
Current and former U.S. officials tell The Washington Post that China has cut back on cyber-espionage after the Justice Department indicted five People’s Liberation Army officers in 2014.
by John Hayward2 Dec 2015, 7:33 AM PST0

A convicted paedophile and former competitive ice skater who used the sport to groom young girls has agreed to return to Britain after he was arrested in Hong Kong on an extradition request. Joseph Tsang, a fugitive from British police
by AFP24 Nov 2015, 2:01 AM PST0

Contents: Hong Kong ‘boos’ China with paper signs at soccer match; Netherlands – Germany football match cancelled after ‘concrete threat’; Brussels, Belgium, has become the center for European terror
by John J. Xenakis18 Nov 2015, 6:13 AM PST0

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Police raided the Hong Kong offices of taxi-hailing service Uber Inc on Tuesday and arrested five drivers for the “illegal use of vehicles for hire”, police said.
by Reuters12 Aug 2015, 6:02 AM PST0

Joshua Wong, 18, a student leader of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement, was assaulted by an as-of-yet unidentified attacker. Wong was out on a date with his girlfriend when the assailant attacked him and his girlfriend outside a movie theater near the site of important protests from last year.
by Michael Lucchese29 Jun 2015, 6:24 PM PST0

Thousands of activists are marching in the streets of Hong Kong to protest the Chinese government’s pre-screening of candidates in the upcoming 2017 elections.
by Michael Lucchese17 Jun 2015, 6:45 AM PST0

On Thursday, Hong Kong health officials tested two patients for the MERS virus striking at the heart of South Korea. At least one patient was confirmed not to have the deadly disease.
by Michael Lucchese11 Jun 2015, 1:46 PM PST0

South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye postponed a scheduled trip to the United States so she could stay in her home country to supervise the public health response to the MERS crisis gripping South Korea.
by Michael Lucchese10 Jun 2015, 1:29 PM PST0

Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau have each issued travel warnings for South Korea, where a deadly outbreak of the MERS virus is spreading rapidly.
by Michael Lucchese9 Jun 2015, 12:19 PM PST0

Federal arrest warrants were issued for eleven Chinese nationals last week, targeting clients of so-called “maternity tourism” businesses who had fled back to China after being ordered to stay in the U.S. as material witnesses. None of the the owners of the three maternity tourism operations raided in early March have yet been charged for any crime, according to the Orange County Register.
by Michelle Moons3 May 2015, 12:22 AM PST0

The Chinese government has banned mainland residents on the Hong Kong border to travel freely into the autonomous region, limiting their visits to one per week following protests against smugglers triggering a spike in retail prices for Hong Kong residents.
by Frances Martel13 Apr 2015, 8:59 AM PST0

China Central Television (CCTV) suspended popular host Bi Fujian after a video surfaced that showed him insulting Mao Zedong. The station announced they will investigate the incident and Fujian recently apologized.
by Mary Chastain12 Apr 2015, 6:42 AM PST0

Uber’s largest rival in Southeast Asia, GrabTaxi, has reportedly announced the launch of an R&D center in Singapore this week. The move marks the latest battle in the global expansion of ride-sharing turf wars as companies seek to draw talent from overseas.
by Adelle Nazarian11 Apr 2015, 6:00 AM PST0

Court documents related to warrants for the raid Mar. 3 of “maternity tourism” scheme Starbabycare and several other such enterprises in Southern California detail translated portions of that company’s website, which state that the company had served 8,000 pregnant women since 1999.
by Michelle Moons9 Mar 2015, 4:56 AM PST0

Residents of Yuen Long, Hong Kong took to the streets on Sunday to protest against “parallel traders,” Chinese mainland smugglers who buy products in Hong Kong to sell on the mainland for a mark-up. Up to 38 individuals were arrested during the protests, while video shows protestors bloodied and recovering from pepper spray.
by Frances Martel2 Mar 2015, 9:29 AM PST0

The Hong Kong protests ended in mid-December, but the protestors vowed that they would be back. The protests in Hong Kong in 2014 were in reaction to China’s move to reign in on democracy in the region by mandating that candidates for future elections of the Chief Executive (Hong Kong’s Top Leader) be vetted first by China.
by Joe Hoft1 Jan 2015, 10:53 AM PST0