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Yesterday — 12 November 2024Main stream

Man Drives Car Into Crowd in Southern China, Killing at Least 35

The police in the city of Zhuhai detained a man who they said had rammed a small vehicle into people who were exercising at a sports center.

© Kyodo News, via Associated Press

People gathered near a sports center in Zhuhai, China, on Monday after a man drove into people exercising there.

Hong Kong’s Trophy Homes Are Selling at Fire Sale Prices

China’s economic downturn has not been kind to the ultrarich who made their wealth on its rise. In their haste to cough up cash, Hong Kong’s luxury property market has had some fire sales.

© Anthony Kwan for The New York Times

Frank Gehry’s Opus Hong Kong, where two Chinese tycoons recently sold their full-floor apartments.

Hong Kong’s Trophy Homes Are Selling at Fire Sale Prices

12 November 2024 at 18:04
China’s economic downturn has not been kind to the ultrarich who made their wealth on its rise. In their haste to cough up cash, Hong Kong’s luxury property market has had some fire sales.
Before yesterdayMain stream

Han Dongfang, Once China’s ‘Worst Nightmare,’ Refuses to Back Down

10 November 2024 at 23:42
Neither jail nor exile to Hong Kong has stopped Han Dongfang, a former Tiananmen Square protest leader, from championing workers’ rights. “If you’re born stubborn, you go everywhere stubborn.”

© Anthony Kwan for The New York Times

Han Dongfang is one of China’s last remaining labor rights activists not in hiding.

In a Malaysian Pop-Up City, Echoes of China’s Housing Crash

22 October 2024 at 12:42
Forest City was an audacious $100 billion project by a top Chinese developer. Today, the project is a fraction of what had been planned and the developer is broke.
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