New People's Party lawmaker, Michael Tien, says the worst thing about the five missing Hong Kong booksellers is that there continues to be complete silence and blank hope about their case. All of them are connected to a Causeway Bay bookshop that sold ...

China analyst Mark O'Neill says the authorities in Beijing have been very successful in their campaign to discourage booksellers in Hong Kong from selling titles that are critical of mainland leaders. He says the disappearance of the five Hong Kong boo...

Researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong say certain respiratory infections are posing a great risk to some groups of people. They say they have identified two main viruses and called on all public hospitals to start testing for them. This ca...

A ruling by a United Nations panel considering the alleged "unlawful detention" of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will not be legally binding even if it is in his favour. Assange took refuge in London's Ecuadorian embassy in 2012 to avoid extradition...

The Foreign Ministry has called for all sides to show restraint over North Korea's announcement that it plans to launch a rocket in defiance of United Nations sanctions. It also said Beijing is extremely concerned over the move. Pyongyang has confirmed...

The lawmaker representing the information technology sector, Charles Mok, says the government should consider alternatives for the much-delayed and controversial construction of the express rail link to Guangzhou. He said legislators have a lot of ques...

The Taxation Institute of Hong Kong is forecasting that the Financial Secretary, John Tsang, will reveal a budget surplus of between HK$75 billion and HK$80 billion in his Budget later this month. The group has proposed several measures to enhance the ...