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Hundreds of Hong Kong journalists, lawmakers and residents marched Sunday to protest the alleged police beatings of three reporters covering recent unrest in western China, and demanded a government investigation.
A drunken American university student accused of causing a taxi crash and the death of its driver in Hong Kong had his murder charged reduced to manslaughter, his lawyer said Saturday.
U.S. regulators announced plans Thursday to set up a Beijing office to help ensure Chinese exports are safe for Americans following a slew of recalls involving everything from pet food to children's toys.
With no competition, Macau's new leader was appointed Sunday while the world's gambling capital and Chinese enclave struggles with an industry slump brought on by the economic crisis and tougher visa restrictions.
The alleged lover of Asia's richest businesswoman defended his claim Thursday to her multibillion-dollar estate, testifying that they shared a life of feng shui, cooking and playing with model helicopters.
An unidentified assailant hurled acid in a busy Hong Kong shopping district, injuring 24 pedestrians including a 4-year old girl, police said Tuesday. It was the third in a series of acid attacks that have hurt some 100 people.
The pope has allowed Hong Kong Cardinal Joseph Zen to step down as head of the city's diocese to focus on monitoring Catholic churches in mainland China, Hong Kong's diocese said Wednesday.
A controversial $2 billion effort by a powerful Hong Kong businessman to buy out a leading telecom company won court approval Monday, overcoming a challenge from regulators who asserted the deal was marred by vote-rigging.
A Silicon Valley hedge fund manager wanted in the U.S. on charges he duped investors out of at least $5 million challenged his extradition from Hong Kong on Wednesday.
An American woman convicted in Hong Kong of killing her banker husband by serving him a laced milkshake and then bashing him on the head won approval Tuesday to move ahead with her appeal.
If the global economy fails to recover in 2009, the housing bubble or credit crunch may not be to blame. It could be a lack of fire.
Hong Kong's economy slid into recession for the first time in five years, contracting in the third quarter as global economic woes and the financial crisis hurt exports and spending.
The global credit crunch has taken a toll on the private equity business, but it has also made Asia the most attractive region for investing, the head of one of the world's largest private investment firms said Thursday.
Citic Pacific Ltd., the Hong Kong arm of a Chinese government investment company, said it has secured a $1.5 billion bailout from its parent company to cover losses from bad currency bets.
An investigation will be launched in Hong Kong into the sale of financial products linked to collapsed U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers after lawmakers voted overwhelmingly for a probe.
Hong Kong's de facto central bank said Wednesday it would trim its benchmark interest rate by 1 percentage point to 2.5 percent to encourage lending amid the global credit crunch.
Fifteen more Chinese dairy companies were identified Wednesday as producing milk products contaminated with an industrial chemical, further broadening a scandal affecting products ranging from baby formula to chocolate, authorities said.
Hong Kong's pro-democracy politicians fared better than expected in legislative elections, a showing that could strengthen their hand in pushing for greater political freedoms in the Chinese territory, analysts said.
Security agents detained a Christian activist Sunday who was on his way to a church service attended by President Bush and the man was being held at an undisclosed location, a relative said.
The beating of two Japanese journalists by police in western China drew an official apology Tuesday, but Beijing also set new obstacles for news outlets wanting to report from Tiananmen Square in the latest sign of trouble for reporters covering the Olympics.
An outspoken pro-democracy lawmaker in Hong Kong was barred Friday from traveling to southwest China to visit areas damaged in a massive earthquake.
Health officials ordered the slaughter of all live poultry in Hong Kong's street markets on Wednesday after detecting one of the largest outbreaks of the bird flu virus in years.
An activist says officials have detained two people at Hong Kong's airport ahead of the Olympic torch relay.
An American woman who gave her husband a strawberry milkshake spiked with drugs before beating him to death was only trying to defend herself from the baseball bat-wielding man in their luxury flat in Hong Kong, a defense attorney said Monday.
An American housewife convicted of drugging her banker husband with a milkshake before beating him to death received an unfair trial in Hong Kong partly because prosecutors improperly told the jury she didn't want her psychiatrist to testify, a defense attorney said Tuesday.
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