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China to expand top office in Hong Kong with national security and propaga
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, May 25 (ANI): As the Chinese government continues to reform Hong Kong's legislative process, Beijing's top office overseeing the city's affairs will be expanded to create two new departments covering national security and propaganda in the communist country's bid to win the "ideol
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PLA aims to roam the world
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, May 25 (ANI): The year 2008 was a seminal one for the Chinese military, as in December the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) dispatched a naval task force to the Gulf of Aden on what has turned out to be continuous presence. It was a watershed, as China proceeded to establish t
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Jack Ma to step down as head of business school he founded, amid clampdown
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, May 25 (ANI): Chinese billionaire Jack Ma will be stepping down as the President of Hupan, an elite business school he founded, suggesting a further retreat from public life by Beijing's most prominent entrepreneur in the face of government pressure on the tech industry.
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China's state pension system crisis: Hong Kong insurance sector eyes USD 1
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 21 (ANI): China’s ageing population, with years of experience in underwriting medical and retirement products has snow-balled into crisis of its state pension system and Hong Kong insurance sector is seeking this opportunity to unlock USD 15.3 trillion of Beijin
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Forum for Sustainable Enterprises inks MoU with Ocean Recovery Alliance fo
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 20 (ANI/News Voir): Forum for Sustainable Enterprises (FSE), a Mumbai headquartered not-for-profit company signed an MoU with Ocean Recovery Alliance, a Hong Kong registered charitable organization focused on entrepreneuring programs to reduce plastic pollut
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Once a sprawling conglomerate, China's biggest 'bad bank' stumbling with m
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, May 19 (ANI): Once a sprawling Chinese financial conglomerate that had the trust of foreign investors -- Huarong -- is now under more than USD 40 million debt to domestic and overseas investors and is even showing signs of stumbling.
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Rights groups call for boycott of 2022 Beijing Olympics over Uyghurs genoc
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 19 (ANI): A coalition of human rights groups has called for a complete boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, saying that participating in the games would be tantamount to endorsing China's genocide against the Uyghur people".
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Government hesitancy about pushing COVID-19 vaccination is costing Hong Ko
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, May 19 (ANI): Government hesitancy about pushing COVID-19 vaccination is costing Hong Kong.
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Unemployed Hong Kong protestor jailed for 28 months for supporting Uyghurs
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, May 19 (ANI): An Unemployed pro-democracy protester was jailed for 28 months for rioting and assaulting police at a rally in support of Uygurs in Hong Kong under the draconian National Security Law.
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Hong Kong's office in Taiwan to be closed from today amid strained ties
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, May 18 (ANI): Amid worsening cross-strait relations, Hong Kong's office in Taiwan is being officially closed from Tuesday.
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After facing criticism, Hong Kong govt says freezing of Jimmy Lai's assets
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, April 17 (ANI): The freezing of HKD 500 million of Jimmy Lai's assets has nothing to do with press freedom, claimed Hong Kong administration after the city journalists association chided the latest action against the jailed media tycoon.
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As US pulls out from Afghanistan, China torn between opportunities, potent
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, May 17 (ANI): Beijing is torn between seizing the potential opportunity presented by the United States finally pulling out of Afghanistan, and the widespread, well-founded fear that the country could plunge once again into civil war and chaos.
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