Chinese electric vehicle maker Xpeng has increased the size of its U.S initial public offering (IPO) to about $1.49 billion, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Media Exec Says HSBC Accounts Frozen After Arrest
A top Hong Kong media executive said Thursday that HSBC had frozen his account after he and others from his pro-democracy newspaper were arrested under a new national security law Beijing imposed on ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong media firm Next Digital executives say HSBC has frozen their bank, credit card accounts
Next Digital CEO Cheung Kim-hung says he is unable to withdraw money, while chairman’s aide Mark Simon says his personal and credit card accounts have been frozen. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police resort to falsehoods in new propaganda drive
Authorities in the financial center are seeking to reshape public discourse around the city’s pro-democracy protests. ( read original story ...)
Mike Pompeo: HSBC giving into China’s ‘bullying’ in Hong Kong
The US Secretary of State was responding to reports HSBC has blocked the accounts of executives at a pro-democracy media company in Hong Kong. ( read original story ...)
Mike Pompeo steps up criticism of HSBC over Hong Kong
China ties have deteriorated rapidly since the start of the year over Hong Kong and the coronavirus pandemic. Jimmy Lai tells protesters to be 'careful' What is Hong Kong's sec ... ( read original story ...)
Ant Group’s IPO May Push Down Cost of Borrowing in Hong Kong
Mega share sales in Hong Kong in recent years have typically driven up the cost of borrowing as investors clamor to buy the stocks on margin. Ant Group’s upcoming initial public offering may end up ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong shares end lower as Sino-U.S. tensions simmer
Hong Kong’s benchmark share index ended lower on Thursday as tensions between the United States and China weighed on sentiment, and as global investors awaited the outlook on monetary policy from U.S. ( read original story ...)
Irish journalist denied visa in Hong Kong amid national security law concerns
An Irish journalist has been denied a work visa for Hong Kong, stoking fears of a clampdown on press freedoms following the imposition of a national security law by Beijing. ( read original story ...)
China’s offer of coronavirus tests for all in Hong Kong meets with public distrust
A Chinese government offer to test all Hong Kong residents for the novel coronavirus is meeting scepticism from the city’s medical community and public and is emerging as a politically charged issue ... ( read original story ...)
Ant Group’s IPO May Drive Down Cost of Borrowing in Hong Kong
Mega share sales in Hong Kong in recent years have typically driven up the cost of borrowing as investors clamor to buy the stocks on margin. Ant Group’s upcoming initial public offering may end up ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Free Press journalist denied visa amid fears for media freedom
Irish journalist Aaron McNicholas’s visa was rejected in what’s believed to the first such case at a local title ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Arrests Lawmakers and Bars Another Journalist
As a crackdown on dissent continues, officials are trying to frame it as a necessary remedy for an increasingly ungovernable city. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong News Site Says Irish Journalist Denied Visa
A Hong Kong news website on Thursday said authorities had denied a visa for an Irish journalist in what press groups described as an alarming acceleration of a government clampdown on the media. The ... ( read original story ...)