Hong Kong

Hong Kong Acid Attack: Dozens Injured

United Press International | Posted 01.13.2009 | World


Police searched without success Saturday for whoever threw two large bottles of acid down on a Hong Kong street filled with holiday shoppers, injuring...

South Korean Oil Spill Captain Jailed

Agence France Press | Posted 01.10.2009 | Green


A court Wednesday jailed the Indian captain and chief officer of a Hong Kong supertanker after ruling they were partly to blame for South Korea's wors...

The Whole World Is Watching--And It's Not Pretty

Larry Gellman | Posted 11.03.2008 | Business


Larry Gellman

From halfway around the world, it all seems simple. The question is if we are going to keep blaming Washington, Wall Street, mortgage lenders--everybody but ourselves--for our problems.

Hong Kong Journal

Bill Chameides | Posted 09.13.2008 | Green


Bill Chameides

This is my second dispatch from Hong Kong, where I am helping City University of Hong Kong develop a new Energy and Environment program.

Back in the PRC

Bill Chameides | Posted 09.12.2008 | Green


Bill Chameides

Telling a nation with many impoverished citizens to slow its economic growth because it's not good for the planet is a tough, so I demonstrated that China's air pollution could harm the Chinese themselves.

Hong Kong Bird Flu Outbreak Detected, All Market Poultry Slaughtered

AP | DIKKY SINN | Posted 06.19.2008 | Home


HONG KONG — Health officials ordered the slaughter of all live poultry in Hong Kong's street markets on Wednesday after detecting one of the lar...

Christie's To Auction 101-Carat Diamond For $8 Million

Bloomberg | Le-Min Lim, Scott Reyburn | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


A 101-carat, near-flawless diamond may fetch more than $8 million at a Christie's International sale in Hong Kong, the first time a gem of this qualit...

Asian Stocks Rally Following Fed Interest Rate Cut

Reuters | Louise Heavens | Posted 09.28.2009 | Business


Asian shares rallied on Wednesday with Hong Kong jumping 7 percent after the Federal Reserve's biggest interest rate cut in over two decades tempted i...

China Denies US Aircraft Carrier Access To Hong Kong

Reuters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


China has refused permission for a U.S. aircraft carrier and accompanying vessels to visit Hong Kong for a long-planned Thanksgiving holiday visit, t...

Batman Provokes Filming Frenzy In Hong Kong

Reuters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


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Globetrotting Candidates Cross The Pond For Campaign Cash

The New York Times | RUSS BUETTNER and MARC SANTORA | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


The intense pursuit of money in the presidential campaigns and the many wealthy Americans working at hedge funds and other businesses worldwide have l...