Hong Kong is no stranger to goodbyes. In the lead-up to the 1997 handover to China, thousands left, often for Canada and Australia. Now, hundreds of thousands more may be contemplating a new British immigration program aimed at providing solace to a former colony increasingly in Beijing’s grip. It’s a long-delayed wave of departures from a defunct empire, with all ...

Debt-ridden HNA Group Co, which splashed out over $40 billion on stakes in high-profile companies across the world, has been unwinding and selling down its assets fairly quickly. It didn’t even have to accept bargain-basement prices. The firm has been under the government’s watch for over a year. Why, then, is it going into bankruptcy? In a statement, the airlines-to-insurance ...

The European Commission’s fiasco over the vaccine rollout is above all else a terrible concern because of the potential cost in human lives. It also risks damaging Brussels’ reputation for technocratic competence with regard to its own citizens, giving fresh impetus to euroskeptic forces. It may diminish the European Union’s brand in the world, especially in those countries that might ...