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Topic: Hong Kong

To stay or leave — Hong Kong’s 90,000 expats face quandary after toughest year in decades

If one continues to stay, it will mean facing renewed disruptions arising from political turmoil and to leave will involve risking relocation amid a recession.

We tested 5G networks across Asian cities. The verdict: patchy

While carriers are investing billions of dollars in expansion, 5G's technical design demands high network density to provide the advertised stratospheric speeds.

The former entertainment reporter behind a fugitive’s $8 billion Asian fortune

Chan Hoi-wan, the second wife of Hong Kong billionaire mogul Joseph Lau, started accruing assets in 2017 when Lau gave her a retail complex.

How Hong Kong’s rich are preparing for a worst-case scenario

Private bankers say their high-net-worth clients accelerated contingency planning efforts after China announced last month it would impose controversial national security laws on Hong Kong.

Cathay Pacific avoids collapse with $5 billion lifeline backed by govt

The Hong Kong government will own 6.08% of Cathay through Aviation 2020 after the deal and have two observers on its board.

Hong Kong passes law banning insults to China’s national anthem

Introduced in early 2019, the measure imposes a prison sentence of up to three years for people convicted of insulting the anthem or singing it in a distorted manner, anywhere from online posts to events.

UK set on collision course with China over Hong Kong and Huawei

UK has criticised China's planned imposition of security law on Hong Kong, and is looking to exclude Huawei from its fifth-generation mobile networks.

Boris Johnson offers 3 million Hong Kong residents haven in UK

UK Prime Minister's offer drew the ire of China, which said Johnson’s comments amounted to foreign interference in its internal affairs.

I wish Hong Kong were just another Chinese city

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Hong Kong is no longer autonomous from China, allowing the Trump administration to strip the territory of some of its privileged trade status.

China’s aggression against India, Hong Kong, US comes from sense of siege on pandemic origin

Given the global backlash and its economy, China will have to learn to live with a multipolar Asia and world rather than seek singular hegemony.

On Camera

Wang Yi’s Delhi visit shows India is shifting away from US, say Chinese analysts

Even as Chinese discourse celebrates rapprochement, commentators stress its fragility. A thaw does not equate to normalisation of bilateral ties.

Amid Trump’s tariff bombs, India’s business with America surged while imports from Russia dipped 10%

As India-Russia trade decreases, India's April-July exports to the US this year increased by 21% compared to last year & imports from the US grew by 12%.

India provides Nepal with military equipment, medical supplies; PM Oli likely to visit next month

New Delhi: India has handed over military equipment, medical supplies, trained dogs and horses to the Nepalese Army Monday, ahead of Prime Minister K.P....

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?