ESSAYS/NEWS
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Hong Kong’s Listing Spree and the Loudest Silence in Finance
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Four companies filed to list in Hong Kong today. All four will begin trading on September 29. Between them, they are raising HK$14.4 billion, about…
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A Response to Dr. Li: This Is Our Chance, Not Our Cautionary Tale
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I read Dr. Li’s first essay standing at the kitchen counter because I’d forgotten to sit down. That happens sometimes when something is good enough…
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You Already Made Up Your Mind About Hong Kong. Here’s How They Made Sure of It.
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It isn’t that Western coverage of Hong Kong lies. It’s that it figured out, a long time ago, that it doesn’t have to. I wrote…
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AI Will Kill Us. Just Not the Way You Think.
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I couldn’t sleep after reading about the machines that broke out of their cage. Then I realized I was reading about the wrong monster. I…
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I Have Had Twenty HSBC Relationship Managers. I Have Never Spoken to One.
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This city has more loyalty programs than actual loyalty. I decided to count mine. I have banked with HSBC for fifteen years. In that time,…
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The Lions Are Roaring Again. What That Actually Means for HSBC.
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Everyone in Hong Kong has stroked the paw of a bronze lion for luck. Almost nobody asks why the lion is there, or what happened…
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The Stiff Upper Lip Is a Myth. Hong Kong Is the Real Thing.
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Britain printed a poster about keeping calm. Hong Kong just kept going, and never got around to putting it on a mug. There’s a poster…
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Hong Kong’s Tariff Identity, Erased Twice: What the Sanctions Bill Adds to an Already Stacked Deck
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Hong Kong’s tariff identity Hong Kong importers spent February 2025 processing news that their goods would be taxed as if they came from Shenzhen. Eighteen…
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Hong Kong’s Central Asia Cargo Pivot Comes With a Compliance Catch
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Airport Authority Hong Kong chairman Fred Lam said this year that Central Asia could become the “next Middle East” for Hong Kong air cargo, a…