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Feb 13, 2008 Internet Sex Video Case Stirs Free-Speech Issues in Hong Kong

QUOTE: Some Web users here see the police action as an infringement on individual freedoms. They held a protest Sunday, arguing that, among other things, Hong Kong’s anti-pornography ordinance was too broad and too vague, and that this was a case of unequal treatment.

 New York Times
May 09, 2007 Hong Kong Hanky Panky In Dow Jones

QUOTE: The U.S. securities watchdog filed a lawsuit in federal court in New York on Tuesday against a Hong Kong couple Tuesday for allegedly using insider information to make $8.2 million trading Dow Jones stock before the takeover bid from News Corp. was made public.

 Forbes
Apr 24, 2007 Nail that siding tight! Metal thieves grow brash: Soaring metal prices and high demand create a market for pilfered scrap metal in the US.

QUOTE: The spree is part of the widespread and rapidly growing crime of metal theft .... The reason: International demand, especially from China's factories, has sent metal prices soaring, say experts.

 Christian Science Monitor
Nov 30, 2006 Exchange Rates: Are U.S. stock-exchange executives grossly overpaid?

QUOTE: Wall Street expects its clients and customers to seek efficiency always—except when it comes to its own services. As Moneybox noted in August, London-based investment banks charge commissions of about 3.6 percent on initial public offerings, compared with about 7 percent for U.S. firms. And Wall Street staffers are higher paid than their European and Asian counterparts across the board.

 Slate
Aug 25, 2006 Beating of Lawyer Threatens Hong Kong’s Allure

QUOTE: The threat could heighten concern not only about Mr. Ho, but also about the potential damage to Hong Kong’s reputation for the fair settlement of disputes in court — something that has helped make it one of the world’s great financial centers.

 New York Times
Jun 27, 2006 China Covers Up Violent Suppression of Village Protest

QUOTE: ...[Chinese] police raked a crowd of demonstrators with gunfire last December in the seaside village of Dongzhou.... The authorities have said little or nothing about the episode, concentrating instead on preventing any accounts of it from circulating...

 New York Times
Dec 22, 2005 Hong Kong Rejects Modest Reforms: Pro-Democracy Lawmakers Say Beijing-Backed Political Changes Didn't Go Far Enough

QUOTE: Hong Kong's pro-democracy opposition voted down a modest political reform plan Wednesday that it described as an attempt to sidestep public demands for general elections, dealing a sharp defeat to the local government and its allies in Beijing.

 Washington Post
Dec 05, 2005 Crowd Rallies for Democracy in Hong Kong: Tens of Thousands Urge Timetable for Universal Suffrage

QUOTE: Tens of thousands of people marched through Hong Kong on Sunday to protest the slow pace of democratic reform in this former British colony, but the territory's Beijing-backed leader again rejected demands to set a timetable for achieving universal suffrage.

 Washington Post
Aug 18, 2004 China Jails Hong Kong Democrat

QUOTE: The arrest of a pro-democracy Hong Kong candidate in mainland China on charges of soliciting a prostitute touched off a media furor in the former British colony...and fueled suspicion that Beijing was trying to influence next month's legislative election.

 Los Angeles Times
Apr 27, 2004 China Bars Steps by Hong Kong Toward More Democratic Voting

QUOTE: Beijing on Monday barred popular elections for Hong Kong's chief executive in 2007 and ruled out any expanded voting by the general public for the legislature in 2008...

 New York Times
Jul 10, 2003 Hong Kong Protesters Demand Free Elections

QUOTE: Tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered tonight before the legislature building here to call for free elections and the resignation of Hong Kong's leader.

New York Times
Jul 01, 2003 Hong Kong Residents Express Dissatisfaction with Chinese-Appointed Executive

QUOTE: In an oppressive and humid summer heat, the protest lasted six hours, until 9 p.m., and followed a route from Victoria Park in Causeway Bay to the Central Government Office. The mood was generally solemn and purposeful with the crowd chanting in Cantonese: "Return Hong Kong to the people."

 Washington Post
Dec 25, 2002 Hong Kong Moves Ahead on Tightening Security Laws

QUOTE: ...plans for tough internal security laws, including a ban on the mere possession of "seditious" publications, brushing aside objections from businesses, human rights groups and foreign governments.

 New York Times
Dec 17, 2001 'Suffering' Middle Class Cheers Plan to Cut Maids' Pay

QUOTE: It's been a tough year for Hong Kong....Now the government is mulling a novel step to make life a little easier for the people of this special Chinese territory: a cut in the salaries of their maids.

 Washington Post
Oct 05, 2001 'Comfort Women' Suit Against Japan Dismissed

QUOTE: A federal judge yesterday dismissed a lawsuit filed against Japan by 15 Asian women who said they were kept as sex slaves -- or "comfort women" -- during World War II, ruling that Japan cannot be held responsible for its "egregious conduct" in U.S. courts.

 Washington Post