But the property crisis in recent years again weakened the firm, with its total debt estimated at 234.5 billion yuan ($33.0 billion) at the end of the first half of 2024, according to a filing to the ...
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Hong Kong’s most heavily traded stocks by value were Meituan ... real estate, up +1.86%, while financials fell -1.97%, energy fell -0.74%, and utilities fell -0.65%. The top sub-sectors were retailing ...
Guilty verdicts for two Hong Kong journalists charged with sedition
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Hong Kong court convicts former editors of shuttered Stand News outlet of sedition
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‘Leave a record’: the Hong Kong news editor found guilty of sedition
"For a society like Hong Kong that is not fully democratic, a robust free speech environment is all the more important." Business-friendly Hong Kong, a former British colony, was once considered one ...
Hong Kong court convicts former Stand News editors of sedition
The two editors, Chung Pui-kuen and Patrick Lam, could be jailed for up to two years when they are sentenced on Sept. 26.
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HSBC reveals senior leadership change ahead of new CEO next month
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Hong Kong journalists convicted of sedition for first time since China handover
A Hong Kong court has found two editors of the now-defunct Stand ... has led to self-censorship and further repressed opposition voices, but others say it's business as usual and life remains ...
Hong Kong Editors Convicted of Sedition in Landmark Press-Freedom Verdict
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Hong Kong outlet Stand News and editors found guilty of sedition
Hong Kong pro-democracy news outlet Stand News and its two former chief editors were found guilty of sedition on Thursday, the first conviction of its kind since the city came under Chinese rule in 1997. The verdict is part of a crackdown on free speech in ...