“Let the ship sail and bring the Golden Fleece,” said China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO) Chairman Xu Lirong on April 8, after the state-owned shipping giant sealed a deal to purchase the Greek port of Piraeus, southwest of Athens. Beyond the romantic evocations of Greek heroes such as Jason and the Argonauts, this “made in China” golden fleece amounts to …

  Now that Joshua Wong, former student leader of Scholarism and one of the forces behind the Occupy Central Movement, has started a political party, it may be a good time to look back on what initiated this newest phase of Hong Kong’s politics: the Umbrella Movement. One imagines that Joshua Wong, Chan Ho-Tin of the Hong Kong National Party, …

  BLOOMBERG U.S. and European shares fluctuated near the highest levels in at least three months as investors focused on companies with results that beat estimates, offsetting declines among energy producers that slumped with the price of crude. The dollar strengthened. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index swung near 2,100, a level it breached Tuesday for the first time in …