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…
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says Hong Kong businessman Jimmy Lai’s release from prison is a priority for his government. He backed up that stance by raising the matter with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Rio de Janeiro on Monday. US President-elect Donald Trump, meanwhile, has pledged “100%” to secure the freedom of the pro-democracy…
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer raised concerns over human rights and Taiwan in his first meeting with President Xi Jinping, prompting Chinese officials to usher journalists out of the room. “I’m very pleased that my foreign secretary and Foreign Minister Wang met recently to discuss respective concerns including on human rights and parliamentary sanctions, Taiwan,…