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Alleged triad boss "Shanghai Boy" arrested at Hong Kong International Airport

Alleged triad boss “Shanghai Boy” Kwok Wing-hung was arrested for several offences shortly after he returned to Hong Kong from Thailand on Thursday.

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Exit door was locked on Taiwan bus that burst into flames, killing 26

Flames engulfed the front of the coach, but passengers were unable to escape at back of vehicle, police say

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HK's troubled gym chain California Fitness shuts down all Singapore locations

California Fitness has shut down its Singapore locations, meaning only one branch of the troubled gym chain remains open.

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Hundreds of flights cancelled, delayed as torrential rain lashes northern China

Thunderstorms and heavy rain have led to hundreds of flight cancellations and delays at airports in Beijing and neighbouring Tianjin.

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Shanghai faces future home shortage as developers vie for scarce land

Property investment growth in Shanghaislowed in the first half of this year amid intense competition among developers for new land parcels in mainland China’s commercial capital, fuelling worries about a short supply of new homes.

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Prices set for new Home Ownership Scheme flats in Hong Kong

Buyers will pay between HK$1.49 million and HK$3.27 million for homes in Sha Tin and Tin Shui Wai, but housing expert says prices could come down

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HK family injured in axe attack on train passengers in Germany

State minister says incident that seriously wounded three people was a "probable Islamist attack"

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HK retail investors "pessimistic" on second half fortunes, says JP Morgan

Confidence gauge pinpoints China’s cooling economy, policy tightening by the Fed, and the yuan’s continued depreciation as key risk factors over next six months

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Claims of ugly sales tactics probed at Hong Kong beauty parlours

Customs officers investigate women’s claims they were coerced into spending HK$500,000 on more treatment in cases ‘no different to robberies’

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Chinese scammers phoned man 14,000 times in one day, demanded cash to stop

Auto-call software once used by the authorities to block spam advertising message calls now used by fraudsters, according to newspaper report

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Wife blames Air China for death of husband

Elderly passenger dies after emergency landing and delays in finding medication

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China’s younger generation hit the gym in search of sculpted bodies

The ‘ideal’ body image is changing on the mainland, and more people are willing to pay both time and money to achieve it

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China will struggle to maintain growth pace for wages, warns official

Overcapacity in coal and steel sectors, as well as declining agricultural prices, taking toll on salaries, National Bureau of Statistics says

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Chinese online travel agent Tuniu takes on Ctrip, Qunar in flight bookings market

Tuniu Corp, a Chinese online leisure travel company, has set its sight on the flight booking business, tapping into a field dominated by leading players Ctrip and Qunar.

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HK’s new gold rush: “Big Mother” investors from mainland China buy big as yuan falls and global economy shudders

China imported five times more gold from Hong Kong in May amid global and regional economic and geopolitical uncertainties, with gold traders expecting the trend to continue as prices keep rising and investors keep buying as a hedge to the falling value of the Chinese yuan.