The frenzy reflected the strong demand for housing in one of the world’s least affordable urban centres, and how quick buyers react to any change in the macroeconomic environment. ( read original story ...)
‘Everything in Hong Kong Has Changed’: A Road to Reinvention
In the 25 years since the handover to China, life on Queen’s Road, the first thoroughfare built by the British after they seized the territory, has been transformed. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s 25 Years Under China: Business Appeal Suffers Amid Diminishing Freedoms
July 1st marks the halfway point of Beijing’s 50-year promise to maintain Hong Kong’s capitalist system and freedoms that had enabled it to become an economic powerhouse under colonial rule. ( read original story ...)
China’s president returns to Hong Kong for 25th anniversary of British handover
When Chinese President Xi Jinping stepped off a train in Hong Kong on Thursday, it marked his first trip outside the borders of Mainland China in nearly 900 days. ( read original story ...)
China’s Leader Hails a Hong Kong ‘Reborn from Ashes’ Amid Crackdown
Before Xi Jinping’s tightly controlled appearance, Hong Kong sent officials, diplomats and others to hotels for days of isolation and Covid tests. ( read original story ...)
Xi arrives in Hong Kong for 25th anniversary of handover
Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrived in Hong Kong on Thursday ahead of the 25th anniversary of the British handover and after a two-year transformation bringing the city more tightly under Communist ... ( read original story ...)
Xi Jinping brought Hong Kong to heel. Now he’s back in a city transformed
Chinese and Hong Kong flags flutter above streets and red celebratory banners line the harbor front, as thousands of Hong Kong police guard the city's high-speed rail terminus, welcoming the arrival ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong has ‘risen from the ashes’, China’s Xi says on rare visit
Hong Kong has overcome its challenges and "risen from the ashes", China's President Xi Jinping said on Thursday, as he arrived in the former British colony to celebrate 25 years since its return to ... ( read original story ...)
China’s Xi Jinping arrives in Hong Kong for handover anniversary
In his first trip outside mainland China since the start of the pandemic, Xi will swear in the city’s new leader and mark 25 years since the former British colony’s return to Chinese rule. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Incoming Chief Faces Uphill Battle in Banking
The 1st of July 2022 marks the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover as a former British colony to mainland China. The incoming chief executive has his work cut out for him to reinvigorate the city ... ( read original story ...)
China’s Xi arrives in Hong Kong in his first trip off the mainland since the onset of the pandemic
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived Thursday in the special administrative region of Hong Kong, state media said.The trip is for the 25th anniversary on Friday of Hong Kong's handover to China from ... ( read original story ...)
As Hong Kong Marks 25 Years of British Handover, Its ‘Cage Homes’ Remain a Stark Reminder of Its Inequities
Over 220,000 people live in so-called ‘subdivided flats’, a dainty euphemism for their 4 by 4 by 6 ft shoeboxes ... ( read original story ...)
John Lee Will Be Hong Kong’s New Leader. Here’s What to Know
J ohn Lee will become Hong Kong’s new leader on July 1, when he’s expected to be sworn in by Chinese President Xi Jinping. Lee is the first chief executive to be installed sin ... ( read original story ...)
Xi arrives in Hong Kong ahead of 25th anniversary of handover on first trip outside mainland China in nearly 2 1/2 years
Xi arrives in Hong Kong ahead of 25th anniversary of handover on first trip outside mainland China in nearly 2 1/2 years ... ( read original story ...)