Cryptocurrency exchanges operating in Hong Kong will have to be licenced by the city's markets regulator and will only be allowed to provide services to professional investors, according to government ... ( read original story ...)
China’s JD Logistics set to raise $3.2 billion in Hong Kong IPO
JD Logistics will issue 609.2 million shares at 40.36 Hong Kong dollars each for its Hong Kong IPO, a person with knowledge of the matter told CNBC. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Protests, Silenced on the Streets, Surface in Artworks
Even as the authorities restrict speech in the Chinese territory, local artists are subtly rendering the 2019 pro-democracy demonstrations in paintings, installations and other media. ( read original story ...)
AP PHOTOS: Art Basel Hong Kong returns after pandemic hiatus
Art Basel Hong Kong, one of Asia's premier art fairs, is back in slimmer form after a hiatus prompted by COVID-19. About 100 galleries from 23 countries are participating, half the pre-pandemic level, ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong court backs no-jury security law trials
The first Hong Konger to be charged under Beijing's national security law can be tried without a jury, a senior judge said Thursday in a ruling that cements the financial hub's fast-changing legal ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: 4-year-old’s case ‘very likely’ a false positive, experts say, as Hong Kong expects another day without an untraceable infection
The final testing of a four-year-old Hong Kong boy previously diagnosed with Covid-19 has confirmed no traces of the virus in his nasal or blood systems, according to a source, a finding local health ... ( read original story ...)
With Netflix, gym sessions and red wine, a Hong Kong activist prepares for prison
Beijing’s crackdown has ensnared the democratic opposition and hundreds of its supporters, who are making their way through a backlogged court system. ( read original story ...)
Beijing has done irreparable damage to Hong Kong after freezing top media mogul’s assets
On Friday, the owner of Hong Kong’s biggest pro-democracy newspaper had his assets, amounting to HKD$500 million, frozen. Mr Lai The post Beijing has done irreparable damage to Hong Kong after ... ( read original story ...)
National Security Concerns Prompted Asset Freeze for Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong Leader Says
Opponents say the new national security law is a tool to quash pro-democracy dissent in the Chinese territory, but supporters have said it ensures that officials in charge of the city are Chinese ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police say top officer did nothing immoral
Hong Kong police said Tuesday there is no evidence the director of its National Security Department, who was caught up in a raid on an unlicensed massage business, was engaging in any immoral or ... ( read original story ...)
For Hong Kong’s Domestic Workers During Covid, Discrimination Is Its Own Epidemic
The government has repeatedly singled out the city’s poor migrant workers as “high risk” for the coronavirus, though actual infection rates are low. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s new bishop wants differing views respected
Hong Kong’s incoming Roman Catholic bishop Stephen Chow has called for respect for different views as he prepares to lead a diocese that has been polarized by the city’s deteriorating political situat ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s new Catholic bishop wants plurality respected
Hong Kong’s incoming Roman Catholic bishop Stephen Chow called for plurality to be respected, in a time of polarization in the Catholic community as the city’s political situation deteriorates. ( read original story ...)
Vatican’s new Hong Kong bishop says religious freedom must stay
Hong Kong's newly appointed Catholic bishop on Tuesday said he would need to tread carefully with Beijing as it cracks down on dissent -- but vowed to plead with authorities to defend religious ... ( read original story ...)