The stablecoin would help facilitate trade among four Asian countries, which is key to economic recovery in the region after coronavirus, proponents said. ( read original story ...)
Landing Mega China IPOs Will Shake Up Hong Kong’s Interest Rates
As Chinese companies face increasing barriers to selling shares on U.S. exchanges, Hong Kong is emerging as their most likely alternative. ( read original story ...)
Beijing moves to impose new national security law on Hong Kong after anti-China unrest
China is set to impose new national security legislation on Hong Kong after last year's often violent pro-democracy unrest that plunged the city into its deepest turmoil since it returned to Beijing ... ( read original story ...)
Senators Propose Sanctions on Chinese Officials Over Hong Kong
Two U.S. senators are proposing legislation to punish Chinese entities involved in enforcing proposed new security laws in Hong Kong and penalize banks that do business with those entities. ( read original story ...)
China Moves to Impose New Hong Kong Security Laws, Tightening Its Control
Such rules would allow Beijing to take aim at the protests that have roiled the semiautonomous city and posed a direct challenge to the Chinese Communist Party and its leader, Xi Jinping. ( read original story ...)
U.S. senators seek to sanction Chinese over Hong Kong
Republican and Democratic U.S. senators said on Thursday they would introduce legislation to impose sanctions on Chinese officials for violating Hong Kong's independence, after Beijing moved to impose ... ( read original story ...)
‘This is the end of Hong Kong,’ warns legislator, as China proposes new security law
"The international status of Hong Kong as a city, the international city, will be gone very soon," continued Dennis Kwok, a lawyer and legislator in the territory. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Revolutionary Anthem Is a Challenge to China
HONG KONG—Twin crises have jolted this city: one of disease, the other of dissent. Over the past year, millions of people flooded city streets, defying China’s government as they demanded that Beijing ... ( read original story ...)
China Moves to Impose New Hong Kong Security Law, Tightening Control
Such rules would allow Beijing to take aim at the protests that have roiled the semiautonomous city and posed a direct challenge to the Chinese Communist Party and its leader, Xi Jinping. ( read original story ...)
China Poised To Expand Control Over Hong Kong
The renewed push from Beijing to pass a national security law will almost certainly set off more protests against Beijing's rule in Hong Kong, which is semi-autonomous. ( read original story ...)
China Proposes Law to Limit Opposition Activity in Hong Kong, in Move That Would Sidestep City’s Legislature
Such a move has long been under consideration but was hastened by months of anti-government protests last year ... ( read original story ...)
China considers bill to sidestep Hong Kong lawmakers, crack down on opposition
China’s ceremonial parliament will consider a bill that could limit opposition activity in Hong Kong, a spokesperson said Thursday, appearing to confirm speculation that China will sidestep the ... ( read original story ...)
China considers bill limiting Hong Kong opposition activity
China will sidestep the semi-autonomous territory’s own lawmaking body in enacting legislation to crack down on activity Beijing considers subversive. ( read original story ...)
China Proposes New Law That Could Ban Treason and Sedition in Hong Kong in Wake of Massive Protests
"If Hong Kong was a democracy, we would not need to start scuffles like this," Eddie Chu, one of the lawmakers carried out, told the BBC. "Unfortunately, we are forced into this situation. I can ... ( read original story ...)