A Foreign Ministry spokeswoman on Tuesday urged the United States to stop all forms of official contact with Taiwan so as to avoid further damage to China-US relations.
Hong Kong's Center for Food Safety on Monday announced that it had banned the import of poultry and poultry products, including poultry eggs, from Kumamoto Prefecture of Japan with immediate effect.
A plan to allow cross-border stock trading between the Hong Kong and Shanghai stock markets was presented on Thursday, the mainland's latest move to open up its capital markets.
China on Wednesday expressed strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition to US interference in Hong Kong's internal affairs, urging the United States to respect China's concerns.
Most student activists had retreated from Taiwan's legislative building by Tuesday morning, following three weeks of protests over a cross-Straits service trade pact.
Student protest leaders Monday announced that they would retreat from the chamber of Taiwan's legislative building at 6 pm Thursday.
China on Sunday voiced objection to US Vice-President Joe Biden's meeting with two Hong Kong former legislators and called on the United States to refrain from interfering in Hong Kong's affairs.
Hong Kong government Thursday proposed that the retirement age of new recruits of civil servants be extended by five years to 65.
Hong Kong's Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury K C Chan will lead a delegation to Shanghai on April 3 to attend the fourth Working Meeting of Hong Kong-Shanghai Financial Co-operation, the local government said Wednesday.
Hong Kong feng shui master Cheng Kwok-keun – who counted many Hong Kong celebrities among his clients - has been killed in a landslide as he was providing services to a client at a cemetery in Zhaoqing, Guangdong province.
Verbal abuse targeted at tourists from the Chinese mainland has prompted Hong Kong's anti-discrimination watchdog to consider how to close a legal loophole and punish those who insult members of their own ethnicity.
The mainland's chief cross-Straits negotiator says he will be deeply disappointed if a service trade pact is not approved in Taiwan.