Beijing to levy 100pct tax on overseas football transfers

China will effectively double the cost for its clubs to buy foreign football players in a move aimed at slowing the influx of pricey overseas stars and

Survey | Hong Kong is now 2nd-most expensive city for expats

Hong Kong is now the second-most expensive city worldwide for expatriates, according to Mercer’s latest cost of living survey, after ceding the top spot to Angola’s

As Li Ka-shing’s retirement nears, spotlight shifts to son

Victor Li’s moment may have finally arrived. The son of billionaire Li Ka-shing is poised to inherit an empire spanning across more than 50 countries in

Warmbier’s death looms over US-China talks on North Korea

Otto Warmbier’s death after returning from North Korean imprisonment is stoking outrage in Washington and threatening to overshadow high-level U.S.-Chinese talks yesterday. President Donald Trump has been

Hong Kong | Micro-flats boom as property prices soar

With its marble-clad lobby, sweeping balcony views and sleek, modern decor, Donny Chan’s apartment building would seem the kind of upscale tower most young Hong Kong professionals aspire to

N. Korea, terrorism to feature at US-China dialogue 

North Korean threats, trade tensions and global terrorism are expected to be among the issues discussed at the inaugural U.S.-China diplomatic and security dialogue being

Warmbier | Tour agency says it won’t take more US tourists to North Korea

The organizers of a trip to North Korea by an American college student who died after being released from prison in a coma say they

The Buzz | Carrie Lam for national education against ‘independence ideas’

Hong Kong’s future chief executive, Carrie Lam, has vowed to pay close attention to the rise of independence ideas, promising strict law enforcement and stepped up national education from

Companies propel rise of electric ultra-high-performance cars

Want an insanely fast ride with zero emissions? Startup NIO has the car: An electric two-seater with muscular European lines and a top speed of 313

China bans more synthetic opioids blamed for US drug deaths

China said yesterday it would ban a designer drug called U-47700 and three others, following U.S. pressure to do more to control synthetic opioids blamed for fast-rising overdose deaths

BRICS | Beijing meeting highlights climate change, trade, terrorism

Climate change, trade and terrorism were high on the agenda yesterday at a Beijing meeting of foreign affairs officials from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa,

‘Failed in London, try Hong Kong’ fades as China beckons

Andrew Sullivan remembers the days when a young Brit could hustle his way into a job in Hong Kong finance. He ought to know: He

US accuses Chinese company of transferring N. Korean money 

China said Friday it doesn’t want governments to extend their laws to cover other countries after Washington asked a court to seize USD1.9 million from a Chinese company

Anbang’s deal spree leaves it with these assets around globe

Anbang Insurance Group Co. notched up more than USD10 billion of foreign acquisitions during a three-year global takeover binge, a campaign that brought Chairman Wu Xiaohui into

Hong Kong | Diversity in focus at same-sex visa appeal hearing

A Hong Kong appeals court has started hearing arguments over a case that has raised questions over the city’s allure as a diversity-friendly employment destination. Lawyers for a

HKZMB concrete scandal widens to 55 other projects

The acting director of Hong Kong’s Civil Engineering and Development Department, Norman Heung, said on Saturday that 116 additional concrete samples from the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HKZMB)

China police: Bomb behind kindergarten blast; suspect dead

BEIJING (AP) — A 22-year-old man made the bomb that exploded at the front gate of a kindergarten in eastern China, killing eight people, including himself, investigators said today (Friday). Police

Strait politics | Taipei says Beijing wants Taiwan trade offices’ names changed

Taiwan said China has been pressuring the governments of five countries in the Middle East, Africa and South America to force the island to change the names of its

South China Sea | Vietnam urges China to act responsibly in dispute

Vietnam urged China yesterday to take responsible and constructive actions in the disputed South China Sea following a Pentagon report that highlighted Beijing’s military buildup in the strategic waters.

China approves nine Trump trademarks previously rejected

The Chinese government has granted preliminary approval for nine Donald Trump trademarks it had previously rejected, in whole or in part, The Associated Press found, a turn that

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