Rally marks one year since crackdown on demonstrators surrounding legislature, leading to months of violent protests. ( read original story ...)
Japan May Allow Immigration Of Hong Kong Financial Sector, Specialized Workers
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said he may allow financial sector workers in Hong Kong – as well as those employed in other specialized fields -- to immigrate to his country in light of the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Police Move to Stall Protest Revival
Police in riot gear fanned out across Hong Kong in large numbers on Friday in a show of force aimed at quashing possible unrest. ( read original story ...)
Hang Seng Index snaps three-day freefall ahead of weekend market
Hong Kong blue-chip stock benchmark Hang Seng Index (HSI) has managed to finish a mostly bearish week on a high. The index snapped a three-day decline on Friday 12 June 2020, as it rallied roughly 1.2 ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong, China governments reject UK ‘interference’ and ‘biased’ criticism
The Hong Kong government and China's foreign ministry branch in the city hit back on Friday at a report by Britain criticising Beijing's plans for national security legislation, saying it was "biased" ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong protest marks anniversary of violent police clash
More than 100 protesters in Hong Kong marched and shouted slogans during a lunchtime protest Friday in a luxury shopping mall, marking the one year anniversary of a clash with police outside the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong government rejects UK criticism of new security law as biased
The Hong Kong government hit back on Friday at a report by Britain criticising Beijing's move to impose national security legislation on the global financial hub, saying the report was "inaccurate and ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Won’t Feast on Hong Kong’s Famine
Peter Charlesworth/LightRocket/Getty Photographer: Peter Charlesworth/LightRocket/Getty The two archrivals of Asian finance have competed so intensely for so long that it’s impossible to believe that ... ( read original story ...)
Martin Lee: ‘Hong Kong takeover is start of China grand plan’
China’s imposition of a national security law on Hong Kong is “just the beginning” of efforts to overturn the One Country, Two Systems arrangement agreed when the former British colony was handed back ... ( read original story ...)
12 exhausting months of Hong Kong’s anti-government protests
One year ago, a sea of humanity _ a million people by some estimates _ marched through central Hong Kong on a steamy afternoon ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Increasing Divide Portends a Tumultuous Future
Protesters in Hong Kong got its government to withdraw extradition legislation last year, but now they’re getting a more dreaded national security law. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: City of two masks faces a new crisis
A year after the protests began, amid a pandemic, Hong Kong faces another existential crisis. Will it survive? ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong and Singapore to Face Off Over Chinese Stock Futures
Singapore’s role as a regional equity derivatives trading center may be curtailed after it lost a major index-licensing deal to Hong Kong. The next battle front between the two Asian financial hubs ... ( read original story ...)
Dominic Raab urges China to heed UK’s Hong Kong warnings
Urging the Chinese government not to interfere in elections for a new Hong Kong legislature due to be held in September, Raab added that China should stop using its economic power to try to influence ... ( read original story ...)