Global banks including HSBC Holdings Plc and Standard Chartered Plc are ramping up hiring to tap into China’s latest market opening -- a new investment link with Hong Kong that could yield almost $500 ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong court upholds decision for no jury at first national security trial
A court had ruled that Tong Ying-kit would face a trial without jury, citing "a perceived risk of the personal safety of jurors and their family members." ... ( read original story ...)
Goodbye, Hong Kong: protesters seeking asylum abroad from national security law vow to fight on, but feel ‘survivor’s guilt’
Natalie Wong speaks to protesters and politicians who sought asylum in Australia, Britain and the US because of the law, and the so-called survivor’s guilt they feel every day. When Teddy* boarded a ... ( read original story ...)
Medlive Technology Advances Plans for Hong Kong IPO
By Ben Otto Medlive Technology Co., an online medical information and marketing platform, is advancing plans for an initial public offering in Hong ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong court grants bail to activist charged under security law -media
Hong Kong's High Court on Tuesday approved bail for a pro-democracy activist who is among 47 charged with conspiracy to commit subversion under a sweeping national security law Beijing imposed on its ... ( read original story ...)
Breakingviews – Hong Kong crackdown means business
HONG KONG (Reuters Breakingviews) - Apple Daily, a pro-democracy Hong Kong tabloid published by Next Digital, could be effectively bankrupted in the name of national security. Founder Jimmy Lai, who’s ... ( read original story ...)
Apple Daily aide warns no business is safe from Hong Kong crackdown
Hong Kong’s move to freeze the accounts of a listed media company this week is a wake-up call for business, according to top Jimmy Lai aide Mark Simon. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong crackdown means business
Apple Daily, a pro-democracy Hong Kong tabloid published by Next Digital (0282.HK), could be effectively bankrupted in the name of national security. Founder Jimmy Lai, who’s being honoured with a ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese Biotech Company Transcenta Files for Hong Kong IPO
By Ben Otto Eli Lilly & Co.-backed biopharmaceutical company Transcenta Holding Ltd. has filed for an initial public offering in Hong Kong, the latest ... ( read original story ...)
China stocks climb on bank, energy boost; Hong Kong flat
HK daily quota used 2.5% * FTSE China A50 +0.5% SHANGHAI, May 28 (Reuters) - Gains in banking and energy stocks pushed China shares higher on Tuesday on support from Beijing’s reform measures and ... ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin recoups some losses in Asia after plunging on Chinese crackdown
Bitcoin BTC=BTSP regained some ground on Tuesday, a day after touching a two-week low after China's central bank reaffirmed a crackdown on cryptocurrencies and restricted trading channels for Chinese ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader says US ‘beautifying’ security offenses
Hong Kong's leader says foreign governments are “beautifying” acts that endanger national security when they criticize the recent crackdown on a pro-democracy newspaper in the semiautonomous Chinese t ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s leader refuses to explain how arrested Apple Daily staff broke law
Carrie Lam denies arrest of senior editorial figures at pro-democracy paper and seizure of its assets was an attack on press freedom ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader says press must not ‘subvert’ government
Media outlets in Hong Kong must not "subvert" the government, the city's leader said Tuesday, rejecting US criticism of recent action against a pro-democracy newspaper under a powerful new security ... ( read original story ...)