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Blinken says US should accept refugees fleeing Hong Kong amid draconian law
The top US diplomat reiterated his predecessor Mike Pompeo's statement of China being a threat to the United States adding that Washington has strong alliances as compared to Beijing
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UK opens special visa route for Hong Kong residents to become citizens
The UK government forecasts the new visa could attract more than 300,000 people and their dependants to Britain
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From Pony Ma to Jack Ma, the rich win big with wild Hong Kong stocks
Tencent and Alibaba Group Holding, along with food-delivery giant Meituan and carmaker Geely Automobile Holdings, were among the stocks helping propel the rally.
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Hong Kong plans to lift lockdown on densely populated area on Monday
Hong Kong plans to lift the Covid-19 lockdown that was imposed on one of its most densely populated districts on Monday, Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung Kin-chung informed on Sunday
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Thousands of Hong Kong residents locked down to contain coronavirus
Thousands of Hong Kong residents were locked down in their homes Saturday in an unprecedented move to contain a worsening coronavirus outbreak in the city
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Thousands of Hong Kong residents locked down to contain coronavirus
Coronavirus cases in Hong Kong's Yau Tsim Mong district - a working-class neighborhood with old buildings and subdivided flats - made up about half of the infections in the past week
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Hong Kong's 'law and order' important for int'l businesses: Official
Hong Kong's 'law and order' was important for international businesses, a government official said on Monday
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US banks including JPMorgan to delist some Hong Kong products after US ban
US banks Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley will delist 500 Hong Kong-listed structured products, following a US ban on investments in companies Washington deems linked to China's military
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World Coronavirus Dispatch: Hong Kong comes up with medical staycations
Deadly Covid wave in California, Japan likely to go into month-long emergency, Singapore cops to get 19 contact tracing data and other pandemic-related news across the globe
Hong Kong rights group stage protest for release of 'political prisoners'
A prominent rights group staged an act of defiance on New Year's Day for the first time in 12 months calling for release of "political prisoners"
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Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai ordered to return to jail
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has had his bail revoked after prosecutors succeeded in asking the city's highest court to send him back to detention
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World Coronavirus Dispatch: How Wuhan remembers its outbreak one year on
US falls short on vaccination goals, Vienna's classic New Year concert plays on despite curbs, China sets up infection prevention squad and other-pandemic related news across the globe
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Hang Seng proposes sweeping overhaul of Hong Kong stock index: Report
The proposal comes as a wave of Chinese megacaps choose the financial hub as a preferred venue to sell shares
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India may ease rules for non-Chinese investments from Hong Kong: Report
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration is formalising investment rules for neighbouring countries amid a bloody border standoff with China earlier this year
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World Coronavirus Dispatch: Hong Kong clinics ban fathers during childbirth
Chaos in New South Wales as travelers rush to get out of the state, Big businesses showed resilience in a daunting year and other pandemic-related news around the globe
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Detergent maker Blue Moon raises $1.27 billion in Hong Kong IPO: Reports
Chinese detergent maker Blue Moon Group Holdings has become the latest in a record number of companies to raise at least $1 billion in a Hong Kong IPO in 2020 after pricing its shares at HK$13.16
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US poised to sanction more China officials for Hong Kong crackdown
At least a dozen officials to be targeted
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Hong Kong ex-lawmaker Ted Hui says his bank accounts have been frozen
Five accounts belonging to Hui, his wife and parents have been inaccessible since Saturday, he said in an interview with the newspaper
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Hong Kong: Health experts warn of Covid-19 outbreak, city records 101 cases
Hong Kong could face an 'explosive outbreak' of C-19, as cases and untraceable infections remained high, warned health officials on Saturday
Govt may keep China, Hong Kong out of foreign listing as tensions simmer
The move is in contrast to what an expert committee of Sebi had recommended in 2018 for China and Hong Kong to be permitted
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