Institutional investors are buying Kuaishou Technology’s Hong Kong shares before its Friday debut at a premium to the listing price. ( read original story ...)
The fearless Hong Kong that made me an overnight popstar? That city has vanished
It’s hard to believe just how quickly the vibrant city has changed since I first arrived in 2013 to perform a song at a protest. A blanket of fear covers it now ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese healthcare trio premarket Hong Kong lisitngs
Mainland-based healthcare sector issuers SciClone Phamaceuticals (Holdings), New Horizon Health and Joinn Laboratories (China) kicked off pre-deal investor education for their Hong Kong IPOs on Monday ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong is ‘being eviscerated’
Sky News host Chris Kenny says Hong Kong is “being eviscerated” before the world’s eyes as China continues to take full control of the city. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong acquits former JPMorgan banker over ‘princeling’ hire
A senior Asia investment banker who previously worked at JPMorgan Chase has been acquitted of bribery charges connected to the bank’s hiring of well-connected Chinese “princelings” to win business in ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong court finds former JPMorgan top banker not guilty of bribery
A Hong Kong judge found JPMorgan's former vice chairman of Asia investment banking, Catherine Leung, not guilty on Monday, following her trial held late last year. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus latest: Another Hong Kong lockdown yields no new cases as China infections fall to 3-week low
Tom Moore, the 100-year-old veteran who raised more than £33m for Britain’s NHS, tests positive for Covid-19. Malaysia breaches 5,000 confirmed cases for a third successive day. The Australian city of ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Government Critic Jimmy Lai Returns to Court
Prominent Hong Kong democracy advocate and newspaper founder Jimmy Lai has returned to court to contest an attempt by the government to keep him in jail while facing charges under a sweeping new ... ( read original story ...)
Pro-democracy Tycoon In Landmark Challenge To Hong Kong Security Law
Detained Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was in court Monday trying to win bail in the first major legal challenge to a sweeping national security law Beijing imposed on the city last year. Lai, 73, ... ( read original story ...)
Thousands flee Hong Kong for U.K., fearing China crackdown
But many others say China’s encroachment on their way of life and civil liberties has become unbearable and they want to seek a better future abroad. ( read original story ...)
Thousands flee Hong Kong for UK, fearing China crackdown | Raleigh News & Observer
Thousands of people from Hong Kong are fleeing their hometown since Beijing imposed a draconian national security law on the territory last summer. ( read original story ...)
Companies Consider Excluding Hong Kong From Legal Contracts: FT
International companies operating in Asia are considering leaving Hong Kong out of legal contracts amid concerns about China’s growing control, the Financial Times reported, citing people it didn’t ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong finance chief Paul Chan rejects idea of issuing bonds to cover deficits, warning move could affect confidence in city
Paul Chan also reiterates the need to maintain the Hong Kong-US dollar peg, which he said had provided a good social and business environment. ( read original story ...)
Leave Hong Kong before it’s too late, say those who now call Britain home
Aragon starts work on Monday as an estate agent in London, focused on finding clients who want to move to Britain’s capital from his home city of Hong Kong, a move he made himself four months ago. His ... ( read original story ...)