Hong Kong has a free market economy, highly dependent on international trade and finance - the value of goods and services trade, including the sizable share of reexports, is about four times GDP.

“There are discussions among some shipowners about changing the Hong Kong flag to Panama and Liberia to minimise political risks, costs and exposure to the US tariffs,” a stakeholder who ...

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An Introduction to Doing Business in Hong Kong 2025-26, the latest publication from China Briefing and Dezan Shira & Associates, is out now and available for download through the Asia Briefing ...

Beijing has tightened its grip on Hong Kong after massive and sometimes violent pro-democracy protests in 2019, cracking down on political dissent with scores of activists, political opposition ...

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Another 12 ships left the Hong Kong flag last month, the register now down by more than 200 vessels over the past four years with the majority of ships being reflagged to Singapore, Panama ...

HONG KONG — China will sanction United States officials, lawmakers and leaders of non-governmental organizations who it says have "performed poorly” on Hong Kong issues, the foreign ministry ...

A Hong Kong flag is seen on a vessel at Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong ...