Xinhua, China’s state run news agency is reporting that a poll revealed 66 percent of Hong Kong residents were in support of the law which punishes acts of secession, subversion, terrorism and colluding with foreign forces with up to life in prison. However, the law has been severely […]
The haphazard history that gave Hong Kong some of the most valuable real estate in the world has just got more random. Geologists say that it sits in the caldera of a supervolcano and is only there thanks to an extraordinary volcanic eruption. It was one of only […]
CHINESE state media has issued a grave warning to two USS aircraft carriers in the South China Sea that they could be destroyed. China and the US have seen rising tensions over trade, new laws on Hong Kong and the spread of the novel coronavirus. It comes after the […]
China’s parliament passed national security legislation for Hong Kong on Tuesday, setting the stage for the most radical changes to the former British colony’s way of life since it returned to Chinese rule 23 years ago. Details of the law – which comes in response to last year’s often-violent […]
The world’s financial markets virtually ground to a halt as Bloomberg financial platforms across the globe collapsed – leaving traders locked out of their terminals. For almost three hours traders across London, New York and Hong Kong, among other financial hubs, were unable to use the systems which give […]
U.S. dollar sinking? France, Germany, and Italy abandon Obama to join China-led bank that will rival IMF -zerohedge.com It appears the sea of de-dollarization has reached the shores of Europe. With Australia and UK having already moved in the direction of joining the China-led AIIB, The FT reports […]
http://www.businessinsider.com/kowloon-walled-city-photos-2015-2# Just outside Hong Kong there once stood one of the most densely populated places on earth. From the 1950s until 1994, over 33,000 people lived and worked in Kowloon Walled City, a massive complex of 300 interconnected buildings that took up a city block. Caught between China and the […]
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/02/01/uk-hongkong-protests- Thousands of pro-democracy protesters returned to the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday in the first large-scale rally since demonstrations rocked the global financial hub late last year. Some 2,000 police flanked thousands of protesters who marched on the city’s glitzy shopping and financial districts, seeking to avoid […]
http://www.dw.de/china-replaces-us-as-top-investment-destination/a-18225195 China attracted the most direct foreign investments in 2014, while the US is down to third place behind Hong Kong, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) reported on Thursday from Geneva. According to UNCTAD, “fragility of the global economy, policy uncertainty and geopolitical risks” led to […]
http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/2015/01/24/fluorescent-blue-harmful-algal-bloom-along-the-hong-kong-shores/? A bioluminescent algal bloom created by Noctiluca scintillans, commonly known as Sea Sparkle, is turning Hong Kong’s seashores into a spectacular and disturbing sight this week. Scientists say the fluorescent blue glow is an indicator of a harmful algal bloom. Although this organism looks and acts like algae, […]
