A recent speech by Chinese President Xi Jinping that has been published by state media indicates for the first time that he was leading the response to a new virus outbreak from early on in the crisis. The publication of the Feb 3 speech was
Traders in Hong Kong’s border towns are lamenting plunging business during the coronavirus outbreak but some residents say they are enjoying the absence of crowds of Chinese mainlanders. The influx of migrants, tourists and traders has long been a controversial topic as the financial hub
Tens of thousands of people marched on Hong Kong’s parliament on Sunday to demand the scrapping of proposed extradition rules that would allow people to be sent to mainland China for trial – a move which some fear puts the city’s core freedoms at risk.
Hong Kong investors are ready to purchase Indonesian businessman Erick Thohir’s 31 percent stake in Italian club Inter Milan, according to reports in Italy on Saturday. The Chinese Suning Commerce Group purchased a controlling 68.55 percent stake in Inter in 2016. Thohir had remained as
The Hong Kong High Court of Appeal ruled Monday that a British lesbian should be granted a spousal visa to join her partner who works in the city. The court effectively overturned the decision of the Hong Kong Immigration Department , finding no justification on “indirect discrimination on account
NEWS SCAN Hong Kong’s former chief executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen pleased not guilty to charges of misconduct and accepting advantages following corrupt dealings during his term. Before leaving office in 2012, Tsang reportedly negotiated with a major shareholder of Digital Broadcasting Corporation (DBC) to approve license
NEWS SCAN A Hong Kong court on sentenced three leaders of the 2014 pro-democracy protests who were convicted on charges related to their occupation of a government building. Joshua Wong and Alex Chow, prominent leaders of the Umbrella Revolution , were convicted of unlawful assembly, while a