After public unrest, China said Tuesday it would boost COVID vaccination rates of its elderly citizens, seen as a key step to reopening its economy.
China encourages elderly vaccination; Hong Kong closes 5% higher
Stocks in Hong Kong led gains alongside Chinese indexes after Chinese health authorities held a press briefing on its Covid policies, encouraging elderly to get vaccinated.
Hong Kong Peg Creator Says Sky-High Rates Can Defend It
Hong Kong is willing to tolerate sky-high borrowing rates and near term economic pain to defend its currency peg with the dollar in the wake of renewed attacks by speculators.
Hong Kong Peg Creator Says High Rates Can Defend It
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Hong Kong stocks trade nearly 4% higher as China’s Covid briefing underway
Stocks in Hong Kong led gains alongside Chinese indexes after media reports said China's state council will hold a press conference at 3 p.m. Beijing time.
Hong Kong stocks jump 4% ahead of China’s Covid briefing
Stocks in Hong Kong led gains alongside Chinese indexes after media reports said China's state council will hold a press conference at 3 p.m. Beijing time.
Hong Kong leader says central govt concerned about issue of foreign lawyers
Hong Kong leader John Lee said on Tuesday the central government in Beijing was concerned about the issue of foreign lawyers appearing in national security cases in the city. Lee was speaking at a ...
Protesters take to Hong Kong’s streets in solidarity with mainland
CNN senior international correspondent Ivan Watson speaks to a protester in Hong Kong who says he is a "victim" of China's zero-Covid policy.
China virus protests hit Hong Kong after mainland rallies
Students in Hong Kong chanted “oppose dictatorship” in a protest against China’s COVID rules Monday after demonstrators on the mainland issued an unprecedented call for President Xi Jinping to resign ...
Hong Kong leader asks Beijing to rule on ‘blanket ban’ on foreign lawyers in national security cases
Hong Kong's leader on Monday asked Beijing to rule on its bid to block foreign lawyers from working on national security cases, after the city's top court ruled that a British lawyer could represent ...
China Covid Protests Spread to Hong Kong as Dozens Rally
Dozens of people in Hong Kong rallied in the city and emulated some of the protests erupting in China in opposition to the nation’s Covid Zero policy.
Hong Kong Asks China to Bar UK Lawyer From Jimmy Lai Trial
Hong Kong will ask China’s top legislative body to interpret the city’s national security law to block overseas lawyers from being part of national security trials, the city’s leader said at a press ...
Hong Kong’s Stock Market Struggles to Find Shelter From the Storm
When Hong Kong hosted a summit for some of Wall Street’s top executives in early November, its aim was to show the city was open to the world. In a case of bad timing, its financial markets were ...
Hong Kong’s top court lets UK lawyer defend publisher Lai
Hong Kong’s top court has upheld a ruling to let a veteran British lawyer defend pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai at his national security trial this week despite fierce opposition from the pro-Be ...