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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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  • Wednesday, 5 May, 2021
    BlackRock Inc
    BlackRock accused of ESG inconsistency over Indonesia palm oil

    US fund manager invested in group facing allegations of land grabs and poor environmental standards

  • Wednesday, 28 April, 2021
    Hong Kong politics
    Hong Kong immigration law change raises ‘exit ban’ fears

    Critics say amendment gives authorities ‘unfettered power’ to prevent people leaving territory

  • Thursday, 22 April, 2021
    Hong Kong politics
    Hong Kong journalist’s conviction stokes fears over press freedom

    Critics say Bao Choy’s prosecution is meant to discourage reporters from contentious investigations

  • Thursday, 22 April, 2021
    Wells Fargo
    Wells Fargo plans to shift Asian hub from HK to Singapore

    US bank move comes amid cost-cutting drive and geopolitical tensions in the region

  • Monday, 19 April, 2021
    Sexual misconduct allegations
    Politicians seem confused by scandals in Canberra

    Australians aghast as nation’s capital struggles to confront toxic work culture

  • Friday, 16 April, 2021
    Hong Kong politics
    Hong Kong pro-democracy leaders jailed for unauthorised assembly

    Group including media mogul Jimmy Lai and lawyer Martin Lee sentenced over 2019 protests

  • Thursday, 15 April, 2021
    News in-depthHong Kong politics
    China’s crackdown reaches Hong Kong classrooms: ‘It feels like there is a noose over my head’

    New national security curriculum for schools raises censorship fears among teachers and parents

  • Monday, 12 April, 2021
    Covid-19 vaccines
    China backtracks on comments questioning efficacy of local vaccines

    Top health official says remarks about jabs were ‘taken out of context’

  • Sunday, 11 April, 2021
    Covid-19 vaccines
    China considers mixing vaccines to bolster efficacy

    Disease control centre makes first public admission over effectiveness of domestic jabs

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  • Sunday, 4 April, 2021
    News in-depthLegal services
    UK lawyers feel ripples of Chinese sanctions on Essex Court Chambers

    Barristers warn move could lead to self-censorship at firms wary of antagonising Beijing

  • Saturday, 3 April, 2021
    Hong Kong
    Hong Kong executives choose China Covid vaccine to get mainland visas

    Beijing offers smoother entry procedures to visitors who take locally made jabs

  • Thursday, 1 April, 2021
    Hong Kong politics
    Hong Kong court convicts veteran activists over 2019 protests

    Media mogul Jimmy Lai and ‘father of democracy’ Martin Lee among group of seven found guilty

  • Tuesday, 30 March, 2021
    Hong Kong
    Hong Kong set to allow corporate directors to obscure their identity

    Proposal is latest challenge to transparency in financial hub

  • Sunday, 28 March, 2021
    UK business & economy
    UK chambers removes Xinjiang genocide opinion reference after China sanctions

    Essex Court was targeted by Beijing in wake of members’ advice to NGOs on internment of Uyghurs

  • Sunday, 28 March, 2021
    Chinese politics & policy
    China places sanctions on US and Canadian citizens

    Retaliation for western action over Uyghurs underscores worsening relationship between Beijing and Washington

  • Saturday, 27 March, 2021
    Chinese politics & policy
    Beijing targets British MPs for ‘gross interference’ over Xinjiang

    China imposes sanctions and warns criticism of internment camps threatens to undermine relations

  • Wednesday, 24 March, 2021
    Covid-19 vaccines
    Hong Kong halts BioNTech vaccinations over packaging concerns

    Health authorities insist there is no reason to believe doses are unsafe

  • Wednesday, 24 March, 2021
    Covid-19 vaccines
    Doubts overshadow China’s pledge to vaccinate developing countries

    Concerns over transparency, efficacy and supply weaken global demand for country’s Covid-19 jabs

  • Monday, 22 March, 2021
    Hong Kong economy
    Hong Kong promises investors its prized tax haven status is secure

    Political pressures and budget deficits spark fears territory might need to raise revenue

  • Saturday, 20 March, 2021
    News in-depthHong Kong
    Expats forced to confront Hong Kong’s ‘brutal’ Covid quarantine

    City’s response to virus has stoked debate about the trade-off between civil liberties and protection

  • Wednesday, 17 March, 2021
    Hong Kong politics
    Hong Kong ‘extra cautious’ over museum set to show Ai Weiwei’s work

    Carrie Lam says officials will ensure new M+ Museum does not undermine national security

  • Wednesday, 17 March, 2021
    US-China relations
    US targets Chinese and HK officials for undermining city’s autonomy

    Biden signals continuing tough approach to Beijing ahead of first high-level bilateral meeting

  • Monday, 15 March, 2021
    Hong Kong
    Expats in Hong Kong question Covid rules after hundreds quarantined

    Territory’s finance community voices concern at government strategy to contain virus outbreak

  • Saturday, 13 March, 2021
    Hong Kong politics
    UK declares China in breach of 1984 Hong Kong declaration

    Raab says Beijing in ‘state of ongoing non-compliance’ with accord that guaranteed a high degree of autonomy

  • Saturday, 13 March, 2021
    News in-depthChinese politics & policy
    ‘Hong Kong will sit on China’s lap’: Beijing crushes city’s autonomy

    Election law will ensure that only ‘patriots’ wield any power in the territory

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