China’s Economy Is Booming. Shoppers Are Skittish Anyway.
The world’s traditional growth engine reported an 18.3 percent leap in the first quarter. But consumers and small business aren’t fully sharing in the spoils.
Hong Kong Court Sentences Jimmy Lai and Other Pro-Democracy Leaders to Prison
The punishments for Mr. Lai, a media tycoon, and other leaders over an unauthorized peaceful protest point to what critics say is the shrinking space for dissent in Hong Kong.
