Britain has sent a parade of senior officials to China this year, part of a calculated charm offensive to thaw out relations with a country that looms large in a world order upended by the United States under President Trump.…
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How Trump Might Unwittingly Cut Emissions From Online Shopping
Fast-fashion giants like Shein and Temu have been doing booming business in the United States in recent years, in part because of a tariff exemption that’s helped to keep prices low on packages shipped from China. Now, President Trump has…
A Crisis at a British Steel Mill Has Cast a Shadow Over U.K.-China Relations
Britain has sent a parade of senior officials to China this year, part of a calculated charm offensive to thaw out relations with a country that looms large in a world order upended by the United States under President Trump.…
Hong Kong’s Democratic Party, Once a Formidable Force, to Disband
The Democratic Party in Hong Kong was for decades the city’s largest opposition party. It led protests demanding universal suffrage. Its lawmakers sparred with officials in the legislature about China’s encroachment on the region. It was born in the 1990s…
Hong Kong Surfers Turn ‘Nothing Into Something’
For nearly two hours on a windy Sunday in February, Henry Hurren took a beating in the waters off a largely uninhabited island in Hong Kong, trying to surf a short wave for a few moments at a time. The…
U.S. Sanctions Chinese and Hong Kong Officials for Pursuing Activists Abroad
The U.S. fired a new round of sanctions at China on Monday, targeting six high-level Chinese and Hong Kong officials over what it described as acts of transnational repression for their crackdown on pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong and on…
Heathrow Airport Closure Wreaks Havoc on Travelers Worldwide
Some travelers were headed to weddings, some to funerals. Others were leaving for a Disneyland Paris vacation, taking a business trip to Britain, returning home from a honeymoon in Italy or moving to Australia. Instead, on Friday, they found themselves…
Heathrow Airport Closure Wreaks Havoc on Travelers Worldwide
Warren Hu had just settled into his flight from New York to London, where he planned to visit his girlfriend, when he became one of the thousands of passengers whose travel was thrown into disarray early Friday because of a…
How the High-Stakes Arrest of Rodrigo Duterte Unfolded
The visit had been advertised for weeks. Former President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines was going to a rally in Hong Kong during the second weekend in March. But as soon as it began, the trip took on a tantalizing…
Khalil Fong, Hong Kong Singer-Songwriter, Dies at 41
Khalil Fong, a Hong Kong singer-songwriter who infused a soul and R&B sensibility into Chinese pop songs, died on Feb. 21. He was 41. His death was announced on Saturday by his record label, Fu Music. The announcement did not…