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Beijing has stepped up pressure on Taipei by suspending individual travel permits to Taiwan from tomorrow, citing strained cross-strait relations. Group tours don't appear to be affected. China analyst Mark O'Neill told Samantha Butler that the move wo...

Official figures show Hong Kong's economy remained subdued in the second quarter of this year, expanding by just 0.6 per cent - the same growth rate as in the first quarter, which was the lowest since 2009. Andy Kwan, the director of ACE Centre for Bus...

Chinese state media has hit out at Australia's swimmers, accusing them of utter hypocrisy. Australia's Mack Horton snubbed China's Sun Yang on the podium at the world championships in South Korea, in protest at a drug-testing incident involving the tri...

More than 50 psychiatrists are offering free or discounted consultations for people who are mentally troubled by the ongoing social turmoil. The Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists says it's launching the six-month programme as it's deeply concerned abo...

A police association has sought to clarify that the force has “absolutely not” apologised to the public over its handling of attacks on MTR passengers in Yuen Long over a week ago. Police staff bodies met the Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung to discuss t...

Former civil service chief Joseph Wong says a planned rally by government staff this Friday should be taken as a dire warning of the widespread discontent over the administration’s handling of the extradition crisis. He also says civil servants should ...

China expert Willy Lam says the decision by the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office to play down the possibility that the People’s Liberation Army could be mobilised to quell violent protests in the SAR suggests that Beijing is playing a waiting game in...