Articles
Lame Duck Syndrome: Hong Kong’s Celebrated Inflatable Is Now a ‘Sad Deflated Disc’
Did it fall victim to bird flu or Hong Kong's notoriously bad air pollution?
Hong Kong Transgender Woman Wins Right to Marry
(HONG KONG) — A transgender woman has won the right to marry her boyfriend in a watershed ruling from Hong Kong's top court. The Court of Final Appeal ruled on...
PHOTOS: Giant Rubber Duck Floats in Hong Kong Harbor
It’s not quite the same as King Kong coming to Tokyo, but a new art installation featuring a rubber duckie has taken Hong Kong by storm.
Hong Kong’s Solicitors Want to Wear the Same Wigs as Barristers
But why would any lawyer want the right to put on a headpiece that practitioners in other former British colonies have abandoned?
Foreign Maids Lose Court Fight for HK Residency
(HONG KONG) — Hong Kong's top court ruled against two Filipino domestic helpers seeking permanent residency Monday, the final decision in a case that affects...
Photo Essays
LIFE With Steve McQueen: Photos of the King of Cool in 1963
In the spring of 1963, already popular from his big-screen breakout as one of The Magnificent Seven and just a couple months away from entering the Badass Hall...
Photographer Spotlight: John Dominis
Some photographers are so skilled at covering a specific topic, or through the years have created so distinctive a feel in their pictures, that it’s possible to...
Time.com Specials
Hong Kong 1997-2007
It has been 10 years since the handover, and Hong Kong sparkles. But can it find still greater success in a changing China -- and a changing world?
Articles from Around the Web
Exposes of China's Elite a Big Lure in Hong Kong
The trade shows the thirst for information in a society gripped by censorship, and the difficulties that party authorities face in trying to stifle that thirst. ...
Hong Kong transgender woman allowed to marry
Groundbreaking ruling by court of final appeals will force government to rewrite city's marriage laws. ...
Frustrated Chinese complain to Obama
And while he's at it, if he would not mind mobilizing U.S. troops to liberate Hong Kong, as well as China as a whole, that'd be great, too. Read full article>> ...
Hong Kong dock workers end strike
Dock workers in Hong Kong end a 40-day strike that had affected one of the world's busiest ports, with a pay deal reached. ...
