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China’s Government Wants You to Think All Mainlanders View Hong Kong the Same Way. They Don’t.
Mainland Chinese flood the Internet with messages calling protesters in Hong Kong “useless youth.” They send obscene messages and death threats to supporters of the Hong Kong demonstrations. But
Cathay denounced for firing Hong Kong staff after pressure from China
City also sees separate rally against alleged sexual violence by police against participants in protest movement
Tiffany & Co. Posted Quarterly Sales That Missed Projections
Tiffany & Co.’s quarterly profit smashed Wall Street estimates, but concerns about foreign tourist spending persist and unrest in Hong Kong threaten to crimp the outlook for the year.
City on Edge: Photographs From Hong Kong’s Summer of Protest (Published 2019)
Lam Yik Fei, a photographer, has been documenting the city’s biggest political crisis from the start.
Hong Kong protesters denounce Cathay Pacific for firing cabin crew
Hundreds of people protested in Hong Kong on Wednesday to denounce Cathay Pacific Airways for dismissing crew taking part in or supporting anti-government rallies that have swept the Chinese-ruled city for weeks.
Ex-Hong Kong Leader Promotes Bounties on Anti-China Protesters
Hong Kong’s former leader took to social media to promote a website offering cash bounties to identify protesters who have perpetrated vandalism and violence, including the defacing of Chinese flags and national emblems, as unrest rocks the city.
From the Shadows, China’s Communist Party Mobilizes Against Hong Kong Protests (Published 2019)
In Hong Kong, the party is officially nonexistent, but it is in the vanguard of an increasingly firm pushback against the demonstrations.
Chinese AI unicorn Megvii files for Hong Kong IPO | CNN
One of China's largest artificial intelligence companies has filed for an initial public offering in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong government warns of great danger after weekend of violence
Illegal violence is pushing Hong Kong to the brink of great danger, the city government said on Monday, after a weekend of clashes that included the first gun-shot and the arrest of 86 people, the youngest just 12.
Police draw guns and deploy water cannon in clashes with Hong Kong protesters – video
Hong Kong riot police fire warning shots and use water cannon for the first time since protests began in June to break through barricades and disperse demonstrators
UK travellers' phones could be checked at Hong Kong border
Devices may be examined at crossings to mainland China, Foreign Office says
Hong Kong protesters join hands in 30-mile human chain
Event inspired by anti-Soviet ‘Baltic Way’ across Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in 1989
Asian billionaires embark on UK spending spree as pound nosedives
China and Hong Kong’s super-rich buy up everything from skyscrapers to private schools
As Hong Kong Firms Fall in Line Over Protests, Some Workers Push Back (Published 2019)
China is putting pressure on businesses to denounce the demonstrations. “They are trying to silence everyone,” an accountant said.
Chinese food delivery firm Meituan posts first quarterly profit since listing
China's Meituan Dianping , an online food delivery-to-ticketing company, posted its first quarterly profit as a listed firm as a surge in summer food delivery orders helped it beat competition from rivals including Alibaba-backed Ele.me.
Burger King's $1 Billion China Franchisee Said to Mull H.K. IPO
Burger King’s China franchisee is weighing a Hong Kong initial public offering after earlier scrapping plans for a U.S. share sale, people with knowledge of the matter said.
Hong Kong protesters plan 'stress test' of airport to dodge court order
After Hong Kong's High Court extends an order restricting protests at the city's international airport, pro-democracy demonstrators say they will clog up transport to the air hub by travelling there en masse via buses, taxis, bikes and trains.
China AI Startup to File for Hong Kong IPO Soon Despite Protests
Chinese artificial intelligence startup Megvii is filing documents soon for a Hong Kong initial public offering that could raise as much as $1 billion, people familiar with the matter said, proceeding despite a market downturn spurred by pro-democracy protests across the financial hub.
A Hong Kong ‘Troublemaker’ With a Clean Conscience (Published 2019)
Jimmy Lai, alone among the territory’s elite, supports the protests and refuses to pay even token obeisance to Beijing, which calls him a “black hand” and a C.I.A. agent.
