Tag: Hong Kong

• Monday, February 12th 2018 - 12:29 UTC

  Warning of more volatility in Asian Markets

  

  After last week's global rout, Asian markets struggled to hold early gains with analysts warning of further volatility across trading markets.

• Wednesday, January 31st 2018 - 09:22 UTC

  Theresa May three-day visit to Beijing to prop post-Brexit trade and her leadership

  

  British Prime Minister Theresa May was starting a crucial trade visit to China on Wednesday as she admitted the two countries will not always see eye-to-eye in sensitive areas like steel over-capacity and intellectual property rights.

• Monday, November 10th 2014 - 19:56 UTC

  Hong Kong-Shanghai stock exchanges link will allow trading across the border

  

  Regulators have approved a long-awaited plan to connect the Hong Kong and Shanghai stock exchanges. The Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect will allow investors to trade across the border for the first time and is set to begin on 17 November.

• Thursday, April 11th 2013 - 15:26 UTC

  Crucially different from Hong Kong

  

  By Steve Tsang (*) - Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher fought a war with Argentina to defend the Falklands, but she negotiated with China over the future of Hong Kong. Should the apparent success of British diplomacy in securing an acceptable future of Hong Kong be a shining example for a similar solution for the Falklands?

• Thursday, December 15th 2011 - 00:45 UTC

  Hong Kong world’s most developed financial market; Brazil in Latam

  

  Hong Kong became the world’s most developed financial market, overtaking the US and the UK for the first time, according to the Financial Development Report 2011 published by the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Wednesday.

• Thursday, February 10th 2011 - 01:06 UTC

  Hong Kong residential property the “most expensive in the world”

  

  The Global Cities Survey, published by Savills PLC, reported last week that Hong Kong residential property is now the most expensive in the world. Based on the property price index contained in the survey, residential property in Hong Kong is 55% more expensive than property in London.

• Tuesday, February 1st 2011 - 13:31 UTC

  Paraguay scheduled to open a trade office in Hong Kong

  

  Paraguay the only Mercosur member with no formal diplomatic relations with China-Beijing, --since it only recognizes Taiwan--, is scheduled to open a trade office in Hong Kong (Peoples Republic of China) some time in the next few weeks.