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Briefs | Joshua Wong confirms arrest at airport
Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong was arrested at the city’s airport for breaching bail conditions, he said in a statement through his legal ... -
Marchers ask Trump to ‘liberate’ Hong Kong, as clashes erupt
Thousands of demonstrators in Hong Kong urged President Donald Trump to “liberate” the semiautonomous Chinese territory during a peaceful march to the U.S. Consulate ... -
Hong Kong | Airport’s plea to protesters: spare our passengers
Hong Kong’s airport used a newspaper advertisement to appeal to protesters, asking them not to target the transport hub ahead of another weekend of ... -
Fitch downgrades HK for first time since 1995
Fitch Ratings Inc. downgraded Hong Kong as an issuer of long-term, foreign currency debt for the first time since 1995, saying that the territory’s ... -
Shenzhen aims to have full 5G coverage by 2020
The southern tech hub of Guangdong Province will realize full 5G coverage by August 2020, the city government announced on Wednesday. Memorandums of cooperation ... -
HK halts derivatives trading after technical problems
Hong Kong’s exchange operator halted derivatives trading because of technical issues for the first time in its history, deepening losses in the local stock ... -
Carrie Lam’s retreat fails to satisfy protesters
Carrie Lam’s move to formally withdraw a bill allowing extraditions to China may well have ended the Hong Kong unrest in June. But now ... -
Martial law is the latest risk worrying investors
As investors map out potential risks from Hong Kong’s summer of unrest, one tool at the government’s disposal is attracting increased attention: a colonial-era ... -
Hong Kong | China probes illegal knives in FedEx package
China is investigating FedEx Corp. on suspicion of illegally handling a package to Hong Kong containing knives that are controlled by law, the state-run ... -
Hong Kong | House prices could slide 30% in worst-case scenario
JPMorgan Chase & Co. has landed on six property stocks that can best weather the Hong Kong turmoil after applying a worst-case scenario that ... -
Carrie Lam scraps bill that sparked months of unrest
Hong Kong’s embattled leader, Carrie Lam, formally withdrew legislation to allow extraditions to China, a political retreat that may help ease – but not ... -
Carrie Lam says she has never asked Beijing’s permission to resign
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said she never asked China for permission to resign over the historic unrest rocking the city, while acknowledging ... -
China sends local media to cover Hong Kong in shift from 2014
China has dispatched regional state-run media organizations to Hong Kong in an effort to better control the narrative, a shift from the widespread censorship ... -
Aviation | China probes Cathay’s empty oxygen bottles to add to scrutiny
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. is under investigation by Chinese regulators after emergency oxygen bottles on three flights were found depleted or completely empty, compounding ... -
Fashion | Zara denies rumors stores closed due to protests
Fast-fashion giant Zara denied speculation on Chinese social media that the retailer’s employees were supporting anti-Beijing protests that disrupted some of its store operations ... -
Tens of thousands in Hong Kong boycott first day of school
Clad in gas masks along with their formal white school uniforms, tens of thousands of students in Hong Kong boycotted the first day of ... -
How Hong Kong protests could lead to internet cut off
Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam has said all options are on the table as she tries to quell the pro-democracy demonstrations that have ... -
Hong Kong | Officials urge calm while warning of ‘signs of terror’
Hong Kong authorities appealed for calm in the Asian financial center while warning that radical protesters showed “signs of terror” over the weekend in ... -
Hong Kong police storm subway with batons, as protests rage
Protesters in Hong Kong threw gasoline bombs at government headquarters and set fires in the streets, while police stormed a subway car and hit ... -
Briefs | Demonstrators swarm airport, disrupting flights
Hong Kong protesters caused major disruptions to the city’s international airport yesterday, massing outside the building in attempt to paralyze transport to and from ... -
Opposition figures ensnared in wave of arrests
Hong Kong police arrested prominent opposition figures including Joshua Wong – and warned other protesters could share their fate at illegal demonstrations this weekend ... -
Briefs | Hong Kong: Activist leader attacked in restaurant
The leader of a Hong Kong group that has organized record-breaking marches during the protests was attacked by two unidentified armed and masked men, ... -
China rotates new troops into HK amid mass protests
China’s military deployed fresh troops to Hong Kong early yesterday in what it called a routine rotation amid speculation that it might intervene in ... -
Hong Kong | Police ban mass weekend protest, organizer says
Hong Kong police banned a protest set for tomorrow by the organizer of previous historic mass marches, the group said, in a move that ... -
Hundreds demand Cathay rehire fired staff
Hundreds of people gathered in Hong Kong to demand that Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. rehire workers who left the troubled carrier after supporting the ... -
Hong Kong investors shun Singapore for homes in Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan
Singapore’s housing market isn’t turning out to be the beneficiary many may have thought from Hong Kong’s increasingly fraught protests. Instead, investors are looking ... -
Good citizen applications jump as people eye exit
Interest from Hong Kong residents in leaving the city has surged since street protests broke out in the former British colony. About 200 people ... -
Former mainland official says Shenzhen is not replacing HK
The former vice minister of the Foreign Trade Ministry of China, Long Yongtu, has said that many opinions have misinterpreted and misunderstood China’s recent ... -
Briefs | Zhuhai: Promotional clip released to mark 39th year as SEZ
To mark its 39th anniversary as a special economic zone (SEZ), the neighboring city of Zhuhai has launched a three-minute promotional video telling the ... -
Analysis | Three ways China benefits from the Hong Kong protests
The summer of 2019 has seen week after week of protest in Hong Kong. The protests began June 9 when as many as a ... -
Hong Kong | Carrie Lam sees no need for Chinese troops to quell unrest
Hong Kong’s leader said her government can handle unrest without assistance from Chinese forces, and still wants to hold talks with protesters despite a ... -
Briefs | Guangdong: 7 killed, 11 injured in expressway accident
Seven people were killed and 11 others injured after a coach overturned on an expressway in Guangdong Province, local authorities said yesterday. The accident ... -
Intellectual property | Experience copy-cat Macau food at Gongbei plaza
Mainland tourists can experience some of Macau’s specialty food products without setting foot in the city by visiting shops at and around the Gongbei ... -
Tensions escalate in Hong Kong protests as police weapon fired
Tensions flared in Hong Kong on a weekend that began with the formation of a peaceful human chain across the city and culminated two ... -
Hong Kong Protesters form human chain to call for democracy
Supporters of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement lined the streets and part of the city’s harbor front Friday, inspired by a human chain in a ...
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