In the first case of its kind, a Hong Kong court has sentenced to jail a maternity agent providing services to mainland mothers-to-be who want to deliver in the territory. 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 ›

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 ›

Doomsayers over at Slate examine the myriad of potential disasters that could derail the Beijing Olympics, calling it the "Summer Olympics Disaster Guide". Pollution (no surprise here) and visa restrictions rank the highest with a 90% possibility while the unrest in Tibet and algae plaguing Qingdao’s waters come in a close second. But for us, the threat of a locust invasion entering Beijing from Duolun County in Inner Mongolia is hair-raising. According to local officials, cooler temperatures and drier conditions in May have delayed locust hatchings. "The directive," he said, is to prevent the locusts from taking flight, prevent them from entering Beijing and prevent them from destroying everything along their path." more ›