By Ben Otto Eli Lilly & Co.-backed biopharmaceutical company Transcenta Holding Ltd. has filed for an initial public offering in Hong Kong, the latest ... ( read original story ...)
China stocks climb on bank, energy boost; Hong Kong flat
HK daily quota used 2.5% * FTSE China A50 +0.5% SHANGHAI, May 28 (Reuters) - Gains in banking and energy stocks pushed China shares higher on Tuesday on support from Beijing’s reform measures and ... ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin recoups some losses in Asia after plunging on Chinese crackdown
Bitcoin BTC=BTSP regained some ground on Tuesday, a day after touching a two-week low after China's central bank reaffirmed a crackdown on cryptocurrencies and restricted trading channels for Chinese ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader says US ‘beautifying’ security offenses
Hong Kong's leader says foreign governments are “beautifying” acts that endanger national security when they criticize the recent crackdown on a pro-democracy newspaper in the semiautonomous Chinese t ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s leader refuses to explain how arrested Apple Daily staff broke law
Carrie Lam denies arrest of senior editorial figures at pro-democracy paper and seizure of its assets was an attack on press freedom ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader says press must not ‘subvert’ government
Media outlets in Hong Kong must not "subvert" the government, the city's leader said Tuesday, rejecting US criticism of recent action against a pro-democracy newspaper under a powerful new security ... ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin steadies in Asia trading after Monday’s plunge
Bitcoin stabilised in Asian trading on Tuesday morning a day after a statement from China's central bank reaffirming the ongoing crackdown on cryptocurrencies in the country sent the world's largest ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan to keep up some Hong Kong services despite one-China work visa row
Chiu Tai-san, head of the Mainland Affairs Council, said that instead of closing its operations in the city, Taiwan would keep some of its services going, including those related to travel, ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Police Arrest Man After Passerby Sees ‘Liberate’ Banner on His Drying Rack
The banner's slogan, "Liberate Hong Kong; revolution of our times," is in violation of Hong Kong's national security law. ( read original story ...)
HSBC: The Bank That Supports the Chinese Dictatorship
Solidarity protests in support of democracy struggle in China and Hong Kong Solidarity Against Repression in China and Hong Kong HSBC is the focus of protests internationally because it cooperates ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC, StanChart Eye $460 Million Fee Windfall on New China Link
Global banks including HSBC Holdings Plc and Standard Chartered Plc are ramping up hiring to tap into China’s latest market opening -- a new investment link with Hong Kong that could yield almost $500 ... ( read original story ...)
Final edition of Hong Kong’s Apple Daily could come on Saturday
Board of directors at operator Next Digital wants the Security Bureau to unfreeze assets so employees can be paid. Without funds, tabloid’s 26-year run could end on Saturday. ( read original story ...)
‘No Money, No News’: Asset Freeze, Arrests Signal End for Hong Kong’s Pro-Democracy Paper
Hong Kong’s last pro-democracy newspaper appeared one step nearer to closing Monday, as Apple Daily announced it was airing its last nightly news show and dozens of staff resigned. The announcements ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy paper Apple Daily to fold this week, say rivals
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily will cease all operations tomorrow after most of its staff resigned and the government froze its assets, rival media companies said.Executives said they ... ( read original story ...)