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What explains the changes to Hong Kong leader’s annual duty visit to Beijing? They signal Chinese President Xi Jinping’s bigger, more direct role in city affairs, observers say

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For Hong Kong, led by Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu, the changes could result in improved execution of policies in matters of national security and district administration, policy pundits said after analysing remarks from Xi and Lee. President Xi Jinping presides over Monday’s meeting with John Lee sitting to his right and Premier Li Qiang … Read more

When China jailed two Americans living in Hong Kong for 10 months over a yacht trip to Macau

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When China jailed two Americans living in Hong Kong for 10 months over a yacht trip to Macau “Government is endeavouring to obtain further definite information on the three missing yachts with 15 local residents on board, believed to have been captured and detained by the Chinese during a holiday trip to Macao on Sunday … Read more

Jereme Leung, the top Hong Kong-Singaporean chef that you have probably never heard of, owns nearly a dozen restaurants and has penned 5 cookbooks

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Leung started working in a Cantonese restaurant kitchen in 1983 at the age of 13. “I started as a dishwasher,” he recalls. “I worked my way up in a traditional Cantonese kitchen. In 1989, I travelled overseas and worked at different restaurants. I’ve been an expatriate since I was 19.” Leung in 2004 in the … Read more

McDonald’s China pushes development of native apps based on HarmonyOS, as adoption of Huawei’s mobile operating system accelerates

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The Chinese arm of McDonald’s – with a network of more than 5,500 restaurants and over 200,000 employees serving more than 1 billion customers each year – is part of the first batch of multinational food companies on the mainland that have committed to develop native apps on HarmonyOS, according to a statement by the … Read more