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CHINA REGULATOR SUSPENDS APPROVAL OF HK-FOCUSED FUNDS
China regulator suspends approval of HK-focused funds China Fund... READ MORE›
FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW TO START YOUR DAY
Bitcoin euphoria reaches fever pitch, South Africa debt cut to junk, and a jam packed week for data from the world's largest economies... READ MORE›
CHINA'S INDUSTRIAL PROFITS SURGE IN OCTOBER, TAKE STING OFF GOVERNMENT DEBT CRACKDOWN
In the first 10 months, industrial firms notched up profits of 6.25 trillion yuan, up 23.3 percent from a year earlier, compared with a 22.8 percent gain in January-September... READ MORE›
HONG KONG'S HOUSE PRICES COULD SOAR ANOTHER 10% NEXT YEAR
Even so, mass-market home prices will rise 8 percent to 10 percent next year, according to property consultancy Colliers International Group Inc... READ MORE›
CHINA'S HNA GAVE 'UNTRUE' DETAILS DURING GATEGROUP TAKEOVER
VIENNA Reuters - Chinese conglomerate HNA 0521.HK gave partially untrue or incomplete information during the takeover of Gategroup, the Swiss Takeover Board said, but HNA... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP'S FIRST APPEARANCE IN PANAMA PAPERS DISCLOSED
Three year after the purchase in 1994, the Process Consultants decided to sell this condo at the Trump Palace... READ MORE›
TEEN TAKES ON VETERANS FOR GOLDEN HORSE GLORY
Although the Golden Horse is styled on the US Academy Awards, the winners are decided by a jury, along the lines of the Cannes film festival... READ MORE›
TEEN TAKES ON VETERANS FOR GOLDEN HORSE GLORY
He takes on Hong Kong star Tony Leung Ka-fai Our Time Will Come and Taiwan's Leon Dai The Great Buddha ... READ MORE›
ROSE TARGETS 'HOT RUN' AS CHAWRASIA EXTENDS HONG KONG OPEN LEAD
Meanwhile Rose's playing partner Sergio Garcia, the Masters champion, found the Hong Kong course's firm greens, narrow fairways and unpredictable winds on day two even tougher... READ MORE›
CHINA'S HKSAR TO ELECT 36 DEPUTIES TO NATIONAL LEGISLATURE
Election for the deputies representing HKSAR to the 13th NPC will be held at the electoral conference's second plenary session on Dec. 19... READ MORE›
U.S. NAVY ENDS SEARCH FOR 3 SAILORS MISSING SINCE PLANE CRASH NEAR JAPAN
Wednesday while en route to the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan, the Seventh Fleet said... READ MORE›
CHINA SECURE SINGLES TITLES AT ITTF SWEDISH OPEN
World number three Xu Xin wins the men's singles title at the ITTF World Tour Swedish Open after beating his teammate Fan Zhendong 4-1, 19 November 2017... READ MORE›
TORONTO AND VANCOUVER AMONG GLOBAL CITIES AT GREATEST RISK OF HOUSING BUBBLE
Toronto and Vancouver among global cities at greatest risk of housing bubble UBS... READ MORE›
EUROPE STOCKS FALL AFTER CHINA DROP DOLLAR STEADY MARKETS WRAP
These are the main moves in markets Stocks The Stoxx Europe 600 Index declined 0.2 percent as of 9 26 a.m... READ MORE›
SURVEY RANKS JAPANESE KIDS' GROUP PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS AT NO. 2, BEHIND SINGAPORE
Some 6,600 Japanese students participated in the wider 2015 survey, with around 2,000 taking part in the specific collaborative problem-solving skills study... READ MORE›
BEIJING MOUTHPIECE IN HK COOKS UP 'ANTI-CHINA LEAGUE' SCARE
Pro-Beijing newspapers in Hong Kong and party mouthpieces on the mainland are prodding authorities in HK to resume legislation to criminalize subversive behavior... READ MORE›
BRITAIN'S BREXIT GLOOM YET TO TINGE GOLDEN GLOW OF CHINA TIES
Read SinoFortone - ragtag opportunists or front for Beijing? The Foreword of the China Dividend report was penned by Lord Jim O'Neill... READ MORE›
A $2.5 BILLION STAKE IN NVIDIA STOCK VANISHED INTO THIN AIR
On Nov. 14, amid the deluge of SEC Form 13F filings, a money manager based in Hong Kong disclosed a 11.5 million share stake in Nvidia Corp... READ MORE›
ALIBABA BETS $2.9 BILLION IT CAN TAKE ON WAL-MART IN CHINA
Online Giant Alibaba Aims Beyond China and E-Commerce QuickTake Sun Art, for its part, needs the capital and technology infusion... READ MORE›
BUMPER PROFITS, GOVERNMENT PRESSURE TO DRIVE ASIA'S DIVIDEND BONANZA
Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand have forward dividend yields in excess of 3 percent, much higher than United States' 1.9 percent ... READ MORE›
A NATION POURS SCORN ON FALLEN GRACE MUGABE AND HER ENDLESS GREED
For Mrs Mugabe it appeared there would be no way back, her fate sealed as a deeply reviled figure, the Imelda Marcos of Zimbabwe... READ MORE›
A WIN-WIN FOR CHINA - FOR NOW
Did Beijing give the go-ahead to remove Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe?... READ MORE›
US FAMILIES SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF TEACHING MANDARIN TO KIDS
She said the school has seen a major increase in American families having their children learn Mandarin, and now there are more than 100 at the school... READ MORE›
SIXTH MISS WORLD WIN DRAWS INDIA LEVEL WITH VENEZUELA
Saturday marked the Miss World pageant's return to Sanya, on southern China's Hainan Island, for a seventh time, where the event was last held in 2015... READ MORE›
WHO REALLY BENEFITS FROM THE MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR ABORIGINAL ART TRADE?
Auction houses have become 'the go-to' for the layperson wanting to collect Aboriginal art... READ MORE›
ABDULRAHMAN MAKES SHORTLIST FOR ASIAN PLAYER AWARD
HONG KONG Reuters - Reigning Asian Player of the Year Omar Abdulrahman has been named among the nominees for this year's award, the Asian Football... READ MORE›
DA VINCI PAINTING SELLS FOR $450M
In New York, where no museum owns a Leonardo, art lovers lined up outside Christie's Rockefeller Center headquarters on Tuesday to view Salvator Mundi... READ MORE›
KEY PLAYERS AS THE COUNTRY ENTERS NEW CHAPTER
The longtime ally had exhibited traits of disloyalty, Robert Mugabe said at the time... READ MORE›
A BRITISH EXPLORER IS ENDING HIS LATEST EXPEDITION WITH SOMETHING HE DIDN'T WANT
Benedict Allen had traveled to Papua New Guinea to seek out a remote tribe with no other contact with the outside world... READ MORE›
HONG KONG IPO SURGE CHALLENGES NEW YORK IN BATTLE FOR CHINA LISTINGS
Du Yilong, managing partner in law firm Latham Watkins' Beijing office, says that could encourage Chinese tech groups to reconsider Hong Kong... READ MORE›
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THE BIGGEST STOCK COLLAPSE IN WORLD HISTORY HAS NO END IN SIGHT
It doesn't help that PetroChina shares trade at 36 times estimated 12-month earnings, a 53 percent premium versus global peers... READ MORE›
CHINA CONSIDERS THREE-YEAR JAIL TERMS FOR DISRESPECTING NATIONAL ANTHEM, FLAG
In 2015, Hong Kong football fans booed the Chinese anthem during a World Cup qualifier, prompting a fine for the territory's football association from world body FIFA... READ MORE›
TEAR GAS AND CLASHES AT HK PROTEST
At the scene Juliana Liu, Hong Kong correspondent After clashes with police earlier in the week, pro-democracy protesters appeared to be much better prepared on Sunday... READ MORE›
CLIFF-JUMPING MAIDS SPARK SOCIAL MEDIA DEBATE AMONG EMPLOYERS
Half of the hundred or so swimmers are Indonesian or Filipino maids... READ MORE›
CHINA BIG BANG MOMENT OPENS BANKS, FUNDS TO FOREIGN CONTROL
Overseas firms will calculate the risk-reward margin carefully, said Raymond Yeung, chief Greater China economist at Australia New Zealand Banking Group in Hong Kong... READ MORE›
FILIPINO MAIDS LOSE THOUSANDS IN 'WORK ABROAD' SCAMS IN HK
In Hong Kong, only about 300 out of 1,300 employment agencies have accreditation confirmed by the Philippine authorities... READ MORE›
GRACE MUGABE: THE RAGS TO RICHES RISE AND FALL OF 'GUCCI GRACE'
Robert Mugabe's move to sack Mnangagwa last week appeared to settle the contest in favour of Grace... READ MORE›
CHINA EXTENDS NATIONAL ANTHEM 'DISRESPECT' LAW TO HONG KONG
This law does not appear to apply to Hong Kong or Macau... READ MORE›
RAZER CEO TO BECOME A BILLIONAIRE WITH LI KA-SHING BACKING
After raising funds from Asia's biggest investors, including Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing and Singapore's Temasek Holdings Pte, Razer Inc... READ MORE›
CHINAS PATRIOTIC CRACKDOWN: THREE YEARS IN JAIL FOR DISRESPECTING NATIONAL ANTHEM
Some Hong Kong football fans have booed the anthem during World Cup qualifiers and other matches... READ MORE›
GOLD COAST MAYOR TOM TATE RECEIVED FLIGHTS, ACCOMMODATION FOR 'PRIVATE' CHINA TRIP
Mr Hickey's son Jordan is listed as a director of Hickey Management along with his father... READ MORE›
ALIBABA'S RISE CREATES AT LEAST 10 BILLIONAIRES NOT NAMED JACK MA
The network of companies all feeding Alibaba at the center is something Jack Ma envisioned and planned from a long time ago... READ MORE›
UCLA BASKETBALL PLAYERS RETURN FROM CHINA AFTER BEING ARRESTED FOR SHOPLIFTING
The detention of the three players was raised by President Trump during talks with China's leader... READ MORE›
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS MADE 1,628 FALSE OR MISLEADING CLAIMS OVER 298 DAYS
And 50 times Trump has claimed that the United States pays the highest corporate taxes 19 times or that it is one of the highest-taxed nations 31 times ... READ MORE›
TRAFFIC IS SO BAD IN MANILA WORKERS ARE MOVING INTO DORMS
Ayala Land is building five dormitories that can house as many as 6,000 people... READ MORE›
HK SURVEY: MORE WOMEN ADMIT TO HAVING ONE-NIGHT-STANDS THAN MEN
Percentage of Hong Kong females having casual sexual relationships also significantly higher than in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand... READ MORE›
TRUMP JUST TOOK CREDIT FOR THE STOCK MARKET'S RALLY AGAIN
U.S. President Donald Trump knows why stocks are at an all-time high... READ MORE›
THE TWITTER PRESIDENT MEETS THE GREAT FIREWALL
VOX POP worldwide How much do you know about China's ruling party and its leader Xi Jinping?... READ MORE›
WOOING TRUMP XI SEEKS GREAT POWER STATUS FOR CHINA
Mr. Xi, the most powerful Chinese leader in decades, wants the United States to share global leadership with China as equals... READ MORE›
WE ARE OBSESSED WITH BREXIT AND TRUMP
We are obsessed with Brexit and Trump we should be thinking about China... READ MORE›
BOOING NATIONAL ANTHEM A CRIMINAL OFFENCE
Hong Kong's government, which is dominated by Beijing loyalists, has begun including the national-anthem law in local legislation... READ MORE›
THIS FOUR-BEDROOM HOME IN HONG KONG JUST SOLD FOR $149 MILLION
A luxury home in Hong Kong's exclusive Peak neighborhood sold for HK 1.16 billion 149 million, Wheelock Properties Ltd... READ MORE›
CHINA: XI JINPING CEMENTS STATUS AS LEADER
The move on Tuesday elevated his status as one of the country's most powerful leaders, alongside figures such as Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping... READ MORE›
CHINA GAVE TRUMP A WIN ON TRADE AND HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT
Andrew Polk, co-founder of research firm Trivium China in Beijing, said he doesn't know why this announcement wasn't folded in with Trump's trip... READ MORE›
THIS PHOTO SHOWS IPHONE X RESELLERS ARE ALREADY FLIPPING THEIR PHONES FOR PROFIT
It's only Day One, but the gray market trade in Apple Inc.'s new iPhone is already in full swing in Hong Kong... READ MORE›
BELIEVE IN SOCIALISM NOT SORCERY, CHINA TELLS PARTY MEMBERS
One of China's top leaders has chastised Communist party cadres for putting ghosts and gods before Marx and Lenin... READ MORE›
CHINA ENSHRINES 'XI JINPING THOUGHT', KEY XI ALLY TO STEP DOWN
The party will announce its new Standing Committee, headed by Xi, at around midday 0400 GMT on Wednesday, culminating a twice-a-decade leadership reshuffle... READ MORE›
HONG KONG REFORMS 'MUST BE PASSED'
Hong kong reforms li ka-shing urges lawmakers to act... READ MORE›
CHINA ENSHRINES 'XI JINPING THOUGHT', KEY XI ALLY TO STEP DOWN
The party will announce its new Standing Committee, headed by Xi, at around midday 0400 GMT on Wednesday, culminating a twice-a-decade leadership reshuffle... READ MORE›
GRACE MUGABE, SHREWD IF ILL-TEMPERED, BECAME A TARGET OF ZIMBABWES ANGER
Robert Mugabes wife helped oust two successive vice presidents who rivaled her as potential successors to her ailing husband... READ MORE›