Hong Kong

The kidnappers demanded $470,000 from the victim's husband for her safe return.

Female flight attendants won the right to wear trousers, following intense union pressure.

The billionaire tycoon will end his rags-to-riches story and hand the reins over to his eldest son, Victor Li.

The number of days when smog posed a high health risk have doubled in the last year.

Authorities in Shanghai have shut down the hotel chain's Chinese-language website for a week.

The seizing of the ship is part of ongoing efforts to implement U.N. Security Council resolutions on North Korea.

South Korean authorities believed the vessel made a ship-to-ship transfer of 600 tons of oil products to a North Korean tanker.

The kung fu legend made his screen debut as a baby in 1941.

Bruce's wild adolescence forged him into a kung fu master known around the world.

Chinese authorities systematically target and criminalize human rights lawyers and civil society.

Trump has expressed interest in the gambling capital since 2007.

Around 150,000 of the city's domestic helpers are from Muslim-majority Indonesia.

If the amount is confirmed, the 16,000-pound haul will be the biggest ivory shipment seized on record.

The Premier League champion is heading to Asia for its tour.

The British empire was responsible for the deaths, torture and enslavement of millions of people.

It's been two decades since the U.K. handed Hong Kong to China and there have been some big changes.

Luckily, officials handed out biscuits.

Chris Patten was the last British governor of Hong Kong, which was handed over to China 20 years ago.

The goal is to promote patriotism in China and its territories, lawmakers say.

The territory is meant to have its own political system, but as Carrie Lam prepares for power, how free of Beijing can she be?

As Trump cuts budgets for scientific research, China's soar.

Customs officials found $148,000 worth of goods in their school backpacks.

Hong Kong police arrested the Uber drivers after an undercover operation suspecting them of illegally driving a car for hire.

Another reason to wash your hands more often.

Xi appears not to grasp that for a free market to work there must be a free exchange of ideas.

The arrests relate to November demonstrations over the influence of Beijing in Hong Kong's affairs.

In the run-up to Carrie Lam's victory, student leaders eschewed public protests and opted instead to use social media, leaflets and street booths to present their case that the election was undemocratic.

The activists' lawyer said their heavy sentences were part of an ongoing crackdown on civil society.

Public opinion polls show Carrie Lam's rival, John Tsang, as more popular with residents.

"It's not easy to be an activist facing the largest authoritarian regime in the world," says Demosisto campaigner Derek Lam.