Asia10 Feb 2018 15:05 GMT
Activists in Hong Kong are highlighting the 'cruel and brutal' practices used in harvesting shark fins for soup, prior to a major rise in demand around the Chinese New Year celebrations.
Asia Pacific08 Feb 2018 10:19 GMT
Human Rights advocacy groups say more than a quarter of a million people in Hong Kong live in illegal structures or squalid conditions, and every year that number rises by 20 percent.
Environment01 Feb 2018 18:04 GMT
Yvonne Sadovy, co-author of the eye-opening report on live reef food fish titled, Going, going gone, says Hong Kong's laws 'are ill-equipped to control the trade as its practiced today'.
Asia Pacific17 Jan 2018 14:55 GMT
The judge rejected a request for Joshua Wong and Raphael Wong to be released on bail while they appeal. Fourteen other defendants convicted of obstructing police were either fined or given suspended jail sentences.
Hong Kong03 Jan 2018 07:15 GMT
With arrests and tensions with mainland China, developments of 2017 seen by many as highly detrimental to city's democracy movement.
Hong Kong01 Jan 2018 15:55 GMT
Demonstrations in the streets of Hong Kong are calling for their government to resist pressures from mainland China to clamp down on democracy.
India17 Dec 2017 14:28 GMT
Although Gujarat is one of the country's top three states in terms of economic growth, it lags behind the others in many social indicators, including primary education, infant mortality and women’s health.
Asia16 Dec 2017 13:03 GMT
Rahul Gandhi is formally taking over from his mother as the president of India's main opposition party.
Business & Economy01 Dec 2017 09:35 GMT
Entrepreneurs wanting to cash in on digital currency are meeting in Hong Kong.
Business & Economy27 Oct 2017 11:23 GMT
The trading floor of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange is closing its doors at the end of the month.
Asia Pacific15 Oct 2017 10:33 GMT
Hong Kong is hosting people from all over the world with one thing in common – they are all Hakka.
Arts & Culture15 Oct 2017 09:32 GMT
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