... the matter. While the offering size has yet to be finalized, the initial public offering (IPO) will likely be at least in the billion-dollar bracket, two of the people said. The third person estimated ...More
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Douban, China’s fifth most popular social media platform, was virtually shut down over the weekend. The website is mainly for reviewing books and movies, but users also share photos and post messages ...More
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US Senator Marco Rubio asked a US national security panel to review TikTok owner Beijing ByteDance Technology Co. Ltd.’s acquisition of Musical.ly, arguing TikTok is used by the Chinese government to ...More
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... ar-old war. The assault began days after US President Donald Trump pulled American troops out of the way, prompting denunciations from senior members of his own Republican Party who say he abandoned t ...More
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... rs reports. The US investment bank, in an emailed statement in response to a request for comment on the Megvii IPO, was quoted as saying on Tuesday that it is “evaluating in light of the recent develo ...More
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Tight security will be enforced when the Legislative Council resumes session on Oct. 16, as well as on the next day, according to Legco president Andrew Leung Kwan-yuen. Leung said the Legco Commissio ...More
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There’s a déjà vu feeling to this year’s wave of protests across the Arab world. It's not that this year saw the toppling of the leaders of Algeria and Sudan as a result of popular revolts, a harking ...More
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... rs reports. Rockets general manager Daryl Morey apologized on Monday for any hurt caused by the tweet, which he quickly deleted over the weekend. But China’s government, fans and the team’s partners w ...More
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... rs reports. The Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas jury’s verdict in favor of Nicholas Murray came in the first case in which a Pennsylvania jury had been able to consider awarding punitive damages in ...More
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... te shortly. As an enhanced version of the 1992 United States-Hong Kong Policy Act, the bill, once passed, will mark a major change in Washington’s policy towards Hong Kong – and inflict serious harm o ...More
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... n the city. "It’s too early to say that the anti-mask law is not effective. For any new policy or new legislation, it would take time for it to be implemented," Lam told the media on Tuesday ahead of ...More
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... nterprises. Amid this effort, a student named Issac Chan Tin-chou from the Department of Urban Planning and Design at the University of Hong Kong has examined the feasibility of turning Kowloon East ...More
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MTR Corp resumed train services on Tuesday but some stations remained closed in the wake of large-scale vandalism of its facilities by anti-government protesters over the long holiday weekend. The rai ...More
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... nticipated. Mrs Lam claimed the law was needed to reduce the level of violence but its main impact was, as she admitted, to notch it up to a new level. Meanwhile, the law has proved to be unenforceabl ...More
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This week marks the beginning of the fifth straight month of protests in Hong Kong. A million-person march on June 9 was focused on opposing the government’s extradition bill and that goal was finally ...More
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Globalization has gotten a bad rap in recent years, and often for good reason. But some critics, not least US President Donald Trump, place the blame in the wrong place, conjuring up a false image in ...More
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On Oct. 18, the government of Zhuhai will auction a large plot of land near the bridge to Hong Kong with a minimum price of 5.64 billion yuan (US$790 million). The land will be used to build a large h ...More
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... onlookers. Many Hongkongers say police have used excessive force against protesters – some of them school students and young adults – and want an independent inquiry into police action. Police arrive ...More
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Hong Kong Stock Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx) said on Tuesday that it has dropped its US$39 billion bid to acquire London Stock Exchange Group (LSE). In a statement, Hong Kong's stock market operator ...More
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