Xi Jinping opens first Chinese-funded port in South America after arriving in Peru for APEC summit

[HKFP] - 11/15/2024

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday inaugurated Latin America’s first Beijing-funded port in Chancay, Peru — a symbol of the Asian superpower’s growing influence on the continent as it prepares to face off with a new Donald Trump administration. The US$3.5-billion complex, about 50 miles (…)



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Hong Kong to issue HK$20 billion retail infrastructure bond, the second in 2 months
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Hong Kong’s Department of Justice (DoJ) may seek longer sentences in a bomb plot case which was the first to be (…)
[HKFP] - 15/11/2024
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[South China Morning Post] - 15/11/2024
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Hong Kong child protection group logs spike in calls from professionals working with minors
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