG KONG/TAIPEI (Reuters) -Security was tight in Hong Kong and activists faced pressure from police on the 36th anniversary of China's bloody 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Tiananmen Square, which Taiwan and the United States said must ...

A typhoon was headed toward southern China and Hong Kong on Friday after bringing record-breaking winds and leaving one dead in Taiwan. Typhoon Koinu, after initially weakening, regained strength as it headed west across the South China Sea toward China's ...

Security chief also warns against any attempts to disrupt December 7 Legislative Council election after 29 people were arrested Hong Kong's security chief has said the two groups the government is considering banning are separatist organisations that intend to subvert state power,

Hong Kong's last active pro-democracy party, the League of Social Democrats (LSD), disbanded on June 29, 2025, due to immense political pressure and safety concerns. This marks a significant decline in Hong Kong's political landscape following Beijing's crackdown on dissent after the 2019 protests and the 2020 national security law.

Taiwanese director Chen Yu-hsun’s A Foggy Tale won best film at the 62nd Golden Horse Awards, while New York-set Lucky Lu and Malaysian drama Mother Bhumi took three awards each. Hong Kong’s Jun Li won best director for Queerpanorama.

Hong Kong's deadliest fire in three decades has spotlighted its risky use of flammable bamboo scaffolding and mesh for building work in a tradition dating back centuries to mainland China.