Taiwan’s top financial regulator said global banks are looking to expand on the island after China’s passage of a controversial security law in Hong Kong prompted some firms to rethink their Asian ... ( read original story ...)
Tech Firms Begin to Abandon Hong Kong Because of Security Law
China’s sweeping national security law has forced technology firms to reconsider their presence in Hong Kong. The nimblest among them -- the city’s startups -- are already moving data and people out ... ( read original story ...)
Exclusive: Global banks scrutinize their Hong Kong clients for pro-democracy ties
Global wealth managers are examining whether their clients in Hong Kong have ties to the city's pro-democracy movement, in an attempt to avoid getting caught in the crosshairs of China's new national ... ( read original story ...)
Jack Ma’s newest venture is planning a $200 billion IPO — and it could be the largest public offering in history
Ant Group's public offering would bypass a New York listing as tensions rise between the US and China. ( read original story ...)
Jack Ma’s fintech Ant Group is planning a massive dual-listing IPO in Shanghai and Hong Kong, skipping New York
One beneficiary of the Ant IPO? Jack Ma's Alibaba, which acquired a 33% stake in the fintech company in 2019 after spinning it off years earlier. ( read original story ...)
UK suspends extradition treaty with Hong Kong, stoking China tensions
Britain on Monday risked worsening strained ties with China, as it suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong in protest at a controversial new security law in the territory.Foreign Secretary ... ( read original story ...)
UK suspends Hong Kong extradition treaty and extends arms embargo in rebuke to China
The U.K. has suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong amid rising tensions with China over its new national security law in the former British colony. ( read original story ...)
Dominic Raab: UK will immediately suspend Hong Kong extradition treaty – video
The foreign secretary said that while the UK sought cooperative ties with China, it was deeply worried at events in Hong Kong and the repression of the Uighur population in Xinjiang ... ( read original story ...)
Jack Ma’s Ant Group Fintech Firm Seeks Dual Listing Of IPOs On Hong Kong And China Exchanges
Ant Group Co., a Chinese fintech company controlled by Alibaba (BABA) cofounder and billionaire Jack Ma is seeking to stage dual initial public offerings on the Shanghai and Hong ... ( read original story ...)
UK suspends extradition arrangements with Hong Kong
Britain’s government has suspended its extradition arrangements with Hong Kong, after China imposed a tough new national security law ... ( read original story ...)
U.K. suspends extradition treaty with Hong Kong amid public outrage over human rights in China
The decision comes amid worries about a new national security law imposed by Beijing on the former British colony. ( read original story ...)
U.K. blocks Hong Kong extradition, weapons over security law
The U.K. suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong and placed it under an arms embargo in moves likely to significantly exacerbate a diplomatic spat with China after it imposed a new security ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese fintech giant Ant to go public in dual Shanghai-Hong Kong IPO
Chinese fintech firm Ant Group has begun the process of a concurrent initial public offering in Shanghai and Hong Kong. ( read original story ...)
Once a Model City, Hong Kong Grapples With a New Coronavirus Wave
By Javier C. Hernández and Tiffany May Hong Kong once seemed like a model for how to control the coronavirus. Schools were open. Restaurants and malls buzzed with crowds. Buses and trains operated as ... ( read original story ...)