Looking for an easy-to-reach weekend getaway without the hassle of Chek Lap Kok? As Cecilie Gamst Berg discovers, there's a welcome in the Guangdong hillsides, where visitors are treated like...
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4 Mar 2013
Just over a week ago, residents fought with scores of attackers whom they claimed were sent by the village Communist Party chief and a business tycoon after they protested against a land deal.
3 Mar 2013
The head of an animal rescue centre in China said on Sunday that volunteers have rescued about 900 dogs that were being transported in poor conditions in a truck.
2 Mar 2013
Villagers were locked in a tense stand-off with police yesterday after angry protests over land rights. Residents of Shangpu, in Guangdong province, have occupied the village square since last...
27 Feb 2013
Dominant wireless carrier China Mobile is turning up its campaign to pressure the telecoms regulator to issue 4G licenses soon, this time through aggressive comments from its chairman at the world...
Thousands of Hongkongers on Friday called the Hong Kong Observatory after a magnitude 4.8 earthquake 180 kilometres away was felt in the city. Anxious residents reported by phone and online that...
Guangdong's Communist Party committee has launched a pilot programme to eject "unqualified" party members. It says the drive is in line with a recent Politburo decision to control the size of the...
Some elected leaders of a Guangdong village renowned for its democratic elections say the village is not ready for the democracy its residents aggressively aspired to a year ago. Villagers in...
Every Saturday, Angela Zhang leaves her home in Shenzhen with a large, empty suitcase. When she returns from Hong Kong in the afternoon, it is bulging with cosmetics products, bottles of wine,...
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Guangdong and Hong Kong are "brothers", and the two complement each other economically, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said on Wednesday.
Hong Kong manufacturers operating in the Pearl River Delta may speed up relocating their factories elsewhere as the minimum wage in Guangdong is expected to nearly double the province's gross...
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