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10/21/10--06:43: China Braces for Super Typhoon (chan 1853776)

Southern China is preparing for “super typhoon” Megi, which killed 19 people in the Philippines and is expected to hit the coastline east of Hong Kong on Saturday. Ports and oil terminals have shut down, hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated, and thousands of fishing vessels have returned...




10/26/10--16:06: Hong Kong Is No. 1 in Trash (chan 1853776)

Hong Kong is now the trash capital of the world, producing more waste per capita than any other place, reports Time . The 7 million residents produce 6.45 million tons per year for the honor. The city's waste-heavy ways include a dependence on take-out food, along with all those plastic...




11/05/10--04:15: One Airline Passenger, Two Faces (chan 1853776)

Staff on an Air Canada flight were presumably more than a little surprised when a passenger went into a toilet looking like Mr. Magoo and emerged looking like a young Asian man. The man filed a refugee claim and was taken into custody when the flight from Hong Kong arrived...




11/08/10--01:56: 'Two-Faced' Flyer Has Security Agents Scrambling (chan 1853776)

The passenger who turned from an elderly white man into a young Asian man mid-flight is causing panicked authorities to scramble to update security procedures. Hong Kong authorities believe the man—who was wearing a mask sold online under the name "Jerry Attrick" and mimicked the movement of an elderly...




11/18/10--01:37: Bird Flu Hits Hong Kong (chan 1853776)

Bird flu is once again causing a flap in Hong Kong. A woman who recently traveled to mainland China has been diagnosed with the territory's first confirmed case of the disease since 2003, the BBC reports. She has been quarantined in intensive care, and Hong Kong's government has raised its...




01/11/11--01:59: Milkshake Murder Retrial Begins (chan 1853776)

The retrial of American expatriate Nancy Kissel began in Hong Kong today, with the judge ordering jurors to forget everything they knew about one of the most sensational murders in the territory's history. Kissel, accused of clubbing her banker husband to death after serving him a drugged milkshake, received a...




01/13/11--02:12: 8 Busted in Disguised Flier Plot (chan 1853776)

The young Chinese passenger who boarded a flight to Canada disguised as an elderly man had some help on the inside, authorities in Hong Kong say. An investigation into the case exposed a people-smuggling network believed to have sneaked at least eight others into Canada, authorities say. Eight suspects, including...




03/25/11--10:52: US 'Milkshake Murderer' Re-Convicted in Hong Kong (chan 1853776)

American expatriate Nancy Kissel was convicted of murder once again today in Hong Kong, earning the so-called "milkshake murderer" another life sentence, the AP reports. Kissel was famously convicted in 2005 of drugging her husband's milkshake and then beating him to death with a statuette, but that conviction was thrown...




06/05/11--06:18: Thousands Rally in Hong Kong (chan 1853776)

Tens of thousands turned out yesterday in Hong Kong to call for human rights in China and commemorate the June 4, 1989 crackdown in Tiananmen Square, the Wall Street Journal reports. Organizers say 150,000 attended the gathering, while local media reports cite police figures—which are generally lower than...




12/31/11--04:38: China Sees First Bird Flu Death in More Than a Year (chan 1853776)

Let's hope it's an isolated case: A bus driver in southern China has died of the bird flu virus, the nation's first case in more than a year, reports Reuters . It's not clear how he contracted it: The 39-year-old apparently had no contact with poultry before coming down with a...




01/05/12--23:55: 2 More Birds Found With Flu in Hong Kong (chan 1853776)

Last month, two dead birds tested positive for the H5N1 virus, prompting Hong Kong authorities to kill some 20,000 more birds; now two more cases have been discovered. Two dead black-headed gulls—frequent winter visitors to the area and discovered separately—were found to have had the disease, fueling...




01/12/12--15:55: Hong Kong Stockbrokers Protest ... Shorter Lunch Hour (chan 1853776)

Occupy Wall Street, it ain't. About 1,000 stockbrokers in Hong Kong marched in protest today because their lunch hour is getting cut from 90 minutes to one hour, reports AP . Exchange officials say the move is necessary to bring Hong Kong's trading hours in line with other markets, especially...




02/02/12--01:30: Hong Kong Ad Slams 'Chinese Invasion' (chan 1853776)

Tensions between Hong Kong and mainland China are on the rise—and it all started with a bowl of noodles. Users of an Internet forum bought an ad in a major Hong Kong paper calling out cross-border visitors "locusts" who abuse the the former British colony's health care system by...