Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefShares in NetEase made a strong start in Hong Kong, where they began trading on Thursday. The Chinese company is the world’s second largest games firm by revenue.The company is already listed in on the U.S.’s NASDAQ market.
Hong Kong Gov’t Probes Public Broadcaster RTHK For Anti-Gov’t Bias
28.05.2020 - 14:45 / variety.com
By Patrick Frater
Asia Bureau Chief
The Hong Kong government has ordered a review of Radio Television Hong Kong, the territory’s public broadcaster.
As Hong Kong’s political strife has returned to boiling point in recent weeks, the broadcaster, has been regularly accused by pro-Beijing forces of being biased against the government.
RTHK is technically a government department. It broadcasts on radio in multiple languages, operates news websites and supplies video content to local broadcasters.
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variety.com
10.06.2020 / 19:57
Huang Wei, China’s Bona Film Group VP, Dies of Apparent Suicide
Rebecca Davis editorHuang Wei, the VP of China’s Bona Film Group who managed its cinema division, has died by suicide, jumping from the 18th-floor offices of the company’s Beijing headquarters today, according to multiple Chinese reports.
variety.com
10.06.2020 / 11:37
Hong Kong Film Festival Firms Up August Dates
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe 44th edition of the Hong Kong International Film Festival has been confirmed as taking place in physical form in August. It had been postponed from its previous slot in March due to the coronavirus outbreak.Organizers said on Wednesday that the event will run from 18-31 August 2020.
hollywoodreporter.com
09.06.2020 / 19:25
Japanese Public Broadcaster NHK Slammed for Black Lives Matter Anime Video
The U.S. Embassy in Tokyo criticized Japan's public broadcaster NHK on Tuesday for airing an "offensive and insensitive" anime video that attempted to explain the Black Lives Matter movement and the ongoing protests against police brutality that have swept the United States.
deadline.com
08.06.2020 / 12:45
Hong Kong Disneyland Set To Re-Open As Region Looks To Boost Economy Following Virus & Protest Disruption
Tom Grater International Film ReporterHong Kong’s two major theme parks, Disneyland and Ocean Park, are set to re-open as part of the local government’s plans to reboot the region’s economy.The South China Morning Post is reporting that Ocean Park will open to visitors from Saturday (June 13), with the Disneyland resort on Lantau Island set to follow soon on an unspecified date.
variety.com
08.06.2020 / 10:27
Hong Kong Disneyland and Ocean Park To Reopen Shortly
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefTheme parks, Hong Kong Disneyland and Ocean Park are to reopen shortly, it was announced Monday. The parks, both government-owned, have been closed since late January due to the spread of the coronavirus.Ocean Park, which recently revealed that it is close to bankruptcy and sought a government bailout, will open from Saturday (June 13), according to the territory’s Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, Edward Yau.
celebrityinsider.org
05.06.2020 / 21:11
Jim Edmonds Reveals He’s Going To Be A Grandpa Amid Divorce From Meghan King Edmonds
Jim Edmonds, the estranged husband of former Real Housewives of Orange County star Megan King, has revealed that he’s going to be a grandfather for the first time. Edmonds shared the news on Instagram this week after visiting his two oldest children – Hayley and Lauren Edmonds – in California with his new girlfriend, Kortnie O’Connor.
variety.com
04.06.2020 / 01:19
Trump Administration to Ban Chinese Airlines From Flying Into U.S.
By Rebecca Davis
variety.com
03.06.2020 / 11:13
Trump’s Protest Response Hands Propaganda Win to China on Hong Kong
U.S. President Donald Trump’s heavy-handed response to George Floyd protests has given China’s propaganda machine invaluable fodder to slam the U.S. for hypocrisy in its support of anti-government protesters in Hong Kong.
variety.com
02.06.2020 / 12:33
NetEase China Games Giant Confirms $3 Billion Share Sale in Hong Kong
By Patrick Frater
celebrityinsider.org
31.05.2020 / 03:29
Meghan King Edmonds Challenges Her Prenuptial Agreement With Jim Edmonds Amid Nasty Divorce
Former Real Housewives of Orange County star Meghan King Edmonds and her estranged husband, Jim Edmonds, can’t seem to come to an agreement on their divorce. The former couple is fighting once again over the details, and it appears that Meghan is contesting the prenuptial agreement she signed before the couple married in October 2014.
celebrityinsider.org
29.05.2020 / 19:33
Meghan King Edmonds Goes Instagram Official With Her New Boyfriend Amid Divorce From Jim Edmonds
Former Real Housewives of Orange County star Meghan King Edmonds isn’t officially divorced from her estranged husband, former St. Louis Cardinals center fielder Jim Edmonds.
variety.com
29.05.2020 / 17:25
Mark Zuckerberg Worried for Facebook in Hong Kong After China’s Security Move
By Patrick Frater
usmagazine.com
29.05.2020 / 16:36
Meghan King Edmonds and Jim Edmonds Clash Over Their Prenup Amid Divorce
Money war. Jim Edmonds’ rep responded after Meghan King Edmonds contested the terms of the estranged couple’s prenup amid their divorce.
abcnews.go.com
29.05.2020 / 14:15
Ai Weiwei says new security law is the end of Hong Kong
SEOUL, South Korea -- Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei believes the newly passed national security law for Hong Kong augurs the end for the semi-autonomous city.
