A World Bank report says that the pro-democracy have not had an adverse effect on the city’s business climate, even as senior officials in the city warn that the protests are hurting the economy. In its annual “Doing Business” report, which tracks the ease of doing business in different countries and was released Wednesday, the bank…

The leader of Hong Kong’s Liberal Party said he would resign on Wednesday, just hours after China’s top parliamentary advisory body expelled him for calling on the city’s embattled chief executive to step down. James Tien Pei-chun was voted out of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) after he urged Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung…