Sources: ABC News
Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee announces plans for Hong Kong to formulate its own national security law by 2024. 2023-10-25
Hong Kong's Legislative Council passes a law requiring foreign lawyers working on national security cases to obtain prior approval from the Chief Executive. 2023-05-10
Global stocks and government bonds plunge with the MSCI World Index dropping by 2.95%, the DOW by 4.68%, the S&P 500 by 3.88%, STOXX Europe 600 by 2.41%, Japan's Nikkei 225 by 3.01%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng by 3.99%, and South Korea's KOSPI by 3.52%. Bitcoin drops by 12.1% and Ethereum by 13.6%. 2022-06-13
Hong Kong reports a record 1,325 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the territory-wide total of confirmed cases to 20,119. 2022-02-11
Hong Kong reports a record for the fourth consecutive day of 625 new COVID-19 cases, prompting the government to impose strict social distancing measures in places of worship and hair salons as well as limiting private gatherings to two people beginning on February 10. 2022-02-8
Hong Kong mandates usage of its COVID-19 tracing app for all adults under the age of 65. The app logs a person's presence at 18 types of premises, including bars and restaurants, and enables tracing of infections if an outbreak is reported. 2021-12-9
Police in Hong Kong arrest four members of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, the pro-democracy organization in charge of the Tiananmen Square protests anniversary vigils as police say that the group refused to submit information on national security grounds. Chief Executive Carrie Lam condemns the group and welcomes the arrests. 2021-09-8
The U.S. Senate unanimously passes the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, which mandates that the State Department at least annually checks to see if Hong Kong retains enough autonomy to retain its special trade status with the United States. The Senate also unanimously passes another bill banning the sale of certain crowd-control munitions to the Hong Kong police. The former's passage is condemned by China. 2019-11-19
U.S. President Donald Trump tweets that U.S. intelligence informed him that China is moving troops to the border with Hong Kong. 2019-08-13
Hong Kong braces for the impact of Typhoon Usagi after two people are killed in the Philippines. 2013-09-22