Global stocks climbed Friday, led by a resurgent Hong Kong market, as investors greeted signs that the US Federal Reserve may hold off raising interest rates this month, the end of the US debt ceiling ...
Tiananmen vigils shift overseas as Hong Kong falls silent
As restrictions in Hong Kong have snuffed out what were once the largest vigils marking the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, cities like London, New York, Berlin and Taipei are left carrying the ...
Hong Kong equities rally driven by internet stocks
The rally on Friday was led by Chinese internet stocks, with the Hang Seng Tech index jumping 5.3 per cent. Tencent and Alibaba closed 6 and 6.7 per cent higher in Hong Kong, respectively.
Hong Kong Shares Surge After U.S. Debt-Ceiling Progress
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index had its best day in around three months, wiping out its losses from earlier in the week and leading wider gains in Asian shares. The Hong Kong market opened with a bang ...
Hong Kong artists mark Tiananmen quietly or overseas
Avant garde street performance, politically charged theatre, pro-democracy music and poetry -- powerful works of art dealing with China's bloody Tiananmen Square crackdown that were once commonplace ...
China is ‘driving’ towards an EV future: ToscaFund Hong Kong
Mark Tinker, CIO & Managing Director of ToscaFund Hong Kong says China's EV sector will start exporting soon, and it will prompt a price-driven global EV war.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng jumps 2% led by gains in tech stocks
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index was up 2.33% in its first hour of trade, leading gains in the wider region. The technology sector led the rally with stocks like Baidu, JD.com and Alibaba all up about 4%.
‘I am worried that my work will put someone in jail’: Interview with Zunzi, iconic Hong Kong cartoonist
Zunzi has been repeatedly "pinned down" by different government departments, accusing him of "inciting public discontent with the government," "defaming the police force," "making biased, misleading ...
Hong Kong’s Crypto Ambitions Rest on a Lot of ‘Ifs’
In this edition of the Bloomberg Crypto newsletter, Suvashree Ghosh finds the devil is in the details of Hong Kong’s new crypto rulebook: ...
Hong Kong privacy watchdog warns data management firm over possible exposure of credit histories of 180,000 people
Privacy Commissioner Ada Chung says Softmedia Technology Company allowed money lenders access to database for as little as HK$2.
Whatever happened to … Hong Kong pro-democracy protests?
Protests began following the passage of controversial legislation that allowed for suspected criminals to be sent to China for trial. The protests were seen as a "watershed" moment for Hong Kong as ...
Singapore overtakes Hong Kong as the most expensive Asia-Pacific city for private homes
According to the Urban Land Institute Asia Pacific Centre for Housing, the median price of Singapore's private homes is $1.2 million, compared to $1.16 million in Hong Kong.
UN experts express ‘grave concern’ over detention of Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong
Communication sent to Beijing government says media mogul’s prosecutions relate to his criticism of China ...
Hong Kong slides to new 2023 low; Asia markets mixed as China’s factory activity contracts
Asia-Pacific markets are set to fall as Wall Street considered the likelihood of Congress passing a tentative deal on raising the U.S. debt ceiling amid growing opposition within the GOP. on the tentative deal that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and U.S. President Joe Biden agreed on a deal over the weekend.