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Hong Kong affirms its business clout by hosting global mediation center

1 week ago | chinadailyhk.com | Tom Fowdy

Tom Fowdy says the city stands as the gateway to China and as a symbolic mediator between the country and the worldThe International Organization for Mediation has decided to set up its headquarters in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. IOMed is a formalized medium where businesses can resolve disputes and conflicts without the intensity of formal legal action, and thus establish resolutions and settlements outside the courtroom.
Judicial resistance to Trump's tariffs weakens his hand, even as he appeals

1 week ago | shine.cn | Tom Fowdy

On Wednesday, a US judge struck down President Donald Trump's blanket tariffs on countries all around the world following a lawsuit filed by business leaders and states, citing damage to their interests.
Britain’s new calls for anti-subversion laws reveal blatant double standard

2 weeks ago | chinadailyasia.com | Tom Fowdy

According to Sky News, “Britain may need anti-subversion laws to counter threats from states determined to undermine democracy, a government watchdog has said” in a report to Home Secretary Yvette Cooper. According to the watchdog, led by “Jonathan Hall KC, the independent reviewer of state threat legislation”, states are interfering in British democracy and in some cases, attempting to engage in terrorist acts.
Britain’s new calls for anti-subversion laws reveal blatant double standard

2 weeks ago | chinadailyhk.com | Tom Fowdy

According to Sky News, “Britain may need anti-subversion laws to counter threats from states determined to undermine democracy, a government watchdog has said” in a report to Home Secretary Yvette Cooper. According to the watchdog, led by “Jonathan Hall KC, the independent reviewer of state threat legislation”, states are interfering in British democracy and in some cases, attempting to engage in terrorist acts.
Why Nvidia is blasting US export controls as a failure

2 weeks ago | shine.cn | Tom Fowdy

US chip export controls have been "a failure," Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told a tech forum on Wednesday, as the Chinese government separately slammed US warnings to other countries against using Chinese tech. Beginning with Donald Trump's first term and being overwhelmingly expanded by Biden's, and then continued again into the second Trump administration, the United States has imposed an ever-growing blockade on the export of high-end semiconductors and chips to China.
SAR displays its visionary strategy in the Middle East

3 weeks ago | chinadailyasia.com | Tom Fowdy

On his second visit to the Middle East since taking office, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu led a delegation to Qatar and Kuwait with 30 business representatives from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and 20 entrepreneurs from the nation’s coastal regions, including Zhejiang and Fujian. The visit was aimed at strengthening business and people-to-people ties between the region and the city.
SAR displays its visionary strategy in the Middle East

3 weeks ago | chinadailyhk.com | Tom Fowdy

On his second visit to the Middle East since taking office, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu led a delegation to Qatar and Kuwait with 30 business representatives from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and 20 entrepreneurs from the nation’s coastal regions, including Zhejiang and Fujian. The visit was aimed at strengthening business and people-to-people ties between the region and the city.
Why trilateral integration of Hong Kong, Macao and Shenzhen matters

1 month ago | chinadailyasia.com | Tom Fowdy

As recently reported by China Daily: “Cooperation among Shenzhen and the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions in the integration of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has reached new heights through the strategic Qianhai and Hetao development zones.
Why trilateral integration of Hong Kong, Macao and Shenzhen matters

1 month ago | chinadailyhk.com | Tom Fowdy

As recently reported by China Daily: “Cooperation among Shenzhen and the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions in the integration of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has reached new heights through the strategic Qianhai and Hetao development zones.
British double standards on MPs being denied entry

1 month ago | chinadailyasia.com | Tom Fowdy

Last week, a British member of Parliament, Wera Hobhouse, was refused entry to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China. Hobhouse stated she was set to visit her newborn grandchild, and her husband was allowed entry. She later spoke out, saying the refusal was “to shut me up”. It is worth noting that she is a member of the anti-China organization the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC). Only two weeks ago, two British Labour MPs were denied entry to Israel.