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China’s media reach grows as paper launches in US

China’s global media expansion picked up pace this week with the nation’s top English-language newspaper launching in the US, company officials said.

Chinese companies mull Rio Tinto options

China has sanctioned state-owned companies to examine three possible strategies to block BHP Billiton’s proposed takeover of mining giant Rio Tinto, a report said Monday.…

Diplomat puts adopted daughter up for adoption

A Dutch couple living in Hong Kong this week found themselves at the centre of an international controversy after they gave up their daughter for adoption seven years after they…

Hong Kong’s bacteria are too much for Batman

He has locked horns with Gotham City’s darkest criminals, including the Joker, the Riddler, Catwoman and Penguin. But now Batman has crumbled in the face of an even deadlier foe:…

Hong Kong prison clerk steals inmates’ girlfriends

A prison clerk in Hong Kong who dated inmates’ girlfriends by hacking into a computer to get their phone numbers has been sentenced to community service, a news report said on…

Hong Kong woman fights off giant python

A woman threw herself into battle with a giant snake after it tried to strangle her pet dog to death, a Hong Kong newspaper reported on Sunday. Catherine Leonard was walking in a…