Hong Kong

9 May 2025
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Michael Kadoorie, chairman of the group behind the luxury Peninsula Hotels, speaks to reporters in Hong Kong on May 7. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)
Companies

Peninsula Hotels' 83-year-old chairman stays on as son takes No. 2 post

Myanmar's 'destructive' politics keep Yangon project frozen, Michael Kadoorie says

7 May 2025
India's Tata Consultancy Services aims to harness the excitement over AI models like China's DeepSeek, offering software that gives clients better control of what data is fed into the systems. (Photo by Tomoki Mera)
Artificial intelligence

Tata seeks Hong Kong expansion by tackling DeepSeek security risks

Indian IT group also sees opportunity in city's banking layoffs and mergers

7 May 2025
Chung Ying Street, which runs along the border between Sha Tau Kok and Shenzhen, is restricted but can be glimpsed from outside. (Photo by Kensaku Ihara)
Travel & Leisure

Once-sealed Hong Kong border zone finds new life as tourist spot

Sha Tau Kok underscores city's integration with China since 2020 security law

5 May 2025
A Hong Kong dollar note. The currency has hit the strong end of its trading band for the first time in four years.
Currencies

Hong Kong authority intervenes to check local currency's rise

HKMA sells HK$46.5bn to prevent strengthening beyond official peg

3 May 2025
Anna Kwok, a Washington-based Hong Kong activist, has been designated by the Hong Kong police as a fugitive with an HK$1 million bounty offered for her arrest.
Hong Kong security law

Hong Kong police arrest father, brother of wanted activist Anna Kwok

Move over alleged financial dealings marks first use of security law on family members

2 May 2025
A KFC restaurant in Shanghai on May 1. Operator Yum China's latest earnings results showed modest growth but left investors disappointed. (Photo by Nikkei)
Food & Beverage

China consumer belt-tightening constrains KFC operator, Starbucks

Yum China shares drop 7% after earnings; homegrown chains also hit by 'shift in behavior'

1 May 2025
An installation celebrates HSBC's 160th anniversary at the bank's headquarters in Hong Kong on April 1.
Finance

HSBC launches $3bn buyback after Q1 profit drop, raises tariff alarm

Protectionist trade policies hurting consumer and business sentiment, bank says

29 April 2025
Amnesty International says the first 100 days of U.S. President Donald Trump's administration have been "disastrous" for human rights, including in Asia. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Reuters and AP)
International relations

Trump a 'super-accelerator' of human rights deterioration, Amnesty says

Annual report paints 'worrying' picture of Asia, from China to Myanmar

29 April 2025
Hong Kong Disneyland in April previewed celebrations to mark its 20th anniversary later this year. (Photo by Kensaku Ihara)
Travel & Leisure

Small world? Hong Kong Disneyland dusts off expansion plan

With earnings on mend, theme park eyes more visitors from Southeast Asia

27 April 2025
A customer packs a postal box at the General Post Office in Hong Kong on April 9.
Trade war

Hong Kong stops U.S.-bound parcels, strikes defiant tone on tariffs

Party representing commercial interests lays out proposals for standing up to Trump

16 April 2025
Hong Kong is a friction point between the governments of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Chinese President Xi Jinping. After the city refused entry to one of its members of parliament, who was on a personal trip, Britain said that "it would be unacceptable for any MP to be denied entry for simply expressing their views."(Nikkei montage/Source photos by Reuters)
Hong Kong security law

Hong Kong spars with U.K. over MP's entry denial, blasts U.S. tariffs

'Wolf warrior' messaging comes as city marks 'National Security Education Day'

15 April 2025
Amnesty International Hong Kong Overseas, the group's new satellite chapter, will operate across multiple countries to advocate for the rights of Hong Kongers in the city and the diaspora.
Hong Kong security law

Amnesty International opens satellite Hong Kong chapter

Move follows 2021 closure of watchdog's office in city amid security clampdown

15 April 2025
Lo Kin-hei, left, chairman of Hong Kong's Democratic Party, and vice chairman Mok Kin-shing tell reporters on April 13 that more than 90% of members who attended an extraordinary general meeting voted to go ahead with the process of disbanding. (Photo by Peggy Ye)
Hong Kong security law

Hong Kong's Democratic Party votes to proceed with disbandment

90% of members authorize move amid pressure from Beijing, but final decision put off

13 April 2025
Members of Hong Kong's Democratic Party, the city's biggest and last remaining major opposition party, say that Chinese officials or middlemen have pressured the party to disband.
Politics

China warns Hong Kong's last major opposition party to disband, members say

Diplomats say shutdown will further dent reputation of once-autonomous Chinese city

11 April 2025
HKEX in Hong Kong: Listed companies have lined up to announce share buybacks and cheery corporate news in hopes of calming jittery markets. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
Companies

Chinese companies rush to serve up sunny news in rocky markets

Hong Kong's dismal Monday followed by spate of share buybacks, positive disclosures

8 April 2025
Shares in Asian banks have been severely hit by growing fears of a global recession. (Source photos by Nanami Sato, Takaki Kashiwabara, Nozomu Ogawa, Reuters)
Trade war

Mounting fears of global recession hit banks in Asia

Japanese lenders fall sharply on declining hopes of BOJ policy normalization

7 April 2025
A view of the Balboa Port, operated by a unit of CK Hutchison, at the Panama Canal on March 4. The port and dozens of others are to be sold to a consortium led by U.S. investment firm BlackRock.
Politics

CK Hutchison faces key port sale date as Hong Kong stokes patriotism

Prospects for signing deal with BlackRock, originally set for Wednesday, unclear

2 April 2025
Aito's flagship M7 sport utility vehicle on sale in Beijing. (Photo by Shizuka Tanabe)
Electric vehicles

Huawei EV partner Seres eyes global break with Hong Kong listing

Chinese automaker's sales growing fast on performance of Aito brand

2 April 2025
Hong Kong Justice Secretary Paul Lam, left, at a 2024 ceremony. The U.S. now says he and others "have used Hong Kong national security laws extraterritorially to intimidate, silence, and harass 19 pro-democracy activists."
US-China tensions

U.S. hits Hong Kong officials with sanctions for 'transnational repression'

Justice secretary and five others targeted for undermining freedoms in city and beyond

1 April 2025
Hong Kong's K11 Musea shopping mall. The city's retail market has been mired in a lengthy slump.
Retail

Hong Kong retail sales fall 12 straight months as Shenzhen rivalry stings

February figure sinks 13% as locals cross border and mainland visitors spend less

31 March 2025
Containers lie on the dockside at a port on the Panama Canal operated by a unit of CK Hutchison. The Hong Kong conglomerate had been expected to finalize the sale of this and dozens of other ports next week, but a report on March 28 suggested the signing may be delayed.
Companies

China to 'review' CK Hutchison port sale as saga enters crunch time

Amid media attacks, analysts say scuttling deal would prove Trump's Panama point

28 March 2025
China's "big four" state banks have been under pressure for years, since tighter rules triggered a property downturn that has sapped consumer confidence. (Source photos by Mizuho Miyzaki, Takaki Kashiwabara and Reuters)
Finance

Bad loans rise at Chinese state banks ahead of $69bn capital injection

Interest margins fall to record lows amid deflationary pressure

28 March 2025
China Mobile and China Unicom, two of the three big state telcos alongside China Telecom, have been slashing capital outlays. (Nikkei montage/Kenji Kawase)
Telecommunication

China's state telcos cut back investments as they brace for 6G

Trio ramps up shareholder returns in response to government directives

25 March 2025
Property developer Country Garden's logo on a building in Dalian, China, in 2017. 
China debt crunch

Country Garden creditor writes off loans as winding-up case continues

Kingboard Holdings' gains on AI and EV booms diluted by mainland developer's woes

24 March 2025
The National Security Exhibition Gallery, located at the Hong Kong Museum of History, opened last August, months after the promulgation of the city's National Security Ordinance in March. The exhibit embodies Chinese President Xi Jinping's key doctrine of a "holistic approach to national security." (Photo by Kenji Kawase) 
Hong Kong security law

Hong Kong's 'business as usual' tune resonates despite CK Hutchison saga

One year after Article 23 security law, many ignore risks of pressure and arrests

23 March 2025
An installation at Art Basel Hong Kong in March 2024. This year's edition of the fair, which attracted 80,000 people last year, will play host to 240 galleries from 42 countries and territories. 
Arts

Worlds within worlds: Hong Kong's 'Super March' art extravaganza

The city will host two big world class fairs, plus other events and a rugby tournament

22 March 2025
Meituan couriers make lunchtime deliveries in an office district in Guangzhou. (Photo by Takashi Kawakami)
Companies

Meituan sales top forecast as China food delivery leader takes on world

After conquering Hong Kong with discounts, focus turns to Middle East, beyond

21 March 2025
Hong Kong's Cheung Kong Center building, pictured on March 20, is the headquarters for the Li Ka-shing family's empire. (Photo by Kenji Kawase)
Companies

CK Hutchison tilts more to Europe than China, results show, amid Panama row

Shares fall as Li Ka-shing empire feels geopolitical heat from Trump and Beijing

21 March 2025
The office of Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said this week that Canberra "will not tolerate surveillance, harassment or intimidation against individuals or family members here in Australia."
International relations

Australian foreign minister condemns Hong Kong 'bounty letters'

Hong Kong police silent on letters offering reward for information on dissident

18 March 2025