Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Sunday said Hong Kong has been empowering mainland enterprises as a "super connector". Writing in his weekly blog, Chan said the country is creating the “China Opportunity 2.0” with innovation and technology, as...

Profits of China's major industrial firms increased 18.8 percent year on year during the January-May period, surpassing a rise of 18.2 percent in the first four months, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Saturday. Industrial firms...

Hong Kong's sole delegate to the country's top legislature said the National People's Congress Standing Committee has passed a bill endorsing co-location arrangements for the Huanggang Port. Starry Lee made the remarks in Beijing after attending thi...

President Xi Jinping said China supports Bangladesh's new government in its smooth administration and stands ready to carry out high-quality Belt and Road cooperation with the country. In his meeting with visiting Bangladeshi Prime Minister Tarique ...

China and the United States have agreed to establish a trade council under which the economic and trade teams of the two sides will discuss cooperation, including reciprocal tariff reductions, the Commerce Ministry said in Beijing on Thursday. The t...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Sunday said Hong Kong has been empowering mainland enterprises as a "super connector". Writing in his weekly blog, Chan said the country is creating the “China Opportunity 2.0” with innovation and technology, as...

Chief Executive John Lee on Sunday said Hong Kong’s first five-year plan would bring abundant opportunities to the city. In a video posted on his social media page, Lee said the blueprint would tackle major livelihood issues and social developmen...

Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Janice Tse has dismissed concerns that introducing Hong Kong's first five-year plan ahead of next year's government transition would constrain the next administration. A two-month public consultatio...

HK Electric has warned that fuel surcharges are unlikely to come down unless the volume of natural gas exports from the Middle East returns to normal. The power firm, which supplies electricity to Hong Kong Island and Lamma Island, earlier announc...

Chief Executive John Lee says his administration has pushed forward a series of reforms over the past four years, successfully transforming the government into a results-oriented one. In a video posted on his social media page on Saturday, he recall...

On June 4, at a packing facility in Limuru near Nairobi, Kenya, avocados were being prepared for the Chinese market. The scene may seem mundane, but the politics behind it is significant. China has removed tariffs on imports from 53 African countries...

Hong Kong is uniquely positioned to add value to Beijing’s “China Opportunity 2.0” narrative, serving as a bridge and catalyst for the global expansion of mainland Chinese enterprises, the city’s finance chief has said. Financial Secretary Pa...

A father from southern China has sparked public outrage after signing a letter of understanding to forgive his girlfriend, who killed his 18-month-old son by kicking him in the belly. The case, which occurred in Guangdong province, received widesprea...

Japan and South Korea scrambled fighter jets in response to a joint Russian-Chinese bomber patrol on Saturday. The People’s Liberation Army Air Force said the patrols passed over the Sea of Japan, the East China Sea and the western Pacific, adding ...

Hong Kong boy band Mirror member Stanley Yau Sze-chun recently lost his iPhone in the city and was surprised to discover it had surfaced at a market in neighbouring Shenzhen, sparking heated discussions on the internet. Information technology experts...

"Borrow a boat to sail in the sea -- we will find more ways to use the opportunities brought by the Belt and Road Initiative," he said.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump on Monday discussed bilateral ties and the situation on the Korean Peninsula on phone, pledging close contact by various means to promptly exchange views on major issues of common con...

Agricultural products have been exempted duty by the FTA , but most Thai rice sold in China ' s supermarkets is imported through regular channels , without taking advantage of the FTA , she said .

Public services including employment , education , healthcare and social security will be improved in the area , he said .

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, pledged on Friday to expand mutually beneficial cooperation and to manage their differences based on mutual respect.

Palestinian protesters hurl stones at Israeli soldiers during clashes after a protest against the visit of U.S. Vice President Mike Pence in Jerusalem, in the West Bank city of Hebron, on Jan. 23, 2018.

Former Australian Deputy Prime Minister Tim Fischer has accused the U.S. of hitting Australia with a "diplomatic insult."

Laszlo Kover (1st L), Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament, speaks at a conference of the parliament speakers of the Western Balkans in Budapest, Hungary on Oct. 27, 2017.

Two people were killed and transportation systems and businesses severely disrupted as Typhoon Lan lashed central Japan's Pacific coast after making landfall early Monday.

The U.S. decision to withdraw from UNESCO, the UN cultural agency, has triggered worldwide calls for supporting multilateralism amid world challenges.