ONCE A THRIVING CENTER of Chinese shrimp fishing, China Camp in present day San Rafael is remembered for its role in the Bay Area’s maritime economy and the community that sustained it. In the late 19th century, Point San Pedro became a seasonal fishing village populated largely by immigrants from the Kwantung province of China….
The clouds continue to lift in Hong Kong’s housing market (Getty Images) Hong Kong lived-in home prices rose for an 11th straight month in April to their highest level in 30 months, as mainland Chinese buyers and improving sentiment helped extend the city’s housing rebound. The private lived-in home price index climbed 0.89 percent in…
Swire Properties CEO Tim Blackburn is buying up more of Quarry Bay (Image: Swire) Swire Properties is set to add an office tower reaching as high as 20 storeys to its Taikoo Place campus in Hong Kong’s Quarry Bay after completing a more than decade-long quest on Friday to secure a site next to its…
South China Agricultural University has 26 colleges (departments), offering 95 undergraduate programs, 107 master’s degree programs, and 60 Ph.D. degree programs. Credit: Ministry of National Education of Colombia Colombia and China signed an academic alliance. Colombia’s Ministry of National Education oversaw the signing of two academic cooperation agreements with the People’s Republic of China on…
Hongkong Land said office demand is on the rise in Central (Getty Images) Hongkong Land said its underlying profit rose 5 percent year-on-year in the first quarter, as lower financing charges offset reduced contributions from Singapore following the disposal of Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 3 ahead of the launch of its maiden private office…
DBS now has 14 floors in The Center (Image: Hong Kong govt) Hong Kong’s struggling commercial property market continues to offer cut-rate deals for companies ready to buy their own office space, with Singapore’s DBS Bank is set to acquire an additional six floors in The Center on Queen’s Road for around half of the…
39 Morrison Hill Road’s days as a youth hostel will end this week (Image: Google) Hong Kong’s plummeting property values have provided Dash Living with an economical opportunity to expand its portfolio in the city, as the Rava Partners-backed rental residential operator picks up a Wan Chai district property at 70 percent off the 2019…
Ellen Ng, Managing Director and Co-Head of Asia Real Estate, Warburg Pincus Real estate markets around Asia Pacific are on the way up in 2026 and in step with the rebound Mingtiandi is set to host its biggest event ever on 12 May, with speakers from some of the region’s largest investors confirmed to appear…
Jamaican women have long been making their mark on the world of beauty and style. In recent years, icons like Pat McGrath, the world-renowned makeup artist and the first in her field to be honoured with a Damehood, and bold celebrity stylists such as Flowerchild99 have carried the flag for Jamaican creativity on the international…
In the world of online resale, Facebook Marketplace is often overlooked amid the plethora of other platforms focused on distanced selling, but Marketplace is a hugely popular platform for the trading of secondhand goods — particularly for deals done locally. In fact, every day, one of out every four of Facebook’s 250 million daily active…