Britain's relationship with Beijing was set to chill further last night when the British Parliament gave a human rights award to blind activist Chen Guangcheng.
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A supervisor at a Singaporean company was seen slapping and bullying an intern, according to a video that has since gone viral online.
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North Korea has released 16 Chinese fishermen and their boat, Chinese state-run media said on Tuesday, after reports that armed assailants had taken the sailors hostage and demanded a ransom.
11:07AM
A massive tornado tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday, killing at least 51 people as winds of up to 320km/h flattened entire tracts of homes, two schools and a hospital,...
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Guangzhou newly-wed Sara had been hoping for a private holiday when she landed at a Maldives luxury resort with her husband in March. But when six other Chinese “couples”- among them a elderly...
Updated 1:05PM
Relax - Hong Kong may not be as racist as suggested by the world map on racial tolerance published in The Washington Post last week. While the results are less startling, they are still high by...
11:40AM
US President Barack Obama will hold his first summit with President Xi Jinping in California next month, with Sino-US relations rattled by alleged Chinese cyber spying and tensions in the Pacific...
10:19AM
A spate of incidents including a decapitation in schools in the past month has prompted calls for more attention to be paid to moral education. On April 21, a 19-year-old vocational school student...
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No new human cases of the H7N9 virus have been recorded in China for a week, national health authorities said, for the first time since the outbreak began in March.
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The sensitivities of East Asian history require that Japan be ever-mindful of its militaristic past. Yet Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government appears intent on doing otherwise.
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Five years after Lehman Brothers went bust, the global economy remains in stagnation. But you wouldn't notice it if you are in the stock market. The US market is hitting all-time highs. The...
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Hong Kong
Lawmaker Wong Yuk-man received a suspended six-week jail term, and Albert Chan Wai-yip was sentenced to a suspended five-week term on Tuesday morning for unlawful assembly in 2011.
Updated 1:15PM
Big business and the Occupy Central movement clashed yesterday over the price the city would pay if the pro-democracy movement brought the heart of Hong Kong to a halt.
11:06AM
Lawmakers want the Executive Council's declaration-of-interest system to include its members' liabilities as well as assets, amid the controversy over Exco member Barry Cheung Chun-yuen and his...
5:51AM
Maverick lawmaker Wong Yuk-man has announced his immediate resignation from People Power - the radical pan-democratic party he founded in 2011. The surprise decision yesterday by the one of the...
5:52AM
China
Guangzhou newly-wed Sara had been hoping for a private holiday when she landed at a Maldives luxury resort with her husband in March. But when six other Chinese “couples”- among them a elderly...
Updated 1:05PM
China’s premier will pay his respects on Tuesday to the family of an Indian doctor who died treating Chinese troops more than 70 years ago, becoming a rare symbol of friendship between the two...
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No new human cases of the H7N9 virus have been recorded in China for a week, national health authorities said, for the first time since the outbreak began in March.
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China and India agreed yesterday to launch a fresh round of talks to settle their long-running border disputes. They also pledged to draw up a roadmap to reach a "dynamic balance" in trade between...
11:11AM
Asia
Rescuers recovered another four bodies from a collapsed underground room at a giant US-owned gold and copper mine in Indonesia, bringing the confirmed death toll to 21, mine officials said on...
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World
Ray Manzarek, a founding member and keyboardist of 1960s rock group The Doors, died on Monday at a medical clinic in Germany at age 74 following a battle with cancer, the group’s manager Tom...
11:17AM
A massive tornado tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday, killing at least 51 people as winds of up to 320km/h flattened entire tracts of homes, two schools and a hospital,...
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US authorities brought criminal charges against three New York University researchers on Monday, alleging they conspired to take bribes from Chinese medical and research outfits for details about...
9:55AM
Business
Apple will argue for a comprehensive corporate tax reform that will levy a “reasonable tax” on foreign earnings and is not dependent on a company’s revenue when it goes before a Senate panel on...
11:08AM
A Japanese government panel warns there is “absolutely no guarantee” that domestic investors will keep financing the country’s massive public debt, citing the risk of a spike in bond yields that...
1:21PM
It’s one thing to say tech geniuses don’t need degrees. After all, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg all dropped out of college.
11:06AM
Yahoo is buying the online blogging forum Tumblr for US$1.1 billion as chief executive Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an internet icon that has fallen behind the times.
10:10AM
Goldman Sachs is set to raise US$1.1 billion with the sale of its remaining stake in the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the world's largest bank by assets.
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Lifestyle
With so many groups seeking funds, it can be tough figuring out which cause to give to. Are the organisations all they're cracked up to be and how much of the contribution really goes to people in...
9:52AM
While Hong Kong performers often look West to further their careers, the reverse is rare. But there have recently been a few Western entertainers who have carved out niches in local show business...
12:24PM
Young contestants are brushing up on their vocabulary in preparation for the city's annual Spellbulary competition on Sunday.
11:53AM
Island holidays are usually about relaxing, departing from routine and indulging yourself at a luxury retreat. "Healthy" they generally are not, as sunset cocktails, seafood buffets and hours...
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Hebe, a black ball of fluff, looks up shyly through his Perspex enclosure. The puppy is a "prosecution case", meaning he was rescued from his former owner, who was later charged with animal abuse...
11:47AM
For most people, the relationship between contemporary art and the Vatican, home of some of the world's greatest old masterpieces, is like oil and water - they just don't mix.
10:10AM
Boca, one of the first veggie burgers to hit the mainstream in 1979, is primarily made from soya bean protein and wheat gluten.
10:06AM
Racism and colonial superiority form the core themes of this exhibition about Hong Kong's bouts of sickness and epidemic over the past century.
12:02PM
Sport
Kitchee midfielder Huang Yang won the Footballer of the Year Award, beating favourites Lee Chi-ho and Chan Wai-ho of league champions South China.
11:03AM
One goal could be enough to ensure Beijing Guoan book their berth in the quarter-finals of the AFC Champions League - and make history for the club from the capital.
5:40AM
Trainer John Moore has failed in his past two attempts to convince Military Attack's owner, Steven Lo Kit-sing, to tackle Australia's weight-for-age championship but hopes Sunday's win in...
5:40AM
Magazines
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What future is there for the Sumatran orang-utan as its forests fall?
12 May 2013
Mystery surrounds a young Hong Kong man who survived a submarine disaster only to sail off into the mists of time
Property
An increasing number of foreign real estate funds and state-owned enterprises - the heavy-hitters in the investment property sales market - are channelling their capital into investment properties...
4:18AM
Lawyers have urged the securities regulator to continue exploring the potential for a criminal investigation into Cheung Kong's controversial sales of hotel suites in Kwai Chung despite its pact...
5:55AM
On average, prices rose 0.61 per cent, against 0.65 per cent in March. But on a year-on-year basis, average new-home prices rose 4.9 per cent in April, according to a Reuters calculation based on...
6:13AM
Technology
Yahoo has agreed to pay USUS$1.1 billion to buy blogging forum Tumblr, ranking it in among the top 10 tech deals announced this year, according to research firm Dealogic. Here’s a list of the top...
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It’s one thing to say tech geniuses don’t need degrees. After all, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg all dropped out of college.
11:06AM
As a teenager, Tumblr chief executive David Karp would canvass the streets of New York City’s Upper West Side, offering to build websites for local businesses.
12:15PM
Debates
In Tuesday’s Business section, the Monitor column on the back page decided to pick a fight with the front page’s Jake’s View.
10:33AM
Reporters Victoria Ruan and Celine Sun spoke to senior executives and observers from several countries on the sidelines of this month's Boao Forum. Many believe China will maintain its rapid...
6:02AM
Housing was the dominant theme of Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying's maiden policy address last month. His plans include rezoning green-belt land, reclamation outside Victoria Harbour and stepping...
4:58AM
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