Beijing’s air pollution is far below acceptable World Health Organization levels with the Chinese capital a month away from hosting the Winter Olympics –- but environmental data shows its skies have improved dramatically in recent years. The city decla…
Next-gen student athletes inspired by Team Hong Kong’s spectacular triumphs in 2021
*\[sponsored\]* As one of the most successful years in Hong Kong sport – punctuated by Siobhan Haughey’s double world record – draws to a close, [Hong Kong University of Science and Technology](https://bit.ly/SAAS-202112) \(HKUST\) student athletes are…
HKFP Year in Review: Our best, exclusive interviews of 2021
From Hong Kong’s Olympic champion to dissidents, pro-government political veterans, musicians and filmmakers, Hong Kong Free Press met dozens of public figures and ordinary Hongkongers alike in exclusive interviews that captured the zeitgeist of the ci…
Hong Kong Olympic hero Siobhan Haughey breaks world swimming record
Hong Kong swimmer Siobhan Haughey has broken the world record for the women’s 200 metre freestyle. The 24-year-old Olympic hero came in at 1 minute and 50.31 seconds to bag gold at the Fina World Swimming Championships on Thursday. She beat Canada’s Re…
The case of Tennis star Peng Shuai only widens China’s credibility gap
It is possible, albeit unlikely, that the tennis star Peng Shuai, one of China’s most successful sportswomen, is safe, secure, and not subject to intimidation after several publicised appearances following weeks out of the public eye. Even if this is t…
Some 30 mainland Olympic athletes to visit Hong Kong next week, all will skip Covid quarantine
About 30 Olympic stars from mainland China are to visit Hong Kong in early December to give public demonstrations. All will be exempt from undergoing Covid-19 quarantine, according to the Home Affairs Bureau. The bureau told HKFP on Wednesday the visit…
MeToo: Why Women’s Tennis Assoc. has little left to lose in leaving China over disappearance of champion Peng Shuai
By Francesca Chiu Since Chinese tennis player and two-time Grand Slam doubles champion Peng Shuai publicly accused retired Chinese vice premier Zhang Gaoli of sexual assault early this month, she has all but disappeared from the public eye. This has ra…
Vice-chief of Hong Kong’s Olympic Committee among candidates entering Dec’s ‘patriots only’ legislative race
The vice-president of Hong Kong’s Olympic Committee Kenneth Fok has announced he will run in the upcoming “patriots only” legislative polls, as he hailed Beijing’s electoral overhaul as “elevating” Hong Kong’s elections beyond a “battle of political st…