Turnout for the primaries held by the city’s pro-democracy camp over the weekend reflects steely support for the movement despite Beijing’s imposition of a national-security law that has curbed public …
Long queues in Hong Kong’s ‘litmus test’ primaries
Rough Cuts Long queues in Hong Kong’s ‘litmus test’ primaries. Posted . More than 410,000 people have cast their ballots in primaries organized by Hong Kong’s opposition camp, jus …
You could end up in jail, US warns its citizens in China
Following the Hong Kong national security law, a state department email tells Americans in the country that any criticism of Beijing could be an arrestable offence …
Hong Kong Gets Zero Fee Trading in Blow to Struggling Brokers
Less than a year since Charles Schwab Corp. reshaped the U.S. discount broker industry with zero-fee trading, a Hong Kong firm is following suit in a move set to deepen the pain for the city’s many …
Mixed Reaction From Hong Kong Expats To UK Visas Offer
But they warned this “message of hope” would not help many, including those born after Hong Kong’s 1997 return to Chinese rule and now aged over 18 — people at the forefront of protests against …
Hong Kong security law: Why we are taking our BNOs and leaving
They say that Hong Kong has become unrecognisable in its handling of the months-long protests triggered by a bill which proposed to allow extradition to mainland China. What the c …
Cathay Pacific averts financial collapse with distress call to tap the HK$4 trillion war chest of Hong Kong’s financial tsar
Hong Kong’s Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po had little time to celebrate his 65th birthday in mid-March, as he would soon pick up a call asking for the famously laissez-faire city government to …
The US is reportedly threatening to remove the dollar’s peg to the Hong Kong dollar. Here’s why that’s an empty threat from the Trump administration.
Bloomberg reported this week that the possibility to limit Hong Kong’s bank buying US dollars was escalated to Secretary of the State Mike Pompeo.
Hong Kong Democrats Hold Primary Despite Security Law Warning
Pro-democracy parties in Hong Kong held primary polls on Saturday to choose candidates for upcoming legislative elections despite warnings from government officials that it may be in breach of a new …
China, Hong Kong and the world: is Xi Jinping overplaying his hand?
But most are being magnified by the issue of Hong Kong, upon which Beijing imposed its authoritarian will this month with a national security law that removes the “high degree” of legal and political …