By Greg Torode and Anne Marie Roantree HONG KONG -Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Saturday warned that COVID-19 infections could be growing exponentially in a congested residential area of …
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Hong Kong authorities announced they would kill 2,000 small animals after several hamsters contracted COVID-19 in a pet store, the Associated Press reported. An employee at the pet store tested …
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By Kane Wu Hong Kong – Private equity firm Affinity Equity Partners is this week launching the sale of its Burger King fast-food businesses in South Korea and Japan, in …
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LONDON – Chinese developer Guangzhou R&F Properties, which has a number of super-sized projects in global cities such as London, saw its Hong Kong offshoot declared in “selective default” on …
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HONG KONG – Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has ordered an inquiry into the behaviour of 13 senior government officials who attended the birthday bash of a delegate to China’s …
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HONG KONG – Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday the government will expand a “vaccine bubble” from Feb. 24 to include venues such as gyms, cinemas and libraries …
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By Scott Murdoch HONG KONG – Hong Kong’s Airport Authority is aiming to raise up to $4 billion in a multi-tranche dollar bond offering, according to two sources with direct …
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SHANGHAI – The police raid on Hong Kong media organisation Stand News this week was “completely lawful and beyond reproach”, said a spokesperson with the Chinese embassy in Britain, hitting …
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday slammed Hong Kong police’s raid of Stand News and the arrest of seven of its employees, calling out China’s “targeting” of free press. …
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HONG KONG – China’s ride-hailing giant Didi Global plans to use a mechanism that will allow it to list shares in Hong Kong without raising capital or issuing new stock …
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– Three doses of Sinovac’s CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine do not produce adequate levels of antibodies to fight the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, researchers from Hong Kong said in a …
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WASHINGTON – The United States on Monday named five already-sanctioned Chinese officials it said had contributed to undermining Hong Kong’s democracy and warned that foreign financial institutions that conduct business …
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By Scott Murdoch HONG KONG – Chinese artificial intelligence start-up SenseTime Group relaunched its $767 million Hong Kong IPO on Monday, a week after pulling the listing in the wake …
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By Aleksander Solum HONG KONG – Adrian Lau is one of a very few independent candidates running in elections Sunday for Hong Kong’s Legislative Council. The elections are the first …
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By Clare Jim and James Pomfret HONG KONG – Hong Kong officials are working to boost turnout in Sunday’s legislative election, according to diplomats and people familiar with the effort. …
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Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Edward Grace, Assistant Director of the Office of Law Enforcement for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, …
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By Greg Torode and Guy Faulconbridge HONG KONG/LONDON – Britain has scolded China for its broadening use of a national security law in Hong Kong, detailing attacks on the city’s …
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By Alun John HONG KONG – Financial institutions think business conditions in Hong Kong and mainland China will deteriorate in the coming years, although they plan to keep investing in …
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By Jessie Pang and Edmond Ng HONG KONG – Eight Hong Kong pro-democracy activists were sentenced to up to 14 months in prison on Monday for organising, taking part in …
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By Kane Wu and Scott Murdoch HONG KONG -Chinese artificial intelligence startup SenseTime Group is discussing the fate of its planned $767 million Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) with …
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KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysian glove maker Top Glove Corp has won shareholders’ approval for its plan to list in Hong Kong, saying on Wednesday it expected to complete the exercise …
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HONG KONG -Hong Kong property developer New World Development said on Monday it plans to sell 300 new homes at a discount of roughly 50% to the market price in …
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HONG KONG – Ride-hailing giant Didi Global’s move to withdraw from the New York stock exchange has put a spotlight on other U.S.-listed Chinese firms and whether more will jump …
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HONG KONG – UBS Group AG has offered its Hong Kong staff up to HK$2000 ($256.45) a day to help cover mandatory hotel quarantine costs as the city maintains some …
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Disney’s streaming service pulled an episode of ‘The Simpsons” that mocked Chinese censorship of the Tiananmen Square Massacre from its Hong Kong platform, according to multiple reports. The episode, titled …