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Tens of thousands of pro-China protesters have rallied in Hong Kong, expressing anger at calls for the territory's independence. Demonstrators waved Chinese flags, and chanted "oppose Hong Kong independence; support Beijing's ruling". Last week ... ( read original story ...)

The British banker, who was on Tuesday found guilty of killing two prostitutes at his Hong Kong flat, had 'eight girls at one time' in the Prime Minister's Suite at the Angeles Beach Club Hotel in Angeles City, The Sun on Sunday reports. One of the ... ( read original story ...)

While Hong Kong is undeniably part of China, arguments differentiating Hong Kong Chinese from mainland Chinese have intensified in recent years. Dr Chung Kim-wah, a social scientist at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, said both Hongkongers’ and ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong woman scammed out of HK$1.4 million by Nigerian ‘lover’ The manager of a local trading company, also a Kwun Tong resident, came to know that scammer through a dating app in March. Her “lover” also told of financial problems and requested ... ( read original story ...)

The organisers of revived indie club Hidden Agenda say they are “cautiously optimistic” about the future of the underground music scene in Hong Kong as they prepare to relaunch at a new venue. The music showcase was forced to move out of its former ... ( read original story ...)

and his brother, Noble, had sailed into Hong Kong in November 1941 as part of the Royal Rifles ... I was glad to hear that news. On parade at 4:30, embarked sunrise. Don't get much to eat often -- just an occasional small ration of rice with a bit of ... ( read original story ...

Hong Kong’s economy grew faster than economists forecast last ... That compares with the median estimate for 0.3 percent growth from eight analysts surveyed by Bloomberg News. The economy rose 1.9 percent in the third quarter from a year earlier. ( read original story ...)

More than 80 per cent of core ecological processes ranging from the genetic activity of plants to the size of habitats are feeling the brunt of a changing climate, an international study involving scientists from Hong Kong has found. The findings of the 18 ... ( read original story ...)

Canada’s Hong Kong veterans are finally getting some much-deserved recognition. In 1998 – more than 50 years after they were released from cruel Japanese prisoner of war camps – the Canadian government paid them or their survivors $24,000 for the ... ( read original story ...)

Earlier, two legislators had infuriated the Chinese government when they inserted a derogatory term for China into their oaths, taken last month, and pledged loyalty to the “Hong Kong nation.” On Sunday, news of the impending ruling from Beijing set ... ( read original story ...)

BEIJING -- China's President Xi Jinping is making a strong call for unity among all Chinese people amid political turmoil in Hong Kong and rising independence sentiment in self-governing Taiwan. Xi spoke Friday on the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sun ... ( read original story ...)

BEIJING — China's President Xi Jinping made a strong call for unity among all people of Chinese descent on Friday, amid political turmoil in Hong Kong and rising independence sentiment in self-governing Taiwan. Xi spoke on the 150th anniversary of the ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG — A British banker was convicted of murder Tuesday for killing two Indonesian women in Hong Kong, torturing one of them over three days while using cocaine in a gruesome case that shocked the Chinese financial hub. The nine-person jury returned ... ( read original story ...)

A student nurse who stabbed her married ex-boyfriend seven times and told his mother that he may not return home in one piece was convicted in the District Court on Thursday. Kan Woon-tsz, 29, had denied four counts of wounding with intent and another of ... ( read original story ...)