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    Primrose Riordan

    South China Correspondent

    Primrose Riordan is based in Hong Kong and writes about the city as well as Macau and South China. Before joining the Financial Times, she was a reporter at The Australian Financial Review, The Australian and The Canberra Times. She was a recipient of the Wallace Brown Young Achiever Award.
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      Law giving city’s chief executive discretion over defendants’ representation sends chill through legal sector

    • Tuesday, 2 May, 2023
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      Raids on consultancies reveal mounting risks of performing due diligence

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