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Nikkei Asia
26-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Nikkei Asia
Hong Kong film industry buoyed as Japanese fans flock to new hit's sites
An exhibition recreating the world of the Hong Kong film "Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In." (Photo by Kensaku Ihara) KENSAKU IHARA HONG KONG -- Hong Kong is welcoming flocks of Japanese tourists eager to visit sites featured in a surprise hit film set in the era before the city's 1997 handover to China from the U.K. The tourism boom is offering optimism to Hong Kong's faltering film industry.
Nikkei Asia
01-07-2025
- Business
- Nikkei Asia
Hong Kong media reshaped by dismissals, audits and red lines
Workers hang Chinese and Hong Kong flags ahead of the July 1 anniversary of the 1997 handover of sovereignty from Britain to China. (Photo by Yuki Kohara) KENSAKU IHARA HONG KONG -- Barry Wood, an international economics correspondent for Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK), received an unexpected call on May 22 that brought his three-decade career at the broadcaster to an abrupt end. The 81-year-old journalist, based in Washington, said RTHK's news division informed him that his contract would not be renewed. No reason was given, he said -- only that his final day would be the following week, despite his contract running through September.
Nikkei Asia
25-06-2025
- Automotive
- Nikkei Asia
China ride-hail app CaoCao raises $236m in Hong Kong debut
IPO Geely-backed service seeks to challenge market leader Didi CaoCao listed at a price 19% lower than its public offering price. (Photo by Kensaku Ihara) KENSAKU IHARA HONG KONG -- Chinese ride-hailing service CaoCao listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Wednesday, raising 1.85 billion Hong Kong dollars ($236 million) to help fund its efforts to take on Didi, which commands the national market. The company, a division of privately owned Chinese automaker Geely, listed at a price 19% lower than its public offering price. The market capitalization as of Wednesday was about $2.42 billion.
