A week after receiving his formal appointment from Premier Wen Jiabao, Hong Kong Chief Executive-elect, Leung Chun-ying, declared a ban of mainland Chinese mothers from giving birth in private Hong Kong hospitals beginning in 2013. more ›

From Journeyman Pictures comes this thoroughly thoughtful documentary treatise on the recent debate on the right of abode of foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong, one that puts a human face on the 300,000 mostly Filipina and Indonesian women working in the territory as maids. more ›

A seemingly boring and greenish pale looking Imperial Chinese bowl smashed pre-sale estimates by about three folds, fetching nearly $27 million at the Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong. Evidently, one cannot judge a book… or a bowl by its cover, lest it contains such a significant history and price tag inside it. more ›

Al Jazeera's Rob McBride finds out what makes students in Hong Kong consistently top international charts for arithmetic, reading and science. more ›

Hong Kong police have used pepper spray in the recent protests against CY Leung, the territory's new chief executive-elect who was recently voted to the position by a 1,200-member Election Committee. His critics say this will be a sign of increased suppression in the days ahead. more ›

Hong Kong’s Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) has arrested Thomas and Raymond Kwok, the heads of Hong Kong's largest real-estate firm, Sun Hung Kai Properties, for suspected bribery. However, as of yet, official charges have not yet been placed on the two billionaire brothers more ›

Three Chinese cities -- Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing -- have come in among the world's top ten cities for global high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs), according to the results of a sentiment survey conducted among Citi Private Bank's wealth advisors and Knight Frank's luxury property specialists. more ›

CY Leung hasn't officially taken over as Chief Executive, but he is already doing a fine job of pissing off the people of Hong Kong. Just one day after winning that farce of an "election", Leung was spotted making a visit to the Beijing Liaison Office (you can think of that as China's "embassy" in HK), and spending some 90 minutes there. more ›

The difference between Mainlanders and Hong Kongers is that the former have votes but do not know who they are electing, while most of the latter do not have votes but know who they are electing. more ›

The British were able to appoint a Governor General without asking what Hong Kongers thought of it, and nobody in Hong Kong had any reaction. Now, although the Central Government would have some influence, there is an election anyway. But the Hong Kongers are always complaining and protesting. Why? Why are we always doing things that nobody appreciates? more ›

International budget airlines continue to pry open the Chinese market ever so slowly. Qantas has joined hands with Shanghai-based China Eastern to set up the first budget airline in Hong Kong. more ›

CY Leung (梁振英) has become Hong Kong's third Chief Executive, winning 689 of 1132 votes cast by a Hong Kong election committee. His main contender for the position, Henry Tang, once thought to be Beijing's anointed one, secured just 285 votes following a campaign marred by scandals and personal infidelities. The only pro-democracy candidate in the "election", Albert Ho, won a meagre 76 votes. more ›

"90% of Hong Kongers take public transport. According to the Guangdong Daily, over 12 million bus trips are taken in Hong Kong every day. Most car owners and even rich people take buses. However, many mainland car owners can't imagine losing their faces and want everyone to know that they have cars. They even drive just to cover a few steps, and don't take the subway even if there's a station right outside their door. Does one really need a damn car to prove one's wealth? I think, we should learn more from Hong Kongers when it comes to civic consciousness!" more ›

Steve Chao of Al-Jazeera on accusations by some in Hong Kong that China's waging a "quiet campaign" to silence criticism in the territory. more ›

A centre at Ocean Park in Hong Kong says it's successfully breeding penguins, with 15 Gentoo and Rockhopper babies born in the past few months. [AP] more ›

With democracy making strides in Wukan, a new infographic from iSun Affairs (translated by Tea Leaf Nation) asks whether the tiny Guangdong fishing village is a more democratic place than Hong Kong, long thought to be China's bastion of freedom and democracy. For our part, though we think that recent Wukandidates (like Xue Jianwan) were certainly an inspiration, we still would rather live in a city governed by the Hong Kongress that is LegCo. more ›

The future is truly here. 4D Sex and Zen: Slayer of a Thousand from the Mysterious East is the title of an upcoming sequel to Sex and Zen 3D: Extreme Ecstasy from producer Stephen Shiu Jr., who promises he'll dazzle audiences in the 4th dimension by providing vibrating seats for theater goers. more ›

She's been cheated on by her husband, and she's been blamed by him for building an illegal basement under their pool, but Lisa Kuo is still standing by her man. The wife of Henry Tang, the candidate widely said to be backed by Beijing to be Hong Kong's next Chief Executive, has been all smiles lately, saying, "If I could choose again, I would still marry Henry Tang." [Captions by Youtuber languagelover7] more ›

"I believe after this, no one will dare to invite me to their yacht. And no one will invite me to their private jets." Boo fucking hoo, you say. But those were the exact words of Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang to legislators earlier today. More of what Tsang said after the jump... more ›

Demolished in 2004, the Tigerbalm Garden in Hong Kong's Wan Chai district once used to be a popular tourist destination. more ›

Jasper Tsang Yok-sing, founding chairman of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB), the largest pro-Beijing political party in Hong Kong, has officially bowed out of the upcoming Chief Executive election. more ›

In a series of totally crammed infographics (translated by Ministry of Tofu), the Southern Metropolis Weekly looks at the opinions that Hong Kong and mainland Chinese citizens hold towards each other. more ›

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Nearly 15 years after Hong Kong was returned to China, the Wall Street Journal reports that the new census results show the former British colony is now replacing English with Mandarin as the city's most commonly spoken second language. more ›

Donald Tsang, just months away from finishing his term as Chief Executive of Hong Kong, is in the spotlight over a three-storey 6,500 sq ft penthouse in Shenzhen's Futian district. more ›

The Hong Kong government is appealing against a landmark ruling that could let maids from abroad gain permanent residency. In September, a lower court judge found that an immigration provision, denying foreign maids the right to apply for permanent residency after seven years, as other foreign residents can, was unconstitutional. [Al Jazeera] more ›

Approximately 300 demonstrators protested in Hong Kong today, marching from Causeway Bay to the government headquarters in Tamar, against a new policy that would allow mainland drivers access to Hong Kong roads. more ›

Though it isn't necessarily the ten thousand years aimed for whenever Chinese people wish each other a long life, 82 years and six months still isn't half bad. Shanghai's residents topped the list of longest life expectancy at birth of anywhere in China last year, with the figure of 82.51 years setting a new national record, according to the Shanghai Health Bureau. more ›

Reporters and protestors spent Thursday crowding outside the multi-million dollar villas of Henry Tang, the man backed by China's Communist Party to be Hong Kong's next chief executive, after reports surfaced in the press that he had built a basement under his private swimming pool in violation of building codes. more ›