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The city’s government has taken off its flimsy mask of moderation and arrested over 50 opposition candidates and an American lawyer in dawn raids. Banks and brokerage firms, the lucrative redoubt for ... ( read original story ...)

China’s unprecedented arrest of dozens of leading Hong Kong opposition figures illustrates the depth of Joe Biden’s challenges with Beijing. By the time he becomes U.S. president, there might not be ... ( read original story ...)

WSJ’s Josh Chin explains why some countries have criticized the law and why critics say it could threaten the city’s status as a global financial hub. Photo: May James/Zuma Press HONG KONG—Police ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong arrested dozens of opposition figures under a controversial national security law, an unprecedented crackdown that included an American lawyer, as authorities work to quash any dissent that ... ( read original story ...)

Stock exchanges in mainland China and Hong Kong had their most successful year for initial public offerings in a decade in 2020, raising a combined $119 billion or roughly 45% of the global total. The ... ( read original story ...)

Over 50 pro-democratic activists in Hong Kong were arrested on Wednesday for breaking the city's contentious national security law, local media reported, in the biggest crackdown yet against the ... ( read original story ...)

Asian shares were mostly lower Wednesday as surging virus counts and China-U.S. tensions weighed on sentiment. ( read original story ...)

The pandemic is devastating the city’s economy, which is already braced for population ageing and rising public spending. Government projections of sizeable returns on the Lantau development also ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong shares settled higher on Tuesday for a fifth straight session, led by telecom stocks after the New York Stock Exchange said it would not delist three Chinese telecom firms targeted by the ... ( read original story ...)

BMO Financial Group announced it has entered into an agreement to sell its Private Banking business in Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)

Recession-hit Hong Kong is facing a long and bumpy road to recovery after closing out yet another tumultuous year in 2020. ( read original story ...)

Having “piles of cash” around the house is not usually an admission a political leader is willing to make. But Hong Kong’s chief executive Carrie Lam revealed late last year that her salary was now ... ( read original story ...)

Mainland investors were very active in Hong Kong stocks today, buying $1.74 billion worth of Hong Kong stocks as Southbound Connect trading accounted for 15.6% of Hong Kong turnover. ( read original story ...)

The article Pacific Century and Thiel Capital's second SPAC Bridgetown 2 Holdings files for a $200 million IPO originally appeared on IPO investment manager Renaissance Capital's web site ... ( read original story ...)