For the past month, I've been at my childhood home in New Zealand on coronavirus lockdown -- and it appears I'll be living with my parents for the foreseeable future. Until recently, I lived in my own ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong arrests and Taiwan flybys: China’s advances its interests during Covid-19 crisis
Beijing has drawn accusations it is using the distraction of the coronavirus pandemic to advance regional interests. Here are some examples ... ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin Miner Maker Ebang Files for a $100M US IPO
Ebang International Holdings, one of the leading makers of bitcoin mining equipment, is taking another stab at going public, this time in the U.S. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Celebrates Hong Kong Bookseller Who Crossed China
The opening of a hole-in-the-wall bookstore in Taipei doesn’t usually attract much hullabaloo. Saturday’s reemergence of a bookseller who has for years proved a thorn to China’s rulers in Beijing was ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong protests: Jailed man gets judge’s sympathy for stabbing
The discussion, inside a pedestrian tunnel used by protesters to leave messages of support for each other, became heated in August. Hung had felt angry when he passed th ... ( read original story ...)
Why the Coronavirus is Making China Clamp Down on Hong Kong
Zheng Lian Mr. Lian is a former chief editor of the Hong Kong Economic Journal. Protesters in a shopping mall in Hong Kong on FridayCredit...Anthony Wallace/Agence France-Presse — The coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC to push on with overhaul ‘wherever possible’ despite crisis
HSBC will press ahead with plans to shift capital from underperforming businesses, cut costs and strip out layers of management, despite problems caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Chief Executive No ... ( read original story ...)
Abducted Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee opens Taiwan shop
Part-owner of shop that used to sell texts critical of China opens new business in Taipei ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Police Reject Labor Group’s Request for May 1 March
Hong Kong police rejected an application by a pro-democracy labor group to hold a march on May 1, citing concerns about public health and security risks, the government said in a statement on Friday. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong bookstore under attack in China reopens in Taiwan
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The part-owner of a Hong Kong bookstore specializing in texts critical of China’s leaders reopened his shop in Taiwan on Saturday after fleeing Hong Kong due to ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan shows solidarity as bookseller who fled Hong Kong opens shop
Taiwan's ruling party on Saturday showed support for a Hong Kong bookseller who fled to the democratic island amid fears of Chinese persecution, with President Tsai Ing-wen offering congratulations as ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong dissident reopens bookshop in Taiwan, defying Beijing
A Hong Kong publisher previously detained by Chinese authorities reopened his bookstore in Taiwan on Saturday, defying what he called attempts linked to Beijing to intimidate him. The opening of Lam W ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus latest: Hong Kong police refuse to allow May 1 protest march
So far, the city has taken plasma donations from seven recovered patients, and is screening about 10 other potential donors. Hong Kong police rejected an application to hold a demonstration on May 1, ... ( read original story ...)
Fearless at the worst of times: Hong Kong businessmen expand, start new ventures despite stalled economy
Construction company boss Jason Poon Chuk-hung found himself frozen out of business deals after he blew the whistle on a scandal at Hong Kong’s costliest rail project two years ago. But he was beaming ... ( read original story ...)