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News Articles: Hong Kong

Chinese President Xi Jinping (center) waves to senior members of the government as he leaves at the end of the opening ceremony of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China at The Great Hall of People in Beijing on Sunday.

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What Xi Jinping's decade in power means for people in China — in their own words

Xi Jinping has become China's most powerful leader since Mao Zedong. NPR has been speaking with a broad range of Chinese people about the impact he has had. Here is what four of them had to say.

October 18, 2022
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By:
  • John Ruwitch
Museum owner Bryan Ong looks at old postage stamps from British Hong Kong at the private museum The Museum Victoria City in Hong Kong, on Sept. 10, 2022.

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  • Asia

Queen Elizabeth II's death is renewing interest in British memorabilia in Hong Kong

The death of Queen Elizabeth II has sparked a wave of nostalgia and renewed interest in British memorabilia in Hong Kong, where emotions still linger toward U.K. rule.

September 14, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee arrives for a news conference in Hong Kong, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022.

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  • Economy

Hong Kong cuts COVID hotel quarantine to 3 days for arrivals

Hong Kong's COVID lockdown measures have devastated the city's tourism industry and disrupted business travel in a city known for being an international financial center and a business hub.

August 08, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Hong Kong's Star Ferry shuttles passengers back and forth across Victoria Harbor. This spring, the Star Ferry reported a loss of about $9 million since the middle of 2019. Ridership has plummeted.

Hong Kong's Star Ferry faces an uncertain future, as ridership falls and debt climbs

A drop in tourism due to political turmoil and the pandemic led to financial woes for the ferry, which has taken passengers across Victoria Harbor for decades. Now there are fears it may go bankrupt.

July 27, 2022
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By:
  • John Ruwitch
In this image released by the Hong Kong government, a helicopter with rescue crew members approaches a sinking ship in the South China Sea, 186 miles south of Hong Kong on July 2, 2022.

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  • Asia

4 crew members are rescued after a floating crane sinks south of Hong Kong

The rescued people were part of a 30-strong crew on board a China-registered floating crane that was involved in building several offshore wind farms, according to local media reports.

July 04, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Helicopter crew members winch up a man from a sinking ship in the South China Sea on Saturday as a storm was moving in the area.

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  • Asia

Dozens are feared lost after a ship sinks in the South China Sea

An industrial support ship operating has sunk in a storm with the possible loss of more than two dozen crew members, rescue services in Hong Kong said Saturday.

July 02, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Police guard a closed road outside the Xiqu Centre in Hong Kong on June 30, 2022, as Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Hong Kong to attend celebrations marking the 25th anniversary of the city's handover from Britain to China.

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  • Asia

The Hong Kong handover turns 25. So does an entire generation.

Two teenagers bonded over high school Model United Nations. A decade later, one is in self-exile. The other waits for her and their other friends to return to the Hong Kong they once knew.

July 01, 2022
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By:
  • Jeongyoon Han
Police guard a closed road outside the Xiqu Centre in Hong Kong on June 30, 2022, as Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Hong Kong to attend celebrations marking the 25th anniversary of the city's handover from Britain to China.

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  • Asia

The Hong Kong handover turns 25. So does an entire generation.

Two teenagers bonded over high school Model United Nations. A decade later, one is in self-exile. The other waits for her and their other friends to return to the Hong Kong they once knew.

July 01, 2022
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  • Jeongyoon Han
China's President Xi Jinping waves following his speech after a ceremony to inaugurate the city's new government in Hong Kong Friday, July 1, 2022, on the 25th anniversary of the city's handover from Britain to China.

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  • Asia

Xi defends vision of Hong Kong while marking 25-year anniversary of handover

China's president says the "one country, two systems" framework is working — even as recent changes have all but eliminated dissenting voices in the territory.

July 01, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
A visitor poses for a photograph in front of a TV showing Chinese president Xi Jinping at an exhibition to mark the 25th anniversary of the former British colony's return to Chinese rule, in Hong Kong, Friday, June 24, 2022.

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  • Asia

Chinese leader Xi arrives in Hong Kong for 25th anniversary of handover

The Chinese leader is expected to speak about Hong Kong's future at a ceremony Friday marking the return of the former British colony to Chinese rule on July 1, 1997.

June 30, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
An invigilator distributes papers to students taking the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education exams on April 22, 2022 in Hong Kong.

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  • Asia

Was Hong Kong a colony? Not according to new textbooks, a newspaper says

New textbooks approved by Beijing contend the territory was never a British colony. The reason: China never recognized the treaties that ceded it to Britain.

June 15, 2022
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By:
  • John Ruwitch
An invigilator distributes papers to students taking the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education exams on April 22, 2022 in Hong Kong.

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  • Asia

Was Hong Kong a colony? Not according to new textbooks, a newspaper says

New textbooks approved by Beijing contend the territory was never a British colony. The reason: China never recognized the treaties that ceded it to Britain.

June 15, 2022
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By:
  • John Ruwitch
Police officers on Friday set up a cordon as Hong Kong authorities announced a temporary closure of the Victoria Park where the candlelight vigil used to be held to commemorate the June 4, 1989 military crackdown in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on a pro-democracy student movement.

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  • News

Police patrol Hong Kong park to enforce Tiananmen vigil ban

Police patrolled Hong Kong's Victoria Park on Saturday after authorities for a third consecutive year banned public commemoration of the anniversary of the deadly 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.

June 04, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Police officers on Friday set up a cordon as Hong Kong authorities announced a temporary closure of the Victoria Park where the candlelight vigil used to be held to commemorate the June 4, 1989 military crackdown in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on a pro-democracy student movement.

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  • News

Police patrol Hong Kong park to enforce Tiananmen vigil ban

Police patrolled Hong Kong's Victoria Park on Saturday after authorities for a third consecutive year banned public commemoration of the anniversary of the deadly 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.

June 04, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Hong Kong's outspoken cardinal Joseph Zen, center, and other religious protesters hold placards with "Respects religious freedom" written on them during a demonstration outside the China Liaison Office in Hong Kong, Wednesday, July 11, 2012.

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  • Asia

A Catholic cardinal and others are arrested on Hong Kong security law

The White House and U.S. politicians join others around the world in calling for the release of a retired archbishop, singer and others in the Chinese territory.

May 12, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
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