At roughly half the price they used to be, in fact, according to the budget carrier's website - and you can start taking advantage of it beginning tomorrow (or whenever they have unsold out tickets). The new Spring Air route between Shanghai and Hong Kong directly challenges Cathay Pacific and China Eastern. more ›

Despite their draconian health measures at the airport, swine flu managed to enter Hong Kong anyway. On Friday, a 25-year-old Mexican national who had come to Hong Kong via a flight from Shanghai (sigh) was found to have Asia's first confirmed case of H1N1. So Hong Kong authorities decided to extend their draconian health measures to the rest of the island and have now quarantined tourists and employees at the hotel where he was staying. more ›