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Hong Kong International Airport has taken an unsual step and decided to close down an entire concourse, housed in their midfield Terminal that was opened less than 5 years ago as traffic slumps. 【J.O.S.O.】HX312 B-LGCLocated in the middle of HKIA, the futuristic, rectangular building, connected by 20 jet bridges, opened…

Update (Friday, February 21st): it appears that BattleGround Hong Kong, by David Butow, is unavailable once again. Chung Ming's more sensitive images are not displayed. The 2020 Sony World Photography Awards recently removed active links to images from three separate finalists due to their 'sensitive nature.' Ko Chung Ming’s Wounds…

Skip to comments. China’s Coronavirus Response Shows the Weakness of Authoritarianism The Daily Signal ^ | February 14, 2020 | Jarrett Stepman Posted on 02/18/2020 9:14:39 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks Despite China’s incredible economic success as of late, it’s important to remember that it is still fundamentally a…

HONG KONG — HSBC plans to cut 35,000 jobs over the next three years as the global bank scales back its Western operations to focus on faster-growing Asian markets, particularly China.Yet the announcement from the London-based bank on Tuesday that it aims to cut $4.5 billion in costs comes as…

Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of Hong Kong over the weekend to protest plans for establishing 18 treatment centers for the Wuhan coronavirus in residential neighborhoods. Some of the demonstrations escalated into clashes with the police after participants tried to block off roads and vandalize clinics. The Hong…

NurPhoto via Getty Images Topline: HSBC has announced it will cut 35,000 jobs worldwide over the next three years as part of a dramatic restructure, as it reported that its annual profits fell by a third. London-headquartered HSBC will see its workforce drop to 200,000, from 235,000, in the next…

Local media reported that 150,000 people in Hong Kong attended a protest Sunday demanding the world impose sanctions on the Communist Party of China that ended abruptly with police brutality and the arrest of its organizer despite the group receiving a legal …

Toilet paper has become such a sought-after commodity in Hong Kong that thieves reportedly held up a supermarket delivery driver and made off with hundreds of rolls on Monday. The territory has one of the highest incidences of confirmed cases of the deadly viral illnesses — 56 according to the…

Published: 8:30am, 16 Jan, 2020 Updated: 8:30am, 16 Jan, 2020

Skip to comments. Hong Kong protests, Taiwan problem, Wuhan virus: Xi Jinpings woes just keep mountingSouth China Morning Post ^ | Jan 2020 | Chi Wang Posted on 01/24/2020 8:21:30 AM PST by CondoleezzaProtege After six months of protests in Hong Kong,…