Asian companies, like their global peers, notched their best first quarter for listings ever, thanks to a flood of liquidity during the pandemic, super-low interest rates, and rallying stock markets. ( read original story ...)
Inside the HQ of the Chinese cyber ransom gang: It looks like a trendy start-up but they take over computers – then charge a fortune to unlock them
The FBI issued a wanted poster last September featuring the faces of five APT41 members wanted for questioning over a string of raids in the US, UK, Australia and Taiwan. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong swimmers ecstatic as pools open again after four-month closure, but restrictions hamper lessons
Hong Kong swimming community says government has given no scientific ... Michael Fasching, the head coach at Harry Wright, said pools had been closed for more than 300 days since the start of the ... ( read original story ...)
Improving electoral system ensures stable business environment in Hong Kong: Hong Kong business community
HONG KONG, April 2 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong's business community has expressed support for the country's top legislature's move to improve the electoral system of the Hong Kong Special Administrative ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: Cyberport directors named
“With their wealth of experience and expertise in a wide range of businesses and disciplines, the Board Directors will no doubt continue to steer Cyberport in nurturing its startup community and ... ( read original story ...)
China’s fastest growing city wants to be the next Silicon Valley — local systems may get in the way
Shenzhen also benefits from its proximity to Hong Kong. BEIJING — As growing pressure from the ... to build up the local semiconductor industry have struggled to take off, McKinsey analysts wrote back ... ( read original story ...)
An Introduction to Doing Business in Hong Kong 2021 – New Publication from Dezan Shira & Associates
An Introduction to Doing Business in Hong Kong 2021, from Dezan Shira & Associates, introduces the fundamentals of investing in Hong Kong. ( read original story ...)
7 Hong Kong democracy leaders convicted as China clamps down
Hong Kong had enjoyed a vibrant political culture ... J.B. Pritzker’s plan to begin loosening more business restrictions, and Mayor Lori Lightfoot said it means additional reopenings won ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong court convicts media tycoon Jimmy Lai and other activists over peaceful protest
Hong Kong (CNN Business)A Hong Kong court has convicted pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai and eight other prominent opposition activists over their roles in an unauthorized assembly at the height ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong election reforms: overhaul to start with hefty powers for committee that picks city’s leader
Beijing’s plans for a drastic overhaul of Hong Kong’s electoral system will start with the Election Committee that selects the chief executive being given considerable powers to nominate all ... ( read original story ...)
Barron’s
Hong Kong is too important a market to ignore. But so are the city’s emerging business risks. I expect to witness steady erosion of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region’s political ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong court convicts veteran activists over 2019 protests
A Hong Kong court has convicted some of the city’s most senior pro-democracy figures, including media mogul Jimmy Lai, of unauthorised assembly during protests in 2019, in the latest indication of the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Tycoons Emerge as Losers From Xi’s Election Revamp
Hong Kong’s top 19 wealthiest people have a combined net worth ... Most of them made money starting out in the property business. In an interview this week, Leung Chun-ying, who served as the chief ... ( read original story ...)
The Latest: Hong Kong to resume use of BioNTech-Pfizer shots
Hong Kong will resume administering the coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech on Monday following a 12-day suspension over packaging defects detected in one batch ... ( read original story ...)