Supporters of the Chinese government are calling for surveillance cameras to be installed in Hong Kong classrooms as teachers warn of further threats to their freedom and independence after the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong pupils banned from political activity
Students in Hong Kong are now banned from any political activity in schools including singing, posting slogans and boycotting classes, the territory's education minister has said. Thousands of ... ( read original story ...)
Alibaba at High as Ant Financial Mulls IPO – Here’s the Trade
Alibaba stock is surging to highs as 33%-owned Ant Financial looks to IPO. Let's look at the charts. The American depositary receipts are up more than 8% on the day on reports that its Ant Financial ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s National Security Law Could Threaten Local Crypto Brokerages
The U.S. sanctions on financial institutions in Hong Kong could put the city’s growing crypto brokerage businesses in jeopardy. ( read original story ...)
Overnight, a Hong Kong Hotel is Transformed Into China’s State Security HQ
The rapid arrival of China’s security agents in Hong Kong, handed sweeping powers to police the city under Beijing’s new national security law, underscores how quickly the cosmopolitan financial ... ( read original story ...)
China’s Great Firewall descends on Hong Kong internet users
Residents rush to erase digital footprints as law gives police powers over online activity ... ( read original story ...)
Hang Seng Bank CEO to receive medical treatment for unspecified illness, but will continue to perform duties, lender says
Hang Seng Bank said on Wednesday that Louisa Cheang Wai-wan, its vice-chairman and chief executive, is to receive medical attention, but will still be able to perform her duties. ( read original story ...)
Hang Seng offers mutual funds in-app to novice investors
Hong Kong's Hang Seng Bank is looking to entice novice investors with an in-app fund investment service offering a minimum investment amount of just HK$1. Developed in collaboration with Hang Seng's ... ( read original story ...)
China Demands Total Obedience From Hong Kong—and Everyone Else | Opinion
The detention of the outspoken academic came soon after Beijing's June 30 imposition of the draconian National Security Law, applicable to Hong Kong. Xi, of course, demands complete obedience from ... ( read original story ...)
Foreign Firms Surrendering More Hong Kong Office Space
Multinational companies surrendered more office space in Hong Kong last quarter as the economy deteriorated amid the pandemic, pushing the city’s vacancy rate to the highest in 15 years, according to ... ( read original story ...)
Merkel is under pressure to cut Germany’s ties with China as the Hong Kong crisis triggers a European backlash against Beijing
Amid international outrage against China's crackdown in Hong Kong, German Chancellor Angela Merkel insisted on the need for 'dialogue' with Beijing. ( read original story ...)
Special Report: Hong Kong’s Top Cop Overshadows Embattled Leader Lam as China Cracks Down
Just an hour before the 23rd anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to China on July 1, the ruling Communist Party imposed the law, in the process arming Tang with a range of powerful tools to quell ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong security law: Beijing security office opens in Hong Kong
The office is one element of a sweeping new law which outlaws criticism of China's government. Hong Kong was, until the law was passed, the only part of China not subject to such policies. The law has ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. tech giants face hard choices under Hong Kong’s new security law
U.S. tech giants face a reckoning over how Hong Kong's security law will reshape their businesses, with their suspension of processing government requests for user data a stop-gap measure as they ... ( read original story ...)