Business
Nestle SA, the Swiss food giant, plans to sell its U.S.
April 6, 1993
World & Nation
A group of Hong Kong businessmen led by Li Ka-shing, chairman of Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd., is bidding for the 21-acre Expo ’86 site at Vancouver, British Columbia.
April 4, 1988
Movies
As the credits unroll for Stanley Tong’s lively martial arts action picture “Once a Cop” (at the Monica 4-Plex), we’re shown why Yang Kin-Wah (Michelle Khan) is so richly deserving of the highest medal awarded by the Beijing police department.
Feb. 11, 1994
Nearly 40 years after Chiang Kai-shek’s death, statues of the autocratic leader continue to loom large on school campuses across the island he long ruled.
Aug. 11, 2014
Olympics
Beijing hopes the venue switch to Hong Kong, officially for health reasons, will aid the enclave’s economy.
Feb. 19, 2006
Sports
Taiwan’s players swing harder, pitch faster and make fewer errors than the Rhode Island team they will face Saturday in the championship of the 50th Little League World Series.
Aug. 24, 1996
Commerce: Once the Asian capital of capitalism, Chinese port city is showing signs of reemergence.
June 29, 1997
When the state economy recovers, who will own California?
April 4, 1993
For the Taiwanese, the Chinese civil war did not end in 1949. It ended last week.
May 5, 1991
China has freed a schoolteacher and reduced the prison term of an accomplice jailed for splattering paint on Mao Tse-tung’s portrait in Tiananmen Square during democracy protests 11 1/2 years ago, a human rights campaigner said Saturday.
Jan. 14, 2001