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China's vice premier vows to boost Hong Kong competitiveness, says stimulus push has 'benefited' the city

Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng and several top financial policymakers have gathered at the third Global Financial Leaders Investment Summit.

Business - CNBC - 5 days ago

45 pro-democracy activists are sentenced in Hong Kong's biggest national security trial

A Hong Kong court sentenced dozens of leading pro-democracy figures to prison under a national security law that critics say has been used to suppress dissent.

45 activists sentenced in Hong Kong national security case. The longest term is 10 years

World - ABC News - 5 days ago

45 pro-democracy activists get 4 to 10 years in prison in Hong Kong

Forty-five ex-lawmakers and activists have been sentenced to four to 10 years in prison in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case under a Beijing-imposed law that crushed a once-thriving ...

World - ABC News - 5 days ago

Chinese Express Delivery Firm Taps Hong Kong Market With Near $800 Million Offering

S.F. Holding, which is already listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, plans to raise as much as $793.0 million by selling 170 million shares.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - 5 days ago

Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai defiant as he gives evidence in foreign collusion trial

Founder of Apple Daily paper denies seeking to influence foreign policy against China and says advocating for the independence of Hong Kong was ‘a reality too crazy to think about’. The ...

World - The Guardian - 4 days ago

Hong Kong ex-publisher Jimmy Lai testifies he didn't ask Pence, Pompeo to take action against city

Former Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai is testifying in his defense at his landmark national security trial

World - ABC News - 4 days ago

Hong Kong Media Mogul Jimmy Lai Takes Stand in National Security Trial

Jimmy Lai, who is charged with national security offenses, testified that his newspaper “carried a torch to the reality” of people’s desire for freedom in the city.

World - The New York Times - 3 days ago

Pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai denies asking U.S. to act against Hong Kong, China in landmark trial

Former Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai began testifying in his landmark national security trial that is widely seen as a measure of press freedom in the city.

Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai denies he asked a newspaper colleague to draft list of sanction targets

Former publisher Jimmy Lai has denied that he asked a colleague to draft a list of potential sanction targets in testimony at his landmark national security trial in Hong Kong

World - ABC News - 3 days ago

My friend Joshua Wong is among those jailed in Hong Kong – the UK must stand up for these political prisoners | Nathan Law

I too suffered this repression. The harsh sentences handed down to democracy activists cannot go unchallenged. Joshua Wong, one of Hong Kong’s best-known pro-democracy activists, was sentenced to ...