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Bruce Lee's former home may become a museum

The former home of actor and martial arts master Bruce Lee may eventually become a museum dedicated to the deceased star. The home is currently a Hong Kong "love hotel" that rents rooms by the hour, but would be transformed into a memorial hall, kung fu studio, library and film archive that showcases the life and work of Lee.

 

On Solemn Day, Silence in China

Mainland China remained quiet on the 20th anniversary of the bloody Tiananmen Square crackdown Thursday, while tens of thousands of people staged a protest in Hong Kong.

 

Acid attack injures 30 in Hong Kong

Thirty people were treated for burns after they were hit with two bottles of acid Saturday at a Hong Kong shopping district, police said.

 

Hong Kong to Quarantine 300

Hong Kong to Quarantine 300

Hong Kong will quarantine about 300 hotel guests and staff for a week after a guest was found to have the A/H1N1 flu virus.

 

Jackie Chan facing backlash over comments

Jackie Chan's comments that freedom may not be good for China were taken out of context, his spokesman said Tuesday, while Facebook users and Chinese scholars condemned the veteran actor on the Internet in a spreading backlash.

 

Asian stock markets slump amid financial fears

Asian stock markets fell sharply Tuesday, with benchmarks in Hong Kong and South Korea down about 4 percent, as renewed financial fears sent banks across the region tumbling.

 

Tour Hong Kong on your stomach for Chinese New Year

Tour Hong Kong on your stomach for the lunar year of the ox

HONG KONG—Twenty years have passed since I left this gleaming metropolis on the South China Sea.

 

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