Hong Kong court jails Jimmy Lai 20 years

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Sentence for Hong Kong's ex-publisher Jimmy Lai raises concerns as China defends it
The sentencing of Hong Kong's onetime media magnate Jimmy Lai on Monday raised concerns from foreign governments and rights groups, but Chinese and Hong Kong authorities defended it, saying it reflected the spirit of the rule of law.

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Hong Kong democracy activist Jimmy Lai to be sentenced after national security conviction
Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison after landmark national security trial
Hong Kong's legal clampdown on Jimmy Lai, tycoon and China critic
Hong Kong's High Court on Monday sentenced media tycoon and China critic Jimmy Lai to 20 years in jail for two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces under the city's national security la...

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Jimmy Lai jailed for 20 years in Hong Kong
Taiwan condemns 'harsh' sentence for Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai
Reaction to Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai's 20-year sentence in security trial
JODIE GINSBERG, CEO, COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISM: "The rule of law has been completely shattered in Hong Kong. Today’s egregious decision is the final nail in the coffin for freedom of the press i...

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‘It’s a travesty’: Calls to free frail Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai from jail before it’s too late
Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in jail after national security trial

Hong Kong ex-media tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison in national security case

Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media tycoon and a fierce critic of Beijing, is sentenced to 20 years in prison in one of the most prominent cases prosecuted under a China-imposed nation

Chinese chip firm Montage Technology soars 64% in Hong Kong debut

By Donny Kwok and Yantoultra Ngui HONG KONG/SINGAPORE, Feb 9 (Reuters) - China's Montage Technology surged 64% in its Hong Kong trading debut on Monday after the world's biggest memory interconnect chip supplier raised HK$7.

Hong Kong needs more global listings, wider Stock Connect to strengthen hub role: FSDC

City should pitch Southeast Asia, Middle East to draw global listings and issue long-term bonds to attract patient capital, think tank says Hong Kong needs to consider widening the Stock Connect schemes and step up promotion in Southeast Asia and the Middle East to attract more international firms to list in the city,