The city’s stock exchange is second only to Nasdaq in the first quarter in terms of total funds raised, up from sixth a year earlier. ( read original story ...)
Breakingviews – Hong Kong softens the G in ESG
Beijing’s growing shadow over Hong Kong only strengthens that argument today. Reuters Breakingviews is the world's leading source of agenda-setting financial insight. As the Reuters brand for ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong set to grab historic opportunities
With Hong Kong more relevant than ever in China's top development planning document, the city's top officials and leading experts have high hopes for historic opportunities as it makes a fresh start. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: China to pass ‘patriot’ electoral reforms
China is expected on Tuesday to finalise changes to Hong Kong's electoral rules, which critics say will tighten its control over the city. The aim of the changes is to ensure that only "patriotic" ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: What is China’s ‘patriot’ plan for electoral reform?
In its latest move to tighten control over Hong Kong, China is pushing for a controversial "patriot" plan to reform the city's elections. Beijing says the goal is to keep "unpatriotic" figures from ... ( read original story ...)
Ap Chau and Kat O: How to visit two of Hong Kong’s most remote islands in one day
Although some travelers think of Hong Kong as just Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon peninsula, the city is home to hundreds of inhabited and uninhabited islands. Still, many of these islands are ... ( read original story ...)
Allies fear activist Andy Li was sent to Hong Kong psychiatric unit
A Hong Kong dissident imprisoned on the mainland for seven months is thought to have been admitted to a psychiatric hospital after serving his sentence, raising fears he is being silenced.Andy Li, 30 ... ( read original story ...)
Worst yuan sell-off in year drives traders back to daily fix
A drop in the currency on Thursday to levels last seen in December was followed by the People’s Bank of China setting the reference rate ... chief China economist at Credit Agricole CIB in Hong Kong. ... ( read original story ...)
Bilibili closes lower on first day of trade in Hong Kong as Chinese tech stocks face pressure
Bilibili raised around $2.6 billion in its Hong Kong secondary listing after pricing its shares at 808 Hong Kong dollars each. ( read original story ...)
Evergrande Sells Online Unit Stake for $2 Billion Before IPO
China Evergrande Group raised HK$16.4 billion ($2.1 billion) selling a stake in its online home and car sales platform ahead of a planned U.S. listing, in the latest move by the giant developer to tap ... ( read original story ...)
China’s SWIFT joint venture ‘defensive move’ against US refuted by former bank executive
A theory that China’s latest joint venture with the SWIFT financial messaging service is a defensive move against the United States has been refuted by a former Chinese bank executive, who insists the ... ( read original story ...)
From Fixing to Signaling, How China Manages the Yuan
Monitoring how the People’s Bank of China handles its “managed float” system for the foreign-exchange market isn’t easy: The central bank has various tools at its disposal, some public, some hidden. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to Shorten Quarantine for Low-Risk Countries
Hong Kong will cut mandatory hotel quarantine to 14 days from 21 for people coming from low-risk areas including Singapore, Australia and New Zealand, as the city works to reopen its pandemic-battered ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong to offer tourism staff workers about 2,000 jobs at vaccination centres
Industry figure laments government offer as ‘pitiful’ but others in travel sector welcome the move. Full-time roles pay from HK$10,000 to HK$40,000, with minimum wage for part-time workers set at ... ( read original story ...)