From its beginnings as a pestilent port and colonial backwater, Hong Kong became the "pearl" of a declining British empire, and then ascended to its present status as a gleaming city of commerce.

SINGAPORE - Dressed in his signature white singlet and striped pyjama pants, Mr Shi Pong Shu of heritage coffee shop Heap Seng Leong is probably Singapore's most hardworking kopi-and-toast hero. From ...

Asked how she places herself among the authors of China's diaspora, Taiwan-born Shih Shu-ching says: 'I'm a transit writer.' By moving between Taiwan, Hong Kong and New York since 1965, Shih has ...