Hong Kong
‘Like a horror movie’: powerful typhoon hits tourist hot spots, several dead, hundreds injured
Typhoon Yagi has killed at least four people and injured dozens of others in Vietnam after making landfall near Ha Long Bay. Hundreds of planes were grounded in Hong Kong and Hanoi.
- by Zen Soo and Aniruddha Ghosal
Latest
Chef Vincent Lim’s must-try Hong Kong restaurants
Celebrity chef Vincent Lim shares his favourite eating places.
- by Craig Tansley
‘I go through a can of hairspray a week’: The humid reality of expat life in Asia
Whether you make the move for love, work or adventure, creating a new life in another country is equal parts exhilarating and challenging.
- by Dilvin Yasa
10 of the best airports for shopping
Tired of handbags and gin? If you know where to look, you can still nab unique local goods at international airports.
- by Brian Johnston
After nearly four years, last COVID-era plane stored in outback takes off
At the height of the pandemic, 152 planes were being stored at Alice Springs. The longest resident has just returned to the skies.
- by Julietta Jameson
Australian among 14 convicted in Hong Kong under national security law
It’s the former British colony’s biggest national security case under a law imposed by Beijing that has all but wiped out public dissent.
- by Lisa Visentin
Opinion
Planning
Three great cities, one big lesson on Sydney’s peculiar relationship with space
I’ve just returned from Hong Kong, London and Paris – three cities notable for what they lack when compared with Sydney: space. And yet they’re the richer for it.
- by Michael Koziol
This hotel’s new family suites are a kids’ wonderland
The entire 45th floor of the Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong has been newly dedicated to families, offering a cute and colourful luxury stay.
- by Julietta Jameson
Hong Kong rushes through security laws feared by Western businesses
The measures, which further tighten the national security laws imposed on Hong Kong by Beijing in 2020, have fuelled concerns about the former British colony’s future as Asia’s business hub.
- by James Warrington and Sarah Newey
Opinion
Inside China
How China strangled its golden goose – and paid a terrible price
Western banks, their expat workers and foreign money are all taking flight from Hong Kong as Beijing tightens its grip on the region.
- by Melissa Lawford
Deepfake video call scams global firm out of $39 million
Everybody on the call apart from the victim was a fake representation of a real person, including the boss, police said.
- by James Titcomb
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