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HONG KONG – A Hong Kong court on Friday disqualified four opposition lawmakers from office for having turned their oath-takings into apparent protests against Beijing, further entrenching the central government's hold over the legislature. The Chinese ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Friday she shares the compassion of people over the death of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo and acknowledged "anxieties" about "incidents" in the former British colony. Lam was speaking in ... ( read original story ...)

Conservation groups in Hong Kong are lobbying against a controversial plan to demolish a cluster of low-rise tenement buildings in the heart of the city. Town planners will be meeting on Friday to consider the proposal, which was made by the Urban Renewal ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong's government said Thursday there are no plans to remove a pair of statues depicting World War II Japanese army sex slaves known as "comfort women" that were erected in front of Japan's Consulate in the Chinese territory. ( read original story ...)

Conservation groups in Hong Kong are celebrating the withdrawal of a controversial plan to demolish a cluster of low-rise tenement buildings in the heart of the city to make room for high-rise towers. Town planners had been due to meet on Friday to ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong and mainland China are the most vulnerable economies at risk of a financial crisis over the next three years as over 40 out of 60 economic indicators are sending alarm signals, including runaway property prices and soaring levels of private debt ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s Shek Kip Mei area today ... When subscribing to a newsletter edition you'll also get early notice on Tyee events, news, promotions, partner messages and special initiatives. Further to the provision of the Personal Information Protection ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG — Patriotic residents of this former British territory have been agog these past few days over the arrival of China’s first aircraft carrier. The Liaoning anchored last Friday near the Disneyland Resort on the western approach to one of the ... ( read original story ...)

Tesla’s sales appear to be stalling in Hong Kong. According to data from the city’s transportation department that was analyzed and first reported by the Wall Street Journal, not a single newly purchased Tesla model was registered in April after the ... ( read original story ...)

The Latest on China's best-known political prisoner, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, who doctors say is in critical condition with liver cancer (all times local): 8:30 p.m. Dozens of people are staging a sit-in protest in Hong Kong urging China to ... ( read original story ...)

Lien Yeung is a multimedia reporter and social media editor for CBC News in Vancouver. She has also reported locally ... And their bid to recreate a bygone era in Hong Kong's restaurant history at a new Marpole café has struck a chord with the Instagram ... ( read original story ...)

China's sole operating aircraft carrier arrived on its first port call to Hong Kong on Friday as part of efforts to stir patriotism amid commemorations of the city's handover from British to Chinese rule 20 years ago. The Liaoning steamed into port with ... ( read original story ...)

China's giant new aircraft carrier sailed into Hong Kong waters today, its latest show of growing military might at a time of rising regional tension. Tourists and residents gathered to catch a glimpse of Beijing's first carrier on its maiden visit to Hong ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong customs officials said Thursday they have seized elephants tusks valued at more than $9 million US in ivory this week in the city's biggest ivory trade bust in 30 years. Customs officers discovered 7,200 kilograms of elephant tusks on Tuesday in ... ( read original story ...)