There is rising interest in Hong Kong to redevelop heritage projects, using the prestige and cache of such buildings to enhance the developers’ brands

Move is part of Waste Blueprint for Hong Kong 2035, under which the administration hopes to promote a ‘plastic-free’ culture.

A city reversed the decision by its education department to expel a student after his parents did not report that they had travelled as per local Covid-19 regulations.

Reflecting on his last week’s meeting with the monarch, Prince Harry told TV host Hoda Kotb that she is in ‘good spirits’ following her recent bout with Covid-19.

Video-sharing platform, operated by US giant Google, made the rare move in taking down Lee’s YouTube channel early on Wednesday.

Anushka and Sahil Gupta’s MyMuse is one of a growing number of businesses riding a wave of sexual liberation among urban young professionals.

Manasseh Sogavare confirms signing of agreement, tells lawmakers they will have to wait for details.

Police say an initial investigation suggests suspect banged on couple’s door and launched his attack when they answered.

China has left its one-year loan prime rate (LPR) at 3.7 per cent, while the five-year LPR used for mortgages was unchanged at 4.6 per cent, showing a more cautious approach to supporting the economy.

Obama-era envoy to Beijing Max Baucus says ‘dire’ relations are getting worse with each side isolating into big separate camps.

The show sparked online debate and criticism from Philippine consul general after Wong’s character ‘Louisa’ displayed spooky behaviour, used voodoo and lied to her bosses.

The foreign minister said Russia and the US last year agreed ‘there must be no nuclear war, don’t even think about it’.

The surprise reshuffle at the senior echelons of one of China’s largest brokerages came hot on the heels of the unexpected resignation on Monday by Tian Huiyu as chairman of China Merchants Bank.

Hydropower can typically meet about 40 per cent of the island nation’s electricity needs, but a dry spell has caused this to drop to about 20 per cent.

Serhiy Volyna, sheltering at the besieged Azovstal factory, said his forces were ‘maybe facing our last days, if not hours’.

Facilities are being upgraded on the outpost, which some say could be used for warplanes.

The 50-year-old former People Power vice-chairman, popularly known as ‘Fast Beat’, was the first defendant in more than 24 years to face sedition charges.

Tourism chief Rene de Monchy said airlines will take some time to resume operations and some people will be cautious about travelling again because of high costs.

Shanghai has been trying to resume production at 666 key manufacturers, including Tesla and the country’s largest chip maker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp oration (SMIC).

The Shenzhen role is ‘very important’ and often seen as a stepping stone to provincial and national leadership, observer notes.

A revered beaked walnut tree that was stolen from the wild in southern China is beginning to flourish again thanks to a team of botanists’ painstaking specialist care in nursing it back to life.

Yasin, who became a household name in Malaysia during the 1990s for his Islamic devotional and spiritual music, used cannabis for his bipolar disorder. He now faces the death penalty if convicted.

Top names among John Lee’s star-studded campaign team include businessmen Li Ka-shing and Allan Zeman, as well as past chief executive hopeful Regina Ip.

Coordinated walkouts and other diplomatic snubs are being planned as finance ministers meet in Washington ahead of the summit later this year.

The surge in the dollar as markets brace for a series of interest rate increases is likely to end the era of low interest rates that have propelled the city’s house prices to eyewatering levels, says mortgage broker.

China and the United Arab Emirates did not join the statement, despite being among the countries that called the meeting.

Some video game developers to receive approvals this month have been subject to business change or ‘abnormalities’ in their operations.

Chinese doctors raise doubts over the treatment’s effectiveness and question why millions of capsules were delivered to a city desperate for other supplies.

Britain and Canada have promised more artillery, while German leader Scholz is looking into Soviet-era equipment.

Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, who struck down the government’s mask mandate for travellers, had been rated ‘Not Qualified’ by the American Bar Association when she was nominated in 2020.

As debate swirls in Beijing about how the government should respond to current economic challenges, we take a look back in recent history to see how China has weathered previous periods of economic uncertainty.

Around two-thirds of the British public spoke negatively about the PM, a poll showed, with the word ‘liar’ the most commonly shared response.

The hearings are happening in parallel with a trial in France of 20 suspects charged in connection with the same deadly incidents.

Products, intended for export to mainland China, are still being stored inside warehouse and have not entered local market.

Police said they shot at demonstrators blocking railway tracks and roads who had ignored warnings to disperse; Sri Lankans have endured months of shortages as the country teeters on the brink of bankruptcy.

The International Monetary Fund has cut China’s economic growth forecast from 4.8 per cent to 4.4 per cent, amid intense efforts by state media to play down concerns about the country’s slowing growth outlook.

Global expansion will slow to 3.6 per cent in 2022, down from forecast of 4.4 per cent in January before Russia-Ukraine war; compared with 6.1 per cent in 2021; unusually high uncertainties dominate forecasts.

Beijing’s unwillingness to condemn Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine has added to long-held concerns about China among former soviet states, analyst says

Shehbaz Sharif’s rise to power in Pakistan puts China in an advantageous position as its western neighbours are all friendly to Beijing. This also means China has a stake in the many problems that emanate from this region, though, and will be force...

Concerned with lost production and struggling to tamp down seething public anger, Shanghai authorities are kicking the restoration of economic order in China’s financial and commercial centre into high gear.

Exact value of Stanley Ho’s estate remains unclear, though his fortune was estimated at HK$50 billion when he retired in 2018.

Prinn Panitchpakdi resigned as deputy leader of the Democrat Party when he was charged with sexual abuse and rape after 5 women filed complaints; 9 more women have since come forward.

Chinese vice foreign minister meets Russian envoy day before UN debate on limiting veto power of Security Council permanent members, which include Russia.

A Sichuan state-owned asset watchdog will take over Tsinghua Holdings after debt-fuelled expansion in semiconductors turned sour for China’s top university.

Relations between mainland China and the West are becoming increasingly complicated in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

While Beijing and New Delhi have refused to condemn Moscow, their media have taken vastly difference stances on the official line.

Long lines of vehicles waited for fuel in several cities; the military-controlled ministry said the country’s stocks held 45 million of petrol and 70 million of diesel, while two fuel shipments were also docked at port.

Beijing says agreement ‘does not target any third party’ and is intended to promote peace and stability.

China says it is ‘deeply grieved by the loss of a good friend’, while Beijing’s envoy to Manila hails Jose Santiago Sta. Romana’s ‘undeniable contribution’ to the development of bilateral ties.

Registrations for a digital payments system developed by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority have crossed the 10 million milestone, suggesting that Covid-19 has hastened the city’s shift to digital banking services.