Hong Kong stocks fell by more than 4 percent in early Friday trading after Chinese leaders announced their plans to tighten their grip over the territory and to boost government spending to battle the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks drop more than 3% as tensions flare up again between China and the west
Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index dropped more than 3% Friday after news broke that Beijing would move to pass a hugely controversial national security law for the Asian financial hub. ( read original story ...)
Asian shares fall on US friction with China, Hong Kong fears
Shares slipped in Asia on Friday as tensions flared between the U.S. and China and as more job losses compounded the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. ( read original story ...)
‘Hong Kong is burning’: Former lawmaker on China’s plans for a new security law
Hong Kong is "very anxious, angry and frightened" about Beijing's plans for a new security law, says Emily Lau, former Hong Kong lawmaker from the Democratic Party. She calls on the international ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks battered by China security proposal
Real estate companies and financials were among the biggest victims in a stock market sell-off in Hong Kong on Friday after China submitted a security law proposal for the city that has fanned fears ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. senators seek to sanction Chinese officials over Hong Kong
Republican and Democratic U.S. senators said on Thursday they would introduce legislation to impose sanctions on Chinese officials for violating Hong Kong's independence, after Beijing moved to impose ... ( read original story ...)
President Xi is ‘fed up’ and wants to move in on Hong Kong, says expert
The global distraction of the coronavirus pandemic has been "good timing" for China's President Xi Jinping to advance plans for a national security law in Hong Kong, which is a "very serious violation ... ( read original story ...)
Outrage in Hong Kong as China pushes security law
China has launched one of its fiercest assaults on Hong Kong's treasured autonomy with its move to impose a security law, pro-democracy campaigners said Friday as they vowed to take to the streets in ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Traders Brace for Renewed Turmoil on Security Law Risk
Hong Kong’s financial markets look set for turbulent trading after Beijing announced its intention to impose a national security law on the city, with potentially dramatic consequences.The news, which ... ( read original story ...)
Soft Start Expected For Hong Kong Stock Market
The Hong Kong stock market on Thursday halted the three-day winning streak in which it had soared more than 600 points or 2.5 percent. The Hang Seng Index now sits just above the 24,280-point plateau ... ( read original story ...)
This Marks the End of Hong Kong: Legco’s Claudia Mo
Hong Kong Legislative Council Member Claudia Mo discusses China's move to impose a national security law on Hong Kong and what it would mean for the city. She speaks on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia.” (So ... ( read original story ...)
Calls for protest march in Hong Kong as China pushes new security laws
Calls for protest march in Hong Kong as China pushes new security laws ... ( read original story ...)
Proposed Security Law Marks the End of Hong Kong and a Warning to the World, Human Rights Watch says
"Any country who has a binding agreement with the Chinese government" should no longer rely on it," HRW China Director Sophie Richardson told Newsweek. ( read original story ...)
China Moves to Tighten Its Control of Hong Kong
New security laws would allow Beijing to take aim at the protests that have roiled the semiautonomous city and posed a direct challenge to the Communist Party and its leader, Xi Jinping. ( read original story ...)