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Yan Guanghua, one of TikTok earliest livestreamers in China, conducts a livestream from her studio in Shenzhen in southern China's Guangdong province in July 2023. Chinese livestreamers have set their sights on TikTok shoppers in the U.S. and Europe, hawking everything from bags and apparel to crystals with eyes on a potentially lucrative market, despite uncertainties over the Chinese social media platform's future in the U.S. and elsewhere. (Yan Guanghua via AP)

Chinese livestreamers set their sights on TikTok sales to shoppers in the US and Europe

July 22, 2023 at 6:00 a.m.

Chinese livestreamers have set their sights on TikTok shoppers in the U.S. and Europe, hawking everything from bags and apparel to crystals with their eyes on a potentially lucrative market.

Passengers queue up at the arrival hall for buses going to quarantine hotels from Hong Kong international airport in Hong Kong, Friday, Sep. 23, 2022. Hong Kong’s leader announced the city would no longer require incoming travelers to quarantine in designated hotels as the city seeks to open up globally after nearly two years. The measures will come into effect Monday.(AP Photo/Lam Yik)

Hong Kong to end mandatory hotel quarantine for travelers

September 23, 2022 at 7:11 a.m.

Hong Kong’s leader announced the city would no longer require incoming travelers to quarantine in designated hotels as it seeks to remain competitive and open up globally after nearly two...

China’s Xi visits changed Hong Kong for handover anniversary

June 30, 2022 at 10:54 a.m.

HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrived Thursday in Hong Kong to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the British handover of a city that his rule has transformed...

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Hong Kong to kill 2,000 animals after hamsters get COVID-19

January 18, 2022 at 9:57 a.m.

Hong Kong authorities said Tuesday that they will kill about 2,000 small animals, including hamsters, after several tested positive for the coronavirus at a pet store where an employee was...

Hong Kong news site to shut; pro-Beijing lawmakers sworn in

January 3, 2022 at 7:51 a.m.

A group of lawmakers loyal to China’s Communist Party were sworn in to Hong Kong's Legislature on Monday following an election without opposition candidates, as yet another pro-democracy news outlet...

FILE – The “Pillar of Shame” statue, a memorial for those killed in the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown, is displayed at the University of Hong Kong, Oct. 13, 2021. A monument at a Hong Kong university that commemorated the 1989 Tiananmen massacre was boarded up by workers late Wednesday, prompting fears over the future of the monument as the city’s authorities crack down on dissent. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Last monument for Tiananmen massacre removed in Hong Kong

December 23, 2021 at 7:04 a.m.

A monument at a Hong Kong university that was the best-known public remembrance of the Tiananmen Square massacre on Chinese soil was removed early Thursday, wiping out the city's last...

FILE – A man walks past a screen displaying the Yahoo and Alibaba.com logos before a joint news conference by the companies at the China World Hotel in Beijing, Aug. 11, 2005. Yahoo Inc. said on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021, that it plans to pull out of China, citing an “increasingly challenging business and legal environment.” (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel, File)

Yahoo pulls out of China, citing 鈥榗hallenging鈥� environment

November 2, 2021 at 8:20 a.m.

Yahoo Inc. said Tuesday it has pulled out of China, citing an increasingly challenging operating environment.

Pro-democracy activists Martin Lee, center, and Albert Ho, left, arrive at a court in Hong Kong Friday, April 16, 2021. Seven of Hong Kong’s leading pro-democracy advocates, including Lee and pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, are expected to be sentenced Friday for organizing a march during the 2019 anti-government protests that triggered an overwhelming crackdown from Beijing. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Hong Kong democracy leaders given jail terms amid crackdown

April 16, 2021 at 8:03 a.m.

A Hong Kong court on Friday sentenced five leading pro-democracy advocates, including media tycoon Jimmy Lai, to up to 18 months in prison for organizing and participating in a massive...

FILE – In this July 21, 2020 file photo, a man opens social media app ‘TikTok’ on his cell phone, in Islamabad, Pakistan. Walmart said Thursday, Aug. 27, that it’s interested in teaming up with Microsoft to buy the U.S. business of TikTok, the popular Chinese video app. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed, File)

Walmart joins Microsoft in bid for video app TikTok

August 28, 2020 at 7:54 a.m.

Walmart is the latest company to want a piece of TikTok, the popular Chinese-owned video app that has come under fire from the Trump administration.

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested under security law

August 9, 2020 at 9:27 p.m.

Hong Kong police arrested media tycoon Jimmy Lai and raided the publisher鈥檚 headquarters Monday in the highest-profile use yet of the new national security law Beijing imposed on the city...

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