China’s clean-energy boom creates 7.4 million jobs, nearly half the global total

The sector is expected to keep on generating job growth, but perhaps not enough to cure the country’s unemployment woes.

Chinese woman takes DNA test after joke about her looks, finds out true identity

Her parents are evasive and contradictory about her birth date, deepening her confusion about her origins.

75% of Hong Kong public have little or no awareness of measures to safeguard children: poll

Survey by charity also finds poor public awareness of newly passed bill that made reporting of suspected child abuse mandatory.

Human traffickers jailed for luring 5 Hongkongers into forced labour in Southeast Asia

Ma Che-hou, 32, and Joshua Cheung, 25, sentenced to nearly five years and three years respectively for ‘heinous’ and ‘nasty’ crimes, judge says.

Japan’s Kansai Airport claims it has gone 30 years without losing a single bag

Kansai International Airport which serves the Osaka and Kyoto region says the feat is attributed to meticulous handling procedures and dedicated staff.

Hong Kong approves second university of applied sciences after 7-month wait

Saint Francis University latest to be granted status; industry body to travel to Europe to learn from other vocational education providers.

Hong Kong retail sales fall for seventh straight month on year-on-year basis but decline narrows

Provisional figures show sales of HK$29.6 billion in September, down 6.9 per cent year on year.

Beijing official tells media from both sides of Taiwan Strait to advance reunification

More than 110 media representatives and academics from both sides attend Cross-Strait Media Summit in Beijing to discuss ‘new landscape’.

China’s listed stocks see ever-thinner profits as economic slump chips away at bottom line

The profits of 5,000 companies on the mainland’s three exchanges dropped 3.7 per cent in the three months that ended in September, China Merchants Securities said.

Huawei revenue surges nearly 30% in first 9 months on back of rising smartphone sales

The Chinese tech giant posted total revenue of US$82.3 billion and net profit of US$8.8 billion in the past three quarters.