The staid accounting profession is the latest to be rattled by the chaotic changes sweeping through Hong Kong. ( read original story ...)
‘Forbidden Fruit’: Apple Daily, Pro-Democracy Newspaper in Hong Kong, Is Forced to Close
The police also arrested an editorial writer as part of an expanding national security investigation into the newspaper that has raised concerns about free speech. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Apple Daily signs off in “painful farewell”
Hong Kong's most vocal pro-democracy newspaper, Apple Daily, printed its last edition on Thursday after a stormy year in which its tycoon owner and other staff were arrested under a new national ... ( read original story ...)
How Press Freedom Is Being Eroded in Hong Kong
The forced closure of the pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper is the latest worrisome sign for journalists in the Chinese territory. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s last pro-democracy paper publishes final edition
Hong Kong’s sole remaining pro-democracy newspaper published its last edition Thursday after five editors and executives were arrested and millions of dollars in its assets were frozen as part of ... ( read original story ...)
Pro-democracy Apple Daily closes amid crackdown in Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s only pro-democracy news outlet with a print circulation, has announced it will close as China continues to suppress dissent in the city. The paper’s closure may herald the end of Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Lalamove files for $1bn American IPO
The automaker received approval from the Hong Kong exchange's listing committee to sell shares in the city and now can hold investor meets. Xpeng, which raised $1.72 billion from an IPO on the New ... ( read original story ...)
Missfresh Updates Its IPO Prospectus Following YMM’s Successful IPO
China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, and the Philippines outperformed while Japan, India, Australia, Thailand, and Malaysia underperformed. ( read original story ...)
HSBC apology shows HK banking fears
HSBC Holdings PLC apologized to customers in Hong Kong after an update to its online and mobile banking terms stoked fears over overseas access to its services in the territory. The quick mea culpa by ... ( read original story ...)
Apple Daily to close, last pro-democracy Hong Kong newspaper
The board of directors of Apple Daily parent company Next Media said in a statement Wednesday that the print and online editions will cease due to “the current circumstances prevailing in Hong Kong.” ... ( read original story ...)
Xpeng cleared for $2B Hong Kong listing
New York-traded electric vehicle maker Xpeng Inc. received a green light from the Hong Kong stock exchange to list in the city, the latest homecoming share sale by a Chinese company. The company ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Apple Daily closure an ‘attack on anyone who doesn’t toe Beijing line’: National security expert
Former deputy national security adviser Stephen Yates on the Apple Daily being forced to shut its doors and the potential impact the move has on the free world. ( read original story ...)
Timeline of events leading to the closure of Hong Kong’s Apple Daily
Key moments in the recent history of territory’s largest pro-democracy newspaper ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Based Cryptocurrency Trading Firm Backed By Coinbase Reaches USD 1 Billion Valuation Despite China Ramping Up Regulation
Amber Group, a cryptocurrency trading firm backed by Coinbase Global Inc. (NASDAQ: COIN), reached a valuation of USD 1 Billion after raising USD 100 Million in its latest funding round. The Company, ... ( read original story ...)