Not to be rude - but do you have a source?
I did a search and didn’t find anything about Asia Times being the propaganda ministry for the PRC.
Look at the bottom of the AT page. Where is their HQ?
Hong Kong is not under the UK and has not been for over a decade.
If you think that a PRC based Paper is not under the PRC’s control, then you are very nieve...
All the non-PRC controlled press left HK before the take-over.