Hong Kong stocks end over 3% higher--Aug 15

HONG KONG-- Hong Kong stocks surged 640.09 points, or 3.26 percent, to close at 20,260.10 points on Monday led by financial stocks.

It was just off the intraday high of 20,264.33.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index opened much higher in the morning regaining 20,000 points after a strong rally in the US.

The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index jumped 491.53 points, or 4.7 percent, to close at 10,944.17.

Specials

Li Xing, China Daily's assistant editor-in-chief and veteran columnist, died of a cerebral hemorrhage on Aug 7 in Washington DC, US.

Robots are not new to industrial manufacturing. They have been in use since the 1960s.

The movie remake of a classic 1980s cartoon series is expected to have special cross-generation appeal to Chinese filmgoers