Hong Kong stocks have been alternating between gains and losses in the past week amid rising bond yields and concerns about policy tightening. Traders will be looking for clues from China’s most ... ( read original story ...)
‘Two sessions’: China expected to unveil new controls on Hong Kong
China is expected to unveil new political controls on Hong Kong at this week’s meeting of its rubber-stamp parliament, which is also likely to showcase President Xi Jinping’s further consolidation of ... ( read original story ...)
Noose tightens on Hong Kong as China Congress set to open
China's rubber-stamp legislature meets this week in the Communist Party's biggest political set-piece of the year, with speculation Beijing will use the event to further tighten the noose on Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong democracy activists’ bail hearing enters 3rd day
Bail proceedings for 47 Hong Kong democracy activists charged with conspiracy to commit subversion enter the third day on Wednesday, following marathon hearings that have gone on late into the night ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Private Sector Climbs Into Expansion – Markit
The private sector in Hong Kong moved into expansion territory in February, the latest survey from Markit Economics showed on ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong energy fund sues Japan in groundbreaking case
The Japanese government has been thrust into “crisis mode” after a Hong Kong-based renewable energy fund broke a longstanding taboo and became the first to lodge an arbitration claim against the state ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Needs More Unicorns So It Has to Join the SPAC Race
The blank check companies could increase the hot IPOs available to investors so the throngs don’t all go chasing a small number of good deals. ( read original story ...)
Success and suffering: The pandemic’s burden on working women
The United Nations Foundation refers to the latter as the "shadow pandemic," and consultancy McKinsey estimated in ... to relocate with her family to Hong Kong last year, there was no question ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong may allow listings by SPACs, as local tycoons look overseas to tap deal making frenzy
The Securities and Futures Commission and Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing have been instructed to explore suitable listing regimes to enhance the competitiveness of Hong Kong as an international ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Probes Death of Man Who Received COVID-19 Vaccine
Hong Kong authorities are investigating the death of a chronically ill man who died two days after he received a COVID-19 vaccine. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong court adjourns hearing for democracy activists charged with subversion
A Hong Kong court adjourned a second hearing on Tuesday of 47 pro-democracy activists charged with conspiracy to commit subversion, a case that has stoked global concern that Beijing is using a ... ( read original story ...)
“Patriots governing Hong Kong” principle conducive to Hong Kong’s prosperity, stability: business sector
Hong Kong's business sector has said the principle of "patriots governing Hong Kong" is conducive to Hong Kong's long-term prosperity and stability, as well as people's well-being, and called for ... ( read original story ...)
Officials says vaccine link uncertain after Hong Kong man dies two days after COVID-19 jab
A 63-year-old man in Hong Kong died two days after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine shot, the Department of Health said in a statement, although it was uncertain if there was a direct ink between his ... ( read original story ...)
China’s Two Sessions: What to watch on Hong Kong, child policy and tech competition
Chinese leaders could use the year's biggest political gathering to accelerate their push for technological self-sufficiency and tighten their grip over Hong Kong. ( read original story ...)