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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 …
No Coronavirus Patients in Wuhan Hospitals, China Says: Live Coverage
Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain will return to work on Monday after being treated for the coronavirus. Children in Spain play outside for the first time in weeks. Hong Kong has its first …
Social distancing in 100 square feet: Hong Kong’s cage homes are almost impossible to self-isolate in
Before the pandemic, Lum Chai used to go to the park and drink beers with friends to escape his tiny living quarters. Now the 45-year-old walks the city’s streets alone to kill time and keep away from …
Taiwan shows solidarity as bookseller who fled Hong Kong opens shop
Taiwan’s ruling party on Saturday showed support for a Hong Kong bookseller who fled to the democratic island amid fears of Chinese persecution, with President Tsai Ing-wen offering congratulations as …
Taiwan Celebrates Hong Kong Bookseller Who Crossed China
The opening of a hole-in-the-wall bookstore in Taipei doesn’t usually attract much hullabaloo. Saturday’s reemergence of a bookseller who has for years proved a thorn to China’s rulers in Beijing was …
Lam Wing-kee: HK bookseller who defied China opens shop in Taiwan
A Hong Kong bookseller who defied mainland China has reopened his bookshop in Taiwan. Lam Wing-kee was one of five booksellers detained in 2015 after selling material critical of the political elite …
Abducted Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee opens Taiwan shop
Part-owner of shop that used to sell texts critical of China opens new business in Taipei …
Hong Kong Bookstore Under Attack in China Reopens in Taiwan
The part-owner of a Hong Kong bookstore specializing in texts critical of China’s leaders has reopened his shop in Taiwan after fleeing Hong Kong due to legal troubles, saying he was grateful for the …