Police in Hong Kong have arrested pro-democracy activists on the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Authorities have banned public commemoration of the 1989 incident, which saw China crush ...
China Fires Back at US, Hong Kong Silenced: Sunday Asia Briefing
It has been a weekend of threats and provocations. China and the US traded barbs in Singapore. OPEC is squabbling about oil output cuts in Vienna, and authorities have clamped down on the annual Tiananmen Square anniversary vigil in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong, once home to Tiananmen vigil, now hosts pro-China carnival
HONG KONG — For decades, tens of thousands would come to Hong Kong’s Victoria Park every June 4 to raise a candle in somber commemoration for those killed by the Chinese military as it crushed the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests.
Hong Kong Performance Artists Detained On Tiananmen Anniversary Eve
Police detained at least two performance artists in Hong Kong, according to AFP reporters on Saturday, the eve of the 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing.
Two women stabbed to death in mall knife attack that has shocked Hong Kong
Two women have been stabbed to death in a Hong Kong mall in a frenzied – and apparently random – attack that has shocked a city where violent crime is rare.
Theatre in democratic Taiwan stages Hong Kong play about Tiananmen square
A Taiwan theatre is showcasing a Hong Kong play about Tiananmen Square to mark the 34th anniversary of the crackdown in Beijing, saying almost as much about shrinking freedoms in the former British ...
Hong Kong trio jailed for up to 5 years, 2 months for rioting as police laid siege to PolyU at height of 2019 anti-government protests
A trio of Hong Kong men have been jailed for up to five years and two months for rioting as police laid siege to a university at the height of the 2019 anti-government protests.
Selling AI and buying Hong Kong stocks is the big contrarian bet right now, says Bank of America
Investors may be going overboard on AI stocks, while battered Hong Kong equities may be an opportunity in waiting, says Bank of America.
Hong Kong leads global market rally with best day in three months
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.