Sarah Palin Asia Trip Planned For September

The former Alaska governor will visit Hong Kong to speak at the CLSA Investors Forum, but hear address will be closed to the media.

The Chinese Language, Ever Evolving - Room for Debate Blog - NYTimes.com

Should the Chinese calligraphy be simplified?

Mexican traveler is HK's first swine flu case

Hong Kong has confirmed its first case of swine flu, Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen said. ''We have our first confirmed swine flu case in Hong Kong. He is Mexican,'' Tsang said. The Mexican arrived yesterday via Shanghai from his home country, Tsang said.

Cathay's cargo, passenger traffic drops in Nov.

Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd., Asia's third-largest carrier, said Thursday that its monthly passenger and cargo traffic slid in November amid the global economic downturn.

China reluctant to invest in foreign banks

China's sovereign wealth fund, which last year poured $5 billion into Morgan Stanley, is reluctant to plow more money into foreign banks until governments hash out coherent policies to cope with the global economic and financial turmoil, the fund's head said Wednesday.