Tag: business

The Senate Thursday approved a bipartisan measure that would penalize banks that do business with Chinese officials involved in the national security law the country is seeking to impose on Hong Kong. ( read original story ...)

Beijing supporters on Tuesday to discuss looming national security legislation, the latest sign that Beijing is nearing enactment of the controversial law despite widespread criticism that it will ... ( read original story ...)

Qupital, a trade financing platform, announced today that it has made an agreement with eBay to be one of its officially recommended Hong Kong financing service providers. In today’s announcement, ... ( read original story ...)

Research from McKinsey Global Institute suggests that over the next decade IoT and related data growth will have an economic impact of up to US$11 trillion per year, equivalent to about 11% of the ... ( read original story ...)

(Reuters) - As the Covid-19 epidemic began to peak in Asia, Piyush Gupta tried to boost morale for his quarantined workforce. The chief executive of Singaporean bank DBS led his management team ... ( read original story ...)

Chinese mainland firms are expanding in Hong Kong at an accelerating pace at a time of rising political tension. ( read original story ...)

People walking through the Lan Kwai Fong area of Hong Kong over the weekend might have been surprised to see a truly uncommon sight for 2020: a busy restaurant. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong protesters effectively killed an extradition bill that would subject them to criminal prosecution under China’s legal system for the first time -- a victory that inspired them to demand real ... ( read original story ...)

Protests and Beijing clampdown seen as opportunity to promote Japanese capital as alternative financial centre ... ( read original story ...)

Bruno Lee, chair of the Hong Kong Investment Fund Association, said fresh unrest in the former British colony was a short-term blip that would not change “the long-term strategic position of Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)

As America grapples with disease and political unrest, the people of Hong Kong face a problem that is yet more pressing: the gradual, incessant erosion of their self-governance. In theory, the Chinese ... ( read original story ...)

Prominent Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong said on Friday he planned to run for a seat in the Chinese-ruled city's legislature, setting up a new battle with authorities after being barred from ... ( read original story ...)

The Pacific Light Cable Network is a case in point. Announced in 2016 as a partnership between Google, Facebook, and other companies, the planned 12,800-kilometer (8,000 miles) cable would be the ... ( read original story ...)

The Sunrise Movement, a youth-led activist group, canceled the event on police brutality after some members and outside critics "raised concerns." ... ( read original story ...)