Hong Kong

With the new tariff in effect, most American wines will incur duties of 29 percent.

Should California Winemakers Be Worried About China's Tariffs?

1:19pm April 12, 2018

California produces about 85 percent of American wine, which is worth about $1.5 billion in exports. As of now, China imports little U.S. wine, but it's one of the world's fastest-growing markets.

Two investors chat while keeping an eye on stock price movements shown on a screen at a securities company in Shanghai on Friday.

Asian Markets Catch Wall Street's Cold

7:43am February 09, 2018

by Scott Neuman

For the second time this week, markets in Shanghai, Hong Kong and Japan followed 1,000-point plunges of the Dow with big sell-offs of their own.

A man looks at an electronic stock indicator of a securities firm in Tokyo, on Tuesday. Shares tumbled in Asia on Tuesday after a wild day for U.S. markets that resulted in the biggest drop in the Dow Jones industrial average in six and a half years.

Economy

Asian, European Markets Follow Wall Street, With Stocks Suffering Sharp Losses

4:34am February 06, 2018

by Scott Neuman

After the Dow shed 4.6 percent on Monday, Japan's Nikkei and Hong Kong's Hang Seng both dipped by about 5 percent. European shares were also down sharply in early trading.

A placard showing Gui Minhai is seen outside the China liaison office in Hong Kong in January 2016. At the time, the publisher had disappeared, only to surface later in Chinese detention. Authorities there released him last fall. He was arrested again las

China Seizes Publisher Of Banned Books Again — Just Months After Releasing Him

1:55pm January 23, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

Gui Minhai, a Hong Kong-based bookseller with Swedish citizenship, was on a train to Beijing for medical treatment when police detained him. Now, Swedish authorities are demanding answers.

The New York Times says the investigation took place against a backdrop of a major breach of CIA informants in China that began around 2010.

Ex-CIA Officer Arrested On Suspicion Of Exposing U.S. Spy Network In China

1:26pm January 17, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Jerry Chung Shing Lee, 53, was arrested at New York's JFK airport on Monday, capping a six-year investigation that began when the FBI searched his hotel room in 2012, uncovering classified notes.

Children stand at attention on the first day of school in Hong Kong in 2015. Education is increasingly becoming a political battleground.

Worries Grow In Hong Kong As China Pushes Its Official Version Of History In Schools

5:16am December 11, 2017

by Rob Schmitz

A new proposed curriculum for Hong Kong schools is missing key parts of modern Chinese history. The struggle over education is the latest battle with China over how the city is governed.

Fans cheer as Hong Kong's soccer team prepares to hit the field. Hong Kong fans have taken to booing China's national anthem in recent years to protest Beijing's tightening grip over the city. China's legislature has now made it illegal to disrespect the

World News

In Hong Kong, Booing China's National Anthem Is About To Get More Risky

5:08am November 27, 2017

by Rob Schmitz

In Hong Kong, it's practically a national sport to boo China's national anthem at soccer matches. But Beijing has made it illegal to disrespect the anthem, punishable by up to three years in prison.

A waitress serving shark fin soup in a restaurant in Guangzhou, in southern China's Guangdong province. Environmental and animal rights groups have campaigned for decades against consumption of shark fin, arguing that demand for the delicacy has decimated

Shark Fin Trade Faces Troubled Waters As Global Pressure Mounts

5:44pm November 07, 2017

Congress is once again considering a federal ban on shark fins, used in soup. But scientists are divided about whether a ban is the best way to protect the creatures, which are imperiled worldwide.

Hong Kong in 2012. The territory's public-service broadcaster will replace the BBC with the China National News, broadcast in Mandarin, China's official language, instead of the Cantonese dialect more commonly spoken in Hong Kong.

World News

Hong Kong Broadcaster's Decision To Drop BBC Prompts Anger

11:21pm September 04, 2017

by Scott Neuman

RTHK, the territory's public-service broadcaster, says it will drop a 24-hour stream of the BBC World Service, prompting an online petition and concern over press freedom in Hong Kong.

David Tang, the creator of the Shanghai Tang clothing and accessories chain, sits in his Hong Kong office in 2004. Tang has died at the age of 63.

World News

David Tang, Hong Kong Bon Vivant And Entrepreneur, Dies At 63

6:38pm August 30, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

Tang was famous for his vast circle of friends — beloved by everyone from British royalty to Hollywood stars to Fidel Castro. He launched the luxury fashion brand Shanghai Tang.