Speakers of different Chinese dialects may not understand each other, but they can still communicate with the country’s standard language, Putonghua.
Shanghai student joins friend on trip to support relief efforts in one of the areas worst-hit by recent flooding.
Organiser EngineAI said more than 200 teams from around the world enrolled and 32 qualified for the main event.
About 36.8 per cent of eligible day-school candidates attained minimum entrance requirements for city’s eight public universities.
Videos posted to social media show the plane striking the upper floors of Citic Tower, scattering debris in central business district.
Father Tsang Wai-bong says couple will not appeal court decision.
John Mearsheimer on the world at war, the China-US collision course, and what lies ahead.
Thousands flock to beaches and waterfronts across Hong Kong for races as city celebrates Tuen Ng festivities.
Mainland contestant’s attempt to speak Cantonese sparked criticism as she talked about the difficulties of learning the local language.
City, country, world: John Lee’s balancing act as Hong Kong’s leader.
Research shows that only a small number of lights contribute to half of Hong Kong’s nighttime brightness.
Huang was one of several tech titans who joined US President Trump’s delegation to China for his meeting with President Xi Jinping.
The US president was shown around the imperial garden inside the highly restricted Beijing compound, which serves as China’s political headquarters.
Gabi, the 130cm-tall (4.3ft) humanoid robot, is expected to attend a lantern festival later in May with fellow robots.
Rescuers struggled to reach hikers after they used social media to ask for help in deteriorating weather.
Having occupied Okinawa for 27 years after World War II, US military facilities still cover 15 per cent of the main island.
Yip Ka-kui’s wife Pak Shui-lin heroically knocked on neighbours’ doors to alert them to the flames but died in the tragedy.
The Immigration Department estimates that around 6 million passengers will pass through Hong Kong’s sea, land and air control points from May 1 to 5.
Authorities will step up security as 1,000 visitors are expected in the area each day during the holiday.
Witnesses said passengers were left trapped in mangled carriages after a long-distance express train struck a crowded commuter service near Jakarta.
The Yip family will have to face this ordeal again in about a week.
A Wang Cheong House resident said he had braced for the worst before entering his destroyed home.
Crowds queue from 10.30am at Gala Cinema in Mong Kok to buy discounted tickets.
More than 1,700 households have been given three-hour time slots to enter their homes for the first time since the November fire.
Many tourists who flock to the city’s MacLehose Trail on weekends and holidays are there to take match photos that have gone viral on the RedNote social media platform.
In a social media post, and then on camera, the US president called the head of the Catholic Church weak on crime and ‘terrible’ for foreign policy.
Shaped by Japan, China, the US and the ancient Ryukyu Kingdom, Okinawan cuisine has its own distinct identity.
Some Chinese winemakers are focusing on growing a unique grape varietal named cabernet gernischt and have renamed it “cabernet loong”.
Smashroom gives clients tools, bottles and used appliances to vent out their troubles in 15 minutes.
At least 37 flights between Hong Kong and cities in the Middle East have been cancelled as of March 2.
