Thousands of residents protested in a southeastern Chinese city after a traffic accident, smashing police cars and overturning three police vans, police and residents said.

A driver in the CTM Macau Touring Car Cup was killed on Friday in the second fatality to mar the Macau Grand Prix in two days, officials said.

Police dispersed more than 1,000 protesters in the eastern Chinese city of Ningbo on Saturday who were demonstrating against plans to expand a petrochemical plant.

Hong Kong's de facto central bank intervened in the currency market Tuesday for the second time in a week as the local dollar hit its upper trading limit against the greenback.

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University confirmed a media report yesterday that it will collaborate with Boeing Co. in setting up an aircraft maintenance and service center in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong customs officers have confiscated nearly 4 tons of ivory worth US$3.4 million in their biggest ever seizure of endangered species products, authorities said on Saturday.

Casino operator SJM Holdings says it has signed a deal to buy land for a new casino in Macau, the world's biggest gambling market, giving it a chance to catch up with its rivals' rapid expansion.

Hong Kong on Friday announced new targets in its bid to cut emissions from power plants, part of an ongoing effort to tackle air pollution in the Chinese city that is regularly covered in smog.

Hong Kong's anti-corruption watchdog charged a former government secretary with fraud Wednesday over a housing scandal that erupted days after he was appointed by the city's new leader.

The grandfather of a revered Tibetan Buddhist figure has burned to death in northwest China after setting himself on fire in protest at Beijing's rule in the restive region, rights groups said Sunday.