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Thousands rally in defiance of Hong Kong govt over China extradition bill

The proposed law would allow extraditions to any jurisdiction with which Hong Kong does not already have a treaty -- including mainland China

'Million march': Huge Hong Kong protest against China's extradition law

The demonstration was by far the biggest the international finance hub has experienced since it was returned to China by Britain

'Not just a maid': The ultra-running domestic workers of Hong Kong

Domestic workers are reclaiming their voices in a city where they are often expected to be subservient and virtually invisible

Can Hong Kong attract a younger workforce to keep cabs running?

Hong Kong Transport Department figures also show that only about 15 per cent of them are younger than 50, and more than 8 per cent are older than 70

People are living in illegal steel boxes in the priciest property market

Orders for containers have doubled since 2016, with 40 per cent designed for dwelling purposes, according to Ivan Chan, a director of portable building manufacturer Markbox

Trade war halves Hong Kong's Q4 show, drags export growth to almost zero

Hong Kong, a key financial and trade hub for Asia, has been hit hard by the ongoing US-China trade war

Hong Kong freedom at stake as leaders of 2014 'Occupy' protests face trial

The nine defendants, who have all pleaded not guilty, face a maximum seven years in jail on each charge

Hong Kong reignites freedom concerns as events cancelled, editor expelled

Hong Kong was promised semi-autonomy for 50 years as part of its 1997 handover from Great Britain, allowing it to retain rights to assembly and free speech that are denied on the Chinese mainland

Which country is best to live in? It's Hong Kong, not Norway, says a report

The UN puts Canada and the U.S. as tied at 10th place, but Canada is ranked 17th in the world using our system, says the report

Hong Kong shares suffer worst monthly run of losses in 36 years

Even the Shanghai Composite Index, the world's worst equity gauge this year, did better in October, falling only 7.8 per cent

Heeding China's call, Hong Kong govt tightens grip on dissent

In just the last few months, the special administrative region has banned the Hong Kong National Party

Over 1 million may soon live on artificial islands Hong Kong plans to build

Land reclamation in notoriously crowded Hong Kong has long been a controversial option to boost the supply of homes due to environmental concerns

China's media crackdown spreads to Hong Kong with FT journalist's expulsion

The move comes after the British journalist Victor Mallet led a foreign correspondents' meeting with a pro-independence activist

Here's how China's Silicon Valley is threatening to swallow up Hong Kong

The shift has put Hong Kong's traditional role as gateway to the world's most populous country under pressure

The 21st century may finally be here for Hong Kong's traditional banks

For Hong Kong to lift its fintech game, it needs to dismantle the silos in which deposits and payments operate

At $323 per sq ft, Hong Kong's office space ranked world's most expensive

In Midtown New York, the costs are $194 psf, while London's West End is $193 psf

'Chinese checkers' with Indian trade data

Is India's trade with Hong Kong part of its trade with China? India and its largest trading partner, China, have different views on this, adding to the data discrepancy of about $5 billion in the merchandise trade between the two countries during 2016. Hong Kong, a former British colony, became a special administrative region of China in 1997, when Britain's 99-year lease expired. Hong Kong is governed under the principle of "one country, two systems", under which China has given the region autonomy and agreed to preserve its economic and social systems for 50 years from the date of the handover.Though Hong Kong acts as China's main transit destination, it was found that in-transit trade is leading to discrepancy in data. For, India would report the country of consignment for the import as Hong Kong, instead of China, and China would report the country of destination as India. According to China's import statistics, 25.8 per cent of India's exports in 2016 came into China via Hong ...

Hong Kong or Singapore: Which city is better for expats to live in?

Hong Kong had an edge due to expectations of the opening of China's economy

Hong Kong's first female leader a 'tilted bridge' over troubled waters

Carrie Lam was sworn in as Hong Kong's first female leader

This activist investor's Hong Kong stock rout prediction was spot on

Investor David Webb issued a report titled "The Engima Network: 50 stocks not to own"