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...“China firmly opposes any form of official exchanges between the United States and Taiwan,” foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said on Monday, adding that the country would “take resolute and forceful...
...The group’s restructuring was complicated by the state’s decision to execute Lai Xiaomin, the former Huarong chair, in 2021 after he was found guilty of taking $280mn in bribes....
...number of applications for initial public offerings from companies with all-male boards was around 12 per cent of the total in the first half of 2021, down from 30 per cent in 2019, according to Jacky Lai...
...Those arrested included Ryan Law, Apple Daily’s chief editor and Nick Cheung, an online editor, according to the newspaper....
...Cheung Yuk-fong spends her day collecting discarded packaging for re-sale, a growing industry in one of the world’s most unequal cities, Hong Kong....
...After Cheung’s ceremony, netizens substituted the Chinese anthem for the song in viral videos showing Cheung on the Tokyo podium....
...The paper’s owner, Jimmy Lai, has already been jailed....
...Eric Cheung, a Hong Kong legal scholar, said the decision to deny Mr Lai bail was a surprise, because the offence was not particularly serious, and that it was likely the tycoon would appeal....
...To suggest that the arrest of Mr Lai somehow represents an “assault on Hong Kong’s indigenous press” is simply wrong....
...The use of 200 officers to search Mr Lai’s offices was a symbolic show of force. Cheung Kim-hung, president of Apple Daily, declared it would be business as usual after the raid....
...At a press conference Chow Cheung-yau, superintendent for financial investigations at the narcotics bureau of the Hong Kong police force, said an investigation had revealed that some of those arrested had...
...Letters in response to this editorial comment: Hong Kong needs wisdom of Solomon in Lai case / From Tony SK Li, Hong Kong Hong Kong’s national security law protects press freedom / From Matthew Cheung...
...Carlton Lai, an analyst with Daiwa Capital Markets, believes limiting internet companies’ data collection will hurt their competitiveness....
...“These actions are pushing forward the China-US decoupling,” said Ken Cheung, a strategist at Mizuho Bank in Hong Kong, referring to the US sanctions....
...Tommy Cheung, a legislator representing the catering sector, predicted 1,000 restaurants would close down during the protests....
...Ms Cheung in China and her counterpart in Hong Kong, Randy Lai, have both spent almost their entire careers at McDonald’s — and celebrated their birthdays there while growing up....
...“They have been very important to China in the past, especially in reform,” said Li Wei, a professor of economics at Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business in Beijing....
...“This is not like the China of 30 or 40 years ago,” said Kevin Lai, chief economist at Daiwa Capital Markets. “Tourism and trading activities are so frequent and open today....
...“Aodaliya renmin zhan qi lai!...
...Shirley So, 40, who voted for Lau Siu-lai, another localist lawmaker in Kowloon West, whose seat is also threatened, is upset with Ms Yau and Mr Leung for drawing the intervention by Beijing....
...The Lais know three other married couples in the same situation....
...Additional reporting by Gloria Cheung in Macau...
...The drop in Xiaomi’s third-quarter sales will focus attention on the company’s perceived shortcomings, said Beijing-based tech blogger Zong Ning....
...Additional reporting by Gloria Cheung...
...Li Ka-shing’s Cheung Kong Holdings has since lost 12 per cent, while Sun Hung Kai has dropped 11 per cent....
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