For now, analysts said, officials in Beijing appear willing to watch and wait, continuing to offer support for Hong Kong’s beleaguered leaders, to dangle carrots and sticks at business and cultural ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong pro-democracy leaders meet with U.S. financial firms “to tell the truth” amid prolonged protests
Hong Kong pro-democracy leaders and U.S. lawmakers will gather in Montana this week for a four-day dialogue to discuss the protests that have rocked the city for 12 weeks. But first, they’re reaching ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong government opens window to discussions with protesters after months of refusing requests
Yet he also outlined a series of “non-starters” for such talks, underscoring the breadth of the gap between the protesters, who have demanded major democratic reforms, and a government that answers to ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong teachers rally in thunderstorm at start of weekend of protests
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Several thousand Hong Kong school teachers and supporters braved thunderstorms on Saturday to start a weekend of anti-government protests, despite fears that police could adopt ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong tense as weekend of protests begins with teachers’ rally in rain
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Over a thousand Hong Kong school teachers braved thunderstorms on Saturday to start a weekend of anti-government demonstrations that some activists fear could see tougher ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong protests: ‘We don’t want to leave but may have no choice’
Hong Kong seemed an obvious place for co-founders Jamie Wilde and Taylor Host to set up their artificial intelligence start-up. They had lived there for several years and knew the financial hub well. ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Protesters Try to Start a Run on the Banks and the Currency
I wrote in my last column about how China has devised a new way of putting pressure on the Hong Kong democracy protests: by getting business to do its bidding. It seems two can play at that game ... ( read original story ...)
Investors Are Worrying About Hong Kong Banks as Protests Roll On
Photographer: Kyle Lam/Bloomberg Photographer: Kyle Lam/Bloomberg Investors are getting anxious about the impact anti-government demonstrations are having on Hong Kong’s banks. “Things will be going ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong protests: The evolution of a movement
Hong Kong (CNN)In recent weeks ... the weekend rallies were relatively small and peaceful. However, since the start of June, protesters and police have clashed on multiple occasions. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong airport protests are a warning that violence is bad for business: Don Pittis
When my partner and I first flew into Hong Kong 30 years ago, the territory's Kai Tak Airport was notoriously ranked as one of the world's most dangerous. The airport was built on a strip of reclaimed ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong remains vital economic asset for Beijing, despite unrest
With the mainland’s economic rise, Hong Kong is no longer the undisputed center of business and finance in the region. But it still plays an indispensable role that Beijing will be loath to undermine, ... ( read original story ...)
How businesses in Richmond’s Golden Village are handling the unrest in Hong Kong
Patrick Wong’s first job in Vancouver was overseeing the business development of the newly constructed Aberdeen Centre mall in Richmond, named after the Aberdeen harbour in his native city of Hong ... ( read original story ...)
In Hong Kong, a protest boom for some businesses starts waning
... not mean that the economic downturn will not affect our business next month,” Lam said. Indeed, the problems facing Hong Kong’s wide-open economy - which is expected to grind to a halt in ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s business reputation takes hit with airport chaos
Protests at Hong Kong's airport on Tuesday caused a second day of travel mayhem at one of the world's busiest air-transport hubs, further threatening the city's reputation as a stable place for doing ... ( read original story ...)