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Mainland officials have called for a crackdown on the illegal money exchange business in its casino hub of Macau in a step to further tackling illegal gambling and underground money [...]

US economist Stephen Roach, whose gloomy views about Hong Kong and China caused controversy recently, has expounded on his view change “in the last year or so”, owing to China’s [...]

An increase in water charges will “definitely” be passed on to ­consumers given the poor ­economic outlook, industry ­representatives have warned after the government announced plans to raise the tariffs [...]

The war in Ukraine now edges ever closer towards a nuclear confrontation that will risk humankind’s physical annihilation. The carnage in Palestine is challenging the conscience of the world and [...]

Along a street full of closed stores in a residential neighbourhood on a recent weekday evening, dozens of hungry customers have formed a long queue outside one of the few [...]

This year apparently marks the 125th anniversary of Friedrich von Hayek’s birth. But I only read about it in a Marxist magazine. The grandaddy of neoliberalism seems to have gone [...]

American politicians have a thing for “Rockin’ in the Free World”. Despite the title, were they even aware of the song’s bitter irony? Or did they just not care? US [...]

Police have made their first arrests under Hong Kong’s new domestic national security legislation by detaining six people for allegedly publishing seditious materials linked to the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown [...]

Fewer than 9 per cent of Hong­kongers know how to seek help if they or their loved ones are diagnosed with serious schizophrenia, a survey has found, with experts calling [...]

Police have arrested 20 people in a crackdown on a triad-controlled syndicate that lured domestic helpers with as little as HK$1,000 each to set up bank accounts for laundering criminal [...]

The human mind compartmentalises, according to psychologists, to avoid distress from having to address morally or cognitively conflicting experiences together. That seems to be a prerequisite for holding high office [...]

The British government knows more about Chinese military aid than its own. That seems to be the case judging by the statements of two senior British officials. Perhaps UK spies [...]

Five ­suspected triad members have been arrested in a crackdown on a criminal gang accused of recruiting young people for illegal debt collection activities. Inspector Ng Man-fong of the Eastern [...]

A policewoman who used to work at the force’s secret technical ­services division has been selected as Hong Kong’s first astronaut for the country’s space programme after competing with more [...]

Police have arrested 100 people on suspicion of swindling 295 residents out of more than HK$180 million in a two-week crackdown on fraud and ­money-laundering syndicates. The force said the [...]

Taiwan and mainland China can coexist peacefully and prosper together. The island just needs to keep some distance from Washington, in the way most Asean countries have done, and what [...]

Two life scientists whose research contributed to a cure for a blood disorder affecting 20 million people worldwide are among this year’s winners of Hong Kong’s prestigious Shaw Prize. American [...]

In the united Anglo-American media front, cause and effect are often reversed. With that, the latest case alleging Hong Kong spies in the city’s London trade promotion office could be [...]

First there was the rhetorical “no limits” friendship. Now, it’s “for generations to come”. That’s the latest from President Xi Jinping who signalled to visiting Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, about [...]

Cabbies acting as passengers have attempted to trick Uber drivers into stopping near police patrols in an effort to “spontaneously report” illegal ride-hailing ­services, according to a spate of videos [...]

A 37-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with seven traffic-related offences after a photo of her riding an e-bike with two children was posted online. Police yesterday said investigations [...]

Authorities should take steps to identify at an early stage high-risk families with members who have mental disabilities and assign case ­managers to support them, social welfare leaders say, following [...]

Hungary has long been the bad boy of the European Union, and Peter Szijjarto, its long-serving Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, lived up to his country’s reputation last week. [...]

A US proposal yesterday to increase tariffs on imports of Chinese semiconductors, electric vehicles (EVs), steel and batteries drew a swift rebuke from Beijing, with allegations that the “political” decision [...]

The Communist Party’s official mouthpiece has accused the United States of “hyping up” claims of “overcapacity” in new-energy industries, amid reports that Washington could dramatically raise tariffs on Chinese electric [...]

A woman and her mentally disabled son were found dead in a public housing flat yesterday, in a murder-suicide suspected to be related to her concerns she could not care [...]

China is seeking to cut logistics costs to boost domestic consumption and offshore competitiveness as it confronts a series of economic headwinds. Premier Li Qiang told a meeting of the [...]

When you not only defend but actively enable genocide and the mass murder of children, all norms and standards in human decency go out the window. That’s what’s happening to [...]

An Australian MH-60R Seahawk helicopter was 8,535km from home and flew close to China’s northeastern coasts. So a Chinese warplane shot flares to warn it off. Suppose a Chinese military [...]

A businessman and his son have surrendered to police over their role in the abduction of a ­cryptocurrency investor, the Post has learned. The pair, accompanied by their lawyer, turned [...]

Customs has shut down two online stores selling fake brand-name perfume and cosmetic products, arresting a pair of ­suspects and seizing HK$920,000 worth of counterfeit goods. Inspector Liu Man-chun, of [...]

Gangsterism is sometimes used as a metaphor to describe international relations. A group of American senators are making it rather literal. A threatening letter to Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor [...]

Police have launched a manhunt for at least four men who abducted a cryptocurrency investor and attacked her husband with a stun gun after intercepting their car in a rural [...]

Police drew their weapons to arrest five alleged smash-­and-grab thieves at a watch and ­jewellery store in Tsim Sha Tsui yesterday. A police source said the arrests were made at [...]

A woman was bundled into a car by two men at a road junction in broad daylight in Tsim Sha Tsui yesterday, triggering a citywide police search before she was [...]

The International Criminal Court has had a reputation of going after tinpot dictators and warlords from Africa. More recently, though, it seems to have grown a spine such as by [...]

Imagine if American university students rose up across the country to protest against repression and human rights abuses in Kashmir by the Indian government and its military. And, in response, [...]

A woman has been cheated out of more than HK$1 million after fraudsters posing as lawyers promised to help her recover HK$80,000 she lost to a romance scam a few [...]

Customs officers have arrested two men and confiscated more than 56,000 counterfeit products worth nearly HK$17 million in a joint operation with mainland and Macau authorities. Inspector Terence Wong Tsz-kin [...]

Police have arrested 142 people in an 11-day crackdown on triad-controlled drug, sex and gambling businesses. Senior Inspector Thomas Anthony Lo of the force’s Hong Kong Island regional anti-triad squad [...]

Following Thomas Hobbes, Margaret Thatcher famously disdained the use of metaphor in political discourse. She believed politicians should be pragmatic and factual. But like the 17th century philosopher, her distrust [...]

New tariffs from Mexico could be an ill omen for Chinese exporters as global supply chains shift, with the Latin American country ­looking to balance its economic interests against pressures [...]

The amount of illegal drugs ­confiscated from air travellers at Hong Kong International Airport soared to 370kg in the first four months of the year – a 32 per cent [...]

A Hong Kong transgender activist who fought for seven years to change the gender on his identity card said he could “finally breathe a sigh of relief” as he prepared [...]

While American politicians have been busy sending weapons to Israel to slaughter Palestinians, they still find time to fret about freedom for Tibet. Just now, the US Senate Committee on [...]

The city will increase cross-border bus services by 40 per cent and extend public transport operating hours along with a string of other measures to welcome more than 800,000 mainland [...]

China’s attempts to boost scientific research and technological innovation have yet to overcome setbacks caused by a “title-driven” system of academic resource allocation, analysts have warned. Beijing has been attempting [...]

Police have arrested a 23-year-old man in connection with a spate of vandalism and nuisance-related activities targeting ethnic minority residents from dozens of households at a public estate. Superintendent Alan [...]

A man has been remanded in custody after he was charged with possession of 18 handguns, over 100 rounds of ammunition and over 100 firearms components. Joseph Ho Mang-keung, 67, [...]

President Joe Biden has signed legislation ordering the forced sale of TikTok or its complete ban across the United States. The fact that American politicians went after the immensely popular [...]