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Hong Kong to ban CBD, place it in same category as heroin and fentanyl
FILE - Coffee, biscuits, green tea and chocolate mooncake that contain cannabidiol, or CBD, a substance from the cannabis plant, are displayed at the Found Cafe in Hong Kong on Sept. 13, 2020. Hong Kong will ban cannabidiol or CBD from the beginning of next month, authorities announced Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)
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Biden extends deportation protection for Hong Kong residents
President Joe Biden speaks about Ukraine from the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Sun Life unit inks $260-million deal with Hong Kong-based Dah Sing Ban
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: The Sun Life Financial logo is seen at their corporate headquarters of One York Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, February 11, 2019. REUTERS/Chris Helgren//File Photo/File Photo
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Hong Kong DJ Ray Cordeiro who broadcast for six decades dies at 98
FILE - Ray Cordeiro, Hong Kong's oldest DJ shows the copies of his Beatles' autographs as the originals are kept with the lawyer, at his home in Hong Kong, Thursday, May 27, 2021. Cordeiro considers himself the luckiest radio DJ in the world. Cordeiro, who interviewed music acts including the Beatles during a six-decade career on Hong Kong radio that earned him the title of the world's longest-working disc jockey, died Friday, Jan. 13, 2023, his former employer announced. He was 98. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
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China’s foreign ministry branch in Hong Kong urges Britain to stop Hong Kong report
FILE PHOTO: Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian speaks at a news conference in Beijing, China, March 18, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins/File Photo
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U.K. says ‘no doubt’ China is failing to uphold commitments to protect Hong Kong’s freedoms
People look at decorations for sale in Hong Kong on January 12, 2023 ahead of the Lunar New Year of the Rabbit, which falls on January 22. (Photo by ISAAC LAWRENCE / AFP) (Photo by ISAAC LAWRENCE/AFP via Getty Images)
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Hong Kong refuses to reveal details of secretive ‘deradicalization’ program for former protesters
HONG KONG, CHINA - JULY 28: Masked protesters stand behind a makeshift barricade during a demonstration in the area of Sai Wan on July 28, 2019 in Hong Kong, China. Pro-democracy protesters have continued weekly rallies on the streets of Hong Kong against a controversial extradition bill since 9 June as the city plunged into crisis after waves of demonstrations and several violent clashes. Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam apologized for introducing the bill and recently declared it "dead", however protesters have continued to draw large crowds with demands for Lam's resignation and completely withdraw the bill. (Photo by Laurel Chor/Getty Images)
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Chinese travellers rush to take advantage of reopening of crossing points
People walk outside Beijing Railway Station with their luggages as the annual Spring Festival travel rush starts, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Beijing, China January 7, 2023. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
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Composer Joseph Koo, linked to ‘Golden Era’ of Hong Kong culture, dies in Vancouver
Joseph Koo, shown in a handout photo, one of Hong Kong's most respected composers, has died at the age of 91. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Ken Koo **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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Rule requiring negative COVID-19 tests for travellers from China now in effect in Canada
Cathay Pacific crew members who worked on a flight from Hong Kong arrive at Vancouver International Airport, in Richmond, B.C., on Wednesday, January 4, 2023. Starting Thursday, Canada will require air travellers from China, Hong Kong and Macau to have a recent negative COVID-19 test result. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Hong Kong’s Final Court of Appeal isn’t so final after all
Frank Ching
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Beijing gives Hong Kong’s leader more power in national security cases
FILE - Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee speaks during a news conference in Hong Kong on Sep. 23, 2022. Chinese President Xi Jinping reaffirmed Beijing's commitment to follow the “one country, two systems” governing principle for Hong Kong on Friday Dec. 23, saying it is the “best arrangement” to maintain the city's prosperity and stability. Lee is on his first trip to Beijing to deliver an annual year-end report to leaders. Xi praised Lee's government for its pragmatism and devotion to safeguarding national security. (AP Photo/Lam Yik, File)
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Hong Kong asks Japan to drop airport restrictions with 60,000 travellers affected
FILE - Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee speaks during a news conference in Hong Kong on Sep. 23, 2022. Chinese President Xi Jinping reaffirmed Beijing's commitment to follow the “one country, two systems” governing principle for Hong Kong on Friday Dec. 23, saying it is the “best arrangement” to maintain the city's prosperity and stability. Lee is on his first trip to Beijing to deliver an annual year-end report to leaders. Xi praised Lee's government for its pragmatism and devotion to safeguarding national security. (AP Photo/Lam Yik, File)
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Hong Kong scraps most COVID-19 rules, though masks still mandated
People wearing face masks walk on the street during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Hong Kong, China, December 28, 2022. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
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Hong Kong announces planned border reopening with China as Omicron surges at Christmas
FILE PHOTO: Travellers are seen at Hong Kong International Airport after the lifting of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) movement controls in Hong Kong, China December 14, 2022. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo
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Dreams of Chinese fame persist at Vancouver pageant, where stars are born
Competitors, including eventual winner Yi Yi Wang, front centre, dance during the Miss Chinese Vancouver Pageant, in Richmond, B.C., on Wednesday, November 30, 2022. The popularity of the 27-year-old pageant is testament to both the ongoing lure of celebrity in Hong Kong and Chinese show business, and what one expert calls the "aura" surrounding Canadian Chinese entertainers across the Pacific. Vancouver has long served as a source of talent for the Hong Kong and mainland Chinese entertainment scenes, and the mutual attraction persists in spite of recent political tensions between Canada and Beijing. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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The delay in Jimmy Lai’s trial in Hong Kong represents a denial of justice
Dennis Kwok
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Hong Kong court postpones Jimmy Lai’s national security trial until September
FILE - Democracy advocate Jimmy Lai leaves the Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong, on Feb. 9, 2021. The national security trial of Lai, a Hong Kong pro-democracy publisher, was further postponed Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022, to next September as the city awaits Beijing's ruling that could effectively block him from hiring a British defense lawyer. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
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Pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to nearly six years over fraud in Hong Kong
FILE - Democracy advocate Jimmy Lai, center, leaves the Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong on Feb. 9, 2021. Lai was sentenced to five years and nine months in prison over two fraud charges linked to lease violations in Hong Kong on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022 the latest of a series of cases against prominent activists that critics say are aimed at snuffing out dissidents in the city. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
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Jimmy Lai trial adjourned as Hong Kong seeks Beijing’s help in blocking his choice of lawyer
FILE - Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai pauses during an interview in Hong Kong on July 1, 2020. Lai broke into the media industry about 30 years ago armed with the belief that delivering information equates with delivering freedom. Lai now is accused of endangering national security with his now-defunct pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)
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China’s fundamental paradox is playing out in its protests
Dennis Kwok
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Overseas Chinese step up protests as calls mount for change
People take part in anti-Chinese government protests, amid China's "zero-COVID" policy, near the Chinese consulate in New York City, U.S., November 29, 2022. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado
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Six Apple Daily staff plead guilty to collusion in Hong Kong
FILE - A security guard uses a lift in the Apple Daily headquarters at the printing house in Hong Kong, June 17, 2021. Six former executives of a now-defunct Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022 pleaded guilty to a collusion charge under the National Security Law that has silenced and jailed most opposition voices in the southern Chinese territory. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
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Hong Kong court upholds veteran journalist’s conviction
FILE - Hong Kong journalist Choy Yuk-ling, also known as Bao Choy, speaks to media outside a court in Hong Kong on April 22, 2021. Choy on Monday, Nov. 7, 2022 lost her appeal against her conviction over making false statements in obtaining information for her investigation of a violent attack during the widespread protests in 2019. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
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Dissidents ask Canada to extend immigration lifeline for those fleeing Hong Kong
FILE PHOTO: A pro-democracy demonstrator raises his British National Overseas (BNO) passports during a protest against new national security legislation in Hong Kong, China June 1, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo
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Hong Kong shares soar on hopes China COVID-19 rules may ease
People move past an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022, in Tokyo. Asian shares were mostly higher Wednesday ahead of a decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve on an interest rate increase to curb inflation. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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China Evergrande chairman’s Hong Kong mansion seized by bank
FILE PHOTO: The China Evergrande Centre building sign is seen in Hong Kong, China December 7, 2021. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo/File Photo/File Photo
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Hong Kong, China try to repair financial image at controversial summit of global bankers
Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee speaks at the opening of the Global Financial Leaders Investment Summit in Hong Kong on November 2, 2022. (Photo by Peter PARKS / AFP) (Photo by PETER PARKS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Hong Kong’s government proposes allowing retail trade in cryptocurrencies
Visitors pass by a booth of the Hong Kong Digital Asset Exchange on the first day of Fintech Week 2022 in Hong Kong on October 31, 2022. - Hong Kong is "back in business" and exploring whether to legalise crypto trading by retail investors, the citys finance chief Paul Chan announced on October 31 kicking off a week of conferences aimed at resuscitating the Chinese hub's image. (Photo by Peter PARKS / AFP) (Photo by PETER PARKS/AFP via Getty Images)
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China stocks tumble as Xi’s team fans economic concern; yuan weakens
A man jogs past monitors showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo, Monday, Oct. 24.
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Canada should strip Hong Kong trade office of special status, rights watchdog says
An elderly woman holds a sign while listening to speakers during a rally in support of Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protesters, in Vancouver, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019. The demonstration was one of many held in cities across Canada Saturday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Five Hong Kong teenagers sentenced in first security case involving minors
A general view of the financial Central district in Hong Kong, China July 25, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
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Hong Kong finally scraps traveller quarantine, one of the world’s toughest COVID-19 policies
Travellers arrive at Hong Kong International Airport before making their way to hotel quarantine on September 23, 2022. - Hong Kong announced on September 23 it will end mandatory hotel quarantine, scrapping some of the world's toughest travel restrictions that have battered the economy and kept the finance hub internationally isolated. (Photo by ISAAC LAWRENCE / AFP) (Photo by ISAAC LAWRENCE/AFP via Getty Images)