Nissan has agreed to sell its global headquarters in Yokohama in a $584 million deal to a group sponsored by Hong Kong-listed autoparts maker Minth Group https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/06/companies/nissan-minth-headquarters-yokohama/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nissan #yokohama #minthgroup #hongkong #carmakers

U.S. President Donald Trump appealed directly to China's Xi Jinping to free jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai when the two leaders met in South Korea last week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/06/world/politics/trump-xi-hong-kong-jimmy-lai/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #hongkong #jimmylai #china #xijinping #us #donaldtrump #appledaily

As Hong Kong courts prosecute pro-democracy activists and tighten Beijing’s control, Western bankers attending a financial summit there are signaling they value profits over principles. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/28/world/wall-street-and-hong-kongs-freedom/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #hongkong #china #communistparty #democracy #hongkongprotests

One week to opt out or be fodder for #LinkedIn #AI training
LinkedIn announced changes to its data use terms as of Nov 3 it would start sucking up data from "members in the #EU, #EEA, #Switzerland, #Canada, and #HongKong" to train AI. While not mentioned by name in the notice, update page on #UK indicates previous exceptions which rendered Blighty safe from LinkedIn scraping are being eliminated too.
As for what's up for harvesting, it's pretty much everything on LinkedIn
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/linkedin_ai_profile_scraping/

One week to opt out or be fodder for #LinkedIn #AI training
LinkedIn announced changes to its data use terms as of Nov 3 it would start sucking up data from "members in the #EU, #EEA, #Switzerland, #Canada, and #HongKong" to train AI. While not mentioned by name in the notice, update page on #UK indicates previous exceptions which rendered Blighty safe from LinkedIn scraping are being eliminated too.
As for what's up for harvesting, it's pretty much everything on LinkedIn
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/linkedin_ai_profile_scraping/

Hong Kong is planning to install tens of thousands of surveillance cameras that will make use of AI-powered facial recognition. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/04/asia-pacific/crime-legal/hong-kong-ai-surveillance/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #hongkong #ai #surveillance

[#HK] A wave of renewed #optimism is sweeping through #HongKong’s #export #sector, fueled by a significant de-escalation in #international #trade #friction. The latest #HKTDC Export #Confidence #Index for the third quarter of 2025 reveals a dramatic upswing in #sentiment, leading to a substantial #upward revision of the city’s full-year export #growth #forecast. https://cnbusinessforum.com/hong-kong-exports-surge-in-2025-hktdc-lifts-growth-forecast-amid-trade-optimism/

[#HK] A wave of renewed #optimism is sweeping through #HongKong’s #export #sector, fueled by a significant de-escalation in #international #trade #friction. The latest #HKTDC Export #Confidence #Index for the third quarter of 2025 reveals a dramatic upswing in #sentiment, leading to a substantial #upward revision of the city’s full-year export #growth #forecast. https://cnbusinessforum.com/hong-kong-exports-surge-in-2025-hktdc-lifts-growth-forecast-amid-trade-optimism/

Nathan Law, a former Hong Kong lawmaker and pro-democracy activist, said he was denied entry into Singapore after arriving in the city for a conference. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/29/asia-pacific/politics/hong-kong-nathan-law-singapore/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #nathanlaw #hongkong #singapore #china #democracy

Hundreds of thousands of people in southern China were left cleaning up after Typhoon Ragasa crashed through Guangdong Province, ripping down trees, destroying fences and blasting signs off buildings. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/26/asia-pacific/typhoon-ragasa-clean-up/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #taiwan #hongkong #typhoons #floods

Strong winds, relentless rain and rough seas hit southern China as powerful Typhoon Ragasa made landfall in the Guangdong province after killing at least 14 in Taiwan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/25/asia-pacific/typhoon-ragasa-china-taiwan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #typhoons #china #taiwan #macau #hongkong

The U.K. government’s plan to extend settlement requirements risks breaking its promise to Hong Kong migrants, undermining Britain’s moral obligation and international credibility. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/23/world/uk-must-keep-hong-kong-promise/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #uk #china #hongkong #democracy

I was just looking at the #stats from my @Castopod for the #podcast #audio version of #firesideFedi. I'm blown away at the diversity of folks. I see folks from #Nigera , #Brazil , #SouthAfrica , #Malaysia , #HongKong , #SouthKorea ! And of course #US , #Canada , #EU .

As an American that's never traveled, I can't wait to learn all about everyone, their cultures, their experiences, etc. I'm humbled as well. I'll be honest, if you asked me to point out on a map where these countries were, I probably couldn't. And I feel like I have to do better there. The internet allows all of us to connect and we need to learn as much about each other as we can so we can all learn.

Thank you ALL! <3

Hong Kong vetoing a bill that would have allowed limited legal rights for same-sex couples shows how the city lags internationally on human rights, one couple says. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/17/asia-pacific/society/hong-kong-same-sex-rights-bill/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #hongkong #lgbtq #china

Ukrainian Maidan, squeezed over the line and going strong despite 2014+2022 invasions by russia 🥳

Hong Kong anti-dictatorship mass protests → crushed by the CCP 💩

Burma/Myanmar protests → civil war, struggling military dictatorship backed by CCP and russia 💥

Now Nepal youth/social media takeover (!) → ??

In the 1990s Nepal dumped the (Hindu) royalty, elected pro-CCP communists, became a vassal of the CCP while depending on India...
Now they're between the aggressive CCP and the hindu-nationalist India with both vying for influence/control. 💥??

(+ many more anti-regime uprisings which haven't changed the status quo)

#Ukraine#ArabSpring#Hongkong #ccp #burma #myanmar#Nepal#India

Au procès de Jimmy Lai, c’est le Hong Kong d’avant 2020 que l’on juge

Depuis le 18 août, #HongKong a assisté aux plaidoiries finales du principal procès impliquant #JimmyLai, homme d’affaires ayant épousé la cause du combat pour la démocratie. Accusé de collusion avec l’étranger, il encourt une peine de prison à perpétuité.

Par Eric Sautedé › https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/international/290825/au-proces-de-jimmy-lai-c-est-le-hong-kong-d-avant-2020-que-l-juge?at_medium=rs-cm&at_campaign=mastodon&at_account=mediapart

A Hong Kong court said it will deliver its verdict in media tycoon Jimmy Lai's national security trial at a later date, in a case that has drawn global attention as a test of the rule of law in the Chinese-ruled city. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/28/asia-pacific/crime-legal/hong-kong-jimmy-lai-trial/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal#jimmylai #appledaily #hongkong #china #democracy

Jimmy Lai’s house in Kyoto once gave him refuge. The trial of the 77-year-old Hong Kong-based publisher now stands as a test of whether Japan will defend democratic values in its own region. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/08/21/world/press-freedom-china-jimmy-lai/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews#jimmylai #hongkong #china #britain #chinesecommunistparty #democracy#tadashiyanai

Japan's tourism boom continued in July, with record arrivals for the month, the tourism board said Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/20/japan/july-foreign-visitors-record-high/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tourism #china #hongkong #southkorea #taiwan #earthquakes

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