HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong’s Foreign Correspondents’ Club resisted pressure from Chinese officials to cancel an event with an independence activist, provoking rebuke from the pro-Beijing establis... ( read original story ...)
Journalists in Hong Kong defy gov’t request to cancel speech
HONG KONG – A journalists' association in Hong Kong says it will defy the Chinese government and follow through with a planned speech by a pro-independence activist that has become a mounting politica... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Universal says former chairman Okada arrested in Hong Kong
He was also ousted as a director of Hong Kong investment company Okada Holdings ... Universal shares closed 5.6 percent lower after the news, which was released minutes before the market closed. The b... ( read original story ...)
China Urges Hong Kong Journalist Club to Cancel Activist Speech
Hong Kong’s top foreign journalists’ club has found itself at the center of a battle over Beijing’s encroachment on the city’s freedoms, as Chinese officials pressed the group to cancel a speech by an ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks can’t escape US-China trade war’s ‘very long shadow’
Hong Kong's stock market is set to welcome a pair of big new listings this week, but the overall investor mood is likely to remain cool until the United States and China stop fighting over trade. The ... ( read original story ...)
Los Angeles News: Mayor Garcetti Wraps Up Asia Trade Mission with Stops in Vietnam, Hong Kong
LOS ANGELES, CA – Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti wrapped up a trade mission to Asia with stops in Vietnam and Hong Kong — for meetings with high-level government officials and business leaders focuse... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong insurance market lures well-educated mainland Chinese
HONG KONG (Reuters) - May Zhang, a 28-year-old from the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, holds a master’s degree in engineering from the University of Oxford, but now makes her living selling insura... ( read original story ...)
China says still committed to Hong Kong semi-autonomy
"Hong Kong affairs are the domestic affairs of China. We do not welcome nor do we accept other countries to interfere in China's domestic affairs," Wang said at a joint news conference. "But of course ... ( read original story ...)
Senior China diplomat says does not welcome interference on Hong Kong
BEIJING (Reuters) - Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi said on Monday affairs of Hong Kong are domestic affairs of China, adding Beijing does not welcome outside interference on the matter. Wang, speakin... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong could become biotech listing hub, says BeiGene boss as Chinese drug maker gears up for US$1 billion flotation
Hong Kong’s stock exchange could become a hub for mainland Chinese biotechnology firms thanks to a sweeping reform of listing rules, said the boss of BeiGene, the first such company to take advantage ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong buskers take a bow in final show before shutdown
The rumbustious street performers who have long claimed one of Hong Kong's busiest shopping districts as their ... Drummer Miss Cheng from the band told local news site HK01 she was sad about the busk... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong freedoms at risk if ban on pro-independence party proceeds, former lawmaker Margaret Ng warns
Prominent former lawmaker Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee has warned that Hongkongers’ cherished freedoms will suffer “a clear setback” if authorities proceed with the police’s proposed ban on the pro-independen... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong-born Nepali, 21, to speak at UN about local ethnic minorities’ fight against racial discrimination
An ethnic minority youth in Hong Kong will for the first time bring the community’s ... “A lot of the time in Chinese media, they have news about how Nepalese men are gangsters, drug abusers and start ... ( read original story ...)
Fighting for the right to stay: for children born in Hong Kong to domestic workers, it’s an uphill battle to get permanent residency
Filipino domestic workers Antonio* and Marilou met in Hong Kong, fell in love and got married four years ago. He is 45 and has been here for 30 years, working as a domestic helper throughout, and she ... ( read original story ...)