Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived Thursday in the special administrative region of Hong Kong, state media said. The trip is for the 25th anniversary on Friday of Hong Kong’s handover to China from …
Asia stocks mixed after Wall St down, China manufacturing up
Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday after the U.S. economy contracted and China reported stronger factory activity. Shanghai and Hong Kong gained, while Tokyo and Seoul declined.
After a decade in power, where is Xi Jinping taking China?
Experts and dissidents argue the strangling of Hong Kong’s freedoms is part of a much broader crackdown the Chinese president Xi Jinping imposed across greater China during his ten years in power. CNN …
China throws media shield around Xi’s visit to Hong Kong
Journalists from leading international media organizations, including Reuters and CNN, have been barred from covering official ceremonies during Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s visit to Hong Kong later …
G7 Leaders Get Tough on China
The Group of Seven was unambiguous about the West’s differences with Beijing, such as the quashing of democratic freedoms in Hong Kong and its failure to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Hong Kong in limbo 25 years after British handover to China
When the British handed its colony Hong Kong to Beijing in 1997, it was promised 50 years of self-government and freedoms of assembly, speech and press that are not allowed Chinese on the …
China and Hong Kong: The UK Hongkongers living with handover’s legacy
Hong Kong, a former British colony, was handed back to China as a special administrative region (SAR). The island, both sides agreed, would continue to enjoy a high degree of autonomy until 2047 when …
Hong Kong burnishes China ties as luster as global hub fades
Every few generations, Hong Kong transforms itself, evolving from a swampy fishing village to 19th century colonial port, to capitalist outpost and factory after China’s 1949 revolution, to 21st …
Hong Kong burnishes China ties as luster as global hub fades
Every few generations, Hong Kong transforms itself, evolving from a swampy fishing village to 19th century colonial port, to capitalist outpost and factory after China’s 1949 revolution, to 21st …
China is building a yuan currency reserve to compete with the dollar and prop up other economies facing volatility
China is teaming up with Indonesia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Chile. Each will contribute the about $2.2 billion worth of yuan.