HONG KONG - HONG Kong officials on Friday confirmed the fourth case of swine flu in the city, a 19 year-old woman who recently returned from the United States.

The woman, a local resident who lives with her parents, arrived in Hong Kong on May 18 from New York on a Cathay Pacific flight, a spokesman for the Department of Health said.

SUZHOU: More than a decade ago, amid the sound and fury of the Asian financial crisis, the future of the Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) looked dim.

BEIJING: No one thought the guns would be fired. Perhaps sticks and batons would be the military's weapon of choice. Maybe tear gas.