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 ...)
Bitcoin steadies in Asia trading after Monday’s plunge
Bitcoin stabilised in Asian trading on Tuesday morning a day after a statement from China's central bank reaffirming the ongoing crackdown on cryptocurrencies in the country sent the world's largest ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan to keep up some Hong Kong services despite one-China work visa row
Chiu Tai-san, head of the Mainland Affairs Council, said that instead of closing its operations in the city, Taiwan would keep some of its services going, including those related to travel, ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Police Arrest Man After Passerby Sees ‘Liberate’ Banner on His Drying Rack
The banner's slogan, "Liberate Hong Kong; revolution of our times," is in violation of Hong Kong's national security law. ( read original story ...)
HSBC: The Bank That Supports the Chinese Dictatorship
Solidarity protests in support of democracy struggle in China and Hong Kong Solidarity Against Repression in China and Hong Kong HSBC is the focus of protests internationally because it cooperates ... ( read original story ...)