Sentence examples for mainland setting from inspiring English sources

"Lan Yu" is like a less dizzily gorgeous companion to Mr. Wong's "In the Mood for Love" -- very much a Hong Kong movie despite its mainland setting.

Chinese manufacturers in Hong Kong who had long supplied American partners moved to the mainland and set up factories.

A10 Taiwan called on the mainland to set aside fruitless debates over sovereignty and to resume talks on economic ties and other practical matters to improve relations.

(AP) HONG KONG: MIGRANT PROTEST Angry migrants from mainland China set a fire inside Hong Kong's immigration headquarters after being refused papers that would have allowed them to remain in the former British colony.

The ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi party, based on the mainland, has set up an independent commission to look into the dozens of killings and widespread allegations of abuse by government security forces.

IHMS, the private medical provider that runs all healthcare facilities in immigration detention – on Manus, Nauru and Christmas Island as well as on the Australian mainland – look set to renew their multimillion-dollar contract for medical care in onshore centres in the coming weeks.

The incident is disputed: Chinese government sources say that five members of Falun Gong, a spiritual movement that is persecuted in mainland China, set themselves on fire in the square.

Sotheby's, meanwhile, has big plans to expand into mainland China after setting up a joint venture allowing it to be the first foreign company to hold art auctions there, in a leap over Christie's, a rival.

With a priori apologies for a bit of chest thumping, JWT has achieved a reputation for setting Mainland creative standards.

Seventeen fearsome warriors from mainland China are set to land here on Dec. 10.

Her father left mainland China to set up shop in Hong Kong in 1943.