She hadn't seen her dad for almost a year, so Fang Yuan, 14, now 163 centimeters tall, twitched slightly and smiled uneasily when her father, a construction worker, walked up and tried to hold her in his arms. The hug, with the daughter's arms barely raised, lasted for about two seconds.
Philippine Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay said Wednesday that resolution of dispute in the South China Sea is between China and his country only, a welcoming change in Manila's policy.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday was set to install nine new ministers after announcing his second cabinet reshuffle in less than two years after taking office.
Even though Yang Zhensheng has no memories of his own of the earthquake that flattened his hometown shortly before his birth, the disaster will forever be part of his life -- he is named after it.
Pokemon Go, the augmented reality smartphone game which has taken the world by storm, was launched in Hong Kong on Monday, prompting multiple warnings against trespassing and straying into busy roads.
Budding entrepreneurs have Shark Tank, cooks have Top Chef, and aspiring filmmakers have Project Greenlight. Soon, wannabe app developers will have their own competitive reality TV series.
Indonesia is now gearing up to welcome the repatriation of funds from its taxpayers deposited in foreign countries through the implementation of tax amnesty program with many of its agencies now prepare additional services to welcome the funds and possible investments at home to accommodate the funds.
Indonesia orders all militants hiding in forests in Poso of Central Sulawesi province to surrender to the security forces after their leader, the most-wanted Santoso, was shot dead.
Elizabeth Truss, then British parliamentary undersecretary of state for education andchildcare, looks on as two students demonstrate math skills in a primary school inShanghai during an exchange program in 2014. [Photo/Xinhua]
Almost two weeks after the Colombian government and the FARC guerrilla group announced a historic end to their armed conflict in Havana, Cuba, concerns are mounting that not all FARC members are keen on giving up their struggle.
Chris McBurney, who plays Ringo Starr in the Beatles tribute musical Let It Be, is excited to visit Hong Kong for the first time and help share the magic of the Beatles
With the addictive smartphone game sure to be released soon in Hong Kong, these are some of our hunting tips: take the Star Ferry, hike up The Peak, visit Government House
The ‘ideal’ body image is changing on the mainland, and more people are willing to pay both time and money to achieve it
IT is strange to live in a place where the skeletons of Alaskan king salmon, loosed from bald eagles’ talons, sometimes plummet to the sidewalk. It is strange to live in a place where brown bears are so populous that hikers tie bells to their dogs and wrists. Where ravens as big as house cats caw and the sun barely sets into the ocean beside a dormant volcano.
Chinese centrally-administered state-owned enterprises (SOEs) reported better financial performances in the first half of 2016 as the market-oriented reform measures began to take effect, said the country's top regulator of SOEs Thursday.
Wei Xiaodong has just left his comfortable post as a school manager in Nanjing and taken up a position as an elementary school vice principle in Lhasa, capital of Tibet Autonomous Region.
The biggest losers after Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull scraped through to win Australia’s fractious elections could be homebuyers facing higher costs on their A$1.6 trillion ($1.2 trillion) in mortgages.
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