Frontage Holdings, a US-China CRO, raised $205 million in a Hong Kong IPO at a market capitalization of $820 million. China announced plans to audit 77 major pharmaceutical companies over the next ... ( read original story ...)
News Daily: Tory leadership and Hong Kong protests
Candidates to become the new Conservative leader have until 17:00 BST to enter the race. Some of the 11 are having trouble getting the support of eight of the party's MPs, which they need to be ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader signals extradition bill will go forward
Hong Kong's leader has signalled that her government will go ahead with proposed amendments to its extradition laws after a massive protest against them. Chief Executive Carrie Lam told the media ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong vows to press ahead with extradition bill despite huge protest
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Riot police surrounded Hong Kong's parliament on Monday after authorities said they would go ahead with a proposed extradition law, which would allow suspects to be sent to ... ( read original story ...)
Hundreds in Vancouver protest Hong Kong’s extradition law
"We are not in Hong Kong, but we still really support them," protester Agnes Wong told CTV News. Wong said she fears the new reality if the law passes. She referred to China's arrest of two ... ( read original story ...)
The Trade War Could Pop Hong Kong’s Property Bubble
Record high home prices in Hong Kong have prompted some economists to forecast a bursting of the bubble. Residential property values in the city reached an all-time high last week after relentless ... ( read original story ...)
Trade war could pop Hong Kong’s property bubble
HONG KONG • Record high home prices in Hong Kong have prompted some economists to forecast a bursting of the bubble. Residential property values reached an all-time high last week after relentless ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong mass protests ignite fears over China extradition laws
Hong Kong’s government is pushing a bill through the legislature ... Sunday saw huge crowds march in blazing summer heat through the cramped streets of the financial hub’s main island in a noisy, ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong extradition protest draws biggest crowd since handover
This was highlighted by the disappearance of a Hong Kong bookseller selling material banned in mainland China and the explusion of a Financial Times journalist last year. “The scale and determination ... ( read original story ...)
Million-strong Hong Kong protest over extradition Bill descends into violence
Foreign governments have also expressed concern, warning of the impact on Hong Kong’s reputation as an international financial hub, and noting that foreigners wanted in China risk getting ensnared in ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong March: Vast Protest of Extradition Bill Shows Fear of Eroding Freedoms
The local authorities have rejected demands for free elections and ousted opposition lawmakers, and critics say Beijing’s supporters are chipping away at the independence of the territory’s courts and ... ( read original story ...)
Why Hong Kong’s extradition law changes are fueling fears
After weeks of broadening local and international pressure, debate in Hong Kong's parliament on the so-called Fugitive Offenders Ordinance amendment bill is due to start on Wednesday. With ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong plunges into fresh crisis as more than 500,000 protest China extradition bill
Lam had yet to comment on the rally. The demonstration capped weeks of growing outrage in the business, diplomatic and legal communities, which fear corrosion of Hong Kong’s legal autonomy and the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Canadians march on Vancouver’s Chinese consulate to protest proposed extradition law
Hong Kong’s leader, Carrie Lam, has pushed forward with the legislation despite widespread criticism from human rights and business groups, saying it’s needed to close legal loopholes. ... ( read original story ...)