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Hong Kong bookseller taken by force to China: UK
Britain said on Friday a Hong Kong bookseller believed detained by China was “involuntarily removed to the mainland” in its strongest comments yet on a case that has rocked the city.
13 Feb 2016 5:30 AM
Over 100 injured as police, protesters clash in Hong Kong
Baton-wielding policemen fired warning shots and pepper spray after the clash started.
09 Feb 2016 4:05 PM
Turbulence seen as Year of Monkey begins
As the Lunar New Year of the Monkey swings into action Monday, fortune tellers foresee 12 months of political and financial turbulence at the hands of the mischievous, unpredictable creature.
09 Feb 2016 2:31 AM
Lenovo posts first revenue fall in 6 years
Chinese technology giant Lenovo on Wednesday posted its first revenue decline for six years due to slowing growth in the smartphone market and falling PC sales, sending its shares plummeting.
05 Feb 2016 12:42 AM
Lenovo posts first revenue fall in 6 years
Chinese technology giant Lenovo on Wednesday posted its first revenue decline for six years due to slowing growth in the smartphone market and falling PC sales, sending its shares plummeting.
04 Feb 2016 11:15 PM
OPPO, Vivo snap at Apple's heels in China mobile market
OPPO and Vivo have already overtaken Samsung and ZTE Corp in China and are looking forward to surpass Apple in 2016.
02 Feb 2016 11:25 AM
4 miners rescued in China after 36 days trapped underground
The men were shown being wrapped in military blankets, blindfolded to protect their eyes, and put into ambulances.
30 Jan 2016 10:10 AM
Heartbreak as historic Hong Kong village demolished
There were once dozens of villages scattered across what became urban centre of the city they were built by Chinese clans centuries ago.
29 Jan 2016 11:31 AM
Samsung, tech suppliers sink on smartphone woes
Shares in tech suppliers sank in Asia Thursday as South Korean giant Samsung Electronics posted a huge fall in profit, a day after rival Apple recorded its weakest ever rise in iPhone sales.
28 Jan 2016 11:01 PM
Tesla sees bumpy road for electric cars
Electric car manufacturers will have to design futuristic vehicles to entice buyers in order to ride out the challenge of plunging oil prices, Tesla co-founder Elon Musk said on Tuesday.
27 Jan 2016 5:45 AM
Missing Hong Kong publisher’s wife says met him in China
The wife of a missing chief editor of a publishing house specialising in books banned in mainland China has told the police that she has been able to visit him on the mainland, the Hong Kong police sa
24 Jan 2016 10:52 PM
China sees rising online fraud in 2015
The claims were worth a total 127 million yuan in 2015.
19 Jan 2016 1:44 PM
Uber receives nearly $2 billion investment from Chinese firms
Uber's Chinese unit was valued at $7 billion before taking on investment in its recently closed Series B funding round.
14 Jan 2016 12:24 PM
China sneezes, world catches cold
Chinese stocks nosedived Thursday, triggering their second daylong trading halt this week and dragging down global markets, Asian currencies and oil prices as investors fretted about the world’s No.
08 Jan 2016 3:51 AM
China stocks plunge, trigging another market halt
The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index tumbled 7.3 percent to 3,115.89.
07 Jan 2016 8:49 AM
Most Asian stocks fall on North Korea nuke test, China data
Shanghai Composite Index in mainland China rose 1.8 per cent to 3,348.12.
06 Jan 2016 11:50 AM
Missing Hong Kong bookseller is a British citizen: UK
Britain confirmed Tuesday that one of five missing Hong Kong booksellers feared detained by Chinese authorities is a UK citizen, saying it was “deeply concerned” over the disappearances.
06 Jan 2016 5:42 AM
Hong Kong unsettled by case of 5 missing booksellers
Hong Kong pro-democracy legislator Sunday said that they will press the government for answers after a fifth employee of a publisher specialising in books critical of mainland China’s leadership went
04 Jan 2016 3:04 AM
Protests in Hong Kong over pro-China varsity chief
Large crowds protested in Hong Kong on Sunday after a pro-Beijing official was appointed to a senior role at the main university, as fears grow over what critics see as political interference in the c
03 Jan 2016 10:38 PM
Another Hong Kong book firm staff missing
A missing Hong Kong employee from a publisher of books critical of China was “assisting in an investigation”, his wife said Saturday, as the police also probe the disappearance of his colleagues.
02 Jan 2016 11:18 PM
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