Hong Kong announced on Monday that it will soon begin banning all passenger flights from Britain in an effort to stem a resurgence of COVID-19 and the Delta variant there. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong News Outlet to Stop Accepting new Subscriptions due to National Security Law
After Apple Daily's closure last week, another pro-democracy Hong Kong newspaper said it would stop accepting new subscriptions due to national security laws. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Banning Individuals who Entered U.K. for Over 2 Hours From Flying to Territory
Hong Kong will ban all passenger flights coming in from the U.K. to help prevent to spread of new variants of the coronavirus. ( read original story ...)
Black Rain Washes Over Hong Kong, Forcing Trading Suspension
The downpour is an appropriate metaphor for the mood in Hong Kong as China preps to celebrate 100 years since the Communist Party's founding. ( read original story ...)
Chinese biotech, health care listings help Hong Kong IPO market to third place globally in first half as total number falls to five-year low
China’s biotech and health care sector accounted for a third of IPOs during the first half and attracted the highest level of investor subscriptions. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to ban passenger flights from UK to curb virus
Hong Kong says it will ban all passenger flights from the U.K. starting Thursday as it seeks to curb the spread of new variants of the coronavirus. It said in a statement Monday that the U.K. ( read original story ...)
Chinese tech IPOs fuel Hong Kong stock exchange’s best first-half ever
The initial public offerings of mainland Chinese technology firms propelled Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing to its strongest-ever first half in terms of IPO proceeds, according to new data from KPMG. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Brokers Warned by Watchdog Over Inadequate Controls
Hong Kong’s securities watchdog warned the city’s brokers after finding examples of inadequate controls, as it escalates efforts to monitor unauthorized trading and cash movements. ( read original story ...)
How Beijing humbled Britain’s mighty HSBC
China legal clash. In the past two years, Chinese state-owned firms have ended or cut back business with HSBC. ( read original story ...)
HSBC’s weak investment bank softens China backlash
Asian bank bosses have long feared HSBC (HSBA.L), (0005.HK) would get serious about building up its investment bank in the region. The lender is now making another push, moving one of the unit’s ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police arrest Apple Daily journalist at airport days after newspaper’s closure
Hong Kong police arrested a former senior journalist from the Apple Daily newspaper at the airport on Sunday as he attempted to leave the city, four days after the paper's forced closure, in the ... ( read original story ...)
Apple Daily editorial writer arrested while trying to leave Hong Kong
Hong Kong media say an editorial writer of the now-defunct pro-democracy Apple Daily was arrested at the airport while attempting to leave the city. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong media buckles under China pressure
The continued targeting of pro-democracy journalists and publications is sending a chilling message to Hong Kong's media, with experts warning of a devastating impact on press freedom in the city. The ... ( read original story ...)
One year in, Beijing’s security law leaves Hong Kong in an authoritarian home
One year after Beijing imposed a sweeping national security law on Hong Kong, the city's once-lauded political freedoms have been dramatically curtailed, leaving residents to cope with their home's ... ( read original story ...)