Can Hong Kong’s arbitration skills help the new global space race take off?

Hong Kong is positioning itself as a middleman in the fast-growing global space economy, senior officials and experts have said, noting the city can turn its financial markets, common law system and dispute-resolution capabilities into a commercial advantage. At the 2026 Colloquium on International Law on Friday, Secretary for Justice Paul Lam Ting-kwok said Hong Kong’s “sharpest competitive edge” lies in professional services for commercial space. He added that the city was “exceptionally...

By Benjamin Fuller