Hong Kong police on Thursday formally charged two people from an online pro-democracy news outlet with sedition, a day after the outlet said it would cease operations following a police raid on its ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police charges two former Stand News editors with sedition
Two former senior editors arrested in a Hong Kong police crackdown on a pro-democracy media organisation were charged on Thursday with sedition-related offences, national security authorities said. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong shares close down as tech giants weigh
SHANGHAI: Hong Kong shares snapped a five-session rising streak and finished lower on Wednesday dragged by tech giants, as sentiment remained weak on the battered sector. The Hang Seng index fell 0.8% ... ( read original story ...)
Sustainable finance: deals in Asia, Hong Kong to continue growing in 2022 as regulators and investors double down on ESG, financiers say
The rapid growth in sustainable finance deals will continue in 2022, supported by the growing practice of taking ESG issues into consideration while making asset allocation decisions, bankers and ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says Stand News arrests not aimed at media industry
A Hong Kong police raid on a pro-democracy media organisation and the arrest of seven people connected with it was aimed at seditious activity not the suppression of the media, the city government's ... ( read original story ...)
‘Journalism is not sedition’: Blinken urges release of seven arrested in Hong Kong media raids
US secretary of state says Stand News journalists and and media executives have been ‘unjustly detained’, undermining Hong Kong’s credibility ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader says Stand News arrests not aimed at media industry
The police raid and arrests at the now-closed pro-democracy Stand News outlet were law enforcement actions and were not aimed at the media industry, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Thursday. ( read original story ...)
SenseTime Shares Jump in Hong Kong Market Debut
Company overcame a hump on its journey to listing after the U.S. government added it to an investment blacklist that barred Americans from buying shares in the firm. ( read original story ...)
SenseTime rallies in Hong Kong trading debut after delay forced by US sanctions
Thursday's trading debut comes about two weeks later than initially expected. The company postponed its launch on Hong Kong's stock market earlier this month after the US Treasury ... ( read original story ...)
SenseTime IPO: Stock rallies in Hong Kong trading debut after US sanctions forced delay
SenseTime rallied in its Hong Kong debut Thursday, as it tried to move past a politically-fraught month that forced the Chinese artificial intelligence startup to delay its initial public offering. ( read original story ...)
U.S. calls on China and Hong Kong to release Stand News employees
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday called on Chinese and Hong Kong authorities to immediately release staff members of the pro-democracy media outlet Stand News who were arrested ... ( read original story ...)
Blinken speaks out after Hong Kong pro-democracy media outlet shut down
Antony Blinken took to social media to express concern after a Hong Kong pro-democracy media outlet was raided and shut .down ... ( read original story ...)
SenseTime shares jump more than 20% on delayed Hong Kong IPO
Shares in SenseTime jumped more than 20 per cent on its first day of trading almost three weeks after it postponed its initial public offering when the US blacklisted China’s biggest artificial ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Stock Market Has Flat Lead For Thursday
The Hong Kong stock market on Wednesday halted the five-day winning streak in which it had advanced more than 525 points or 2.3 percent. The Hang Seng Index now rests just above the 23,080-point ... ( read original story ...)