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Many people in mainland China and Hong Kong will be spending the Lunar New Year at home this year instead of returning to their hometowns, due to strict Covid travel regulations in place. China is one of the few places left in the world still pursuing a zero-Covid strategy, putting a dampener on the annual mass migration.
Shanghai (China), Jul 21 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Aleksandar Plavevski) Ant Financial, a tech-financial subsidiary of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, announced it is preparing simultaneous IPOs in the Hong Kong and Shanghai parks.FOOTAGE OF ALIBABA IN SHANGHAI.
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The NBA is "not apologising" for a tweet from a Houston Rockets executive supporting Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests, the organisation's commissioner said Tuesday, despite a backlash in China. SOUNDBITE
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