Doomed to fail? Hong Kong’s attempt to tackle ‘shoebox housing’ runs into trouble | Hong Kong
Lai Shan Zse moves quickly through the dingy, dimly lit stairwell of a unit block in Hong Kong's Mong Kok district. The social worker knocked on the door to announce her arrival, entered a small foyer, passed a tiled kitchenette where an elderly woman waved, and entered a narrow hall lined with what looked like […]
Global Stocks over the Long Term: the S&P 500, the Big Standout vs the Markets of Japan, China, Hong Kong, India, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Canada – WOLF STREET
And how did the depreciation of the yen and rupee affect US dollar investors in Japanese and Indian stocks? Wolf Street by Wolf Richter: The S&P 500 rose 24% in 2024 and 53% in 2023 and 2024 combined. That's a huge two-year gain, reminiscent of the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s, when the S&P […]
NBA returning to China more than five years after Daryl Morey Hong Kong tweet
The National Basketball Association (NBA) has announced that it will begin playing games in 2025, more than five years after former Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey urged it to disassociate itself from images supporting Hong Kong protesters. He will return to China for two season games. The Brooklyn Nets and Phoenix Suns, owned by […]
Cathay Pacific apologises over inflight Family Guy episode with Tiananmen Square scene | Hong Kong
Hong Kong's flagship carrier Cathay Pacific has apologized after its in-flight entertainment system included an episode of Family Guy featuring scenes depicting Tiananmen Square. airline He told the South China Morning Post. The company had apologized to customers after complaints were raised on social media that the episode could violate Hong Kong's national security laws. […]
Anti-Communist Media Mogul Jimmy Lai Defies China at Hong Kong Trial
Media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying faced a kangaroo court appointed by the Communist Party-controlled puppet government to prosecute him under a fascist “national security law” imposed by the Chinese government at a trial in Hong Kong on Wednesday. He took on a cheerful and rebellious attitude. Lai, 77, has already been imprisoned for about four […]
Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai to take witness stand in collusion trial | Jimmy Lai
Democratic media mogul Jimmy Lai has taken the witness stand for the first time since being indicted on foreign conspiracy charges under Hong Kong's punitive national security law. He told the court Wednesday that he started his media business after the Tiananmen massacre. “I thought it would be a good opportunity for someone like me, […]
Hong Kong’s largest national security trial to end with sentencing of HK47 | Hong Kong
Hong Kong's biggest national security trial concluded on Tuesday, with dozens of the city's most prominent democracy activists found guilty of subversion and facing possible life sentences. The Chinese government imposed sweeping national security laws in the financial capital in 2020, quelling months of massive pro-democracy protests. Western countries and international rights groups have denounced […]
‘The View’ Co-Host Confronts Walz On False Claims About Being In Hong Kong During Tiananmen Square Protests
“The View” co-host Alyssa Farrar Griffin on Monday confronted Democratic vice presidential candidate and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz about his past claims that he was in Hong Kong during the 1989 Tiananmen massacre. I objected. Mr. Walz has falsely claimed several times that he was in Hong Kong during the spring 1989 pro-democracy protests in […]
Chinese Stocks Soar More Than 8% in Hong Kong on Stimulus Bets – Yahoo Finance
(Bloomberg) — Chinese stocks listed in Hong Kong rose by the most in nearly two years, as traders returned from the holidays, fueling stimulus-fueled euphoria. Most Read Articles on Bloomberg The Hang Seng China Enterprises (^HSCE) index rose by up to 8.5%, extending its winning streak to 13 consecutive days. Real estate developers led the […]
Tim Walz Lied About Being in Hong Kong During Tiananmen Square Massacre
During a 2014 Congressional hearing, then-Rep. Tim Walz (D-Minnesota) boasted that he was in Hong Kong at the time of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. There’s just one problem… He wasn't. He was in Nebraska at the time. Here he (once again) brags about things that aren't true. When I was young, I was in […]