To this day, the Rebellion of Taiping Tianguo - the "heavenly kingdom of great peace" -, which lasted from 1850 to 1864, remains the bloodiest civil war in history, with more than 25 million killed.

Hong Kong public hospitals will step up surveillance of a rare virus and test patients with severe diarrhoea, infectious diseases expert Yuen Kwok-yung has said, after it was found in a doctor who ...

Hong Kong travel agencies have launched cheaper outbound group tours this summer, driven by larger flight capacity amid a shift in tourists’ preference away from Japan due to increased ...

This year's Saudi Super Cup will be held in Hong Kong, the Saudi Football Federation said on Friday. The tournament, which will run from August 19 to 23, will feature Al-Ittihad, Al-Qadisiyah, Al ...

HONG KONG -- Prominent Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong was charged on Friday with another national security offense: conspiring to collude with foreign countries or external elements to ...

Interest rates in Hong Kong have been eerily low, raising the question of whether the city’s dollar peg is now in name only. Hong Kong surrendered its monetary autonomy decades ago, thanks to a unique ...

Hong Kong’s equity capital markets are seeing the most action in years, with multibillion dollar deals lifting the mood and fueling anticipation about more transactions to come.

His father, Shing Tung Chang, was a merchant who died when Hong Yen was a child; his mother was Yee Shee. Image Chang in 1910 with his family — his wife, Charlotte Ah Tye Chang, and their ...

Under the new two-tiered schedule, individuals seeking to stay more than 180 days are required to pay 1,900 Hong Kong dollars ($242) -- a HK$600 application fee plus an issuance fee of HK$1,300 ...

HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong's leader said on Tuesday that China's recent removal of its top representative in the city, known for his hardline policies on national security, had been a "normal ...

"When Hong Kong can no longer hold the June 4 vigils, and can no longer even mention it, Taiwan's existence becomes very important," Fu, 43, told Reuters in Taipei.

Life has been hard on him, and yet life "had with its endless generosity given him reason to live, it would also give him reason to grow old and die without rebellion" (The First Man, p. 284) ...