Banned worldwide in 1925, tear gas underwent an image overhaul before being embraced as an alternative to bullets. Post Magazine investigates the origins of the canisters littering Hong Kong streets and how their deployment has violated all guidelines for the ‘non-lethal weapon’.

As chairwoman of the Hong Kong airline’s Flight Attendants Union, Becky Kwan fought tooth and nail for employee rights and against managerial injustices, earning herself a reputation as a fearless thorn in the side of executives.

The scarcity of the fish and its price tag of up to US$850 a kilo has only made it more appealing to those who can afford it.

A four-year stay by a British family during the 1930s led to a bestselling book that in turn transformed Corfu into a tourist trap, but now the Greek island has reclaimed its idyllic charms

The only woman to have been sentenced to death for drug crimes in Bali, Lindsay Sandiford has come to terms with her situation.

After Michael Simpson was stabbed to death by his estranged wife Fu Weiwei, the grandparents in Britain and in China disagreed over who should have guardianship, and at what price.

Case exposes the sometimes directionless lifestyles of retired expatriates on the tropical island; accused insists she acted in self-defence against a violent spouse, whom neighbours speak of with affection.

Bowing to pressure from wildlife groups and after the Post revealed how shark fin was still being offered on under-the-counter menu, popular restaurant chain vows to halt sales by January 1, 2020.

Former civil servant, who threw scalding water over her Bangladeshi helper in 2014, kept a “punishment book” listing fines imposed on replacement maid for mistakes, including failing to marinade a cucumber and using the word “just”.

Hong Kong professor David Faure believes looking beyond official accounts and studying Chinese society is increasingly essential in a fast-changing world.

After crashing his hire car, Chris Taylor found himself in safe hands – a hospital braced for England’s famously rowdy fans – and a local celebrity. He spoke to Post Magazine from his Volgograd sick bed about the unexpected kindness of Russians.

Maxim’s claimed in 2017 to be the first Chinese restaurant chain to phase out shark fin, but still has a hidden menu called ‘The Premium’ selling the controversial product. WildAid activists accuse the company of misleading the public, but the chain claims the hidden menus don’t count.

As tourists flock to venues such as Tiger Kingdom in Thailand in quest for ever more audacious photos to post on Facebook and Instagram, animal-rights groups claim the internet craze is the cause of a ‘lifetime of suffering’ for the felines

The number of reported cases has increased dramatically since 2016, with fraudsters targeting the elderly and robbing millions in cash and valuables

‘Low-risk, extremely-high-return’ trade in endangered species’ body parts now ‘out of control’, says wildlife-crime expert

Mystery surrounds business empire with office in Wan Chai accused by US authorities of running an international criminal organisation in a small corner of Laos

Study finds SAR to be one of the toughest jurisdictions in the world for apprehended drug couriers

Crusading Hong Kong prison chaplain is seeking shorter jail terms for couriers and greater police efforts to hunt down senior gang members

Desperate exiles in Malaysia take roles in harrowing reconstruction to feed their families

Located near the city’s Grand Palace, Chote Chitr’s homespun fare is popular with members of the Thai monarchy, as well as with the British princess-to-be

JA Manafaru’s star-studded guest list includes Noel Gallagher, Luis Figo and film stars because it offers the one thing the rich and the famous yearn for – privacy. Plus, there’s an enviable 8,000-bottle collection of the best wines

‘Find him, and bring him home,’ news editor of a UK Sunday paper told your correspondent, so off he set for the jungles of PNG to save an errant father of three, only to find himself scooped. A chat with pilot gave him a different story

First they closed the departure halls bookshops, then they doubled the car park fees and started playing Christmas carols in October … there’s only that much this Hongkonger can take

Organised safaris allow people to see and handle Hong Kong’s snakes, helping them overcome their fear and dispelling many long-held myths about the animals and their behaviour

Abigail Anderson and ­Bingjie Turner lived in an orphanage in Qinghai run by a Hong Kong charity before being adopted. They returned to bring attention to those who aren’t adopted and who struggle when they leave the home

Dave Willott searches Hong Kong battle sites with a metal detector for second world war relics, and unearthing watch of a young private killed in desperate last days of defence against Japanese invaders inspires him to keep on looking

As the Hong Kong government considers banning e-cigarettes and legislating against vaping, we talk to experts, detractors and fans of the 13-year-old phenomenon

St Kilda’s Gatwick hotel has sheltered drug addicts and the homeless for half a century, but marijuana and heroin users have given way to meth takers whose psychotic behaviour police and the gentrifying neighbourhood won’t tolerate

Little people in the Philippines have few employment options beyond poorly paid, degrading work entertaining foreigners in Manila bars, but a group set up by a spunky, 1.17-metre-tall 26-year-old is fighting to change that