Hong Kong
Explore our coverage of Hong Kong’s politics, economics, business and culture, in articles, charts, podcasts and video

China
Can Xi Jinping take Hong Kong “from stability to prosperity”?
A fixation on security may cost the city in the long term

China
The noose around the press in Hong Kong tightens
Even advocating press freedom begins to seem a bad career move

China
A spectre looms over Hong Kong’s property market
Why mortgage payments in the city can be ghoulishly expensive

Britain
Britain is a home but not a haven for Hong Kongers
Life is not easy for a very distinctive group of immigrants

China
Foreign judges are fed up with Hong Kong’s political environment
Three have left the city’s highest court this month

Graphic detail
Hong Kong smothers dissent ahead of the Tiananmen anniversary
Data show the extent to which repression has grown

China
Hong Kong convicts 14 pro-democracy activists
The ruling acts as a warning: dissent and pay the price


China
Hong Kong passes a security law that its masters scarcely need
But the city’s clampdown on dissent will please officials in Beijing

China
Hong Kong is struggling to restore its image as a global city
Efforts have been tripped up by nationalists

Culture
A row over the Hong Kong Heritage Museum is a window on China
Museums are yet another front for Communist Party control

China
Hong Kong gets a second draconian security law
John Lee thinks foreign powers are still trying to overthrow his government

Finance & economics
Evergrande’s liquidation is a new low in China’s property crisis
A judge in Hong Kong surprises the mainland

China
Hong Kong is becoming less of an international city
As foreigners leave, people from the mainland are taking their place

Finance & economics
Hong Kong’s problems trace back to China. And also America
The “superconnector” suffers the worst of both worlds

China
The unfair trial of Jimmy Lai begins in Hong Kong
The outspoken media tycoon will be punished for supporting democracy