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Gordon Lam and Ann Hui, recipients of Variety honors at the New York Asian Film Festival, could scarcely be more different. Actor-turned producer Lam, who is receiving Variety Star Asia Award is ... ( read original story ...)

Binance, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, said on Friday it would restrict Hong Kong users from trading derivative products, the latest in a series of changes the exchange has made ... ( read original story ...)

Once the market settles, many investors and bankers figure, China’s growing wariness about its companies listing abroad will win the financial hub more IPOs. ( read original story ...)

China’s Foreign Ministry on Friday attacked a U.S. offer of temporary refuge for people from Hong Kong as a “vain attempt to stigmatize" the semi-autonomous southern city and China's central ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan will not send a team to next year's Gay Games in Hong Kong because of fears their athletes and staff could be arrested if they wave the island's flag or use its name, the organisation that ... ( read original story ...)

Chinese electric vehicle maker Li Auto is targetting raising $1.52 billion in its Hong Kong dual primary listing at HK$118 per share, said three sources with direct knowledge of the matter. The offer, ... ( read original story ...)

President Joe Biden on Thursday signed a memorandum extending temporary safe haven to certain Hong Kong residents in the US amid ongoing repression and undermining of democracy by China. ( read original story ...)

Obviously, our hope and our objective and our work on the international forum is to change a behavior that is happening and the oppression that we're seeing of the people in Hong Kong. But certainly ... ( read original story ...)

Thousands of Hong Kong residents are to be offered a temporary "safe haven" in the US, President Joe Biden says.Mr Biden said that because Hong Kong's freedoms were being violated by China, the US ... ( read original story ...)

Mr Biden said that because Hong Kong's freedoms were being violated by China, the US would allow visitors to stay for a period of 18 months. Thousands of Hong Kong residents currently in the US may ... ( read original story ...)

President Biden said there were “compelling foreign policy reasons” for the order, which would give any resident of Hong Kong targeted for deportation an 18-month reprieve. ( read original story ...)

Biden's order allowing some Hong Kong resident to stay in the U.S. comes as Beijing cracks down on political freedoms in the Chinese territory. ( read original story ...)

"Given the politically motivated arrests and trials...we will continue to take steps in support of people in Hong Kong," a White House statement reads. ( read original story ...)

President Joe Biden said China undermined the rights and freedoms of Hong Kong residents by imposing a security law that has led to arrests there. ( read original story ...)