But for two local brothers, Gordon and Alex Lau, that fantasy became a reality when they were invited to perform with Yuri Bashmet and the Moscow Soloists at the farewell concert of Musicus Fest.

Aeroflot operates these flights three times a week with an Airbus A330-300 aircraft. Flights depart from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. On the return, flights depart from Hong Kong on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays.

British Airways is the only UK carrier serving Chinese destinations. After axing its Beijing service last year, its sole destination on the mainland is Shanghai. Services to all other cities on the mainland had already been scrapped. Virgin pulled out of Shanghai last year and abandoned Hong Kong during the pandemic.

Hong Kong's top court has seen an exodus of foreign judges and "escalating geopolitical tensions", and coordinated harassment made it tougher to find replacements, the city's chief justice said on Monday.

When I told my family I was planning a trip to Hong Kong, they responded, "Why? Isn't Hong Kong similar to Singapore?"

Taiwan, officially known as the Republic of China (ROC), is an island separated from China by the Taiwan Strait. Mainland China, officially the People’s Republic of China (PRC), is under Chinese Communist Party (CCP) rule and asserts that Taiwan is an integral part of its territory, though it has never governed the island.

"Since June 2020, at least 200 opposition politicians, activists, and protesters have been taken into custody on politically motivated NSL charges," said President Joe Biden.

This week, we ask China watchers what Trump’s presidency might mean for the city and the country overall, and check out the newest offering from steakhouse Wooloomooloo Group.

Before the pandemic, there was a prevailing sentiment that if you didn’t show up in Hong Kong, you hadn’t truly shown up in Asia. Hong Kong was widely regarded as the gateway to the region—the place to establish a base before branching out. At the time, discussions about “Asia” often meant focusing on China, then in the throes of an economic boom.

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Another Indian national from Kerala, who was similarly recruited, has been injured and is receiving treatment in a hospital in Moscow," said the ministry of external affairs in a statement ...