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FAQ: Is Hong Kong’s ‘Friday’ news project a commie plot from Beijing?

1. Hong Kong’s “Friday” news project is a commie plot from Beijing, right? Actually, no. It’s a project set up by Hong Kong people who think our city and our country deserve fairer news coverage. 2. But it’s bankrolled by the commies in Beijing, right? No. 3. So go on, then, we dare you to…

12 hours ago0Comments ByFriday Writers

Hong Kong News

Hong Kong now has world’s top insurance penetration rate

HONG KONG HAS THE world’s highest insurance penetration rate—and one of the few which is busy paying claims with speed and sympathy, it was revealed today. The first point shows the world-beating financial sophistication of the city on the south coast of China—and the second shows how the community is pulling together after the Tai…

1 day ago0Comments ByNury Vittachi

Hong Kong News News

Space: a new business frontier is opening up over our heads

There are 14,000 satellites over our heads today - and the world's space experts will meet in 2027 to work out how to make space debris safe. Hong Kong has growing expertise in space technology, and is well-placed to play a role in what will undoubtably be an important new area of global industry, argues…

November 19, 20250Comments ByJames Ockenden

Hong Kong News News

2,600+ Chinese Mainland companies open offices in Hong Kong

MORE THAN 2,600 Chinese mainland companies have opened offices in Hong Kong, the city’s leader said today. The east-west city, once seen largely as a gateway for international businesses to enter the China market, is now super-busy enabling traffic to move the other way too. The Chinese business sector has become highly innovative and Hong…

November 18, 20250Comments ByNury Vittachi

Culture Hong Kong News

Hong Kong quietly becomes major tennis hub for the world

HONG KONG HAS QUIETLY become a top global hub for tennis, one of the world’s biggest sports. Many of the number one players in the various categories of the game are in the city right now—and hundreds of participants came with families, giving the city a tourism boost. A recent series of major tennis…

November 7, 20250Comments ByNury Vittachi

Hong Kong News Opinion

3-parent baby case led to one of the oddest reviews in HK legal history

A boy in Hong Kong ended up with three parental figures. Top brains in the legal sector tried to unravel the legal issues this raised—but initial success was overturned by an unexpected judgment. This is the second section of a two-part report by top legal mind Henry Litton. Click this line to read part one.…

October 23, 20250Comments ByHenry Litton

Hong Kong News Opinion

This child has three parents: so who is his mother?

Advances in medical capability meant that a boy in Hong Kong ended up with three parental figures. This raised new legal issues that senior people in the legal sector tried to sort out—but initial success was overturned by an unexpected judgment. Top legal mind Henry Litton tells the story. This is the first of a…

October 16, 20250Comments ByHenry Litton

Chinese history Culture News

Scientists find ‘feminist paradise’ existed more than 4 millennia ago

SCIENTISTS DISCOVERED a female-led society that was so successful that it lasted for more than 10 generations in ancient China. Women-led clans existed for 250 years at a place called Fujia more than four millennia ago, DNA evidence showed. The late stone age community lived in Shandong province from 2750 BC onwards, a study in…

October 13, 20250Comments ByNury Vittachi

Hong Kong News News

US and UK have long weaponized Jimmy Lai. Here’s how Canada joined them

Why is a jailed Trump fanatic tycoon tabloid publisher making waves? The simple answer is that he isn’t. Most of the world (Asians and Africans are 76% of humanity) have no interest in Jimmy Lai. But in the “Western supremacist” countries linked by the “Five Eyes” intelligence network, the Hong Kong anti-China campaigner is another…

October 8, 20250Comments ByAidan Jonah

Chinese food Chinese history Culture Hong Kong News

How to see the rabbit on the moon: and 7 other ways to mark mid-autumn festival

CHINESE PEOPLE OFTEN celebrate the west’s Christmas traditions—so it’s nice if foreigners join in with Chinese holiday rituals too. Here are eight ways anyone can mark the Mid-Autumn Festival—and our image shows how to “see” the rabbit on the moon (details below). If you're a purest eat an salted egg yolk mooncake -- but other…

October 6, 20250Comments ByNury Vittachi