It would jeopardize anyone doing business in or travelling to Hong Kong. That would be bad for the city’s economy, but far worse for human rights and the rule of law. And it would be the most serious ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stood up to China. Now the free world should stand with Hong Kong
It would jeopardize anyone doing business in or travelling to Hong Kong. That would be bad for the city’s economy, but far worse for human rights and the rule of law. And it would be the most serious ... ( read original story ...)
Watergate: The Oxford connection behind Australia’s richest water deal
Their time at McKinsey spanned the late 1990s and early 2000s, with Taylor working out of the Sydney office and Gradel based in the Hong Kong office. Both men were also partners at McKinsey & Co, a ... ( read original story ...)
Cooley Adds Leading Capital Markets Partner in Hong Kong
Follows formal Hong Kong approval for Cooley HK in association with Cai, Lee & Partners HONG KONG — Capital markets lawyer Michael Yu has joined Cooley as a partner based in Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
AngelHub Founder Karen Contet Farzem: Hong Kong’s Startup Community is One of the Fastest Growing Ecosystems in the World
Hong Kong’s First Regulated Investment Crowdfunding Platform. In April of this year, AngelHub became the first investment crowdfunding platform to receive a license from a Securities and Futures ... ( read original story ...)
China Backs Hong Kong’s Leader Despite Huge Protests
The Foreign Ministry issued a forceful endorsement of Mrs. Lam on Monday. Beijing’s representatives in Hong Kong called in dozens of local politicians and business leaders to urge them to support her. ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong supporters rally outside China’s consulate in Vancouver
but it is unclear how many have roots in B.C. “Many more Canadians will be visiting Hong Kong for business, professional or personal reasons,” said Ivy Li of the group Canadian Friends of Hong ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police begin to clear streets of protesters
"China just wants to turn Hong Kong into another Chinese city," said Alex To, 54, who runs a small business. "Carrie Lam is just a figurehead. Everything depends on the attitudes of the leaders in ... ( read original story ...)
Huge crowds march in Hong Kong as government apologizes for handling of extradition bill
"China just wants to turn Hong Kong into another Chinese city," said Alex To, 54, who said he runs a small business. "Carrie Lam is just a figurehead. Everything depends on the attitudes of the ... ( read original story ...)
The Long Game Is China’s Despite a Win for Hong Kong’s Protesters
Hong Kong has struggled to spark new industries. It’s largely failed to become a technology hub: It isn’t easy operating a bootstrapped startup in a city where a smallish apartment can rent for over ... ( read original story ...)
How Hong Kong’s Leader Made the Biggest Political Retreat by China Under Xi
Huge crowds of demonstrators had taken to Hong Kong’s streets in increasingly violent protests. Local business leaders had turned against Mrs. Lam. And even Beijing officials were starting to question ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader delays unpopular extradition bill, but activists want more
Perhaps more important in the ultra-capitalistic territory, members of Hong Kong’s business community turned on Lam. Reports of tycoons shifting capital out of the city to rival financial centers ... ( read original story ...)
Brusque to bruised: Hong Kong’s Lam caves to pressure on extradition bill
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam appeared in no mood to compromise on a planned extradition law at recent meetings, according to foreign envoys and business people who met with her. Some of the people ... ( read original story ...)
Carrie Lam: A ‘Good Fighter’ in the Crisis Over the Hong Kong Extradition Bill
On Saturday, she did back down, suspending an extradition bill she had been trying to push through the Hong Kong Legislative Council that would allow criminal suspects to be sent to mainland China, ... ( read original story ...)