Hong Kong
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- New Year
See how the world’s biggest cities rang in the new year
From New York to Paris to Sydney, crowds have marked the start of 2026 with exuberant celebrations filled with thunderous fireworks or drumming.
- Rod McGuirk and Sheikh Saaliq
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What went wrong before Hong Kong’s apartment inferno
Records show how government departments played down residents’ warnings about corrupt practices and substandard materials that fuelled the deadly blaze.
- Selam Gebrekidan and Joy Dong
- Opinion
- China relations
I’m no spy, so why does ASIO think my stint in China is a black mark?
This is no joke. If Australia wants to build its Asia capability, it must support citizens with Asian expertise – not label them as un-Australian.
- Ciara Morris
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- Courts
HK media mogul Jimmy Lai convicted under Beijing-imposed national security law
The 78-year-old, an outspoken critic of the Chinese Communist Party and a vocal democracy campaigner, faces potential life imprisonment.
- Lisa Visentin
The married scientists torn apart by a COVID bioweapon theory
In 2020, a Chinese virologist fled to the US, aided by allies of Donald Trump who sought to promote her unproven theories about the origins of COVID-19. Her husband still can’t find her.
- Katie J.M. Baker
He gave up on his Wallabies dream to represent Hong Kong. Now he’ll play against Australia instead
Lachy Doheny is one of four Australians in the Hong Kong China rugby squad, who are making their debut Rugby World Cup appearance in 2027. And this week they learned they’ll be playing both the Wallabies and the All Blacks.
- Iain Payten
- Analysis
- China
In Hong Kong, tragedy fuels a national security crackdown
The Wang Fuk Court towers were still smouldering when Hong Kong authorities shifted gear from crisis to crackdown.
- Lisa Visentin
Graphics and video show Hong Kong fire’s rapid, deadly spread
Investigators are piecing together how the city’s worst fire in decades tore through seven high-rise buildings in minutes.
- Tom Housden and Matt Willis
‘Broken hearts’ and curdling fury as Hong Kong mourns fire victims
As the death toll climbed to 146 on Sunday, residents told how they had complained about the renovations in the 40-year-old towers, and requested they be done one at a time.
- Lisa Visentin and Daniel Ceng
'Exasperation and anger': Locals still reeling after Hong Kong apartment blaze
North Asia correspondent Lisa Visentin on the ground in Hong Kong after the deadly apartment fires.