Hong Kong

Explore our coverage of Hong Kong’s politics, economics, business and culture, in articles, charts, podcasts and video


China

Hong Kong’s taxi drivers are told to smile more

A courtesy campaign seeks to attract more tourists

Culture

Jimmy Lai’s trial is a headline-worthy example of injustice

A new biography aims to keep the public’s attention on the pro-democracy tycoon

Finance & economics

Hong Kong’s property slump may be terminal

Demographics and geopolitics will make a recovery harder

China

Snuffing out the flame of freedom in Hong Kong

Dozens of pro-democracy activists are thrown into jail for up to a decade 

China

Can Xi Jinping take Hong Kong “from stability to prosperity”?

A fixation on security may cost the city in the long term

China

The noose around the press in Hong Kong tightens

Even advocating press freedom begins to seem a bad career move

China

A spectre looms over Hong Kong’s property market

Why mortgage payments in the city can be ghoulishly expensive

Britain

Britain is a home but not a haven for Hong Kongers

Life is not easy for a very distinctive group of immigrants

China

Foreign judges are fed up with Hong Kong’s political environment

Three have left the city’s highest court this month

Graphic detail

Hong Kong smothers dissent ahead of the Tiananmen anniversary

Data show the extent to which repression has grown

China

Hong Kong convicts 14 pro-democracy activists

The ruling acts as a warning: dissent and pay the price

China

Why Hong Kong is sending its old people to Guangdong

Gardens and bigger rooms await