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China's tourism industry braces for Ching Ming Festival with lockdowns and travel restrictions

HONG KONG: China's debilitated domestic tourism industry could be further clobbered by weak consumption during the coming holiday as the masses refrain from travelling far and spending while record numbers of coronavirus cases continue to spur lockdowns across the country.

Bangkok Post

‘Unfounded’: Hong Kong slams US, UK reports on declining freedoms

Territory’s government tells countries to stop ‘interfering’ in internal affairs after damning assessments on freedoms.

Al Jazeera

Hong Kong govt 'strongly opposes' UK, US report on city's diminishing freedoms

Hong Kong's government said on Friday it rejected "unfounded and ridiculous" allegations made in policy reports from Britain and the United States of a deteriorating political and legal situation due to the city's sweeping national security law.

Reuters

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China’s crackdown on Hong Kong democracy intensified, US says

China’s crackdown on democracy in Hong Kong intensified in the past year as authorities blocked the pro-democracy opposition from playing a meaningful role in the city’s governance while criminalizing peaceful political expression, according to a U.S. State Department report released on Thursday.

Tribune News Service

Domino's China Operator DPC Dash Delivers Hong Kong IPO

Key takeaways: Domino’s China operator DPC Dash has filed for a Hong Kong IPO that could raise up to $100 million and value the company at around $500 million Company has cashed in on China’s recent shift to takeout dining, posting 18.7% same-store sales growth last year By Doug Young

Benzinga

Opinion: China’s ‘Draghi Moment’ Saved Its Stocks, but Can It Work Next Time?

A well-timed government announcement can quickly shift market expectations, but it has to be followed by concrete measures to maintain credibility

Caixin Global

Morning Brief: Top Stories Dominating Financial Media on Thursday, March 31

CNBC One In Five Adults Has Invested In, Traded Or Used Cryptocurrency

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Omicron More Severe For Unvaccinated Children Than Other Strains, Hong Kong Study Finds: Bloomberg

According to a Hong Kong-based study, the omicron variant of COVID-19 has been linked to more hospitalizations, severe complicat

Benzinga

Hong Kong says UK judges’ resignations were ‘politically motivated’

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam

Evening Standard

COVID: why the current surge in cases is a problem for some countries but not others

Just when it looked like COVID cases were starting to fall after the high peaks of January, infections are rising once again around the world. The main driver of this latest surge is the more infectious BA.2 sub-lineage of the omicron variant, which has been becoming more common ever since…

The Conversation

HK chief slams resignation of UK court judges as 'political'

Hong Kong’s leader has rejected claims that the city’s judiciary was losing its independence after two British judges resigned from the courts in the semi-autonomous territory, citing increasingly oppressive laws enacted by mainland China

The Independent UK

Hong Kong’s Lam says UK judge withdrawal ‘politically motivated’

Two British judges quit territory’s highest court citing effect of the sweeping national security law imposed by China.

Al Jazeera

Why Alibaba And Tesla Rivals Xpeng, Li Auto Are Sliding In Hong Kong Today

Shares of U.S.-listed Chinese tech companies traded notably lower in Hong Kong on Thursday, dragging the benchmark Hang Seng Index into negative territory after three straight days of gains.

Benzinga

UK Withdraws Its Judges From Hong Kong’s Top Court

Britain said keeping its judges in Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal would “legitimize oppression” under a controversial security law in the former colony.

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Reuters

China decries UK judges quitting HK court, London says democracy at stake

China on Thursday blamed the resignation of two senior British judges from Hong Kong's highest court on "British pressure" against a sweeping national security law which makes dissent in the former British colony a crime punishable by jail.

The Guardian - UK

UK judges withdraw from Hong Kong’s court of final appeal

Judges resign saying administration has ‘departed from values of political freedom and freedom of expression’

The Conversation

How the controversial nationality and borders bill may help people from Chagos Islands and Hong Kong

The nationality and borders bill has been widely condemned as the continuation of a decade-long, Conservative-led immigration regime set on demonstrating that the UK is “tough on immigration”. It has been dubbed the “hostile environment” policy.

Al Jazeera

NBA returns to Chinese television following Hong Kong blacklist

State broadcaster CCTV stopped airing games in 2020, angered by a team official supporting Hong Kong democracy movement.

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The Independent UK

Britain to withdraw judges from Hong Kong top court

Britain says it's withdrawing its judges from Hong Kong’s top court because keeping them there would “legitimize oppression” in the former British colony

Caixin Global

Hong Kong Bourse Set to Pilot Digital-Asset Platform

Global annual trading of digital assets expected to reach $60 trillion to $100 trillion by 2030

Evening Standard

British judges withdrawn from Hong Kong’s top court over new security law

British judges will be withdrawn from serving in Hong Kong’s court of final appeal as the Chinese government tightens its grip on the city’s freedoms.

The Independent UK

Senior UK judges resign from roles at Hong Kong court over human rights concerns

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said it was no longer tenable for UK judges to sit in Hong Kong’s top court.

The Independent UK

‘No longer tenable’ for UK judges to sit on Hong Kong’s top court, Foreign Office says

‘We have seen a systematic erosion of liberty and democracy in Hong Kong,’ Liz Truss says

Reuters

UK judges resign from Hong Kong court over China's crackdown on dissent

Two senior British judges, including the president of the UK Supreme Court, resigned from Hong Kong's highest court on Wednesday because of a sweeping national security law imposed by China cracking down on dissent in the former British colony.

Benzinga

Tesla Rivals Nio, Xpeng Jump 6%, While Alibaba Ticks Down: What's Moving Hong Kong Markets Today?

Shares of U.S.-listed Chinese tech companies mostly traded higher in Hong Kong on Wednesday as the benchmark Hang Seng Index rose for a third straight day.

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