“Just in: China takes over Taiwan,” reads a post on X from November 5, featuring an animated map meant to show the ongoing annexation of the island. “In the past few hours, Chinese aircrafts and marine patrols were closing [sic] monitoring Taiwan and now its more clear and confirmed that any movements to and from…
Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Christopher Hui Ching-yu (fourth left); Chief Executive Officer of IMC Michael De Lathauwer (fourth right); Invest Hong Kong’s Director-General of Investment Promotion Alpha Lau Hai-suen (third right); Chief Executive Officer of the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited Bonnie Chan Yi-ting (third left); InvestHK’s Associate Director-General of Investment…
United States President Donald Trump travels to the Chinese city of Shenzhen next week for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, where he is due to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping. The trip comes as Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s outgoing chief executive and one of Trump’s closest allies in Silicon Valley, faces mounting scrutiny over his…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is facing questions over allegations that a Chinese businesswoman with whom he had a romantic relationship was gathering intelligence for Beijing. Huang – who cofounded Nvidia, the world’s second-most valuable company after Apple, more than three decades ago – admitted on Sunday to being unfaithful to his wife, but the company said…
Gabriela Kennedy CMS Hong Kong has recruited Gabriela Kennedy as a partner, strengthening its IP and technology, media and telecoms (TMT) practices across Greater China and the broader Asia-Pacific region. Kennedy currently leads Mayer Brown’s global IP practice and its Asia IP and TMT practice. She is expected to join CMS by the end of…
Ten years ago, the Paris Agreement entered into force, binding nearly every country to a shared goal: to hold global warming well below 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above preindustrial levels and pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5C (2.7F). A decade on, the deal has helped drive stronger climate policies and a rapid…
French footballer Kylian Mbappé made a joke about former Chinese leader Mao Zedong back in mid-October when he appeared on “The Bridge”, a French podcast featuring athletes. When the host asked Mbappé which image of himself he found the funniest, the player cited a meme in which his head appears superimposed on a figure appearing…
Tannie Kwong International law firm Clyde & Co has bolstered its global aviation practice with the appointment of Tannie Kwong as a partner in Hong Kong. Kwong arrives from Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific, where he spent more than six years. He initially served as senior legal counsel before taking on the role of…
China has announced a new shipping route through the Arctic Ocean, which could ease the way for global trade amid the Middle East crisis that has paralysed critical waterways, including the Bab al-Mandeb Strait on the edge of the Red Sea. Shipping companies have become increasingly interested in alternative trade routes through the Arctic in…