Tianqi Lithium, one of the largest producers of lithium compounds used in electric-vehicle batteries, said it plans to raise the equivalent of up to $1.7 billion in a Hong Kong initial public offering ... ( read original story ...)
Xi’s Visit to Hong Kong Cements the End of its Legacy as a Hub of Democracy, Global Trade
Hong Kong as we knew it is gone,’ one analyst said, marking a new era of the Chinese Communist Party’s tight controls that begins with Xi Jinping’s historic trip this week. ( read original story ...)
UK’s Boris Johnson: China must be held to commitments made on Hong Kong
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Britain would not give up on Hong Kong and would do all it could to hold China to its commitments on democratic rights made 25 years ago when the city's sovereignty ... ( read original story ...)
Gone in three hours: Sino Land sells all 238 flats at Lohas Park as buyers rush to get ahead of rising mortgage rates
The frenzy reflected the strong demand for housing in one of the world’s least affordable urban centres, and how quick buyers react to any change in the macroeconomic environment. ( read original story ...)
‘Everything in Hong Kong Has Changed’: A Road to Reinvention
In the 25 years since the handover to China, life on Queen’s Road, the first thoroughfare built by the British after they seized the territory, has been transformed. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s 25 Years Under China: Business Appeal Suffers Amid Diminishing Freedoms
July 1st marks the halfway point of Beijing’s 50-year promise to maintain Hong Kong’s capitalist system and freedoms that had enabled it to become an economic powerhouse under colonial rule. ( read original story ...)
China’s president returns to Hong Kong for 25th anniversary of British handover
When Chinese President Xi Jinping stepped off a train in Hong Kong on Thursday, it marked his first trip outside the borders of Mainland China in nearly 900 days. ( read original story ...)
China’s Leader Hails a Hong Kong ‘Reborn from Ashes’ Amid Crackdown
Before Xi Jinping’s tightly controlled appearance, Hong Kong sent officials, diplomats and others to hotels for days of isolation and Covid tests. ( read original story ...)
Xi arrives in Hong Kong for 25th anniversary of handover
Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrived in Hong Kong on Thursday ahead of the 25th anniversary of the British handover and after a two-year transformation bringing the city more tightly under Communist ... ( read original story ...)
Xi Jinping brought Hong Kong to heel. Now he’s back in a city transformed
Chinese and Hong Kong flags flutter above streets and red celebratory banners line the harbor front, as thousands of Hong Kong police guard the city's high-speed rail terminus, welcoming the arrival ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong has ‘risen from the ashes’, China’s Xi says on rare visit
Hong Kong has overcome its challenges and "risen from the ashes", China's President Xi Jinping said on Thursday, as he arrived in the former British colony to celebrate 25 years since its return to ... ( read original story ...)
China’s Xi Jinping arrives in Hong Kong for handover anniversary
In his first trip outside mainland China since the start of the pandemic, Xi will swear in the city’s new leader and mark 25 years since the former British colony’s return to Chinese rule. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Incoming Chief Faces Uphill Battle in Banking
The 1st of July 2022 marks the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover as a former British colony to mainland China. The incoming chief executive has his work cut out for him to reinvigorate the city ... ( read original story ...)
China’s Xi arrives in Hong Kong in his first trip off the mainland since the onset of the pandemic
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived Thursday in the special administrative region of Hong Kong, state media said.The trip is for the 25th anniversary on Friday of Hong Kong's handover to China from ... ( read original story ...)