Hong Kong

A fresh perspective into skyscrapers — As someone who grew up in Hong Kong, we view high-rises and skyscrapers as a part of our daily lives, something we greet every day but don’t think much about. Many live in high-rises, work in skyscrapers, and walk past them multiple times daily. Families love hiking around Victoria Peak…

Traveling the Entire Summer, A Mini-Series — My husband and I have both visited Hong Kong before for work, but this is our first time coming here as a family. It’s part of our two-month-long summer trip with the kids. Although our stay was only two days, it was sweet and we enjoyed ourselves, leaving with great…

Read below to see how Sip. is leveraging machine learning and AI to transform the way wine is enjoyed and savored in Hong Kong! If this piques your interest, remember to join our waitlist at www.siphk.club. For the month of June, invite a friend, to both receive $50HKD! For consumers…

Eric Hsu, Researcher, Doublethink Lab Ai-Men Lau, Research Analyst, Doublethink Lab This article is a summary version of the Silenced Voices, Hidden Struggles: PRC Transnational Repression on Overseas Human Right Activists report. This project conducted a series of qualitative interviews with a total of 29 dissidents from overseas communities in…

IOST is proud to announce the official launch of the “223 (Web2 to Web3) Booster” — an innovative Web2 to Web3 startup incubator in the illustrious city of Hong Kong, in a remarkable partnership with BitValue Capital. Moving forward, IOST will collaborate closely with BitValue Capital, the esteemed permanent committee…

Generally a green week with BTC+2% and ETH+4 as we closed out May just under 1.2tn market cap. Top performers this week was INJ +29% after Avalon mainnet upgrade cause a bit of a short squeeze. On the flipside OP was one of the major outliers given significant token lockup…

𝗠𝗬 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗪𝗔𝗦 — 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 𝗛𝗜𝗞𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗦𝗔𝗙𝗘𝗧𝗬 𝗚𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗡 𝗔𝗡 𝗨𝗣𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗗𝗘 𝗩𝗜𝗔 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗛𝗞𝗦𝗢𝗦 𝗔𝗣𝗣 The Hong Kong police force has announced that they will be launching a new app — HKSOS — at the end of the year especially for hikers in the event that they…

May 2023 in Asia-Pacific: A free expression round up produced by IFEX’s regional editor Mong Palatino, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region. Pakistan’s political crisis has turned violent as authorities blocked internet services, China’s crackdown on dissent targeted commentators and comedians, Hong Kong has purged libraries…

In response to the policy declaration on the development of virtual assets in Hong Kong in October 2022, and to promote Hong Kong’s development as an international center for virtual assets, the Hong Kong Legislative Council passed the latest revision of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Ordinance (AMLO) on…