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Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says she will not seek a second term

Hong Kong's embattled leader Carrie Lam, who has governed the global financial hub through the unprecedented upheaval of anti-government protests and COVID-19, said on Monday she will not seek a second five-year term of office.

Reuters

Hong Kong election for top leader is wide open as race starts

HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s election season officially begins Sunday, and despite a near-two month delay in proceedings because of a COVID-19 crisis, it’s still wildly unclear who actually wants the city’s top job.

Tribune News Service

Hong Kong urges testing, Shanghai struggles under lockdown

Hong Kong authorities are asking the entire population of more than 7.4 million to voluntarily test themselves for COVID-19 for three days in a row starting next week

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“This is a mad dish. Are those black beans?” - The hidden gem Chinese lunch in Greater Manchester

Hong Kong Choi is fabulous - we review it with artist Stanley Chow

Manchester Evening News

Hong Kong's Carrie Lam says leadership election to go ahead as planned

Hong Kong's leadership election will go ahead on May 8 as planned, city Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Saturday, rejecting media speculation it might be delayed for a second time due to a major COVID-19 outbreak.

Reuters

Hong Kong faces brain drain as talent flees ‘zero COVID’ controls

International financial centre has seen a net outflow of almost 157,000 residents since the beginning of 2022.

Al Jazeera

Thor Pedersen arrives in Australia after eight-year round-the-world trip without flying

Thor Pedersen has arrived in Australia as part of an ambitious eight-year mission to visit every country on the globe. The catch? He's not allowed to fly.

ABC News

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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

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

Evening Standard

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

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam

The Conversation

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 Independent UK

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

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Al Jazeera

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.

Benzinga

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.

The News Lens

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.

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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