The Independent 1997 Stephen Vines |
Title | Subject | Authors |
50,000 defy China to remember Tiananmen. (rally in Hong Kong to mark 8th anniversary of Tiananmen Square massacre) | Retail industry | Stephen Vines |
China finds Hong Kong hard to swallow. | Retail industry | Stephen Vines |
Communist ideologues waiting in the wings for handover. (Chinese Communist party likely to step up activity in Hong Kong) | Retail industry | Stephen Vines |
Courses for horses on Cook's China tour. (United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Robin Cook visits China and Hong Kong) | Retail industry | Stephen Vines, Teresa Poole |
Financial rollercoaster leaves the world feeling queasy.(impact of financial market turbulence; includes related articles) | Retail industry | Stephen Vines, Phil Davison, Nic Cicutti |
From famine to smiling faces: the twisted reality the party minders make sure you see.(problems facing journalists investigating conditions in North Korea) | Retail industry | Stephen Vines |
From the Black Watch to the Red Guard. (Black Watch to become last regiment to join Hong Kong garrison) | Retail industry | Stephen Vines |
HK to slaughter a million chickens. | Retail industry | Stephen Vines |
Hong Kong crash sparks world-wide sell-off in markets. | Retail industry | Diane Coyle, Stephen Vines, Tom Stevenson |
Hong Kong's history men go for rewrite. (former Hong Kong governor Lord MacLehose denies that he pushed China towards resuming sovereignty) | Retail industry | Stephen Vines |
Hong Kong's new ruler speaks in riddles. (Hong Kong Chief Executive designate Tung Chee-hwa)(Interview) | Retail industry | Stephen Vines |
Hong Kong's quiet hero stands his ground. (Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigner Martin Lee) | Retail industry | Stephen Vines |
Hong Kong surges, but London and Wall St hit by jitters.(performance of stock markets in crisis of Oct 1997; includes related notes) | Retail industry | Diane Coyle, Stephen Vines, Tom Stevenson |
How Britain lost chance to keep its last great colony. (origins of talks on return of Hong Kong to China)(excerpt from 'Awaiting the Avalanche: An Eyewitness Account of Hong Kong's Return to Chinese Rule') | Retail industry | Stephen Vines |
International lift-off delayed by disagreement and distrust. (controversy over new international airport for Hong Kong) | Retail industry | Stephen Vines |
Japan and Hong Kong add to global market misery. (international impact of weakening Asian stock markets) | Retail industry | Diane Coyle, Stephen Vines |
Japanese gloom deepens as shares hit 30-month low. | Retail industry | Stephen Vines |
Korea could need $100bn rescue as currency dives. | Retail industry | Stephen Vines |
Long-suffering Patten is praised at the death. (Hong Kong Governor Chris Patten) | Retail industry | Stephen Vines |
New York and London pull back from the abyss but Hong Kong's plunge continues.(world stock prices drop; includes related articles) | Retail industry | Stephen Vines, Tom Stevenson, Danielle Robinson |
No sign of an end to Asian meltdown as Hong Kong rally is wiped out.(Asian financial markets; includes related articles) | Retail industry | Stephen Vines, Tom Stevenson |
Order-driven confusion fuelled by Asian turmoil. (unsettled nature of Asian equity markets tests London Stock Exchange's order-driven computer system) | Retail industry | Stephen Vines, Tom Stevenson |
Patten wipes a tear as Last Post sounds. (Chris Patten, last governor of Hong Kong) | Retail industry | Stephen Vines |
Question marks hanging over the future. (Hong Kong to see many changes) | Retail industry | Stephen Vines |
Soldiers watch aloof as children walk the streets weak with hunger.(hunger in North Korea) | Retail industry | Stephen Vines |
South Korean minister quits as financial crisis explodes. (Finance Minister Kang Kyong-shik) | Retail industry | Stephen Vines |
Taiwan mourns loss of the little friend stolen by big brother. (St Lucia shifts allegiance from Taiwan to China) | Retail industry | Stephen Vines, Phil Davison |
The colony's last tango dancer prepares to take the final bow. (Chris Patten, governor of Hong Kong, defends UK's record in Hong Kong) | Retail industry | Stephen Vines |
The end of a very British colonial affair. (legacy of Empire in Hong Kong)(Column) | Retail industry | Stephen Vines |
The Great Leader rules from beyond the grave.(legacy of Kim Il Sung in North Korea) | Retail industry | Stephen Vines |
The rush for Chinese bed partners continues apace. (implications of investment by Citic Pacific in China Light and Power) | Retail industry | Stephen Vines |
Tycoons shift allegiance as Britain's power wanes. (Hong Kong) | Retail industry | Stephen Vines |
Tycoon Tung takes over the helm. (new Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa) | Retail industry | Stephen Vines |
World Bank makes $3bn loan as South Korean won hits low. | Retail industry | Stephen Vines |
World markets spooked by fresh S Korean crisis. | Retail industry | Diane Coyle, Stephen Vines |
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