China-founded fast-fashion retailer Shein is planning to confidentially file a draft prospectus for an IPO in Hong Kong in the coming days, which would mark the third venue the company has sought to debut in, Reuters reported. The move to apply confidentially is rare in Hong Kong, where companies generally make such filings public. Shein…
Hong Kong’s national security police have a new target in their sights: gamers. In a stern warning issued Tuesday, they effectively banned a Taiwanese video game they described as “advocating armed revolution,” saying anyone who downloaded or recommended it would face serious legal charges. The move comes as the authorities continue to tighten control over…
Images from Los Angeles this week of demonstrators throwing rocks and police officers spraying tear gas mirror scenes of other recent confrontations between protesters and the authorities from around the world. Los Angeles has been convulsed by public outrage since the Trump administration launched a series of immigration raids on Friday. In response to the…
International Organization for Mediation: चीन अब संयुक्त राष्ट्र को सीधी टक्कर देने जा रहा है. शुक्रवार (30 मई, 2025) को ड्रैगन ने दर्जनों देशों के साथ मिलकर नया वैश्विक मध्यस्थता समूह बनाया है. इस समूह में पाकिस्तान, इंडोनेशिया, बेलारूस समेत कई देश शामिल हुए. चीनी विदेश मंत्रालय के मुताबिक हांगकांग में शुक्रवार को अंतरराष्ट्रीय मध्यस्थता…
On May 22, 2025, the Trump administration intensified its crackdown on elite universities by revoking Harvard University’s certification to host international students. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) cited non-compliance with federal regulations and accused Harvard of fostering antisemitism and allowing undue foreign influence. This unprecedented move under the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP)…
Less than a year ago, executives from FedEx and UPS were talking about how they were handling a flood of packages from China to American consumers. “Explosive” is how Carol Tomé, UPS’s chief executive, in July described the volume of shipments from e-commerce companies selling Chinese goods in the United States. And FedEx’s chief customer…
A loophole that has allowed American shoppers to buy lots of cheap goods from mainland China and Hong Kong without paying tariffs and filling customs forms is closing on Friday. Prices have already gone up. Orders for many imported goods from retailers like Shein and Temu could dwindle as consumers balk at the higher prices…
In its heyday in the 1950s and ’60s, the Lung Wah Hotel, a converted, Spanish revival villa, offered a leafy refuge from the bustle of city life, near a cove and surrounded by parks in Hong Kong’s northern New Territories. Winding stairs, flanked by red lanterns, led to a sprawling Chinese-style garden. On summer weekends,…
Fast-fashion giants like Shein and Temu have been doing booming business in the United States in recent years, in part because of a tariff exemption that’s helped to keep prices low on packages shipped from China. Now, President Trump has ordered the loophole closed as part of new tariffs, starting with packages from China and…
Britain has sent a parade of senior officials to China this year, part of a calculated charm offensive to thaw out relations with a country that looms large in a world order upended by the United States under President Trump. But an emergency move by the British Parliament last weekend to take control of a…