Hong Kong has a free market economy, highly dependent on international trade and finance - the value of goods and services trade, including the sizable share of reexports, is about four times GDP.
This story appears in the June 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. At the edge of the South China Sea, the metropolis of Hong Kong flickers and glows, its iconic skyscrapers like molten ...
By Mike Ives Hong Kong passed national security legislation on Tuesday, giving officials in the Chinese territory more power to curb dissent, 21 years after mass protests forced the government to ...
Hong Kong lawmakers have passed new national security legislation that carries severe punishment for a broad range of offenses, including life imprisonment for acts deemed to be insurrection.
Asia's World City. No moniker could do justice to the altitude, pace and sheer scale of daily life in Hong Kong. The former British colony recently celebrated its 175th birthday, and 20 years ...
Few Cantonese foods are more beautiful than the mooncakes of Mid-Autumn Festival, which occurs on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month. Mooncakes are round and sort of resemble the full moon on the ...
A Hong Kong man was indicted by a federal grand jury on Friday for allegedly smuggling eastern box turtles – which are a protected wildlife species – from the U.S. to China, to be put on the ...
Missed this week's adventures in Hong Kong? Travel with Phil as he dines on the city's best dim sum, gets a lesson in the art of tai chi, and bravely tries a century old egg. See where Phil ate in ...
Hong Kong has introduced a law called Article 23 - raising fears about civil liberties. A tough new security law comes at a time when businesses were already wary of the city. Beijing and Hong ...
Hong Kong's economic struggles created the perfect situation for China's Shenzhen Costco location to thrive, netting 15,000 cross-border memberships. Thousands of Hong Kongers are flocking to a ...