Face-saving finale to seven years of stagnation
Macau's success sealed chief executive's fate
Blackjack in Singapore? Poker in Pyongyang? Casino operators are hoping to cash in on gambling’s new frontier
Battling the new millennium bug
Hong Kong's plan for a new cyber-tech center looks to many like an old-fashioned, cozy property deal
Richard
Li's 'Killer App'
The deal's real appeal: broadband
Overseas Chinese series
The Invisible Powerhouse of Asia
Fuzhou
THE six Chinese police banging at the hotel room door on Saturday night were clearly not out to improve their English.
The Most Cosmopolitan Of Chinese Communities
Hong Kong
If it weren't for the empty polystyrene noodle lunchboxes, it could have been a mining site in deepest darkest Pilbara.
Xiamen
WHEN your government decides to hurl missiles from your back yard, it's no surprise that the neighbours expect an explanation.
Flexibility A Chinese Key To Success
Ipoh
"Beautiful Alice Springs: for a little touch of Aussie!" Illustrated by hectares of green pastures and gambolling kangaroos, the roadside hoarding hawking a new housing development outside the old Malaysian tin-mining centre of Ipoh promoted an image of Australia not immediately obvious to most Australians.
Bad Debt Good News For Doctor Doom
Hong Kong
Hong Kong's Doctor Doom, Marc Faber, must be the only person in the world who's bullish about North Korea.
Sinister Role for China's News Agency
For the past few years Hongkongers have been bopping to a cheeky song titled "Queens Road East". A catchy rhythm from the usual clean-cut songster, the tune seems no different from the hundreds of jingles that crank out of the colony's awesome Canto-pop machine.
The Addiction that Threatens Asia
Molotov Chen of Taipei is in no doubt what poses the biggest threat to Asia's future. North Korea's Kim Il Sung threatening nuclear Armageddon on South Korea? Exploding stockmarkets? China's Balkanisation?
Hong Kong's Bumper Prices Drive Business Away
If any evidence were needed that Hong Kong has become a market not of this particular capitalist world, look no further than this car parking space. The space, about the size of the average Australian suburban living room, was recently sold for $HK4 million - almost $800,000.
The biggest noise heard in Hong Kong this week is neither the rattling of China nor the rehearsals for the dual fireworks spectaculars marking the transfer tonight and tomorrow.
What is the definition of optimism in Hong Kong? Try the change of colour at Jardine Matheson, the oldest and most hated of the Hong Kong trading companies.
The partying that marked the world's biggest Chinese take-away is drawing to a close, after last night's massive karaoke party (pictured right) and Tuesday's departure of the Perfidious Poms.
Seventy-six And Not Out For An Old China Hand
Pukka Pillars Come Tumbling Down
HONG KONG'S POWERBROKER IS OUR BENEFACTOR
In theE rarified air of his art gallery, it's difficult to imagine Hong Kong billionaire Tsui Tsin-tong, Gordon Gekko-immaculate in braces and starched white shirt, rummaging through the back alleys of a sweaty Hong Kong flea market.
Whatever a reporter does in the daily line of work, it's best not to announce that you're undertaking an article about the blow-up -PVC-doll-and-sex-gadgets industry.
The Only Place To Cash In Your Chips
Imagine a bank that won't bounce your cheques, that issues unlimited credit and doesn't ask for references or repayment; a bank that doesn't charge fees and whose manager always says yes. Welcome to the Bank of Hell.
Shades Of Yesteryear Lure Wok 'n' Roll Stars
The young Hong Kong taxi driver dressed in streetwise clothes and Ray-Ban sunglasses looks the epitome of cool. But the dated music pumping from his stereo would bring a grin to Australia's new wave of entrepreneurs.
Botha denies reports that he complained about blacks on flight
South African Foreign Minister Roelof (Pik) Botha has denounced as "vicious lies and malicious propaganda" reports of a skirmish on a recent Cathay Pacific flight in which he allegedly sought to eject black Nigerian men from the plane's first-class section.