ByteDance Ltd. founder Zhang Yiming will cede the reins of TikTok’s owner to an old college roommate and lieutenant, stepping back from running the world’s most valuable startup ahead of its highly ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong bank deal offers helpful exit ramp
Chong Hing’s majority owner is offering to buy the rest at a $2.6 bln valuation, or 0.9 times book. That’s less than half the multiple the Guangzhou-backed fund paid in 2013. Greater Bay Area ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong court denies jury trial to first person charged under national security law
The first person charged under the national security law in Hong Kong will face a trial without jury, the city's High Court ruled on Thursday, in a landmark decision which marks a departure from the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong fintech can be the world’s gateway into the Asian Century
In a shifting investment landscape with few certainties, there is one thing international investors can agree on. The direction of the next 10 years, and perhaps this century, will be driven by ... ( read original story ...)
Senators Question Treasury on Hong Kong Bank Sanctions Inaction
Republican Senator Pat Toomey and Democrat Chris Van Hollen say they are following with up the Treasury Department as to why no banks were named in a report it issued Tuesday on interactions with ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Stock Market Due For Consolidation
Ahead of Wednesday's National Day holiday, the Hong Kong stock market has climbed higher in three straight sessions, advancing almost 880 points or 3.1 percent along the way. The Hang Seng Index now ... ( read original story ...)
With Netflix, gym sessions and red wine, a Hong Kong activist prepares for prison
Beijing’s crackdown has ensnared the democratic opposition and hundreds of its supporters, who are making their way through a backlogged court system. ( read original story ...)
Beijing has done irreparable damage to Hong Kong after freezing top media mogul’s assets
On Friday, the owner of Hong Kong’s biggest pro-democracy newspaper had his assets, amounting to HKD$500 million, frozen. Mr Lai The post Beijing has done irreparable damage to Hong Kong after ... ( read original story ...)
Fitch Affirms CSSC (Hong Kong) Shipping at ‘A’; Outlook Stable
Fitch Ratings has affirmed CSSC (Hong Kong) Shipping Company Limited's (CSSC HK Shipping) Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) and the rating on the senior unsecured note issued by CSSC Capital 2015 ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: Legal ties highlight HK’s uniqueness
But from the legal perspective, a modernised and efficient insolvency regime is in fact favourable for business and investment. On May 14, the Department of Justice and the Supreme People’s Court ... ( read original story ...)
Freezing Jimmy Lai’s assets reinforces HK’s financial hub status: Carrie Lam
On Friday, the Hong Kong Security Bureau froze all of Jimmy Lai Chee-ying's shares in his Next Digital media company and other bank assets under the national security law for Hong Kong, which came to ... ( read original story ...)
Ex-Bloomberg TV anchor’s startup banks $1.7m in seed round
AD. Remove this ad space by subscribing. Support independent journalism. The Hong Kong-based startup will use the new funds to make new hires and invest in content creation technologies that help with ... ( read original story ...)
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We do achieve excellence in diversity, especially when we broaden the meaning of "diversity" to include a variety of perspectives and experience. Accounting for true diversity is what allows us to ... ( read original story ...)
National Security Concerns Prompted Asset Freeze for Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong Leader Says
Opponents say the new national security law is a tool to quash pro-democracy dissent in the Chinese territory, but supporters have said it ensures that officials in charge of the city are Chinese ... ( read original story ...)