Washington has long given the former British colony a special status on trade and other issues. Changing that would threaten its position as a global business hub.
Author: ALEXANDRA STEVENSON
China’s Security Law Shakes Hong Kong’s Business World
The territory’s stock market plunged amid expectations that money would soon be leaving the Asian financial hub, which faces tough new measures from Beijing and retaliation from the United States.
Shaved Heads, Adult Diapers: Life as a Nurse in the Coronavirus Outbreak
For many female health workers on the front line in China, even things like menstruation have become an occupational hazard.
‘I Felt Like Crying’: Coronavirus Shakes China’s Expecting Mothers
Pregnant women describe a lonely, sometimes terrifying experience navigating the country’s overburdened health care system during the outbreak.
China Expels 3 Wall Street Journal Reporters as Media Relations Sour
Beijing said it had revoked their credentials over a headline the newspaper published in its opinion pages.
Senator Tom Cotton Repeats Fringe Theory of Coronavirus Origins
Scientists have dismissed suggestions that the Chinese government was behind the outbreak, but it’s the kind of tale that gains traction among those who see China as a threat.
An American in a Locked Down Chinese Town: ‘Everyone Here Is So Bored’
Policed by his neighbors and inundated with misinformation, Bob Huang watches a small community grow increasingly isolated.
Coronavirus Forces Foreign Students in China to Choose: Stay or Go
As Americans and others flee Chinese universities, the crisis is severing ties that have historically brought the country closer to the rest of the world.
Coronavirus Shuts Macau, the World’s Gambling Capital
As officials in China and the region battle the mysterious outbreak, companies like Wynn and Las Vegas Sands could take a hit.
China Increasingly Walled Off as Countries Seek to Stem Coronavirus
The number of deaths from the virus outbreak rose to 304 and the number of cases soared to more than 14,000 as Australia and Japan joined the United States in imposing travel restrictions.