Biggest HK protest in months signals more unrest in 2020

Hong Kong saw its biggest pro-democracy protest in months Sunday, signaling more unrest to come in 2020 as the movement that began in June to fight

HK residents living with tear gas worry of effects

By day, the small commercial kitchen in a Hong Kong industrial building produces snacks. At night, it turns into a secret laboratory assembling a kit for pro-democracy protesters seeking to

Hong Kong | Embattled airline plans injection, will pay staff today

Embattled Hong Kong Airlines said it has drawn up an initial plan for a cash injection and will pay staff who had their salaries deferred, after regulators threatened to revoke

IMF advises Hong Kong should boost spending to save economy

The International Monetary Fund urged Hong Kong’s government to boost spending to support the territory’s convulsing economy, citing a range of risks from trade tensions to political unrest. Greater fiscal support

Survey shows HK economy on course for weakest quarter in 21 years

A private survey showed Hong Kong economy is on course for the weakest quarter in 21 years in the fourth quarter of 2019. The average reading of Hong Kong’s Purchasing Manager’s

Hong Kong | Carrie Lam promises new round of economic relief measures

Hong Kong’s leader pledged more relief measures in the wake of data showing that the city’s unrest drove a record decline in retail sales. Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam told

Censorship | HK economist says his views on China cost him his job

A local Hong Kong economist said he was asked to leave his job at a mainland Chinese-owned bank, in the latest example of political tensions erupting in the financial hub

Briefs | Three remain missing in Guangzhou ground collapse accident

  Three people who were trapped in a sudden ground collapse accident in Guangzhou remain missing, according to local authorities. The cave-in occurred on Sunday at a construction site of the

Chinese yuan planned to flow freely in GBA by 2022

  The Chinese yuan is planned to flow freely in the entire Greater Bay Area by 2022, according to Carol Lao, deputy director of the financial department of the Monetary Authority

Macau-Zhuhai joint fireworks show promises tech innovation

The Macau SAR government and the Zhuhai Municipal People’s Government will stage their first joint fireworks show together above the sea area in front of Macau Tower and Zhuhai Hengqin

HK awaits ‘enormous’ retail hit as chaos cripples economy

Hong Kong is counting the economic cost of almost six months of political unrest, with the city expected to post its first budget deficit since the early 2000s. Financial Secretary Paul

Hong Kong Airlines given one week to save its license

  Hong Kong Airlines Ltd., the city’s only other competitor to Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd., is fighting for survival just as the busy Christmas season approaches. The Air Transport Licensing Authority told

Silver-haired elders join youth in fight

Hundreds of silver-haired activists joined young Hong Kong protesters for a unity rally Saturday, vowing that their months-long movement will not fade away until there is greater democracy in the

Hong Kong | New wave of pro-democracy rallies cut short by police

Thousands of people took to Hong Kong’s streets yesterday in a new wave of pro-democracy protests, but police fired tear gas after some demonstrators hurled bricks and smokes bombs, breaking

Furious, China summons US ambassador over HK bills

China reacted furiously yesterday to President Donald Trump’s signing of bills on Hong Kong human rights, summoning the U.S. ambassador to strongly protest and warning the move would undermine cooperation

Former Hong Kong leader says protests won’t force China’s hand

Hong Kong’s controversial former leader said it was “senseless” to think mass protests could force Beijing’s hand, amid months of increasingly violent rallies against China’s grip on the city. “It’s extremely

Markets | HK stock’s 78% collapse adds to wave of sudden crashes

A third Hong Kong stock in less than a week lost most of its value in a sudden one-day plunge, underscoring concern that the $5.2 trillion market has become a

Goldman says time to buy shares in beleaguered MTR

MTR Corp. is poised to recover quickly when Hong Kong’s situation eventually settles, after months of protests in the city saw its passenger numbers and stock price plummet. That’s the view

Hong Kong | Cross-Harbour Tunnel reopens as campus siege nears end

  A major tunnel in Hong Kong reopened yesterday as a weeklong police siege of a nearby university appeared to be winding down, closing one of the more violent chapters in

Zhuhai-Shenzhen link plan revealed

The Zhuhai government has announced plans for a Shenzhen-Zhuhai bridge, suggesting that a bridge crossing the Lingding Channel will be built to connect the two cities,

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