Hong Kong News

Seventy-nine Chinese warplanes were detected, and a coast guard standoff occurred near Pratas Island as global executives flock to Taipei.

Consultancy firm Will Power Architects Company, and the main contractor, Prestige Construction & Engineering Co., have been charged with manslaughter.

Taiwan’s Coast Guard said Chinese vessels hailed ships flagged in Singapore, Liberia, and Benin and made jurisdictional claims around Taiwan.

Taiwan’s Lai pressed China to admit the truth about the deadly 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre on the anniversary.

Manila is investigating unconfirmed reports of a new structure at Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea.

Taipei seeks assurances that planned Japan–Philippines boundary talks will not affect Taiwan’s maritime rights.

The two countries reaffirmed that peace and stability in the South China Sea are non-negotiable as they deepen defense and economic cooperation.

U.S. and Japanese defense chiefs called for allied burden-sharing, stronger deterrence, and expanded regional defense cooperation.

Regulators are tightening oversight of offshore brokerages and Hong Kong banking channels as concerns grow over capital outflows through financial markets.

Chinese regulators have intensified efforts to curb unauthorized overseas investing as mainland investors increasingly seek stronger returns outside China.

A Chinese coast guard vessel entered waters near the Pratas Islands on May 23, triggering a standoff.

The clampdown hits a route that Chinese investors use to trade U.S. and Hong Kong stocks, raising capital-control and other concerns.

The Russian leader’s trip to China is the second in less than a year, adding to the more than 40 encounters the pair have held.

Taiwan is the ‘most important issue’ in U.S.–China relations, Chinese leader Xi Jinping said during talks with Trump last week.

OFAC has sanctioned at least 95 Hong Kong entities since 2020 for helping with Iranian oil trades and sanctions evasion.

Manila reports a 41-ship Chinese swarm at a critical gas field, testing U.S. defense treaties and threatening regional energy independence.

Lai, 78, was sentenced to 20 years in prison earlier this year under the Beijing-imposed national security law and a colonial-era law.

Chong Wai-man, 61, was jailed for his Facebook posts criticizing the Chinese communist regime and its forced organ harvesting.