A year after the protests began, amid a pandemic, Hong Kong faces another existential crisis. Will it survive?
Hong Kong and Singapore to Face Off Over Chinese Stock Futures
Singapore’s role as a regional equity derivatives trading center may be curtailed after it lost a major index-licensing deal to Hong Kong. The next battle front between the two Asian financial hubs …
Singapore Won’t Feast on Hong Kong’s Famine
Peter Charlesworth/LightRocket/Getty Photographer: Peter Charlesworth/LightRocket/Getty The two archrivals of Asian finance have competed so intensely for so long that it’s impossible to believe that …
What you need to know about NetEase, the Chinese tech giant that raised $2.7 billion in Hong Kong
NetEase carried out a secondary listing in Hong Kong with the funds being used in part to accelerate its international expansion. NetEase is a Chinese internet giant but its brand name might not be …
U.S. looking at various responses to China’s law on Hong Kong: Mnuchin
The Trump administration is looking at various responses to China’s national security law on Hong Kong through the president’s working group on capital markets, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin …
Zoom caught in China censorship crossfire as meetings foiled
Video app Zoom has said it regrets that some meetings involving U.S.-based Chinese dissidents were disrupted, as meanwhile a prominent Hong Kong activist said his account was blocked despite the city’ …
Secondary listing in Hong Kong can be a solution for Chinese ADR companies: JP Morgan
The U.S. Senate has passed a bill targeting Chinese companies listed on American exchanges. Haibin Zhu of J.P. Morgan says its unclear if Beijing and Washington can find a compromise on the draft law.
Taiwan Scrambles to Ready for Influx From Hong Kong Protests
Nearly 200 Hong Kong people have fled to Taiwan since protests flared last year and about 10% have been granted visas under a law that protects Hong Kong people who are at risk fo …
Japan conveys ‘deep concern’ over China’s Hong Kong security law
Japan is expressing “deep concern” over China’s decision to impose a national security law in Hong Kong, which would allow Beijing to create its own institutions for security in the city.
Australia falls more than 2% as Fed signals no rate hikes through 2022; NetEase soars in Hong Kong debut
Stocks in Asia Pacific traded lower Thursday morning after the U.S. Federal Reserve indicated on Wednesday that it would keep interest rates near zero through 2022.