Macau has ordered all casinos to close for two weeks as coronavirus virus deaths jumped in mainland China and Hong Kong reported its first fatality.
China’s coronavirus outbreak is poised to overtake SARS in numbers of infections—and the steady spread of the outbreak is seeing countries and airlines pulling back in a bid to stop the spread of the disease outside of the country.
Chinese authorities confirmed on Monday (Jan. 20) that an outbreak of a new pneumonia-like illness had spread to two more mainland cities. The number of new infections reported has also sharply jumped in Wuhan, the Chinese city where it was first spotted last month, officials said.
Boeing’s internal emails don’t paint a pretty picture of its corporate culture.
Boeing just announced a move that will ripple negatively through the US economy in the new year.
A year ago, the trial of the “Umbrella Nine” began in Hong Kong, but there were no mass protests. Two scholars and a reverend were among those prosecuted for rallying people to commit civil disobedience in 2014, in a public demand for genuine democracy, but the city was placid, seemingly resigned to a lawmaker disqualified here, a protester imprisoned there.
The death of a Hong Kong college student on Friday (Nov. 8) should have been a moment for the government and police to allow the city to mourn. Instead, the city woke up this morning (Nov. 11) to the shocking sight of a police officer shooting at protesters at close range.
Over a century of air travel, Boeing once noted, human error on the part of the pilot or mechanics became the major factor causing air accidents, as the machines themselves became ever safer.
When an NBA manager’s tweet supportive of Hong Kong’s protests triggered a huge backlash in China, many observers of Chinese politics foresaw what would likely come next: Daryl Morey would get fired. It turns out that China explicitly asked the NBA to do that.
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) delegated far too much of the certification process of the 737 Max plane to its manufacturer, Boeing, and didn’t comprehensively understand a new flight system on it that was later linked to two deadly crashes, the international panel that has been reviewing the plane’s approval process has found, according to a Reuters exclusive.
Another day, another lawsuit against Boeing over the 737 Max.
Every single one of Hong Kong’s 11 subway lines is closed today (Oct. 5), including those serving the airport and Disneyland, an unprecedented move in a city known for its world-class subway system. Many banks and major supermarkets also won’t open today. (Update: The Airport Express resumed services at 2:30pm local time, running directly between Hong Kong station and the airport.)
Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam today (Oct. 4) announced the city has used the colonial-era Emergency Regulations Ordinance to bring in a regulation banning the use of face masks at protests. Violators of the law will face a year in prison or a large fine.
Teenage protester Tsang Chi-kin, who was shot in the chest by a Hong Kong police officer, was charged with assault and rioting today (Oct. 3) as he lay in hospital, his lawyer confirmed to Quartz.
Hong Kong is in the midst of its second mass protest movement in five years—and there are many differences between 2019’s demonstrations and the street occupation that began on Sept. 28, 2014.
The British travel agency Thomas Cook, which announced its bankruptcy today (Sept. 23), was born with a railway journey that took place in 1841—the same year that Hong Kong was ceded to Britain, then at the peak of its imperial power.
With no one willing to mediate, South Korea’s taking on Japan at the World Trade Organization over export restrictions that could hinder its production of smartphones and phone components.
The soaring price of pork is forcing China to dig into its strategic frozen reserves of the meat this month ahead of a slew of upcoming holidays, including a fall festival where families gather for a reunion feast. Pork is China’s most consumed meat.
Even though police banned a rally and a march to mark Aug. 31, 2014—the day that set Hong Kong on the path to the Umbrella Movement—Hong Kongers still took to the streets, facing water cannons and tear gas, and setting fires in the city’s business and shopping districts as they faced off with riot police.
China’s efforts to control the narrative about Hong Kong’s protests have gone from censorship to state-run reports that appear aimed at fanning public anger (paywall) against the demonstrators. And that disinformation has also made its way to Twitter and Facebook.
Icelandair is the latest airline to take the troubled 737 Max aircraft off its schedule until 2020, even as Boeing works toward a return of the aircraft this year.
Following an announcement from American Airlines yesterday (July 14), all three of the biggest US customers for Boeing’s 737 Max, grounded since a second deadly crash in March, have removed the aircraft from their schedules until the last quarter of the year.
Boeing’s software fix for its troubled 737 Max plane was supposed to arrive in April, but was delayed due to the complexity of the task. And now it’s being delayed further.
The triumvirate of China’s biggest tech giants has long been known by the acronym BAT, short for Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent. Together, they’ve dominated search, e-commerce, and social media, respectively, helping them become the most valuable listed Chinese companies. But now, it’s more accurate to refer to China’s top tech firms as ATM.
