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Hong Kong tops global IPO markets despite total funds raised sliding to eight-year low

Thomson Reuters data for 2016 makes Hong Kong the biggest IPO market worldwide, though total funds raised were way down on last year

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Don't make Hong Kong tour guides scapegoats, industry leader urges

Union chairman calls on government to clarify legal responsibilities of those in travel business amid crackdown on misconduct such as forced shopping

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Average Hongkonger sent 1.39kg of solid waste to landfills, up 3pc on last year

Authorities attribute surge to more commercial and industrial waste being dumped in wake of ‘relatively buoyant local economy’

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Hong Kong homes shrink as prices soar, and affordability goes out the window

In the past 12 months, new records were set with every project launch, as developers aim for first-time buyers who’ve basically given up hope of affording decent-size apartments

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Second Hong Kong mother dies after giving birth at Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Tragedy strikes again at Queen Elizabeth, two months after policewoman died following delivery

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Kidnappers of Hong Kong architect evade huge air, sea and land search

Police step up surveillance at smuggling black spots to stop the two men slipping across the border into Shenzhen

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First imported case of bird flu this winter confirmed by Hong Kong health authorities

Hong Kong health authorities have confirmed the first imported case of potentially deadly bird flu this winter season.

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Beijing's "smog refugees" flee the capital for cleaner air down south

Hordes of Beijing residents are fleeing China’s capital and heading south in pursuit of cleaner air as the year’s worst smog lay siege to the city.

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Chinese businessman spends ¥1 million a year on his passion for 150 wild animals

A 71-year-old businessman spends more than one million yuan (HK$1.12 million) each year on his 15-year passion – raising more than 150 wolves in a valley in northwestern China, mainland media reported.

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Chinese police release footage of live-streaming "hosts" damaging squad cars

As China clamps down on the live-streaming industry, police in an inland city have published photos of two young men arrested for filming themselves damaging police cars and uploading the footage online, accoring to mainland media.

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Venezuela shuts border with Colombia, in startling new move to fight currency smuggling

President Nicolas Maduro on Monday ordered the closure of Venezuela’s border with Colombia for 72 hours in a crackdown on what he says are “mafias” smuggling hard-to-find cash that is destabilising the socialist economy.

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Clean air: a luxury for just one in 10 people

If you live in Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai or one of Asia’s other bustling metropolises, chances are that you are not among the lucky 10 per cent of the world population who breathe clean air.

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Why is climate-conscious Vietnam choosing coal over nuclear?

Rising costs and environmental fears bring an end to Vietnam’s nascent nuclear power programme, forcing the climate-conscious country back into the embrace of coal

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Left-leaning Social Democrats easily win Romania's parliamentary elections

Romania’s left-leaning Social Democrats have easily won parliamentary elections a year after a major anti-corruption drive forced the last Socialist prime minister from power.

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Death of student Zhang Yao, hit in Rome, infuriates family and Chinese community

Sad and angry, the Chinese community in Rome on Sunday paid tribute to a student fatally hit by a train while pursuing muggers who had stolen her purse with her just-issued residency permit.

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China powers up military jet engine tech to wean itself off Russian imports

Advances in engine design have led to the launch of the J-11D, a home-grown version of the Su-35