Scott Salandy-Defour used to make frequent stops at a battery manufacturer in southern China for his energy startup based in Hong Kong. The appeal of Hong Kong, he said, is its adjacency to the plentiful electronics suppliers in the Pearl River Delta, as well as the city’s amenities for foreign entrepreneurs, be it its well-established […]
The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on No. 10 to ‘think twice’ before making a final call to help up to three million British National Overseas (BNO) passport holders relocate from Hong Kong.
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as the EC warns that the eurozone will shrink by 8.7% this yearLatest: EC slashes GDP forecasts after lockdownUK house prices drop for fourth month runningIntroduction: China stock market hits five-year highMarkets heading back to 2015 levels…but is it a bubble?European markets are down 1% 3.46pm […]
Wang said the uptick in the scale of forex reserves is affected by multiple factors, including exchange rates and changes in asset prices.
Officials are stepping up precautions, banning the hunting, skinning and transportation of rodents that can carry the deadly bacteria.
Facebook Inc, Google Inc and Twitter Inc suspended processing government requests for user data in Hong Kong, they said on Monday, following China’s establishment of a sweeping new national security law for the semi-autonomous city. Facebook in a statement said it was pausing reviews for all of its services “pending further assessment of the Nation […]
At least 21 people have died and 15 are being treated at a hospital after the incident which took place at around 12pm local time Tuesday in Guizhou province’s Anshun, south-western China.
Donald Trump is looking to target China for its human rights violations in Hong Kong with a round of financial and trade-related executive orders, including banning Chinese-created social media app TikTok.
The professor’s arrest comes at a time when the Communist Party is forcefully reasserting itself domestically as well as globally.
The market today is looking overseas for influence, where China put on huge gains Monday. The strength there could reflect hopes of avoiding a second lockdown, and some investors here seem to believe that could be a good sign for the U.S. also avoiding one.
Xu Zhangrun, 57, a professor at the prestigious Tsinghua University, came to prominence in July 2018 for denouncing the removal of the two-term limit for China President Xi Jinping. According to a text message circulated among Xu’s friends he was taken from his house on Monday morning by more than 20 policemen who also searched his house and confiscated […]
Boris Johnson announced the citizenship move last week after China pressed ahead with imposing a controversial national security law on Hong Kong.
Xu Zhangrun, who wrote articles critical of the government, taken from Beijing home by policemen, his friends say.
Mercedes-Benz will recall more than 660,000 vehicles in China later this year for a possible oil leak
President’s White House speech capping 4 July celebrations says US coronavirus strategy is ‘moving along well’Coronavirus latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageDonald Trump has celebrated independence day with a string of false and misleading claims attempting to play down the coronavirus pandemic and warning that China will be “held accountable”.The […]
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