President Xi Jinping will meet US tech titans, tour Boeing's biggest factory and Microsoft's sprawling campus near Seattle this week as he kicks off a US visit that also includes a black-tie state dinner at the White House. US government and business l...

China specialist Mark O'Neill says politics could be behind a commentary by the mouthpiece newspaper of China's Communist Party that accused Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing as being a fair-weather investor. On its WeChat social media account, the People's...

The head of the Consumer Council, Gilly Wong, says Hong Kong could learn from Singapore when it considers ways to liberalise the territory’s energy market. Speaking at a forum in Hong Kong on competition in energy markets worldwide, the Policy Departme...

Hong Kong has been having its fair share of phone scams recently. Sometimes it's been people claiming to be mainland officials suggesting that a person's relatives have been detained and demanding a payoff to avoid a trial. But the problem is worldwide...

A political scientist at the City University, Professor Joseph Cheng, has accused the government of making political appointments based on political affiliations. Ronald Chan – the political assistant to the Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Af...

Civic Party legislator Dennis Kwok says a liaison platform set up between him and 21 other pan-democratic legislators is aimed at enabling the group to discuss how to handle communications with the central government. Kwok, who will convene the platfor...

The eighth Rugby World Cup kicks off early Saturday morning Hong Kong time, as hosts England take on Fiji at Twickenham. New Zealand are defending the title they won four years ago on home soil. Justin Sampson, who is covering the World Cup for RTHK, t...