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In Pictures: 20th Anniversary Of Macau Handover.
Macau will celebrate the 20th anniversary of its return to the control of China. Over the past two decades, the special administrative region has made great strides in economic development and achieved prosperity and stability under the “one country, two systems” principle. Full Gallery: 
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A middle-aged Hongkonger was reportedly travelling on a coach on the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge when he was detained at a security checkpoint manned by officials from mainland China and then disappeared.
Family of man who went missing on Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge report case to police and ask Hong Kong government for help.
Beijing has to swallow the hard truth that Hong Kong is under much wider international scrutiny than it would like, writes Tammy Tam.
Beijing has regularly reminded Hong Kong to take neighbouring Macau as a good reference, in particular for plugging national security loopholes.
A Hong Kong professor developed a computer system to track large samples of censored posts on Chinese microblogging platform Weibo. By the end of its first year in operation, he had recorded 20 million censored posts.
Online censorship is rife on Chinese social media platforms like Weibo and WeChat, but one University of Hong Kong team is tracking deleted posts, preserving them and looking for patterns.
The history-making 20-year-old said she feels "so proud smashing the glass ceiling" and hopes to be a role model for other Sikhs in the city.
History-making 20-year-old feels ‘so proud smashing the glass ceiling’ and hopes her background can give her an edge in rehabilitating prisoners.
Demand for expat pilots of any 737 variant in China has slowed to a trickle.
Chinese carriers account for 20 per cent of global fleet of grounded plane.
The Facebook posts claimed that many Singaporeans had been displaced from white-collar jobs by foreign employees, which the authorities said was false.
Facebook posts by opposition party claimed that many Singaporeans had been displaced from white-collar jobs by foreign employees, which the authorities said was false.
Hong Kong needs a leader who respects China and is respected in China. However, this leader must also fight for Hong Kong, writes Kevin Rafferty.
The present crisis shows Hong Kong needs a new leader, one who respects China and is respected in China. However, this leader must also fight for Hong Kong, and not me...
Pundits have warned that, after disappointment in local elections, top officials could broach plans to replace Carrie Lam or some of her ministers.
Pundits have warned that, after disappointment in local elections, top officials could broach plans to replace Lam or some of her ministers.
In a city where 1.4 million people live in poverty, Ed Peters asks: how do these mostly Caucasian travellers have the audacity to ask for spare change?
If they want to travel the world they should earn the money to do so and stick to a budget, as generations before them did.
“Chinese women tend to choose Caucasian donors”.
Most unmarried women in China are unable to access fertility treatment and sperm banks. Successful women who do not wish to marry, but still want to have children, loo...
Even Chinese state media is a fan of Li Ziqi, whose videos fans say make "me feel comfortable and relaxed".
YouTube star from Sichuan whose videos pull in tens of millions of hits does better job of promoting China than Confucius Institute, fans say.
“But with the platform, we have a ready market for processed rice, so we’re assured that our harvests will sell. It’s a great help.”
Platforms such as Session Groceries, BukidFresh and Agrabah work to open up new markets for farmers struggling with typhoon-hit harvests and a flood of cheap imports.
“Even after two weeks of holidays it feels like starting from scratch, like their bones are welded together.”
With numbers falling, the nation’s acrobatics schools – once a ticket to see the world – are struggling to compete in an increasingly affluent society, as a visit to t...
Assaulted more than 10 times in the last year, she said she could not break up with him because he had threatened her life.
Officer from Shenzhen faces investigation after woman is dragged from flat and punched to the ground.
Observers say China focuses too much on other nations’ political elite and not enough on ordinary people.
Beijing’s foreign ministry budget has been growing by 11 per cent a year and will soon match that of the European Union.
Running as little as once a week, and for less than 50 minutes, can lower risk of death, according to an Australian study.
Seniors and those with disabilities and chronic conditions should exercise more frequently and for longer to prevent heart disease. Running as little as once a week or less than 50 minutes a week can…
Trolls still taunt BTS over what they argue are signs of the members’ lack of masculinity. They also accuse them of being puppets with no musical skills.
Fans of K-pop boy band BTS being called in the US the derogatory term ‘Koreaboo’, meaning people too obsessed with Korean culture, is a sign Asian culture has not been...
Capital letters, typographical errors and an angry tone are becoming a common feature of Chinese diplomatic tweets.
Capital letters, typographical errors and an angry tone are becoming a common feature of Chinese diplomatic tweets.
Secretary for Labour and Welfare Law Chi-kwong argues the number of people living below the poverty line is about half a million less than reported.
Secretary for Labour and Welfare Law Chi-kwong argues the number of people below the poverty line is about half a million less than officially reported.
The device planted outside an office in Tainan contained wires, liquid and powder.
Device planted outside Kuomintang campaign office in Tainan contained wires, liquid and powder, official media says.
YouTube Music is outpacing
Spotify and other streaming rivals in India, for now. It will soon have to also compete with
TikTok owner’s new music app. (via
Abacus)
China's ByteDance entered India's music streaming market with Resso, but it costs more than YouTube Music and Apple Music
Studying abroad, they have annual allowances in the tens of thousands of US dollars, making them a massive target for brands.
Rich Chinese students in the US, Europe, Canada and Australia are using their huge allowances to fund luxury shopping sprees, creating an industry aimed at marketing g...
Pan-democrats could be in a position to potentially sway the 2022 chief executive election, with the leverage to bargain with Beijing, write Larry Au and Tiffany G. Wong.
The pro-democracy camp should capitalise on its electoral gains to help resolve the crisis. Many aspects of the protest stand-off, such as the use of tear gas, directl...
The social recluse, 61, cared for his dead father’s decomposing body for nearly a month because he was frightened to be without his only friend.
The case has refocused attention on the country’s more than 1 million hikikomori, or social recluses, as the parents who cared for them are ageing and dying.
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