European Union foreign ministers are weighing how to manage increasingly testy relations with China as it asserts more control over Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
Former Hong Kong Leader Lashes Out at HSBC Over Security Law
Hong Kong’s former Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying lambasted HSBC Holdings Plc over not publicly voicing its support for China’s plan to enact national security legislation in the city. ( read original story ...)
The U.S. Might Revoke Hong Kong’s ‘Special Status.’ Here’s What That Means For Business in the Global Financial Hub
The news comes following Beijing’s decision late last week to draw up a national security law for Hong Kong. The move came after Hong Kong’s Legislative Council failed in its obligations to enact such ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong tensions end winning streak for global stock markets – business live
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as heightened tensions between the US and China over Hong Kong push stocks lower ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong was a global crossroads. Now it’s a fault line.
Before the coronavirus pandemic shut down international travel, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam embarked on a charm offensive at a gathering of global elites. Her January mis ... ( read original story ...)
Trump’s approach to China, Hong Kong have ‘made things worse’, expert says
U.S. President Donald Trump needs to "embrace" international alliances and organizations, some of which he has rejected in recent years, in order to have an effective global pressure campaign against ... ( read original story ...)
Europe Reaches a Tipping Point Over China’s Hong Kong Gamble
That is set to leave Europe somewhere in the middle as the U.S. weighs a range of penalties on China for encroaching further on Hong Kong’s freedoms. The EU’s chief foreign en ... ( read original story ...)
Security law ‘puts Hong Kong’s appeal for business at risk’
Hong Kong’s status as a leading place to do business could be in peril following the adoption of a national security law. The legislation, which was approved on Thursday in Beijing, led US Secretary ... ( read original story ...)
Continued Consolidation Called For Hong Kong Shares
The Hong Kong stock market has finished lower in two straight sessions, dropping more than 250 points or 1 percent along the way. The Hang Seng Index now sits just above the 23,130-point plateau and ... ( read original story ...)
China banks’ Hong Kong arms try to rally staff support for security law
As Beijing moved ahead with a national security law for Hong Kong, some of the hundreds of thousands of professionals working at the local units of Chinese financial firms could find themselves stuck ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong government warns removing U.S. special status is ‘double-edged sword’
Hong Kong's government warned Washington that withdrawing its special U.S. status, which has underpinned the city as a global financial hub, could be a "double-edged sword" and urged the United States ... ( read original story ...)
Trump likely to slap limited sanctions on China over Hong Kong crackdown
U.S. advisors are debating sanctions against China for its crackdown on Hong Kong, but Trump appears to be leaning toward a limited response. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Ensnared in U.S.-China Showdown
The U.S. pronouncement that it no longer considers Hong Kong to. be independent from China paves the way for future sanctions, which could hurt ... ( read original story ...)
What To Know About Hong Kong’s Special Status And What Happens If The U.S. Removes It
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared this week that Hong Kong is no longer sufficiently autonomous from China "to warrant treatment under United States laws in the same manner as U.S. laws were ... ( read original story ...)