We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Hong Kong politics news every morning. Even before the arrest this week of its former top cleric, Hong Kong’s Catholic church had been ... ( read original story ...)
Arrest of Cardinal Zen chills Hong Kong’s Catholic church
We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Hong Kong politics news every morning. Even before the arrest this week of its former top cleric, Hong Kong’s Catholic church had been ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: Prominent Democracy Advocates Arrested
The Hong Kong police should drop their baseless criminal investigations against five prominent pro-democracy advocates. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Becomes World’s Must-Watch Market as Easy Money Ends
(Bloomberg) -- For global investors trying to the gauge the fallout from surging interest rates and slowing economic growth, Hong Kong is quickly emerging as a must-watch market. Most Read from ... ( read original story ...)
UK government says arrest of Catholic cardinal in Hong Kong is unacceptable
Britain said on Thursday the arrest of Cardinal Joseph Zen and three others in Hong Kong under national security laws was unacceptable. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong GDP Likely to Shrink Through June Despite Eased Curbs
Hong Kong’s economy will likely shrink through the first half of the year as pandemic restrictions and rising global interest rates weigh on a city that has already warned such pressures will force it ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police file complaints to lawyer groups over national security case
Hong Kong police said on Thursday they had filed complaints to the city's main professional legal bodies over a national security case involving a fund that had assisted pro-democracy protesters to ... ( read original story ...)
Arrested Hong Kong cardinal a fiery critic of Beijing
Cardinal Joseph Zen, the 90-year-old Catholic cleric arrested by Hong Kong police on national security charges, has long been a fiery critic of Beijing's control of religion and political monopoly, ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong central bank intervenes to strengthen currency for first time since 2019
We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Hong Kong economy news every morning. Hong Kong’s central bank has intervened to strengthen the city’s currency and defend its US dollar ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong arrests 90-year-old cardinal on national security charge
Hong Kong's national security police on Wednesday arrested Cardinal Joseph Zen, a 90-year-old former bishop and outspoken critic of China's Communist Party, drawing concern from the Vatican and ... ( read original story ...)
Catholic cardinal, others arrested on Hong Kong security law
A 90-year-old Roman Catholic cardinal, a singer and at least two others have been arrested in Hong Kong on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces to endanger China’s national security, in an ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong central bank steps in to support weakening currency, in first intervention since Oct. 2020
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) bought HK$1.586 billion ($202 million) from the market on Thursday to stop the local currency weakening. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Intervenes as Currency Hits Weak End of Trading Band
(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong intervened to defend its currency for the first time since 2019, putting further upward pressure on interest rates in an economy already reeling from strict pandemic border ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police arrest 90-year-old religious leader and 76-year-old barrister for threatening ‘national security’
Being a nonagenarian spiritual leader won’t stop Hong Kong’s cops from arresting you if they deem you a threat to government rule. ( read original story ...)