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After Years in Prison, China Grocery Tycoon Weighs Twin IPOs
In 2018, Zhang Wenzhong was cleared by China’s top court of financial misconduct charges after earlier spending more than half a decade in prison. Three years later, the Chinese tycoon has revived the supermarket business he founded, and is about to launch two initial public offerings -- one in Hong Kong and the other in the U.S.
China’s Tech Crackdown Is Cooling Hong Kong’s IPO Market
New Hong Kong listings are tracking at their slowest pace since the aftermath of the global financial crisis, as weaker markets and China’s clampdown on its biggest tech firms chill sentiment.
China's silencing of Tiananmen tributes extends to Hong Kong
HONG KONG (AP) — For years, China has quashed any discussion on the mainland of its bloody 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, nearly erasing what happened from the collective consciousness.
Huawei rolls out its own operating system to smartphones
HONG KONG (AP) — Huawei launched its own HarmonyOS mobile operating system on its handsets on Wednesday as it adapts to having lost access to Google mobile services two years ago after the U.S. put the Chinese telecommunications company on a trade blacklist.
Hong Kong's Tiananmen museum shuts down amid investigation
HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong museum commemorating China's deadly 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protests closed Wednesday three days after opening as the ruling Communist Party tries to stamp out the last traces of public discussion of the event.
Hong Kong’s ‘Grandma Wong’ arrested for solo Tiananmen protest
Detention of veteran pro-democracy activist clear sign of authorities’ zero tolerance to dissent
AP PHOTOS: Tiananmen crackdown exhibit opens in Hong Kong
HONG KONG (AP) — The organizer of Hong Kong’s annual Tiananmen Square candlelight vigil has opened its yearly exhibit of photographs and paraphernalia from the bloody 1989 crackdown in Beijing on those calling for democracy in China.
Online Health-Care Platform ClouDr Said to Mull $500 Million IPO
Digital health-care platform ClouDr is considering an initial public offering that could raise about $400 million to $500 million, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Hong Kong bans Tiananmen crackdown vigil for 2nd year
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong authorities for the second year have banned the June 4 candlelight vigil commemorating the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, organizers said Thursday.
Hong Kong Has a New Type of Prisoner: Pro-Democracy Activists
Hundreds of protesters, many students or college-educated, face potentially stiff sentences after Beijing’s crackdown. Those behind bars already battle isolation and disillusionment.
Hong Kong Passes Xi’s Plan to End Only Open Elections in China
Hong Kong’s legislature approved a sweeping, Beijing-drafted overhaul of the city’s elections, dramatically curtailing the opposition’s ability to participate in government on the same day that authorities banned a massive pro-democracy vigil.
NetEase’s Music App Files for $1 Billion Hong Kong IPO
Chinese gaming giant NetEase Inc.’s music streaming arm has filed for an initial public offering in Hong Kong as the Tencent Holdings Ltd. rival ratchets up competition in online content.
Hong Kong Lawmakers Set to Pass Beijing-Drafted Election Revamp
Hong Kong’s opposition-free legislature is expected to approve sweeping changes to the city’s electoral system ordered by the Chinese leadership, dramatically curtailing the ability of dissenting voices to participate in government.
Old-School Tycoons of Hong Kong Are Losing to China’s Moguls
The prediction was vintage Jack Ma, as provocative as it was prescient.“This is the era of the internet,” the Chinese billionaire proclaimed in October 2013, just weeks after his plan to take Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. public in Hong Kong had been scuttled by regulators. “It no longer belongs to Li Ka-shing.”Ma’s dig at the famed Hong Kong tycoon raised plenty of eyebrows at the time, but few would disagree with him now. The past few years have seen a remarkable shift in fortunes between China’s
Covid vaccine hesitancy could see Hong Kong throw away doses
Observers say mistrust of government, disinformation and a lack of urgency mean vaccine take-up has been slow
Boom in China Firms Listing in the U.S. Comes to Sudden Halt
At least three Chinese companies have put their plans to list in the U.S. on hold, heralding a slowdown in what’s been a record start to a year for initial public offerings by mainland and Hong Kong firms.
United Imaging Is Said to Weigh $1 Billion Hong Kong IPO
Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co., a medical imaging and radiotherapy equipment maker, is weighing a Hong Kong initial public offering that could raise at least $1 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.
China Resources Said to Consider $2 Billion Supermarket IPO
China Resources Holdings Co. is weighing a Hong Kong initial public offering for its supermarket business CR Vanguard that could raise as much as $2 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.
Hong Kong Protests, Silenced on the Streets, Surface in Artworks
Even as the authorities restrict speech in the Chinese territory, local artists are subtly rendering the 2019 pro-democracy demonstrations in paintings, installations and other media.
Netflix series criticized online in China over Taiwan flag
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese nationalism on the internet has a new target: The popular Thai drama “Girl from Nowhere" distributed by Netflix. Comments online Wednesday complained the series' Facebook page showed the flags of Taiwan, the island democracy claimed by the ruling Communist Party as part of its territory, and of Hong Kong, where the party is trying to crush pro-democracy activism.
Beijing finds a common strategy on trade frictions and Hong Kong: Blame the U.S.
If you are following U.S.-China relations or the Hong Kong protests closely, we would recommend reading two Foreign Ministry Q&As this week that revolved around…
Beijing threatens, with video, that it could quash Hong Kong protests
A propaganda video debuted at a reception in Hong Kong for the 92nd anniversary of the establishment of the People’s Liberation Army. It was shared widely…
A campus divided: Hong Kong University students spar over city’s future
“Opportunities for friendly interactions are shrinking. I don’t want them to completely vanish.” As protests in Hong Kong escalate in scale and intensity…
Weekly Briefing: Hong Kong’s ‘hard hat revolution’; a Chinese SpaceX?; Shanghai’s falling STAR
Hello, readers! The China Project Weekly Briefing is our newest feature, detailing the most important China news from the past week. It also comes in…
Hong Kong Yuen Long protest is banned, but protesters still plan gathering
Whoever organized the triad gang attacks in Yuen Long in Hong Kong on Sunday is probably pleased with this effect of their intimidation: “The heads of 11…
Beijing dials up rhetoric in Hong Kong, blames foreign interference
Hong Kong’s protesters show no sign of slacking, but Beijing is sending menacing signals. Here are the latest developments from the only city in China…
White-clad mob assaults protesters, bystanders in Yuen Long, Hong Kong
Hours after the latest anti-extradition bill march ended on Sunday night in Hong Kong, a gang of men in white shirts, armed with canes, batons…
Friday Song: Lo Ta-yu seeks Hong Kong’s roots in ‘Pearl of the Orient’
In 1986, Lo Ta-yu (罗大佑 Luō Dàyòu), a Taiwanese singer-songwriter and a cultural icon in Mandopop, went to Hong Kong and wrote a song called…
Sinica Podcast: The occupation of LegCo, and mainland Chinese reactions
This week’s Sinica Podcast is now live. Photo credit: CNN reporter James Griffiths This week, we speak again with Antony Dapiran, a corporate lawyer in…
Friday Song: Ai Jing’s yearning for Hong Kong in ‘My 1997’
“1997, please come soon, then I can go to Hong Kong.” In 1992, in the eyes of many on the mainland, Hong Kong was a…
No bargaining chip too big: techno-trade war talks resume
CNBC reports that “U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin spoke to Chinese Vice Premier Liú Hè 刘鹤 and Commerce Minister Zhōng Shān 钟山”…
Sinica Podcast: Antony Dapiran on the Hong Kong protests
This week’s Sinica Podcast is now live. Antony Dapiran is a seasoned corporate lawyer who has worked in Hong Kong and Beijing for the last…
What is Hong Kong for?
This is an op-ed from Antony Dapiran, a Hong Kong–based writer and lawyer, and the author of City of Protest: A Recent History of Dissent…
Hong Kong police fire tear gas and rubber bullets at protestors
Hong Kong police in riot gear fired rubber bullets, tear gas, and water cannons in skirmishes with protesters surrounding the city’s Legislative Council (LegCo) on…
Whispers of ‘Umbrella Movement II’ as protesters gather in Central, Hong Kong
Photo by Anthony Tao Demonstrators were back on the streets in Hong Kong on Tuesday night, with protests continuing into Wednesday morning. Thousands of people…
Scenes from Hong Kong’s anti-extradition protest
All images by Anthony Tao “No extradition to China, oppose evil law” — 返送中, 抗恶法 (fǎn sòng zhōng, kàng è fǎ) — so went the…
‘Trump on Show,’ reviewed: Cantonese Opera meets Donald Trump (and Mao, Kim Jong Un, Ivanka, etc.)
Li Kui-ming’s Trump on Show is, like its title character, over the top, sensationalist, and unpredictable. But is it enough to make Cantonese Opera great again?…
Hong Kong breaks the Umbrella Movement
On August 31, 2014, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress issued a decision that candidates for Hong Kong’s elections for chief executive must…
