Hong Kong Feels the Impact as Foreign Investors Vacate China
He said that some companies have halved the index weight to reduce risk exposure, while others have removed China from emerging market indices. The change brought about by CalSTRS is not an increase or decrease but a change in index weight.
Hundreds chant and show support outside court for Hong Kong democrats charged under security law
Many people dressed in black to show solidarity with the charged democrats, as some from Citizens’ Radio held up banners that read “release all political prisoners” with the signatures of supporters.
Reporter Briefly Detained by Police During Tear Gas Protest Clearances Across Hong Kong
Elson Tong | Hong Kong Free Press A reporter was accused of assaulting a police officer and briefly detained during clearances of flash mob protests across Hong Kong on Monday night. The reporter, from the Chinese state-controlled Ta Kung Pao, was helping another injured journalist in Sham Shui Po when he was accused of pushing […]
1.1 Million Chinese Die of Air Pollution Every Year, Says Hong Kong Report
NICOLE HAO | EPOCH TIMES New research conducted by the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has concluded that two air pollutants, PM2.5, and ground-level ozone, are responsible for the annual deaths of 1.1 million people in China and economic damages worth 267 billion yuan ($38.8 billion). Air pollution also destroys 20 million metric tons […]
Censorship of ‘Taiwan’ at U.S. University Sparks Concern Over Chinese Influence
Wang Yun and Wong Lok-to | Radio Free Asia The recent removal by a Beijing-backed language school embedded on a university campus in the United States of a reference to the democratic island of Taiwan has sparked concern that Chinese political censorship is compromising freedom of speech far beyond its borders. Journalism award winner Bethany […]
Xi Jinping says Hongkongers need to ‘believe in themselves, in Hong Kong, and in the country’
Kris Cheng | Hong Kong Free Press Chinese President Xi Jinping has said Hong Kong people need to “believe in themselves, in Hong Kong, and in the country.” In a keynote speech at a banquet held in his honor on Friday night, Xi said that the implementation of the “One Country, Two Systems” principle has been “like […]