CDT has recently acquired and verified a collection of propaganda directives issued by central Party authorities to state media at the beginning of this year. These directives were issued on an almost daily basis in early 2020,...
Emerging details of Hong Kong’s impending National Security Law have fueled concern over its unprecedented encroachment on the territory’s political and legal autonomy, despite what NYU’s Jerome Cohen describes...
Mass protests in Hong Kong over proposed amendments to extradition laws that would enable...
Protests in Hong Kong continued last weekend, with estimated turnout of close to a quarter of a...
Hong Kong’s Legislative Council yesterday approved a controversial bill that will allow...
One of Hong Kong’s largest corruption cases to date has concluded with the sentencing of a...
Over the past week, the protesters in Hong Kong have focused on well-defined political demands,...
Last month, amid growing concern that Beijing may renege on a 2007 promise to allow universal...
After the drop in the Hang Seng Index due to the news of Kim Jong-il’s death and fears of instability in the region, Hong Kong stocks were able to rebound and close up 0.1 percent. Business Week reports: The Hang Seng...
Although listings of mainland Chinese companies fell this year in the Hong Kong market, it is expected that as many as 20 companies are planning initial public offerings. Business Week reports: While about 110 companies are...
The recent boom in Hong Kong housing prices led to the discontent and frustration of many families. The government now plans to make thousands of homes available to lower income families by reinstating a revision of a housing...
As part of the company’s rapid expansion in the greater China region, Apple is planning to open their first store in Hong Kong this month, Bloomberg reports: The store, located inside the International Finance Center Mall...
A rare bit of positive economic news for China, from the International Herald Tribune, which reports that foreign investment in Hong Kong, and on the mainland, is not slowing despite the financial crisis: Many of the expansions...
From Reuters: Hong Kong expanded a free-trade deal with mainland China on Tuesday in an agreement that includes giving mining and exploration companies and related services easier access to the Chinese market. The trade...
From International Herald Tribune: This city is between a rock and a hard place. Its separate identity and unique commercial advantages are in danger of being slowly squeezed between the ambitions of neighboring Shenzhen and...
From Sydney Morning Herald: Of the 10 bridges that connect Hong Kong’s extensive road network, none is more impressive than the Tsing Ma crossing linking Kowloon and the rest of the peninsula to the gateway airport on...
High inflation isn’t just limited to the Mainland; Hong Kong is feeling the heat too. From Financial Times : Hong Kong’s inflation rose to its highest level in ten years last month, pushed by rising food prices and rents....
While thousands of people in Hong Kong demonstrated for full democracy in the former British colony, Hong Kong and China join hands at a trade meeting in Dubai. From AMEINFO: Under the terms of this agreement, DMCC and HKGMA will design initiatives aimed at promoting the coloured stones and pearl trade through trade forums, exhibitions, […]
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