Victoria’s Secret has closed its Hong Kong flagship less than two years after its opening, another sign that the coronavirus is wreaking havoc on the global retail industry. The lingerie giant’s store ... ( read original story ...)
China-Sanctions Bill Over Hong Kong Law Gets Senate Approval
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 ...)
Hong Kong’s Cartoonists Aren’t Giving Up on Dissent
As the city braces for a new law that could stifle free speech, local artists are still spurring on the protest movement. ( read original story ...)
Kung Fu Hustle’s Stephen Chow mortgages The Peak house where HSBC’s Taipan House once stood
Hong Kong’s Stephen Chow, director of Kung Fu Hustle, has mortgaged his property on The Peak for a loan from JPMorgan Chase. ( read original story ...)
Documentary On Hong Kong Protests Deletes Scene After Anthem Law
The director of a documentary about Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement says he has deleted a scene featuring a dissident artist playing China's national anthem after a law was passed criminalising ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong protesters flee to Taiwan to continue China resistance
Activists estimate at least 200 protesters are in Taiwan, where authorities have discreetly allowed them to stay by extending tourist visas ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong International Airport’s profits survived 9/11, Sars, and the 2008 global financial crisis, but Covid-19 is different
Hong Kong airport’s 20-year profit streak – that survived 9/11, Sars, and global financial crisis – at risk from global pandemic, with commercial travel industry gutted and revenues slashed. ( read original story ...)
China Gathers Supporters for Looming Hong Kong Security Law
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 ...)
Hong Kong to retain international financial hub crown for ‘years, decades’, MSCI CEO says
The demise and lowered relevance of Hong Kong has been forecast for years, but the city always reinvents itself, MSCI chief executive Henry Fernandez said. ( read original story ...)
Banks cut prices on foreclosed properties in Hong Kong as buyers turn cautious amid distress, market correction
Still, the level of delinquency in the Hong Kong banking system is negligible in respect to HK$1.46 trillion of outstanding loans to the property sector, according to data published by the Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
IPO ETFs Breeze Past S&P 500 in 1H: What Next?
Some of the winning IPOs of this year are business-to-business supplier of Internet gambling software-as-a-service solutions company GAN Limited (GAN) (IPO pricing up 194% since IPO on May 4), Inari ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong fintech startup Qupital will offer services to eBay cross-border sellers
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 ...)
In Naoise Dolan’s ‘Exciting Times,’ an Irish ex-pat in Hong Kong lands in a love triangle
It feels right that Irish novelist Naoise Dolan has appropriated part of that co-opted, mangled aphorism for her first book’s title. “Exciting Times” is set in Hong Kong post-secession, a “fragrant ... ( read original story ...)
China’s Great Wall of Finance Shows First Signs of a Crack – in Hong Kong
A day before Beijing passed a decision paving the way for its national security law for Hong Kong, the global index provider MSCI decided to relocate its financial derivative products from Singapore ... ( read original story ...)