XI SAYS SUPPORTS EFFORTS TO CURB HONG KONG INDEPENDENCE

The central government staunchly supports the government of the special administrative region in curbing the activities of 'Hong Kong independence', Xinhua paraphrased Xi as telling Leung... READ MORE›

HONG KONG LEADER WON'T SEEK NEW TERM

Post to Facebook Hong Kong leader won't seek new term Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying cited unspecified family reasons... READ MORE›

SHAREHOLDERS LOSE 99% AS HONG KONG RIGHTS OFFERINGS GO WRONG

Shareholders Lose 99 percent as Hong Kong Rights Offerings Go Wrong... READ MORE›

HONG KONG CAN HELP CHINA BE WORLD'S SHAREHOLDER

Hong Kong can help China be world's shareholder Charles Li... READ MORE›

HONG KONG-SHENZHEN STOCK TRADE LINK TO LAUNCH ON DECEMBER 5

The Hong Kong and Shenzhen stock exchanges will launch of the second cross-border share trading link on December 5, China's securities regulator has announced... READ MORE›

HONG KONG-SHENZHEN STOCK TRADING LINK PREPARES FOR LAUNCH

The latest link follows the Hong Kong-Shanghai Stock Connect that was launch two years ago involving 568 Shanghai listed A-shares and 266 Hong Kong stocks... READ MORE›

CLOCKENFLAP & THE STORY OF HOW HONG KONG LEARNED TO ROCK

We felt a festival of this nature was something sorely missing in Hong Kong, and that the city needed it, explains Clockenflap's music director Justin Sweeting... READ MORE›

THOUSANDS MARCH, CLASH WITH POLICE IN HONG KONG PROTEST OF BEIJING'S INTERVENTION IN POLITICAL DISPUTE

China's top legislative panel said that Beijing must intervene to deter advocates of independence for Hong Kong, calling their actions a threat to national security... READ MORE›

CHINESE MONEY FLOWING TO HONG KONG STOCKS HAS SUDDENLY DRIED UP

It's not only volumes that have changed, with mainland investors shifting their attention to a different group of Hong Kong stocks as well... READ MORE›

'ELECT MORE WOMEN TO BUILD SUSTAINABLE, INCLUSIVE CITIES'

Hidalgo said it was important to work with men to boost women's participation in politics and gender equality... READ MORE›

DENISE HO: THE CANTOPOP QUEEN ON A CRUSADE AGAINST CHINA'S COMMUNIST PARTY

In this sense Hong Kong is becoming just like mainland China - because that is how it works in mainland China... READ MORE›

HONG KONG PROTESTS: STUDENTS STAGE RALLY OUTSIDE CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S OFFICE A?? AS IT HAPPENED

A number of Chinese citizens have faced reprisals for supporting the protests for universal suffrage in Hong Kong... READ MORE›

HONG KONG PROTESTS: SHOCKING VIDEO SHOWS POLICE PEPPER SPRAYING ELDERLY MAN IN FACE

As the pro-democracy protests continue in Hong Kong, a video has emerged of a police officer pepper spraying a man directly in the face... READ MORE›

WORLD AIDS DAY CUT GAY BLOOD BAN TO THREE MONTHS

Minutes later, thousands of protesters surged toward the government offices, including the headquarters of Hong Kong's chief executive, where the police were ready with barricades and anti-riot equipment... READ MORE›

CHRISTMAS COMES EARLY TO HONG KONG, AS MILLIONS OF BANK NOTES SPILL OUT ONTO BUSY STREET

Christmas comes early to hong kong as millions of bank notes spill out onto busy street... READ MORE›

EUROPE WILL FIND WAY TO KEEP BRITAIN IN EU SAYS GERMAN MINISTER

Several protesters said it was time to end the demonstrations, which have failed to win any concessions from either the Hong Kong government or the central authorities in Beijing... READ MORE›

CHINA WARNS OF A??UNIMAGINABLE CONSEQUENCESA?? IF DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE

Officials in Hong Kong tried to celebrate the 65th birthday of the People's Republic of China... READ MORE›

HONG KONG PROTESTS: VIOLENCE 'ORGANIZED', OCCUPY CENTRAL LEADERS SAY A?? AS IT HAPPENED

Tania Branigan in Hong Kong has just sent through this video of scuffles in the Mong Kok area... READ MORE›

23 million Hong Kong dollars was missing -- about 2 million -- according to the security transport company that reported the loss... READ MORE›

On Monday, the Hong Kong High Court held a brief hearing for about 30 arrested protesters, including Mr... READ MORE›

MASS PROTESTS IN NICARAGUA AS FARMERS CLAIM PLANNED CANAL WILL 'SELL COUNTRY TO THE CHINESE'

Mass protests in Nicaragua as farmers claim planned canal will 'sell country to the Chinese'... READ MORE›

DEMONSTRATORS SET FOR BACKLASH AS CHINA'S STRANGULATION OF THE UMBRELLA REVOLUTION BEGINS

Hong Kong protests Demonstrators set for backlash as China's strangulation of the Umbrella Revolution begins... READ MORE›

HONG KONG POLICE DENY USING TRIADS TO DISRUPT PROTESTS

Hong Kong's assistant police commissioner denies allegations that criminal gangs were called in to disrupt protests in the city... READ MORE›

HONG KONG ACTIVISTS FEAR THEY ARE BEING MONITORED BY BEIJING

Question for protesters include whether monitoring is being done by the Hong Kong government, the extent of Beijing's part, and how much information they share... READ MORE›

WHY ARE ALL THESE ANGRY MEN IN HONG KONG WEARING BRAS?

On Sunday dozens of men wearing bras gathered outside a police station in the busy Wan Chai district of Hong Kong island... READ MORE›

HONG KONG STUDENT LEADERS PLAN TO FLY TO CHINA FOR TALKS

10 GMT Tents set up by pro-democracy protesters in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong... READ MORE›

... BUT THE DRAW IS A NIGHTMARE FOR CHELSEA AND MANCHESTER CITY...

A protester prepared for tear gas AP The students are protecting the right to vote, for Hong Kong's future... READ MORE›

HONG KONG PROTESTERS WAIT FOR MIDNIGHT DEADLINE A?? VIDEO REPORT

Phoebe Greenwood asks pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong what they think will happen next following the week-long standoff... READ MORE›

HONG KONG LEADER LEUNG CHUN-YING OFFERS TALKS WITH PROTESTERS AS HE REFUSES TO ACCEPT CALLS FOR HIM TO RESIGN

As Mr Leung spoke, hundreds of police officers stood at the barricade around his office, faced by thousands of protesters... READ MORE›

PROTESTERS AND POLICE CLASH AT LUNAR NEW YEAR FESTIVITIES IN HONG KONG

On Tuesday morning, officers and protesters continued to face off in the Mong Kok district, a dense, busy shopping and residential area... READ MORE›

TEBBIT WANTS EU MIGRANTS TO BE ASSESSED BY WHO THEIR FAMILY FOUGHT FOR IN WORLD WAR II

Many protesters said they were angry about police methods on top of their demand for the fully democratic election of Hong Kong's leader... READ MORE›

DAY OF RECKONING DAWNS AS PRO-DEMOCRACY DEMONSTRATORS TOLD TO LEAVE STREETS

They are like the million shopkeepers in the real Hong Kong outside, with the difference that no money is offered or taken... READ MORE›

HONG KONG WOMAN FOUND GUILTY OF ASSAULTING INDONESIAN MAID IN LANDMARK MISTREATMENT CASE

She was ordered to pay about 48,000 Hong Kong dollars 4,000 in outstanding wages to Ms Sulistyaningsih and is scheduled to be sentenced on 27 February... READ MORE›

HONG KONG PROTESTS ON NATIONAL DAY

Hong kong government due to hold first talks with protesters... READ MORE›

ALIBABA FINANCE ARM, JUNEYAO AIRLINE BOTH GET PRIVATE BANK APPROVAL

Other stakeholders will be audited by the Zhejiang banking regulator... READ MORE›

FRENCH COMEDIAN DIEUDONN SAYS HES BARRED FROM HONG KONG

A booking website was selling tickets to the shows for 420 Hong Kong dollars, or about $54... READ MORE›

HONG KONG PROTESTS: QUIET AS OCCUPY CENTRAL DEMONSTRATIONS SPREAD AMONG ABANDONED POLICE VANS

Hong Kong protests Quiet as Occupy Central demonstrations spread among abandoned police vans... READ MORE›

HONG KONG PROTESTER 'BEATEN BY POLICE' SHOWS BRUISING

Hong Kong protester 'beaten by police' shows bruising... READ MORE›

TEARGAS USED AND THREE MEN ARRESTED AS CLASHES CONTINUE BETWEEN POLICE AND PROTESTERS

Please read our Three men were arrested on Thursday after fresh pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong led to violent clashes between protesters and police... READ MORE›

HONG KONG PROTEST: WATCH AS PRO-DEMOCRACY A??UMBRELLA REVOLUTIONA?? PROTESTERS STAND-OFF AGAINST CHINESE POLICE

Hong Kong's prominent Occupy Central movement joined forces with student protesters after a week of demonstrations and a general strike... READ MORE›

U.S. INDEXES RACK UP THE RECORDS AFTER ECB AS EURO, BONDS SLIDE

The European Central Bank's pledge to cut bond buying, while extending quantitative easing until the end of 2017, initially propelled gains in the euro... READ MORE›

OBAMA ENDS HIS LAST OFFICIAL VISIT TO EUROPE

After meeting with Angela Merkel and other European leaders in Berlin, Barack Obama ended his last visit to Europe as US President... READ MORE›

MORGAN STANLEY, CITI VYING TO CLEAR YUAN TRADES IN U.S.

The United States was China's largest bilateral trade partner last year, with 558 billion worth of goods and services exchanged between the two countries, Chinese data showed... READ MORE›

ASIAN STOCKS LOWER ON FED RATE HIKE EXPECTATION

The IMF upgraded its forecast for Japanese growth to 0.5 percent this year and for the 19 countries that use the euro currency to 1.7 percent... READ MORE›

SYRIA'S CIVIL WAR IS A MELEE OF FIGHTING FACTIONS AND ALLIES

Allies include Saudi Arabia and Turkey Enemies include Assad, Iran, Syrian Democratic Forces and the Islamic State... READ MORE›

CAN WASHINGTON PREVENT WAR IN SOUTHEAST ASIA?

The key to handling North Korea, however, has always been China... READ MORE›

HONG KONG NAMED WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE CITY FOR EXPATS

As a result, the British capital is now cheaper than New York, Beijing, Tokyo and Zurich... READ MORE›

U.S.-LED COALITION SEES FEWER FIGHTERS, LOWER PAY IN ISLAMIC STATE

We see them in a defensive crouch, Warren told reporters in London, using an Arabic acronym for Islamic State... READ MORE›

OUSTER OF CHINESE SECURITIES CHIEF IS TEST FOR PRESIDENT

Replacing Mr. Xiao is only a first step to cleaning up the mess in the markets... READ MORE›

THE SYRIAN WAR ENTERS A DANGEROUS PHASE

In particular, the historic tensions between Russia and Turkey are being exacerbated by the bloodbath on their doorstep... READ MORE›

10/35 CHINA STOCKS DOWN 7% FORCING TRADING TO BE SUSPENDED

He declared that the UK and China will stick together, despite stock market turmoil and faltering economic growth in the world's second-largest economy... READ MORE›

THE WHITE HOUSE INSISTS IT HAS A PLAN TO FIGHT ISLAMIC STATE AND THAT ITA??S WORKING

In southern Syria, anti-Assad rebels have met with significant success against government forces, but the Islamic State, sensing an opening, has begun moving into the area... READ MORE›