Marco Jakubec

The fi­nan­cial cen­tre is hop­ing to con­vince the world it is back in busi­ness af­ter near­ly three years of pan­dem­ic curbs.

John Lee to take over busi­ness hub as econ­o­my lan­guish­es af­ter two years of po­lit­i­cal crack­downs and pan­dem­ic con­trols.

Restau­ran­teurs and oth­er small busi­ness own­ers strug­gle as COVID lock­down brings Chi­na’s biggest city to a halt.

In­ter­na­tion­al fi­nan­cial cen­tre has seen a net out­flow of al­most 157,000 res­i­dents since the be­gin­ning of 2022.

There is a grow­ing ap­petite for al­ter­na­tives to meat in the world’s most pop­u­lous na­tion.

Hong Kong res­i­dents see echoes of their pro-democ­ra­cy strug­gle in Ukraine’s re­sis­tance against Rus­sia.

Con­flict in Ukraine and sanc­tions against Rus­sia are ex­pect­ed to dri­ve en­er­gy prices high­er across Asia.

Fi­nance chief ad­mits busi­ness­es fac­ing ‘in­tense pres­sure’ amid re­stric­tions that have shut down much of the city.

A widen­ing po­lit­i­cal rift be­tween Can­ber­ra and Bei­jing is spilling over into trade ties be­tween the two.

Is­tan­bul’s restau­rants, bars and cafes had just start­ed to re­cov­er. Then COVID-19 hit them with a new set­back.