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...question his "patriotic" credentials. Last week Tsang, 60, stepped down temporarily as the acting Chief Executive so he could run on July 10 for the top job in an election he can't lose: the voting bloc is an 800-member electoral college made up largely of local pro-mainland movers and shakers. "It's a paradox," says Professor Anthony Cheung, chairman of pro-democracy think tank SynergyNet. "Beijing is stepping in, has more control, is interfering. At the same time it has become more sensitive to local sentiments...
...China is not just managing Hong Kong's politics better. It has relaxed restrictions on its citizens to visit the territory, and granted Hong Kong businesses easier access to the mainland. These measures have helped buoy the city's economy: GDP was up 6% in the first quarter year-on-year, and unemployment is down to 5.9% from a historic peak of 8.8% in 2003. People are again indulging in Hong Kong's favorite pastimes: shopping, job-hopping and flipping flats. Consumer confidence has led to confidence in the government. Only 23.5% of those surveyed in a poll conducted...
...Rank of Hong Kong in a new survey measuring the entrepreneurial spirit of 35 world economies by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 10 Rank of Shenzhen, the mainland Chinese city across the border from Hong Kong...
...Bass Strait. Based on his "ultraconservative" appraisal of these hard-to-value assets, Wadhwaney thinks the stock trades for at least 30% less than it's currently worth. Then there's Liu Chong Hing Investments, which owns an exceptionally well-financed Hong Kong bank, as well as property in mainland China. The stock, listed in Hong Kong, trades at a 50% discount to its net asset value. It could take years for other investors?or acquirers?to notice how undervalued it is, but when you find something this cheap, says Wadhwaney, "you buy and buy and buy?and then...
...Turnout for the election was 23%, very low by Taiwan standards. Confused by the details of the amendments, many voters seem to have made their choices based on the parties' mainland policies. The recent trips to Beijing by leaders of Taiwan may have made headlines all over the world. But judging by the results, Taiwan's public isn't yet ready to jump onto the détente bandwagon...