How a free and open Hong Kong became a police state
An anatomy of erasure
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HONG KONG (Bloomberg): In late January, staff of Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. were invited to an online meeting with senior management. It was supposed to be a debrief on the airline’s financial performance, but when the floor was opened to questions, the first was whether Hong Kong’s flag carrier would be taken over by its state-owned shareholder Air China Ltd.
Future of Hong Kong: Financial elite weigh up fleeing as businesses undeterred by Chinese crackdown Hong Kong has been a major international financial hub for decades, but Beijing's clampdown on freedoms leaves its future uncertain 7 March 2021 • 7:00am This article is the second in our three-part series, The Future of Hong Kong, looking at how much has changed since the first protests against Beijing's extradition bill two years ago. After Hong Kong was ravaged by protests Cindy stayed loyal to the place she called home, clinging on to her job in the commercial hub's financial district. ...