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The Standing Committee of China's rubberstamp legislature, the National People's Congress, said in a statement that Beijing could not afford to do nothing in the face of challenges in Hong Kong to China's authority, the official Xinhua News Agency reported ... ( read original story ...)

The parliamentary meeting in Beijing ends on Monday, the state news agency Xinhua said. Earlier in the day, the Communist Party's top newspaper, the People's Daily, ran an editorial that said anyone "who splits the nation or promotes 'Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)

The Hong Kong government has asked the courts to review a decision ... (Reporting by Venus Wu, Writing by Greg Torode; Editing by Michael Perry) Next In World News ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying is taking additional steps to cool the world’s costliest property market, where prices have rebounded after a short-lived dip. The government raised the stamp duty to 15 percent for all residential purchases ... ( read original story ...)

Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said the government was paying close attention to the issue, but refused to elaborate when queried repeatedly at a news conference. "After the interpretation happens, we will comment for sure," he said. Hong Kong's Chief ... ( read original story ...)

The Hong Kong government has not received word from Beijing that it is intervening in the oath-taking row to disqualify two pro-independence lawmakers despite such a move being widely reported in the media, the chief executive’s lawyers told the High ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG Hong Kong will raise stamp duties on property transactions ... "We expect the measure to have an immediate and effective cooling impact," Financial Secretary John Tsang told a news conference. First time local home buyers will be exempt from ... ( read original story ...)

Beijing plans to intervene in a Hong Kong political standoff over two young, newly elected separatist lawmakers, in a rare move that is stoking fears the Chinese-ruled city's considerable autonomy and independent judiciary will be undermined. Hong Kong's ... ( read original story ...)

China’s National People’s Congress will interpret city’s ‘Basic Law’ to decide if two young pro-democracy lawmakers can be sworn into legislature China could ban two young pro-democracy lawmakers from taking up their places in Hong Kong’s ... ( read original story ...)

SHANGHAI: Hong Kong stocks closed at a 2-1/2-month low on Friday, as worries over the upcoming US presidential election continued to keep investors on edge. The Hang Seng index fell 0.2 per cent, to 22,642.62, while the China Enterprises Index gained 0.1 ... ( read original story ...)

When is an oath an oath, and when is a law the law? Right now, in Hong Kong, even such seemingly straightforward questions are subject to heated debate. There's been three weeks of chaos in Hong Kong's legislative council (LegCo), the territory's ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong Customs believes it has broken up a newly established cross-border smuggling ring following the arrest of eight people and the seizure of nearly 10,000 mobile phones with an estimated street value of HK$28 million. On Wednesday morning ... ( read original story ...)

JAKARTA, Indonesia – The Hong Kong trial of a British stock trader who murdered two ... They heard the trial had started from reporters and some online news reports. The family is also grappling with the future of Ningsih's son, now 7. ( read original story ...)

A range of new sexual offences proposed by the Law Reform Commission on Tuesday seeks to improve the protection of children and mentally impaired victims, with jurisdiction beyond Hong Kong shores. The 186-page consultation paper with 41 recommendations ... ( read original story ...)