Hong Kong Free Press media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Hong Kong Free Press one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. We have seen it on 19 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Hong Kong Free Press biased?
The rating organisations do not give Hong Kong Free Press one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Hong Kong Free Press left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Hong Kong Free Press one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is Hong Kong Free Press reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Hong Kong Free Press are Ad Fontes Media: Very high factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Hong Kong Free Press has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Hong Kong Free Press’s own report linked underneath.
Democrats hope midterm elections will curb President Trump's power, but Canadians may be disappointed as bilateral tensions are likely to remain. Experts point to persistent protectionist policies and potential presidential unpredictability as reasons for continued strain.
Hong Kong Free Press reported it asUS President Donald Trump congratulates Democrats on midterms, says Iran war played role (opens Hong Kong Free Press in a new tab)
Donald Trump has acknowledged that the war with Iran, alongside the cost of living, played a role in the Republican Party's defeat in the midterm elections. The conflict's financial toll was also noted.
Hong Kong Free Press reported it asUS President Donald Trump congratulates Democrats on midterms, says Iran war played role (opens Hong Kong Free Press in a new tab)
Polls have opened across the United States for midterm elections, with a potential 'Blue Wave' threatening Republican control of Congress. President Trump made a final campaign address as his approval ratings hover near a record low.
Hong Kong Free Press reported it asUS President Donald Trump congratulates Democrats on midterms, says Iran war played role (opens Hong Kong Free Press in a new tab)
President Xi Jinping told Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said that the Middle East should not be a battleground for great-power rivalry. Xi expressed China's willingness to enhance coordination with Arab and GCC countries for regional peace and stability.
Hong Kong Free Press reported it asChina calls for Mideast dialogue in talks with Iran, Saudi, Oman (opens Hong Kong Free Press in a new tab)
Pakistan has closed its airspace to all airlines from Taiwan, citing support for Beijing's 'One China' policy. This move, confirmed by Pakistan's Defence Minister, has led Taiwanese carriers to reroute flights, with some now using Russian airspace. Pakistan is reportedly the first country to implement such a ban.
Hong Kong Free Press reported it asTaiwan says Pakistan briefly closed airspace to Taiwanese flights, citing Beijing’s ‘One China policy’ (opens Hong Kong Free Press in a new tab)
China's Communist Party began its Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee in Beijing on October 26. President Xi Jinping opened the meeting, which is scheduled to last four days and focuses on enhancing party discipline and self-governance.
Hong Kong Free Press reported it asWhat to know about the Chinese Communist Party’s Fifth Plenum (opens Hong Kong Free Press in a new tab)
The US Department of Defense has designated Confucius Institutes as a threat to national security. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stated that 80 new propaganda cells were identified across 30 universities and have been dismantled.
Hong Kong Free Press reported it asChina-funded Confucius Institutes deemed US national security threat: Hegseth (opens Hong Kong Free Press in a new tab)
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Tibet on Thursday evening, killing at least 16 people, injuring dozens, and collapsing hundreds of homes. China has ordered an extensive rescue operation in the remote, mountainous area.
Hong Kong Free Press reported it asAt least 16 dead in Tibet quake: China state media (opens Hong Kong Free Press in a new tab)
Vladimir Putin proposed a summit with Donald Trump and Xi Jinping to discuss the Ukraine conflict. The Kremlin confirmed discussions are underway, but no agreement has been reached on the meeting or its agenda.
Hong Kong Free Press reported it asTrump says ready to meet with Putin, Xi in China ‘to negotiate on behalf of Ukraine’ (opens Hong Kong Free Press in a new tab)
Hackers with suspected links to China compromised a regional organization in Fiji between July and August. The US embassy in Fiji issued a warning that governments and telecommunication networks across the region may also be targeted.
Hong Kong Free Press reported it asChina-linked hackers hit Fiji: US embassy (opens Hong Kong Free Press in a new tab)
Taiwan's Defence Minister Wellington Koo stated the military is monitoring Chinese live-fire drills scheduled for this week. While Taipei assesses the exercises are off China's coast, Beijing claims they are a deterrent to independence.
Hong Kong Free Press reported it asTaiwan ‘preparing for the worst’ as China begins live-fire drills (opens Hong Kong Free Press in a new tab)
A court sentenced former Wuhan mayor Zhou Xianwang to 14 years in prison and fined him 5 million yuan for accepting bribes totaling more than 60.5 million yuan. His cooperation led to a reduced sentence.
Hong Kong Free Press reported it asChina sentences Wuhan ex-mayor to 14 years in prison for bribery conviction (opens Hong Kong Free Press in a new tab)
The UN human rights office has condemned racist abuse directed at tennis player Coco Gauff on social media. The office stated that Black female athletes are specifically targeted and called for solidarity against racism and sexism in sport.
Hong Kong Free Press reported it asCoco Gauff calls out online racism following China Open video review (opens Hong Kong Free Press in a new tab)
US Ambassador to China David Perdue claimed President Donald Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping if he wanted to buy American weapons. The White House has denied any plans to sell arms to China, stating that US law prohibits such sales.
Hong Kong Free Press reported it asTrump offered to sell arms to Xi: US ambassador to Fox News (opens Hong Kong Free Press in a new tab)
Three Hong Kong activists who organized annual vigils commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown are set to be sentenced Friday. They face up to 10 years in prison for inciting subversion under the national security law, a case seen as a measure of freedoms in the city.
Hong Kong Free Press reported it asHong Kong Tiananmen vigil activists sentenced up to 7 years 3 months for inciting subversion (opens Hong Kong Free Press in a new tab)
Ruth Wang, a lawyer who defended members of Beijing's unregistered Zion Church, has fled to Taiwan and is seeking help with resettlement. She states Chinese authorities pressured her firm to dissolve or face closure.
Hong Kong Free Press reported it asRuth Wang, Chinese lawyer for underground church, flees to Taiwan – rights group (opens Hong Kong Free Press in a new tab)
Three former organizers of Hong Kong's annual Tiananmen Square vigils appeared in court to argue their sentences. Convicted of inciting subversion, they face up to 10 years in prison. The disbanded Hong Kong Alliance was also found guilty.
Hong Kong Free Press reported it asIn full: Tiananmen vigil activist Chow Hang-tung’s mitigation after guilty verdict in national security trial (opens Hong Kong Free Press in a new tab)
The US has designated Myanmar scholar and US citizen Min Zin as wrongfully detained by China, where he was arrested in June 2026 on espionage charges. China denies wrongful detention, while the US urges his release ahead of Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington.
Hong Kong Free Press reported it asChina denies US citizen held since June is wrongfully detained (opens Hong Kong Free Press in a new tab)
The US has imposed tariffs of up to 100% on drones and components, effective 3 September 2026, to address national security concerns and reduce dependence on Chinese imports. Drones over 25 kilograms or with thermal imaging face the highest duties, while smaller drones are subject to lower tariffs.
Hong Kong Free Press reported it asDonald Trump announces tariffs of up to 100% on imported drones (opens Hong Kong Free Press in a new tab)
Who says so
2 organisations have published a rating for this outlet, in their own words. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
Very high factuality
Who owns it
- Hong Kong Free Press LimitedIndependentdirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Official site
- hongkongfp.com
- Seen publishing on
- hongkongfp.com
- Access
- Free to read
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 19
- Reports listed
- 19
- We could read
- 1
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
18 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 1 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 7 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and Hong Kong Free Press ran the story anyway.
Across the 19 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Hong Kong Free Press: its report arrived a median of 23 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 6 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 6 November 2026. Ratings pulled 7 October 2026.
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