After Beijing unilaterally imposed a new national security law on Hong Kong on July 1, many saw the move as an effort by Beijing to crack down on dissent and protests in the semi-autonomous region.
Hong Kong’s exit from recession is in the market, space, jobs and labour force of the Greater Bay Area, financial secretary says
The Greater Bay Area (GBA) of southern China can provide Hong Kong with the potential market and the growth driver for taking the city’s economy out of its worst recession in decades, and a grant by …
Disney’s Mulan faces boycott calls from activists in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Thailand
Hollywood is “betraying” the values it “purports to champion,” Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong wrote on Twitter.
Stocks retreat in Hong Kong, China for weekly loss, as rout of ‘overvalued’ tech stocks on Wall Street spills over to Asian markets
Stock indices in Hong Kong and China dropped on Friday to end with weekly losses, as the overnight tumble among technology stocks on Wall Street spilled over to Asian trading, raising concern that the …
Greater Bay Area Green Finance Alliance officially launched today
The Hong Kong Green Finance Association (“HKGFA”) announced the official launch of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area Green Finance Alliance (“GBA-GFA”) at the inaugural launch ceremony …
Hong Kong Tests 656,000; Drugmakers Plan Pledge: Virus Update
India’s coronavirus infections topped 4 million as the country with the third-highest cases closes in on second-ranked Brazil while Hong Kong has tested almost 10% of its population in a government …
Who Lost Hong Kong?
Who Lost Hong Kong? Who Lost Hong Kong?… Hong Kong is dead—or at least, the rule of law and civil liberties there is. The imposition of China’s wide-ranging national security law, enforced by …
U.N. Experts Decry Hong Kong Security Law in Open Letter to China
U.N. human rights experts have told China a new security law for Hong Kong “infringes on certain fundamental rights” and voiced concerns that it could be used to prosecute political activists in the …
Fast-food chain Yum China bags $2bn in Hong Kong listing
Yum China has raised more than $2bn from a secondary share sale in Hong Kong, marking the latest “homecoming” listing by a major US. On Friday the fast …
In Hong Kong, residents self-censor to steer clear of China’s crackdown
United Nations human rights officials are blasting the national security law China imposed two months ago on Hong Kong. Beijing says the crackdown was necessary to bring stability to the …