China’s millionaires are relocating to the United States, and the Los Angeles, California suburb of Arcadia is experiencing a highly concentrated version of that, according to a report published by Bloomberg’s Businessweek on Wednesday. Two-thirds of China’s millionaires have either already emigrated or have
The pro-democracy demonstrations, begun on September 28 in Hong Kong, seem to be reaching their end, as Hong Kong police dismantled tents and barricades Friday morning in the Mong Kok area of the city center. Despite this temporary political defeat,
Hong Kong’s police force have long prided themselves as being “Asia’s finest”. But their hard-won reputation for honest and impartial policing is at risk from accusations of double standards and brutality following violent clashes with pro-democracy protesters, lawmakers and analysts
World stock markets mostly rebounded Friday after a fall in U.S. unemployment applications and comments from a Federal Reserve official eased nerves about a stalling economic recovery. KEEPING SCORE: After sharp falls earlier this week, European markets shot higher, continuing
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday Britain should stand up for the rights of people in Hong Kong, a former British colony, after more than two weeks of protests over Chinese restrictions on how the island
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese Communist Party censors have blocked the website of Britain’s national broadcaster, the BBC said in a statement, as tensions rise in Hong Kong between pro-democracy protesters and police. The broadcaster said that the move seemed to
(Reuters) – Labour Party is expected to announce plans on Thursday that will ban buy-to-let investors from purchasing new flats in London and other parts of Britain, the Financial Times reported. The plans, part of the Lyons review authorised by
(Reuters) – Eight people have died in a clash between construction workers and villagers in southwestern China over a land dispute, the government and Chinese media said on Wednesday, in the latest bout of rural unrest in the world’s most populous country. The government
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday Britain should stand up for the rights of people in Hong Kong, a former British colony, after more than two weeks of protests over Chinese restrictions on how the island
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s disgraced former domestic security chief, Zhou Yongkang, looks set to be expelled from the ruling Communist Party at a key meeting next week, sources said, possibly paving the way for his formal prosecution. Zhou is the
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police battling activists for control of an underpass in the dead of night Wednesday sparked public anger after officers were seen kicking a handcuffed protester in the worst violence since street demonstrations for greater
Attacks by masked men on Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protesters have shone an uncomfortable spotlight on the city’s pervasive and shadowy “triad” crime gangs, renewing accusations they are working in cahoots with the government. Hong Kong may be a city of
HONG KONG (AP) — A mob of masked men opposed to Hong Kong’s pro-democracy demonstrators led an apparently coordinated assault on the protest zone in the heart of the city’s financial district Monday, tearing down barricades and clashing with police.
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The U.S. economy is underperforming, and the Federal Reserve’s low interest rate policies won’t reinvigorate it. To cope with the financial crisis, President Obama pulled out all the stops–record deficits, bank and automaker bailouts, and sweeping financial reform–but since the
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Evo Morales coasted to victory in Bolivia’s presidential elections, winning an unprecedented third term as voters rewarded the former coca grower for delivering economic and political stability in what has traditionally been one of South
When Andrew Cuomo was HUD secretary in 1999, he hosted an event titled “50th Anniversary Chinese Delegation Dinner” for a delegation of the Chinese Ministry of Construction. 1999 marked 50 years since the Chinese Communist Party under Mao Tse-tung took
HONG KONG (AP) — Thousands of protesters poured into a main road in Hong Kong for a pro-democracy rally late Friday, reviving a civil disobedience movement a day after the government canceled talks with student leaders aimed at defusing the
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents apprehended a man caught transporting approximately $636,400 of extremely potent China White heroin along I-15 in Murrietta, California Tuesday morning, just weeks after a $166K bust in nearby San Clemente. About 9 a.m.
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s president on Friday urged China to move toward a more democratic style of development, reiterating his strong support for pro-democracy demonstrations in Chinese-ruled Hong Kong. Ma Ying-jeou used his speech at Taiwan’s National Day celebrations to
President Xi Jinping of China has announced a campaign to eliminate unnecessary bureaucracy and streamline the Communist Party of China, a plan called “mass line” that requires strict adherence to party philosophy to “prioritize the interests of the people.” According
(Reuters) – China is on the hunt for a Siberian tiger released into the wild by Russian President Vladimir Putin, state media said on Thursday, after the animal roamed across the border, likely in search of food. The tiger, named Kuzia, was
(Reuters) – Hong Kong pro-democracy protests that brought tens of thousands on to the streets last week dwindled to a few hundred on Wednesday after activist leaders agreed to talks with the government which are all but certain to go
HONG KONG (AP) — When Beijing cracked down on student protesters in Tiananmen Square in 1989, Bobby Yim was among many in Hong Kong who sympathized with the demonstrators and angrily denounced the Chinese government. But 25 years later, his
Various commentators have recently started to talk about a “move to the left” and “departure of libertarianism” within UKIP. As a member of UKIP’s Board of Directors (we call it the National Executive Committee) I want to map out where
