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The first dates for the Gagster's Born This Way Ball Tour have been announced, with the first stop on the 110-date tour to kick off in Seoul on April 27th. As it stands, Ms. Gaggle's only brush with the Chinese market will take place in at Asia World Arena in Hong Kong on May 2nd, the second stop on her world-eating extravaganza. more ›

Public hospitals in Hong Kong may stop admitting mainland mothers seeking to deliver their child in the territory to keep more resources for the use of local women. more ›

In this recently uploaded, and soon-to-be viral Youtube video, a (purported) mainland Chinese man takes a dump in full view of everyone on a busy shopping avenue in Hong Kong. After he's done, he stands there like a boss with his pants still down as he waits for his companion to bring him some proper asswipes. Lovely. Just the sort of thing we need now to lay the HK vs Mainland controversy to rest. more ›

"If only Hong Kongers knew this: that if the mainland does not have democracy, Hong Kong will not have democracy, and there will be no changes in its circumstances. If Hong Kong does not have democracy, then there will be no security for Hong Kong's liberty and rule of law, and there will be no change in its circumstances. If Hong Kongers took their dissatisfaction and anger, and used it to push for democracy in Hong Kong and the mainland, then Hong Kong would stand to gain from it, and so would the mainland." more ›

Hot on the heels of the anti-mainlander locust ad published in Hong Kong's Apple Daily comes Shanghai's very own xenophobic insect-based agitprop. The copycat ad grabs readers with a statistic claiming that 4 billion RMB is spent each year to subsidize non-locals in Shanghai, and uses Shanghainese dialect to declare, "Shanghainese, we've had enough!" more ›

Yesterday, we saw a full-page advertisement in Apple Daily Hong Kong that has raised tensions between Hong Kongers and mainlanders to a fever pitch. The truth is, "anti-locust" sentiment had been simmering below the surface for a long while in the city, way before the recent Dolce & Gabbanna protests and the Kong Qingdong hoopla. The swarming, migratory insect has been used as a label for the people from the mainland that have come to crowd the streets of Hong Kong and are perceived to deplete the scarce resources of the city, leaving poorer locals to fall through the cracks. Last year, the above song "Locust World" went viral in Hong Kong as its lyrics struck a chord with what locals felt they've had to put up with in the onslaught of a "mainland invasion". It's now available with English subtitles thanks to Youtuber iloathelilyallen. more ›

In the latest series of events stoking the tensions between Hong Kongers and Mainlanders, Cheung Wan Lai, director of hospital groups at the Hospital Authority, revealed that the quota for foreigners giving birth in Hong Kong has been reduced from 10,000 in 2011 to just 3,400 in 2012. more ›

Simmering discontent among Hong Kongers with travellers and birth tourists from the mainland has reached a new flashpoint after members of the HKGolden.com forum raised more than HK$100,000 to take up a full-page advertisement in Apple Daily featuring the image of a locust overlooking the city skyline of Hong Kong. more ›

Thank goodness there is Hong Kong, where demonstrations are a normal thing. Thank goodness there is Hong Kong, where marches don’t end in disaster. Thank goodness there is Hong Kong, where the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) roots out the dirt. Thank goodness there is Hong Kong, where the government isn’t in bed with business. Thank goodness there is Hong Kong, where refuge is provided for exiles [from the Tiananmen Protests]. Thank goodness there is Hong Kong, where June 4 is not forgotten. Thank goodness there is Hong Kong, where magazines are free. Thank goodness there is Hong Kong, where you don’t have to scale the [Internet] wall. Thank goodness there is Hong Kong, where the sense of human rights is strong. Thank goodness there is Hong Kong, where there are prospects for democracy. Thank goodness there is Taiwan and Hong Kong, when the mainland’s back bristles with thorns and no one dares step too far out of bounds! more ›

Shanghai will become the world center of yuan trading, clearing and pricing by 2015, according to a new plan published by the National Development and Reform Commission. The plan will see the total value of financial market transactions nearly tripling to 1,000 trillion yuan (US$158 trillion). more ›

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Controversial ultra-nationalist Peking University professor and 73rd generation descendant of Confucius Kong Qingdong (孔庆东), who recently handed out the Confucius Peace Prize to Vladimir Putin via two Russian babes, does not like the Hong Kong MTR bitchfight that we just saw taking place between mainland tourists and local passengers. He has some harsh words for the people of Hong Kong, who he thinks are mostly bastards, running dogs of the British, and thieves. With English subtitles thanks to Youtuber @languagelover7. more ›

A video of a quarrel between mainland tourists caught snacking on a Hong Kong subway train with local passengers has burnt up the internets in both Hong Kong and the mainland. Watch a Hong Kong news report with English subtitles after the jump... more ›

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A Guangdong member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), China's political advisory body, has proposed to build a "Goddess of Harmony" (和谐女神像) at an important bridge linking Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macau. more ›

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Most of you will probably have never heard of Hong Kong jeweller Chow Tai Fook, but the reality is that this little known company (outside of China anyway) is about twice as big as Tiffany. The company has raised some $2 billion in its IPO on the Hong Kong stock exchange. more ›

While waiting to take off this morning, Cathay Pacific flight CX365 from Shanghai to Hong Kong was suddenly evacuated via its emergency slides after flight attendants noticed smoke in the cabin. more ›

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Al-Jazeera (who have recently landed on American airwaves, by the way) takes a look at the phenomenon of mainland Chinese citizens popping over to Hong Kong to pop out their babies (known as 'Birth Tourism') in order to ensure their children are Hong Kong citizens, and other ways that the Special Administrative Region's public services sectors are being stretched by PRC citizens. more ›

Earlier this morning, a deadly fire broke out at a hawker stall close to the Ladies' Market in Hong Kong's Mong Kok district. The death toll has risen to nine people with a dozen people seriously injured, while the Hong Kong Fire Services Department pulled up with 30 trucks on the scene to the tame the 50 flaming stalls. The fire still remains under investigation. more ›

In light of the recent wave of anti-shark's fin sentiment kicked off by Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels Group announcing their ban on shark's fin, shark's fin traders themselves are making their voices heard in a bold, and dare we say slightly ignorant manner. more ›

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Another day, another group of angry Chinese travellers causing a commotion somewhere in the world. This time, a group of tourists from Shanghai, Sichuan and Shenzhen staged a protest at Singapore's Changi Airport after a lengthy delay of their Hong Kong Airlines flight. more ›