Hong Kong’s 21 ministerial-level officials spent more than HK$46.6 million (US$5.9 million) on trips over the past three financial years, with finance chief Paul Chan Mo-po accounting for nearly a quarter of the total. Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Algernon Yau Ying-wah was the most frequent traveller, making 50 trips in the past three…
United States intelligence assessments allege that China is quietly taking a more active role in the Iran war and may have even sent shoulder missiles to Iran in recent weeks, according to a new report. The missiles in question are man-portable air-defense systems, also known as MANPADs, which are commonly used to shoot down low-flying…
As talks between the United States and Iran go on in Pakistan, US President Donald Trump said that it makes “no difference to him” whether the two sides agree on a deal or not. He reiterated his claim that the US has already “won”. Donald Trump reiterated his claim that the US has defeated Iran’s…
President Trump threatened “big problems” for China Saturday if they deliver air defense systems to Tehran while the US is locked in a war with Iran. “If China does that, China is gonna have big problems, OK?” Trump told reporters outside the White House. US intelligence sources have said that the People’s Republic was planning…
Citing sources, CNN said Beijing is preparing to transfer shoulder-fired anti-air missile systems known as MANPADs. (AFP pic) WASHINGTON: US intelligence indicates China is preparing to deliver new air defence systems to Iran within the next few weeks, CNN reported late on Friday, citing three people familiar with recent intelligence assessments. The network said there are indications…
Beijing’s top official overseeing Hong Kong affairs has concluded his second visit to the Greater Bay Area in three weeks, a move that analysts view as a push from the central government to speed up the city’s integration with national development. Xia Baolong, director of the State Council’s Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, was…
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Clifford Chance has helped more than a dozen innovative companies raise funds under the new listing regime since 2018, when Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) introduced reforms for pre-revenue biotech firms and companies with weighted voting rights (WVR), where one class of shareholders carries more voting rights than others. “The current market cap requirement…
BEIJING — China’s ties with countries such as Iran and Russia have raised expectations of a bigger diplomatic role, but Beijing remains focused on protecting its own domestic interests, including global exports. That stance underpins Beijing’s circumspect acknowledgment of reports that it pushed Iran toward this week’s temporary ceasefire. A New York Times report cited…
Chinese President Xi Jinping has told Taiwan opposition leader Cheng Li-wun that “people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are Chinese” and that the future of cross-strait ties should be decided by “the Chinese people themselves”. Cheng, the chairperson of Taiwan’s largest opposition party, the Kuomintang (KMT), is visiting China on what she has described…