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Hong Kong transgender woman wins right to marry

By AP News Mon, May 13, 2013 3:14PM UTC

HONG KONG (AP) — A transgender woman has won the right to marry her boyfriend in a watershed ruling from Hong Kong’s top court. The Court of Final Appeal ruled on Monday in favor of the woman, identified only as W. One of the judges on the five-member panel dissented.

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Giant rubber duck makes a splash in Hong Kong harbor

By AP News Fri, May 03, 2013 5:44PM UTC

A 16.5-meter-high giant rubber duck created by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman is towed along Hong Kong's Victoria Habour Thursday. Pic: AP.

HONG KONG (AP) — A six-story-high rubber duck is making a big splash in Hong Kong. Crowds watched the inflatable duck being pulled by tugboat across Victoria Harbor in front of Hong Kong’s signature skyscraper skyline. Tourist Zhang Wenjin from Shanghai says it’s a big surprise. “This is huge. My

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Concern mounts over new bird flu strain

By Graham Land Thu, May 02, 2013 12:54AM UTC

At least 124 people have so far been infected with the new strain of bird flu known as H7N9. Twenty-four of those victims have died. Any virus with a death rate approaching 20% should be taken extremely seriously, international researchers warn. Professor John McCauley, director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for

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Bird flu crosses borders to Taiwan

By Michele Penna Sun, Apr 28, 2013 1:33PM UTC

Bird flu is just like birds: it crosses borders without regard for visa regulations and bureaucracy. On April 24, the government of Taiwan confirmed that the virus had been identified in the island, unknowingly carried in by a 53-year-old man who had traveled for work to Suzhou, in eastern China.

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HK opposes Sichuan quake aid over corruption fears

By AP News Wed, Apr 24, 2013 1:42PM UTC

Zheng Xianlan, a 58-year-old corn farmer, awakens after spending the night sleeping on a sofa outside her house which was damaged by an earthquake near Shangli town in southwestern China's Sichuan province, Sunday, April 21, 2013. Residents awoke Sunday after spending the night outdoors or in their cars in the town near the epicenter of a powerful earthquake that struck the steep hills of China's southwestern Sichuan province, leaving at least 160 people dead and more than 6,700 injured. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong lawmakers have fiercely opposed a plan to donate money to a Chinese provincial government for earthquake victims, underlining widespread public concerns about corruption. Legislators on Wednesday vigorously debated the proposal to donate 100 million Hong Kong dollars ($13 million) but ran out of time

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