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Hong Kong | Protesters aim to take message to mainland Chinese
Thousands of people, many wearing black shirts and some carrying British flags, were marching in Hong Kong yesterday, targeting a mainland Chinese audience as ... -
Construction begins on national ‘stony desert park’
Workers have broken ground on a “stony desert park” in south China’s Guangdong Province. The park, located in the Province’s northern Liannan County, will ... -
Hong Kong | China and UK escalate their war of words
China and Britain’s war of words over Hong Kong escalated, with the two sides openly accusing each other of behaving inappropriately toward the former ... -
Arrests made over Hong Kong protests, legislature break-in
Police said they had arrested 13 people after the protests on Monday’s anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to China, including one man accused of ... -
Hong Kong | Eight arrested for posting personal data on police
Hong Kong police have arrested eight people for posting personal data about police officers on the internet as massive protests against the government and ... -
Old HK airport turned into billions worth of luxury condos
Hong Kong’s old Kai Tak airport was famed for its hair-raising landings, as planes skimmed apartment rooftops before touching down just minutes from bustling ... -
Markets | Chinese tobacco giant’s ‘ridiculous’ rally hits nearly 500%
China Tobacco International (HK) Co. is having another wild day in Hong Kong. A morning surge yesterday took its three-week rally to nearly 500%, ... -
HKD jumps into strong half of band, hurting shorts
Hong Kong’s dollar punched into the strong half of its trading band for the first time since September, riding on momentum provided by elevated ... -
Winners and losers in violent Hong Kong protests
The protesters who succeeded in halting Hong Kong’s controversial extradition bill benefited from broad support among businesses and ordinary citizens. But Monday night’s ugly ... -
Hong Kong | Protesters storm legislature spray-painting pro-democracy slogans
Hundreds of protesters in Hong Kong swarmed into the legislature’s main building last night, tearing down portraits of legislative leaders and spray-painting pro-democracy slogans ... -
Hong Kong | Property: A colonial quirk gives some men houses on the cheap
In property-obsessed Hong Kong – where buying a home is impossible for many – being born into an indigenous family provides a ticket to ... -
Hong Kong girds for more gridlock as protesters dig in
Two years ago, Carrie Lam took control of Hong Kong’s government and, with Chinese President Xi Jinping looking on, pledged to “restore social harmony ... -
Briefs | Police repatriate ‘red notice’ fugitive to South Korea
Police in Guangdong Province sent a ‘red notice’ fugitive on a plane back to the South Korea at the request of the country’s law ... -
Mainland offers ‘unsuitable lifestyle’ for Macau residents, who won’t work, live there
A survey gauging the willingness of Macau residents to participate in the Greater Bay Area project has found that most respondents are neither willing ... -
Hong Kong | Protesters disperse after causing China new grief
Hong Kong protesters dispersed early yesterday after a six-hour siege of the city’s police headquarters, as opponents of the Beijing-backed government attempted to put ... -
Protesters urge discussion of Hong Kong issues at G-20
Hong Kong activists opposed to contentious extradition legislation yesterday called on leaders of the U.S., the European Union and others to raise the issue ... -
Hong Kong | Court throws out ex-leader’s misconduct conviction
A Hong Kong court yesterday threw out former Chief Executive Donald Tsang’s conviction for misconduct relating to a property deal while in office. Tsang ... -
Guangzhou | Couriers join ‘war on drugs’ with technology
After receiving a parcel, courier Wang Xiangjun would spend less than one minute verifying the customers’ ID cards, checking the things inside, and uploading ... -
Hong Kong | Carrie Lam sees popularity plunge after historic protests
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam saw her approval rating plunge 9 percentage points in a month, as her bid to ease extraditions to China ... -
Shenzhen | Record land sale underscores China’s housing demand
Chinese developers are betting property curbs will eventually be loosened after splashing out for land in Shenzhen. A sale of five plots of residential ... -
Guangdong’s foreign trade sees modest rise
Foreign trade in south China’s Guangdong Province recorded a total of 2.71 trillion yuan (about MOP3.17 trillion or USD 393 billion) in the first ... -
Passengers on alert for EVA Air strike
A total of 10 flights to and from Macau have been canceled due to Taiwanese airline EVA Air’s cabin crew strike, as of yesterday. ... -
Hong Kong | Protesters block gov’t building access, plan new action
Protesters fearing an erosion of Hong Kong’s legal autonomy blocked access to a government office building for nearly two hours yesterday and plan more ... -
Guangzhou | Robot employed to help rehab drug addicts
Guangzhou has employed a talking robot to aid the rehabilitation of substance users through human-machine counseling, reports state media agency Xinhua. While robots elsewhere ... -
Hong Kong | Protesters end blockade of police headquarters
Protesters in Hong Kong ended their overnight siege of police headquarters peacefully Saturday, disappointed that their demands for the territory’s leader to formally withdraw ... -
Hong Kong | Another ex-Philippine official barred entry
Another former Philippine official who sued Chinese President Xi Jinping before an international court was barred from entering Hong Kong. Former Foreign Affairs Secretary ... -
Aviation | Guangzhou Baiyun makes top three Chinese airports
The competitiveness of the major airports of Guangzhou, Beijing and Shanghai topped all 37 Chinese airports with an annual passenger throughput of more than ... -
British associations form working group to explore GBA opportunity
British Chambers of Commerce and business associations have formed an inter-organization working group on the Greater Bay Area (GBA) Initiative, agreeing to collaborate across ... -
The faces of Hong Kong’s historic stand
While protests that drew hundreds of thousands of people into Hong Kong’s streets this month were likely the biggest the city has ever ... -
Hong kong | No response as activists’ deadline passes
A deadline imposed by activist groups for Hong Kong’s government to scrap highly unpopular extradition bills and accept other demands passed yesterday without an ... -
Hong Kong | Lawmakers raise complaints over police brutality
Hong Kong lawmakers grilled the city’s security secretary yesterday over allegations of police brutality during protests over an extradition bill that eventually was suspended. ... -
Analysis | As Hong Kong protests quiet down, what’s next?
All but a handful of protesters in Hong Kong have gone home, but the crisis that brought hundreds of thousands into the streets to ... -
Briefs | Shenzhen: Five arrested on terror charges after alarming busy subway
Five people were arrested for shouting “get down!” and causing panic on a subway train in Shenzhen while shooting a short video for online ... -
Opinion | Nobody likes protests, including the protesters
Recent protests in the neighboring region of Hong Kong have triggered, as always, different reactions from the public. While some have clearly decided to ... -
Hong Kong | A leaderless opposition movement
The largely youth-driven movement of black-clad protesters challenging Hong Kong’s government over an unpopular extradition bill is a coalition operating without a clear leadership ...
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