Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, delivered a keynote speech at a symposium late last month focused on “patriots administrating Hong Kong”, which is the heart and soul of the “one country, two systems” principle, put forward by late paramount Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in the […]
The discussion on Hong Kong’s doctor shortage crisis was renewed recently when the government announced a proposal to create a new pathway for the admission of non-locally trained doctors. The initiative, which borrows heavily from major policy recommendations put forward in Our Hong Kong Foundation’s advocacy study “Health System Capacity Constraints — The Severe Shortage […]
It doesn’t take long before newcomers to Hong Kong notice that, even before the pandemic, there are more people here who carry with them hand sanitizers, often in a little bottle dangling off their backpack. A probe would soon reveal that this is believed to be part of the legacy from the SARS outbreak in […]
This Aug 5, 2019, photo shows China's national flag and the flag of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on the Golden Bauhinia Square in Hong Kong, south China. (WU XIAOCHU / XINHUA) BEIJING – China's top legislature has approved a decision to improve Hong Kong's electoral system, in line with ardent public calls for […]
It is universally acknowledged that one of the huge challenges the world faces is the eradication of poverty, which has become a common goal for all humanity. As the largest developing country in the world, China, through its own persistence and struggle, has won a complete victory in the fight against poverty on the occasion […]
Atotal of 200,000 doses of China’s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine purchased by the Senegalese government arrived in its capital Dakar on Feb 17, greatly boosting the efforts of the Senegalese government and people in the fight against the virus. Speaking at the delivery ceremony, Senegal President Macky Sall called it “a day worth remembering in history” […]
Last year, as the pandemic was raging, China and Africa extended a helping hand to each other, as evidenced by an Extraordinary China-Africa Summit on Solidarity Against COVID-19 in June. This year is an extraordinary year for both China and Africa, being the start of China’s 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) period and the first year […]
Thanks to a widely praised vaccine rollout, the government of the United Kingdom has promised that everyone over the age of 50 will receive their first COVID-19 jab by the middle of next month. Although its former partners in the European Union are beginning to catch up, the UK’s success prompted criticism that the European […]
In a world still struggling with economic slowdown and a lingering pandemic, China’s reigniting economic growth and its commitment to greater openness and international cooperation are positive catalysts for global recovery. China has become an anchor of stability and a voice of reason in a world vexed with uncertainties and rambunctious discord. In line with […]
Everyone loves a plan. It helps us organize our lives, earnings, budgets, trips and leisure time. So, why not have a plan for everything? When you have a market economy as big as China’s, yes, you need a plan. As the fourth session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference […]
Countries politicizing the novel coronavirus and playing blame games have made the pandemic a much worse global health crisis than it should be. That is true for the United States, a superpower that has the highest numbers of COVID-19 cases and deaths. As the world sees a light at the end of the tunnel with […]
Premier Li Keqiang reiterated China's need to achieve high-quality economic growth at a news conference on Thursday, the concluding day of the annual session of the National People's Congress. And although economists and market analysts, in general, have forecast 8-10 percent for China's economy for 2021, Premier Li once again emphasized a target of "above […]
The central authorities' move to reform the electoral system of Hong Kong based on the principle of "patriots administering Hong Kong" is aimed at maintaining the special administrative region's prosperity and stability. Those administering Hong Kong should not only have an international vision but also a deep sense of patriotism. The improvement of Hong Kong's […]
Editor’s note: China Daily Hong Kong’s GBA Focus series today introduces an opinion section that offers thoughts and suggestions by experts in various fields on how best to develop the Bay Area and integrate Hong Kong into China’s national development plan by leveraging its advantages as an international financial and legal services center. We welcome readers’ […]
Editor’s note: China Daily Hong Kong’s GBA Focus series today introduces an opinion section that offers thoughts and suggestions by experts in various fields on how best to develop the Bay Area and integrate Hong Kong into China’s national development plan by leveraging its advantages as an international financial and legal services center. We welcome […]
The Roman statesman, political theorist, philosopher, and orator Cicero (106-43 BC) stated that “Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable, than loyalty.” Loyalty can certainly have several definitions, but the one that is of more interest to us in this article is the first one provided by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, i.e., “faithful in allegiance to […]
When improving the electoral system of a place, one would take into account the historical background, cultural diversity, political thoughts, and inevitably the historical and current state of political development and the actual circumstances there. With all these in mind, appropriate actions could be taken to improve the democratic electoral system. In any state, the […]
The recent attempts by destabilizing forces and radical localists to get their hands on administrative power in Hong Kong have exposed loopholes and deficiencies in the special administrative region's electoral system that need to be remedied. In particular, the so-called primaries they staged for the Legislative Council election — prior to its postponement due to […]
BEIJING – China's top legislature adopted on Thursday a decision to improve the electoral system of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), marking a landmark step to ensure that the Chinese metropolis is administered by patriots. Creating a more suitable electoral system for Hong Kong is an urgent matter, essential for safeguarding the long-term […]
(SHI YU / CHINA DAILY) The Government Work Report Premier Li Keqiang presented on the opening day of the annual session of the National People's Congress is especially significant in that it not only reviews the government's work in 2020 and lays out the main tasks for 2021, but also provides an account of the […]
A draft decision on improving the electoral system of Hong Kong submitted to the National People's Congress on Friday has attracted worldwide attention. The central authorities' move to reform the electoral system of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is aimed at preventing the weakening of "one country, two systems", plugging the loopholes in the […]
SINGAPORE, Mar 5, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Today, Moonstake announces its partnership with Escaroo, a keyless blockchain-based peer-to-peer escrow service that offers an advanced smart contract solution for high profile individual and commercial clients within the real-estate, aviation and marine space. Through this strategic collaboration, Moonstake will help enable staking functionality for Escaroo escrow platform, providing its users […]
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ABU DHABI, UAE, Mar 9, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Verofax Limited, an automation and traceability platform, has secured $1.2M in a Seed funding round, led by Trove Capital Limited UK. Other investors included MFD Holding, Kepler Fund Managers, and Casablanca Holding. This funding marks Verofax porting its platform on Microsoft Cloud and its recent Q4 expansion into Asia […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has all but completely paralyzed international personnel exchanges and dealt a heavy blow to the global economy in 2020. More than 100 million people have been infected with the disease so far and countries that can are rushing to develop vaccines, which started rolling out early this year. Some people saw those […]
The House of Representatives of the US Congress on March 3 passed For the People Act of 2021. If the US Senate also approves it and if US President Joe Biden then signs it into law, the act will drastically revamp the federal voting system by clarifying regulations over early votes, removing rules that prevent […]
In 2019, the turmoil caused by the Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill was the event that lit the fuse for an unprecedented anti-government campaign in Hong Kong. As a result, Hong Kong suffered the full brunt of unprecedented devastation. Social unrest escalated, the rule of law was hit, […]
On February 28, 47 individuals were charged with an offence of conspiring to subvert state power, contrary to the National Security Law (Art.22), which was enacted on June 30, 2020. It is alleged that they participated in a subversive scheme to seize control of the Legislative Council, paralyze the work of the government, and force […]
Hong Kong has all along been a prime venue for providing international legal and dispute resolution services. However, a media organization has reported that some international corporations consider “excluding Hong Kong from legal contracts”. In order to reassure the international community that Hong Kong is still nonpareil in terms of providing deal making and dispute […]
China-EU cooperation in combating climate change has a profound history. Being formalized in 2005, the cooperation mechanism has been strengthened several times. For example, climate change figured on the agendas of the talks between the European Union and China in July and September, the last being organized by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, where the two […]