HONG KONG — A top opposition leader imprisoned on public disorder ... restricting access to the facilities to those with travel documents, Tse said at a daily news briefing. While acknowledging some ... ( read original story ...)
Freeland urges Canadians to heed Ottawa’s warnings before heading to Hong Kong
“Our government is very aware that there are 300,000 Canadians in Hong Kong,” Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland told a news conference Wednesday in Toronto, where she met with German ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong unveils $2.4 billion support package as protests add to economic strains
Chinese paramilitary forces conducted exercises across the border from Hong Kong on Thursday, raising fears that Beijing may be preparing to act against mass demonstrations in the Asian financial ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong protests: Trump suggests ‘personal meeting’ with Chinese president
A repeat of the military crackdown on the 1989 student-led protests in China would be a "big mistake", he told news outlet Voice of America. China's ambassador to the UK, Liu Xiaoming, said on ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese paramilitary forces seen exercising across border from Hong Kong
... police were assembling in Shenzhen for exercises in what some saw as a threat to the pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong. (CBC News) Worst-case scenarios, he said, could involve the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong airport protests are a warning that violence is bad for business: Don Pittis
When my partner and I first flew into Hong Kong 30 years ago, the territory's Kai Tak Airport was notoriously ranked as one of the world's most dangerous. The airport was built on a strip of reclaimed ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong remains vital economic asset for Beijing, despite unrest
With the mainland’s economic rise, Hong Kong is no longer the undisputed center of business and finance in the region. But it still plays an indispensable role that Beijing will be loath to undermine, ... ( read original story ...)
StanChart eyes $100 billion private bank assets in growth push, to hire bankers
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Standard Chartered (STAN.L) is targeting growing its private banking assets by 50% to about $100 billion in three to five years and hire dozens of bankers in Hong Kong and ... ( read original story ...)
Economist: Hong Kong’s tycoons ‘are the problem’ underlying recent unrest
Hong Kong property prices have risen 300% since 2003. Beijing needs to stop consulting with property "tycoons" and take away their political power, Xie says. As protests continue to roil Hong Kong, a ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong is changing, but protesters have lost some support: Allan Zeman
Hong Kong is changing because of China but it will thrive after this violence ends according to local property tycoon Allan Zeman. He said “the media has made it look worse than it really is and the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Businesses Take a Side, Uncomfortably
The cracking in the facade of neutrality comes amid mounting damage to the Hong Kong economy and pressure from Beijing for public displays of loyalty. Being forced to take sides is unlikely to end ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong real estate: Protests and trade war wipe $50 billion off top property stocks
Weeks of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong are battering shares in the city's property developers and pushing its benchmark stock index closer to a bear market. About 446 billion Hong Kong dollars ... ( read original story ...)
Alibaba IPO plan at risk amid massive Hong Kong protests
Chinese e-commerce platform Alibaba is weighing a delay to its listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange due to massive anti-China protests that have shuttered the airport and captivated the world. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Faces New Threat as Chinese Companies Reconsider IPOs
(Bloomberg) -- Several Chinese companies are rethinking fundraising plans in Hong Kong as anti-government protests rock the city, an ominous sign for its future as a financial gateway between Asia’s ... ( read original story ...)