Hong Kong has dropped one place in the Economist Intelligence Unit's annual Democracy Index - with the disappearance of a book publisher highlighting concerns about the city's autonomy and freedom of speech. The city scored 6.5 out of 10 in the 2015 re...

The spokesperson for Rainbow Action, Noel Chen, has accused the government of failing to enact legislation to outlaw discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation. He says it has the duty to do this under the Basic Law. Chen’s call came after several...

The animal welfare organization WWF says the decision by a court in South Africa allowing the sale of rhino horns within the country will make it harder to enforce a global ban on the trade. Official figures on rhino poaching last year are to be releas...

The Managing Director of Sales Trading at Haitong Securities, Andrew Sullivan, says Hong Kong’s stock market has not yet entered the panic selling stage, and could provide investors with buying opportunity. The Hang Seng Index fell to a three-and-a-hal...

The death toll from an attack by gunmen who stormed a university in north-western Pakistan and opened fire on students is expected to rise. An intense gunbattle followed with security forces after the gunmen stormed the Bacha Khan University campus, ab...

The mainland’s slowest economic growth in a quarter of a century is expected, according to financial analyst Connie Bolland, founder of ERA Research. She told Annemarie Evans said it was very likely that the mainland would lower its GDP growth target a...

A spokesman for Financier Conscience, one of three professional groups seeking reform to Legco’s functional constituencies, says it would be easy for the government to expand the electoral base of their sectors. Edward Chan told Richard Pyne said the e...