Finance
HSBC brings key profit target forward on rising rates
Lender reports $18.9bn pretax profit last year, up from $8.8bn in 2020
Hong Kong
Coronavirus
Hong Kong's 'zero business' COVID rules sink small operators
City is battling record virus outbreak, hospitals overflowing with patients
Transportation
Hong Kong's Greater Bay Airlines wins license to fly commercially
Startup can now operate 104 passenger routes after starting in cargo last year
Your Week in Asia
Australia reopens, South Korean presidential debates, Hong Kong vaccine passport
Your weekly lineup of Asia's biggest business and political events
Politics
Hong Kong delays leadership election amid worst COVID-19 outbreak
Chief Executive Carrie Lam ducks questions about seeking new term
Coronavirus
Hong Kong moves to require COVID testing for all residents
Carrie Lam calls for 'cooperation and acceptance' as caseload sets records
Coronavirus
Xi raises pressure on Lam over Hong Kong COVID surge
Chinese leader calls for 'all necessary measures' to stop city's worst outbreak
Interview
Moderna taps Singapore, Hong Kong for COVID era expansion
Taiwan, Malaysia also picked; CEO Bancel eyes vaccine plants in Asia
Media & Entertainment
Hong Kong NFT startup taps Japan's intellectual property trove
Animoca lines up 50 projects, from anime to fashion, to expand content worldwide
Coronavirus
Hong Kong outbreak tests limits of China's zero COVID policy
Mainland China to send personnel and build facilities to contain spread
Coronavirus
China to help overwhelmed Hong Kong with COVID fight
Testing, treatment and quarantine capacity to be provided with hospitals strained
Media & Entertainment
China video site Bilibili to add 1,000 censors after worker dies
Content monitoring team to be increased by 40% amid debate on overwork
The Big Story
Hong Kong's independent media fight to survive
Erosion of press freedom leaves door open for pro-China publications
Coronavirus
Hong Kong ramps up COVID controls as cases reach record level
Carrie Lam vows to stick to 'dynamic zero' infection target
Business trends
Hong Kong financial talent flees to Singapore under 'zero COVID' policy
Strict travel restrictions prompt exodus of personnel and business
Coronavirus
Hong Kong 'partygate' scandal claims cabinet member
Home affairs minister Caspar Tsui resigns over COVID controversy
Economy
Hong Kong bounces back with 6.4% annual economic growth
Analysts warn city could see fresh contraction due to return of COVID controls
Consumer
Detention of China's 'tobacco fragrance queen' confounds company
Huabao International ponders how to manage without Zhu Linyao and her son
Business trends
Hong Kong's talent pool evaporating, some companies say in survey
Nearly 40% of Japan corporations note city's human resources conditions have worsened