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This article is an on-site version of our Inside Politics newsletter. Subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every weekday. If you’re not a subscriber, you can still receive the newsletter free for 30 days Good morning. Stephen here. John Prescott, deputy prime minister of the UK from 1997 to 2007, has…
Welcome to Hong Kong Edition. Subscribe here if you like this free newsletter. Or email us with any feedback. This week, a big Wall Street gathering in Hong Kong coincided with a couple of geopolitically sensitive trials. So we looked into what it all means. As to the conference, who could forget the Goldman Stanley…
HONG KONG — Former publisher Jimmy Lai denied that he asked a colleague to draft a list of potential sanction targets in his second day of testimony Thursday at his landmark national security trial in Hong Kong. The 77-year-old founder of the now-shuttered Apple Daily pro-democracy newspaper is being tried on charges of colluding with…
The big arts event in Hong Kong this weekend is Hong Kong-born conductor Elim Chan’s guest appearance with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra this Friday and Saturday. There are also many art exhibitions taking place, including previews of upcoming auctions that do not charge for entry, that are worth checking out this weekend. 1. Hong…
Jimmy Lai was the chief of the now-defunct Hong Kong tabloid Apple Daily. Now 77, he’s facing a life sentence in a national security trial in Hong Kong. He was arrested in August 2020 after the intense anti-China government protests of 2019. Jimmy Lai, once one of Hong Kong’s most outspoken media tycoons, has been…
On Thursday, stock markets in China and Hong Kong saw a downturn as investors grappled with the dual prospects of U.S. tariff hikes and anticipated fiscal stimulus measures from Beijing. By midday, the Shanghai Composite index dipped by 0.1% to 3,364.64, and the blue-chip CSI 300 index decreased by 0.22%. The consumer staples, real…
Hongkongers woke up to cool and wet weather on Thursday as temperatures dipped to 17 degrees Celsius in urban areas, with the mercury dropping to as low as 13 degrees on the city’s highest peak. Temperatures are forecast to rise slightly over the next five days to between 19 and 24 degrees with sunny periods…
The world’s largest alternative asset manager Blackstone has partnered with a local industry body to launch a certification programme for Hong Kong’s wealth managers, deepening the city’s push to serve as a wealth-management hub amid growing interest in private assets. The company, which has run the Blackstone University programme for 13 years globally, will launch…
Can anyone really tell what is organic or not organic in Hong Kong? In the markets, I have seen veggies with a pen-written sign proclaiming their greens are “organic”. In the supermarket, there is fruit in cellophane wrap with generic “organic” stickers without any certification or proof. Can I truly trust the vendor? Is it…