China's economy grew at its slowest pace in nearly 30 years in 2019 amid a bitter trade war with the United States and sputtering investment. GDP growth dropped to six point one percent for the year, after fourth-quarter growth came in at six percent. ...

The government has announced that the first part of the MTR's scandal-hit Shatin-to-Central Link will open on Valentine's Day, between Tai Wai and the new station of Kai Tak. Trains will also serve another new stop, Hin Keng, as well as Diamond Hill. F...

President Xi Jinping has arrived in neighbouring Myanmar, marking the first visit by a Chinese head of state for almost two decades. Xi's high profile visit aims to restart stalled Chinese infrastructure projects that are central to his plan to establi...

The markets have cheered the signing of a preliminary trade deal between China and the United States, aimed at easing the eighteen-month trade war between the world's two biggest economies. The US called off some planned tariffs on Chinese goods, while...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam says 'One Country, Two Systems' could continue after 2047, as long as it is fully understood and implemented, and young people don't damage the principle. At a question-and-answer session in Legco, Mrs Lam said young people w...

A court in Cambodia has begun trying an opposition leader for treason, in a trial that rights groups have called politically motivated and a violation of human rights. Kem Sokha is accused of plotting to overthrow prime minister Hun Sen, who has been i...

Transport sector lawmaker Frankie Yick is warning that the government could cause the collapse of the entire logistics industry in Hong Kong by ploughing ahead with plans to take back large areas of brownfield sites across the New Territories for housi...