The Coca-Cola Co., the world’s biggest beverage company, moved to expand its operations in the fast-growing Chinese market Wednesday with a $2.5 billion bid for major juicemaker China Huiyuan Juice Group Ltd.

The Coca-Cola Co., the world’s biggest beverage company, has offered to buy major juicemaker China Huiyuan Juice Group Ltd. in a deal worth as much as $2.5 billion in cash, the companies said Wednesday.

A British man was taken away after unfurling banners that denounced China’s human rights record on a major bridge in Hong Kong ahead of the Beijing Olympics’ opening ceremony Friday.

Hong Kong deported three Chinese pro-democracy activists based in the United States after denying them entry to the territory, a local lawmaker said Thursday.

Hong Kong’s stock exchange was closed Wednesday due to a severe tropical storm sweeping the region.

Tibetan flags will be banned from all Olympic equestrian events in Hong Kong under rules aimed at heading off political propaganda and protests inside competition venues, organizers said Friday.The crackdown guidelines apply to flags representing...

China National Offshore Oil Corp.’s oil-services company said Monday it will offer about $2.5 billion for Norway’s Awilco Offshore ASA.The cash bid represents an 18.7 percent premium over the closing price of Awilco’s stock on Friday, CNOOC’s China...

An outspoken pro-democracy lawmaker in Hong Kong was barred Friday from traveling to southwest China to visit areas damaged in a massive earthquake.Leung Kwok-hung, a member of the territory’s Legislative Council, received word that Chinese authorities...

Hong Kong plans to launch a new exchange to trade fuel oil and other commodities in an effort to capitalize on the booming market for raw materials in China, officials announced Wednesday.The Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange will trade U.S. dollar oil...