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Shenzhen struggles under weight of lost jobs, dwindling profits and demand woes

HONG KONG: Late last month, Zeng Zhao, who runs a Shenzhen tech company developing educational software and has been looking to hire a new software engineer, was surprised to find a large number of experienced but jobless engineers seeking work in China’s tech hub.

Bangkok Post

Top court warns Hong Kong against risk of prosecuting 'thought crimes'

Hong Kong's highest court on Friday overturned the conviction of a protester for carrying plastic zip fasteners, with judges warning that the authorities' expanded interpretation of the law risked creating a "thought crime".

Reuters

Top Hong Kong court warns against prosecuting 'thought crimes'

HONG KONG: Hong Kong's highest court on Friday overturned the conviction of a protester for carrying plastic zip fasteners, with judges warning that the authorities' expanded interpretation of the law risked creating a "thought crime".

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Hong Kong court jails young men who tried fleeing to Taiwan by boat

Seven Hong Kong men who tried to flee Hong Kong by speedboat to escape protest related charges were on Friday sentenced to between seven and 10 months imprisonment for acts to "pervert the course of justice".

Reuters

Asian stocks mixed as recession fears grow, China data disappoints

Hong Kong (AFP) - Stocks were mixed in Asia on Friday as soaring inflation and a series of interest rate hikes around the world continued to fan recession fears, while a big miss on Chinese growth added to anxiety about the world's biggest economies.

AFP

UBS, Citi among banks hit by Asia rich clients’ pullback

A slump in client trading activity in Asia is threatening to slow a lucrative earner for the world’s biggest wealth managers.

Bangkok Post

Alibaba Slips As Execs Summoned, China Growth Pace Slows — Nio, EV Peers Buck Trend

Shares of major U.S.-listed Chinese companies traded mixed in Hong Kong on Friday, with tech heavyweights like Alibaba Group Holdings (NYSE: BABA), Baidu Inc (NASDAQ: BIDU), JD

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Asian stocks mixed as recession fears grow, China data falls well short

AFP

Matildas pioneer Connie Selby hoping to make Women's World Cup history with Tonga

Connie Selby was part of the first Australian representative side to tour overseas when they played in Hong Kong in 1975. Now, she's hoping to create more history.

ABC News

Papua New Guinea reach semi-finals despite dramatic loss

Bulawayo (Zimbabwe) (AFP) - Papua New Guinea reached the Twenty20 World Cup qualifying tournament semi-finals in Zimbabwe despite a dramatic last-ball Group B loss to Hong Kong on Thursday.

AFP

Four Hong Kong men arrested while trying to flee to Taiwan

Police said men, including one shot by officer in 2019 protest, had been hiding from law enforcement

The Guardian - UK

Hong Kong police say 4 protesters arrested after year on the run

Hong Kong police said on Thursday they had arrested four men, wanted on charges stemming from mass pro-democracy protests in 2019, who had gone into hiding for over a year.

Reuters

'Disqualifying a big winner would hand racing's opponents a stick with which to beat it'

Japan and Hong Kong have got it right about the whip and the new UK rules don't cut it, says racing correspondent David Yates

Daily Mirror

We stand with brave Mo - readers share their refugee stories in new People Move project

Sporting legend Sir Mo Farah reveals he was illegally trafficked to the UK in a documentary last night with readers now sharing their own stories for our #PeopleMove project

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Reuters

Priest begins protest outside Hong Kong prison against detentions of activists

A Catholic priest launched a three-day protest on Thursday in sweltering heat outside a Hong Kong maximum security prison, demanding the release of activists and democratic politicians held under a sweeping national security law.

AFP

Asian markets swing as US inflation spikes see rate hike bets soar

Hong Kong (AFP) - Asian markets were mixed Thursday as another forecast-busting US inflation print ramped up bets on a quick series of sharp interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve as other central banks also race to tighten.

The Guardian - AU

Hong Kong activist ‘Grandma Wong’ jailed for eight months over pro-democracy protests

Wong, a familiar presence at the rallies, used her court appearance to label Hong Kong’s government an ‘authoritarian regime’

AFP

Asian markets swing as US inflation spike leaves mixed feelings

Hong Kong (AFP) - Asian markets fluctuated Thursday as another forecast-busting US inflation print ramped up bets on a quick series of sharp interest rate hikes that traders hope can be quickly walked back once prices are brought under control.

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Al Jazeera

Grandma Wong, fixture of Hong Kong protests, jailed for 8 months

The veteran activist served two short terms in prison in July 2021 and in April this year.

Bangkok Post

Making a splash

To mark the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the "Making Waves – Navigators Of Hong Kong Cinema" touring programme will land in Thailand this month.

Reuters

Veteran Hong Kong activist jailed for unlawful assembly

A Hong Kong court sentenced a 66-year-old activist known as "Grandma Wong" to eight months' imprisonment on Wednesday, in the second jailing of a veteran Hong Kong democracy campaigner in as many days.

AFP

Hong Kong's 'Grandma Wong' jailed for democracy protests

Hong Kong (AFP) - An elderly woman who became a fixture of Hong Kong's democracy protests was jailed on Wednesday for unlawful assembly, a day after courts imprisoned a terminally ill 75-year-old activist.

AFP

Asian stocks, crude bounce from losses but recession fears linger

Hong Kong (AFP) - Asian stockswere mixed Wednesday as trader struggled to recover some of the losses suffered at the start of the week, while oil bounced from a rout, though recession alarms continue to ring loud.

AFP

Asian markets fluctuate as oil, euro struggle on recession fears

Hong Kong (AFP) - Asian markets fought Wednesday to recover some of the losses suffered at the start of the week as recession alarms continue to ring loud and oil struggled to erase the previous day's sharp drop owing to growing demand fears.

The Conversation

When people say the West should support Taiwan, what exactly do they mean?

There is a growing antagonism towards China in Western commentary, provoked by its treatment of the Uighurs, Hong Kong and Taiwan, its activities in the South China Sea and its role in Sri Lanka’s debt crisis.

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