Above the teeming shopping streets of Hong Kong's Causeway Bay district, a fight to save one of the world's most endangered species is unfolding high in the branches of a decades-old cotton tree. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/08/19/wildlife/hong-kong-scientist-endangered-cockatoos/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #wildlife #hongkong #birds #environment

Hong Kong democracy activist Tony Chung, the youngest person to be jailed under its national security law, has been granted asylum in the U.K. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/19/world/politics/uk-asylum-hong-kong-tony-chung/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #uk #hongkong #democracy#tonychung #china #refugees

Hong Kong pro-democracy businessman Jimmy Lai was provided with medication and a heart monitor for the start of his final submissions in a landmark national security trial. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/18/asia-pacific/politics/hong-kong-jimmy-lai-heart-trial/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #hongkong #democracy#jimmylai #appledaily

Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Ted Hui said he’s been granted asylum in Australia, more than four years after he left the city to evade national security charges. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/18/asia-pacific/politics/hong-kong-activist-hui-asylum-australia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #hongkong #china#tedhui #australia

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would see what he could do to help "save" detained Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, even though Chinese President Xi Jinping would not be "thrilled." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/15/asia-pacific/crime-legal/trump-save-jimmy-lai-hope/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #donaldtrump#jimmylai #us #china #hongkong

J-pop artist Kenshin Kamimura has been found guilty of indecent assault by a Hong Kong court after he harassed a woman who worked as his interpreter at a restaurant earlier this year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/14/japan/crime-legal/star-assault-hong-kong/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #kenshinkamimura #hongkong #jpop #idols #sexcrimes

Jailed Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai's national security trial, which began in late 2023, will enter its final stages on Thursday as lawyers present closing arguments. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/14/asia-pacific/crime-legal/hong-kong-closing-arguments-jimmy-lai/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal#jimmylai #appledaily #hongkong #china

One of Thailand’s top art galleries removed, at China's request, materials about Beijing's treatment of ethnic minorities and Hong Kong from an exhibit on authoritarian governments. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/09/asia-pacific/politics/thai-art-gallery-authoritarian-china-pressure/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #thailand #china #censorshipart #exhibitions #uyghur #hongkong #tibet

Hong Kong reported its first case of chikungunya in six years, heightening concerns about the potential for local transmission of the mosquito-borne virus that can cause debilitating joint pain. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/04/asia-pacific/science-health/hong-kong-mosquito-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #sciencehealth #hongkong #mosquitoes #china #chikungunya

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Twelve Hong Kong pro-democracy activists appealed their convictions in a national security case that spotlights Beijing's ongoing crackdown on dissent and drawn international criticism. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/14/asia-pacific/politics/hong-kong-activists-47-democrats/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #hongkong #china #democracy

The Hong Kong government said it will propose legislation to recognize a limited set of rights for same-sex couples whose marriages are registered abroad, as it seeks to comply with a landmark court ruling. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/03/asia-pacific/politics/hong-kong-same-sex-couples-rights/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #lgbtq #hongkong #china #samesexmarriage#jimmysham

This week marks the fifth anniversary of Beijing's imposition of a sweeping national security law, under which 76 people have been convicted so far. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/01/asia-pacific/politics/hong-kong-china-handover-anniversary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #hongkong #china

China is preparing to counter the threat of U.S.-backed digital dollars by leveraging its powerful e-commerce firms and Hong Kong’s crypto-friendly financial system to promote stablecoins tied to local currencies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/06/30/world/china-ready-for-us-stablecoins/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #hongkong #stablecoin #crypto #blockchain #ecommerce #libra #digitaldollars #cryptocurrencies

One of Hong Kong's last opposition parties has officially disbanded under "immense political pressure" amid Beijing's yearslong crackdown on dissent. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/30/asia-pacific/politics/hong-kong-opposition-party-disbands/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #hongkong #china