Kee has opened a new book shop in Taipei despite threats from China. Lam told DW that his Causeway Bay Books will continue to provide inspiration to protesters in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Mongolia shelves coal miner Tavan Tolgoi’s US$1 billion IPO plan as coronavirus pandemic saps investment appetite
The delay comes as first-time share sales have slowed globally on weak market sentiment. Companies have raised about US$2.3 billion in Hong Kong through IPOs so far this year, a 43 per cent drop from …
Southern Legend upsets Beauty Generation in Hong Kong
Southern Legend put a nose in front of Beauty Generation to win the Champions Mile, feature on a three-Group 1 day in Hong Kong.
Taiwanese Support Controversial Hong Kong Bookseller, But Probably Won’t Buy His Books
Taiwanese people jammed the narrow aisles inside Lam Wing-kee’s Causeway Bay Books when it opened here on Saturday and a lot wanted to chat with the Hong Kong-born vendor who fled to Taiwan last year …
Hong Kong beauty parlour owner acquitted over botched facelift that left sister comatose
A Hong Kong beauty parlour owner accused of helping with a facial treatment that left her sister in a coma cried in relief on Monday as a court acquitted her of all charges. Cindy Yip Pui-ling, 52, …
Explainer: Hong Kong’s currency finds strength in testing times
The Hong Kong dollar is bumping against the top end of its narrow 7.75-7.85 band against the U.S. dollar and is among the best-performing currencies this year even as the city’s economy struggles to …
Hong Kong dissidents a further test for Taiwan-China ties
The publisher had waited nearly five years to reopen Causeway Bay Books, an independent store in Hong Kong that was forced to close in 2015 when Lam was detained in China for selling books critical of …
The Forgotten Hong Kong Flu Pandemic of 1968 Has Lessons for Today
Americans were more resilient, less vulnerable to social-media groupthink, and committed to going to work and washing their hands.
Hong Kong’s hidebound brokers face coronavirus reckoning
For more than a century, Hong Kong’s legion of stock brokerages have traded through world wars, epic market busts and the former British colony’s handover back to China. But the coronavirus pandemic …
Dissident Hong Kong bookseller moves banned shop to Taiwan
A Hong Kong bookshop that was closed down by the Chinese authorities more than four years ago and became a symbol of the city’s disappearing freedoms has reopened in Taiwan.Lam Wing-kee was one of the …