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Airlines scrap, reroute flights as China fires live missiles in drills near Taiwan

Airlines have cancelled flights to Taipei and rerouted others to avoid airspace nearby that has been closed to civilian traffic during Chinese military exercises sparked by U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan.

Reuters

Kingsoft Cloud Joins Chinese Companies Pivoting To Hong Kong as Delisting Risk Grows

Key Takeaway: Kingsoft Cloud has joined more than 100 companies that can be delisted in the U.S. amid an impasse in talks between Washington and Beijing over a U.S. law that requires Chinese companies listed in the country to share audit records, which the Chinese government considers state secrets

Benzinga

Cathay Pacific avoiding designated airspace zones around Taiwan

Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways said on Thursday its flights are currently not flying through designated airspace zones around Taiwan.

Reuters

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Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing's firm to sell stake in fintech upstart

Hong Kong (AFP) - Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing's firm is selling its stake in the parent company of fintech upstart AMTD Digital, according to a statement released Thursday, after the company enjoyed a massive rally this week.

AFP

Property companies behind Newcastle Glassworks student block sold out of administration

Administrators have been appointed to three companies within the Hong Kong-based Bricks Group

Birmingham Post

Markets track US rally, eyes on China's Taiwan drills

Hong Kong (AFP) - Asian markets on Thursday tracked a Wall Street rally fuelled by healthy economic and earnings data, while traders kept a wary eye on Chinese military drills around Taiwan.

AFP

Asian markets rally on healthy US data, post-Pelosi relief

Hong Kong (AFP) - Asian markets on Thursday tracked a Wall Street rally fuelled by healthy economic and earnings data, while there was some relief that Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan trip did not elicit a harsher response from China despite grave warnings from Beijing.

AFP

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Alibaba Surges Over 5% Ahead Of Earnings As Hang Seng Tracks Wall Street Higher

Hong Kong’s benchmark Hang Seng Index rose over 2% in opening trade on Thursday, following an upbeat session on Wall Street overnight.

Benzinga

New Hong Kong chief among world's highest-paid politicians

Hong Kong (AFP) - Hong Kong's new leader John Lee received a salary bump that would make him among the world's highest-paid politicians, according to figures provided by his office Wednesday, even as the financial hub's economy undergoes a downturn.

AFP

Review: 'On Java Road,' by Lawrence Osborne

FICTION: An engaging mystery about a journalist who investigates the disappearance of a student activist in Hong Kong.

Tribune News Service

Hong Kong 'Captain America' protester gets lighter sentence after appeal

A Hong Kong activist dubbed "Captain America 2.0" for wielding the superhero's shield during pro-democracy protests in 2019 had his jail sentence reduced to five years on Wednesday after winning an appeal.

Reuters

Bookstore owner to ask Pelosi to help Hong Kongers at Taipei meeting

A staunch defender of human rights and long-time China critic, U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi is set to meet rights activists in Taiwan on Wednesday, a move certain to ramp up already fraught tensions between Beijing and Washington.

Reuters

Most Asian markets rise but Taiwan fears keep confidence in check

Hong Kong (AFP) - Asian markets mostly rose Wednesday after the previous day's reverse, though traders remained on edge after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, which has further strained China-US ties and raised concerns about the long-term impact on the global outlook.

AFP

Alibaba, JD Surge Over 3% As Earnings Come Into Focus: Hong Kong Traders Shrug Off Pelosi-Linked Taiwan Tensions

Shares of Alibaba and JD.com rose over 3% in Wednesday morning opening trade, with Hong Kong’s benchmark Hang Seng Index also beginning on a positive note, gaining 0.91%. Alibaba is set to release its June-quarter earnings on Thursday.

Benzinga

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Hong Kong mahjong carver among the last of his kind

Hong Kong (AFP) - Eyebrows furrowed in careful concentration as he chisels images and Chinese characters onto mahjong tiles, 70-year-old Cheung Shun-king is one of the last craftsmen of his kind in Hong Kong.

Belfast Live

Arlene Foster and Michelle O'Neill's office breached transparency laws over Chinese consul meeting, watchdog finds

The Information Commissioner's Office examined the Executive Office's response to requests for minutes of the meeting

The Street

HKD, AMTD, WTF? The stock you haven't heard of that's up 30,000% in 2 weeks

Shares of little-known Hong Kong IPO AMTD Digital are currently trading above $2,500, despite IPO'ing on July 15th at $7.80. What?

The Conversation

Hong Kong's 1922 general strike: when the British empire struck back

Following last year’s centenary of the foundation of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), 2022 marks the 100th anniversary of the first general strike to shut down a British colonial territory – Hong Kong.

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Hong Kong bans eating at annual food expo

Hong Kong (AFP) - Visitors to Hong Kong's annual exhibition of global gourmet food will once again not be allowed to sample the delicacies due to coronavirus curbs, the organiser said Tuesday.

Bangkok Post

US Navy deploys four warships east of Taiwan as Pelosi heads to Taipei

HONG KONG: As US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi headed to Taipei on Tuesday amid intensifying warnings from China, four US warships, including an aircraft carrier, were positioned in waters east of the island on "routine" deployments.

AFP

Markets drop as talk of Pelosi Taiwan trip fans China-US tension

Hong Kong (AFP) - Asian markets mostly fell Tuesday on geopolitical fears after reports that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi would visit Taiwan fanned China-US tensions.

AFP

Key Hong Kong court ruling to lift lid on national security cases

Hong Kong (AFP) - A Hong Kong court delivered a landmark ruling on Tuesday that will help lift the lid on secrecy-shrouded pre-trial hearings held under a national security law.

Reuters

Hong Kong high court quashes reporting ban on key national security case

Hong Kong's High Court on Tuesday quashed a court reporting restriction for a landmark national security case involving a now disbanded group that once organised the city's annual candlelight vigils to commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown.

AFP

China's former golf world number one Feng Shanshan retires

Hong Kong (AFP) - China's former world number one and 2016 Olympic bronze medallist Feng Shanshan announced her retirement from professional golf and the LPGA Tour on Tuesday.

Reuters

U.S. targets Chinese, UAE firms in new Iran oil sanctions

The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on Chinese and other firms it said helped to sell tens of millions of dollars' in Iranian oil and petrochemical products to East Asia as it seeks to raise pressure on Tehran to curb its nuclear programme.

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