Reasons For The Hong Kong Protests And What’s China Up To?

Holiday Inn-owner InterContinental Hotels Group reported on Tuesday a slight dip in annual room revenue, hurt by a fall in bookings in Hong Kong due to protests, and flagged short-term hit from the virus outbreak in China......»»

Interest in travel to Hong Kong was already weakened by months of anti-government protests in the city, and has fallen off more recently as the coronavirus outbreak spreads in China......»»

European luxury stocks slumped across the board on Tuesday on fears that the coronavirus virus outbreak in China could hurt sales of high-end brands that had managed to weather months of protests in Hong Kong......»»

Louis Vuitton, the world's biggest luxury goods brand by sales, is preparing to shut one of its shops in Hong Kong where protests have hit demand as high rental costs bite, the South China Morning Post newspaper reported on Friday......»»

Anthony Kwan/Getty Images CNN's livestream went black in Beijing during the Democratic debate when candidates began talking about protests in Hong Kong and China's.....»»

U.S. President Donald Trump signed into law the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019, meant to protect the city's autonomy from China......»»

Luxury brands are likely to retreat from Hong Kong as the city is wracked by protests at a time when wealthy Chinese shoppers are staying on the mainland, consultancy Bain said on Thursday, highlighting a shift that is reshaping the global industry......»»

AP Photo/Susan Walsh President Trump said in an intervie.....»»

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that a trade deal with China is "potentially very close" and that he stands with both the people of Hong Kong and Chinese President Xi Jinping amid massive protests in Hong Kong......»»

The S&P 500 and Dow indexes treaded water on Thursday as mixed headlines on U.S-China trade relations and a diplomatic row over the Hong Kong protests added to uncertainty over the timing of a "phase one" deal......»»

Kyodo News via Getty Images The House on Wednesday ru.....»»

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Tyrone Siu/Reuters Investors from mainland China bought nearly $20 billion worth of Hong Kong stocks in the months since June, The Wall Street Journal reported. The Chinese buyers are enticed by cheap prices, as antigovern.....»»

Kyodo News via Getty Images The US Senate on Tuesday.....»»

China Threatens Retaliation After Senate Passes Bill Supporting Hong Kong Protests; .....»»

Trade Deal In Jeopardy After Senate Passes Bill Supporting Hong Kong Protests, Infuriating China In a widely anticipated move, just after 6pm ET on Tuesday, the Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan bill, S.18.....»»

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Hopes of a trade deal between Washington and Beijing turned world stock markets and other risk assets higher on Friday, though an escalating wave of global protests from Hong Kong to Chile left some deep scars......»»

Hong Kong sank into recession for the first time in a decade in the third quarter, government data confirmed on Friday, weighed down by increasingly violent anti-government protests and the escalating U.S.-China trade war......»»

Asian markets sought direction in early trading Tuesday, as traders awaited the next development in U.S.-China trade talks and violent protests continued in Hong Kong......»»