American, Australian, Canadian and British diplomats issued a joint statement Sunday condemning the detention of more than 50 Hong Kong activists, calling it evidence that the city's strict new ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC shareholders ask bank to cut fossil-fuel lending exposure
A group of HSBC Holdings Plc shareholders have filed a resolution urging the bank to cut its support to the fossil-fuel industry. ( read original story ...)
US banks to delist hundreds of HK-listed products under Trump rules
JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs are set to delist 500 structured products listed on Hong Kong’s stock exchange, as the fallout from President Donald Trump’s executive order barring ... ( read original story ...)
Goldman, M. Stanley to delist some Hong Kong products after U.S. investment ban
Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan units will delist a total of 500 Hong Kong-listed structured products, Hong Kong stock exchange filings on Sunday showed. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong finance minister lays out plan to maintain or even boost public spending in next month’s budget, despite mammoth deficit
Paul Chan says he plans to maintain spending levels to protect living standards as coronavirus ravages the economy, despite stark decline in government’s finances. ( read original story ...)
Opinion: Lumping together the Hong Kong and US protests is absurd
Chinese state media and users on Chinese social media have compared the storming of the US Congress to protests in Hong Kong. And they accuse Western media of double standards. That's farcical, says ... ( read original story ...)
Skin in the game: Hong Kong protesters facing security law see banned slogan tattoos as ‘last inch of freedom’
Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters Eugene and Hong are determined to keep their tattoos depicting the now-illegal slogan “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times.” They see their skin as the “last ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Protest-Related Website Says Users’ Access Blocked
A Hong Kong website that publishes material mainly related to anti-government protests in 2019 said its users' access had been blocked by the city's internet service providers (ISPs). The website, ... ( read original story ...)
Former clients of closed Hong Kong law firm demand the speedy return of HK$100 million frozen in its accounts
A group of victims affected by the closure of a major conveyancing firm that had misappropriated client funds has demanded the swift return of HK$100 million (US$12.9 million) belonging to at least 79 ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong website listing police data gets blocked, raising censorship fears
The disruption raised the prospect that the city, long a bastion of online freedom, could begin to fall under the shadow of the tight censorship system that separates mainland Chinese internet from th ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong security law being used to ‘eliminate dissent’ say US, UK, Australia and Canada
Joint statement by four foreign ministers expresses ‘serious concern’ about national security law which saw dozens of activists arrested last week ... ( read original story ...)
Vietnam to be among top growth performers again in 2021, says HSBC
Vietnam posted the fastest growth in Asia in 2020 and will once again be among the most outstanding performers in the region this year, according to the Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC). ( read original story ...)
Travel restrictions tightened, so Hong Kong residents, businessmen set off early on Lunar New Year trips to mainland
Thousands of Hong Kong residents have been making their way back to the mainland to be in time for Lunar New Year family reunions, even as Chinese authorities have tightened pandemic-related ... ( read original story ...)
Australia, US, UK, Canada criticize Hong Kong mass arrests
The foreign ministers of Australia, the United States, Great Britain and Canada issued a joint statement Sunday expressing “serious concern” about the arrest of ... ( read original story ...)