Russia’s most promising citizens are leaving the country, Geneva is no longer the crime-free city it used to be and fugitive …
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The world’s glitterati flock to Singapore, China is set to become the No. 1 solar energy market and Syrian rebels fail to release Filipino peacekeepers
At Chinese Congress, Delegates Talk Toxic Milk Powder
As National People’s Congress gets under way in Beijing, milk powder is emerging as a key point of contention between mainland China and Hong Kong
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Ireland’s Prime Minister has issued an apology to thousands of women who were forced to endure virtual slave labor in Catholic-run workhouses, a fast and inexpensive test to find leprosy before the damage becomes lasting is …
Mainland Chinese Traders Milking Hong Kong for All Its Worth
Tensions between Hong Kong people and their mainland Chinese compatriots have deteriorated further — and this time, it’s not over politics, clashing cultural attitudes or northern carpetbaggers driving up Hong Kong property …
Pollution and Housing Top Agenda for Hong Kong’s Embattled Leader
Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying used his debut policy address Wednesday to announce plans to tackle air pollution and a chronic shortage of affordable housing
Blood Ivory: Hong Kong Fights a Losing Battle Against Smugglers
China’s demand for elephant ivory, which is still widely seen as a status symbol on the mainland, has transformed the port city of Hong Kong into a major transit point for illegal trade
Hong Kong Ferry Disaster: A City on the Sea Mourns the Drowned
Three days of mourning have been declared, and crew members and both captains have been arrested, for a collision that claimed 38 lives
Why Hong Kong Wants Nothing to Do with ‘Patriotism’ for Now
The Hong Kong government has backed down from its plan to implement “moral and national education” in public schools, in what is being construed as a major victory for civil society in the semiautonomous Chinese territory
Hong Kong Protests Plans for ‘Patriotic’ Education
*Update: Hong Kong’s government on Saturday backed down from plans to make “national education” mandatory. The scheme will now be voluntary.
Tens of thousands of people swamped Hong Kong’s government offices on Friday evening …
Must-Reads from Around the World, July 31, 2012
Tuesday’s picks include Africa’s next megacity and used-car lots in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong Divided over Plans for Patriotic Lessons in Schools
Several tens of thousands of parents, teachers, students and children took to the streets on Sunday to protest plans to introduce “national education” into local schools at the behest of Beijing
“Consumers simply don’t know the realities of life at the factories supplying the London Olympics.”
