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Hong Kong police arrested nearly three dozen people yesterday after scuffles broke out at a protest in a border town, in the latest example of heightened tensions over the growing
A Hong Kong mother of two was given a six-year prison term Friday for abusing her Indonesian maid in a case that aroused widespread outrage over its brutality. Law Wan-tung was
Wild giant pandas in China are doing well. The latest census by China’s State Forestry Administration shows the panda population has grown by 268 to a total of 1,864 since the last survey ending in
This year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival opens with veteran actress, producer and director Sylvia Chang’s “Murmur of the Hearts” starring Macau- born Isabella Leong, lead actress of Berlinale prizewinner Isabella,
Chinese state-owned banks loaned USD22.1 billion to Latin American countries last year, helping to keep afloat struggling economies that have been hit hard by a fall in prices for oil,
With his latest political exhortation, President Xi Jinping is asserting his influence and advancing his agenda in a time-honored tradition among Chinese leaders. Chinese Dream, meet the “Four Comprehensives.” The four priorities
A tiger cub died after falling off a building in an east China city, as it was apparently spooked by firecrackers during the Spring Festival holiday. The seven month old
Sexism at the gala is nothing new. But following last week’s program, women’s rights activists sent an open letter to broadcasting regulators demanding that reruns of the show be suspended,
A lawyer for Huang Zerong, who uses the pen name Tieliu, said his client was also fined 30,000 yuan (USD5,000). The lawyer, Liu Xiaoyuan, said Huang denied running an illegal
Hong Kong’s finance chief yesterday unveiled USD37 million in measures aimed at giving relief to some business owners and restoring confidence in the Asian financial hub following pro-democracy protests last
Hong Kong, the world’s largest international air cargo airport, aims to start construction next year on a third runway that will open by 2023 as regional rivals step up efforts
China’s manufacturing activity edged up to a four-month high in February although export orders decreased for the first time in nearly a year, in the latest sign of uncertainty for the
When Dianne Mercurio first knocked on Dajin Peng’s door, he was searching the Internet for the best way to kill himself. Mercurio, an FBI agent, had other ideas. Mercurio knew
Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said yesterday that the Individual Visit Scheme for tourists from the Chinese mainland is not expanding and the government is seeking to tighten it
After a few failed relationships in her home city of Hong Kong, Doreen Cheung did not expect Cupid to strike when she moved to Shanghai in 2002. A PR manager then
Eighty-six years old and still job hunting. Wong Siu-ying had to stop passing out leaflets on a Hong Kong flyover when she hurt her knee in August. With two-thirds of her
Despite an estimate that colonists could not survive for more than 68 days on the Red Planet, the Mars One Mission received more than 200,000 applications worldwide, and two Chinese
Nowadays, this has been replaced by one tap on a mobile app, with no need to even meet in person. Ushering in the Year of the Sheep, people across the country
Chinese were seeing in the Year of the Sheep on Thursday, but with fortune-tellers predicting accidents and an unstable economy and some parents-to-be fretting over the year’s reputation for docile
China summoned India’s ambassador over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to a disputed border region in the Himalayas, a long-festering irritant in relations between the Asian giants. Modi on Friday visited
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