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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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Taiwan yesterday ordered all law-enforcement personnel to step up the protection of Filipinos on the island, after a suggestion that Manila might evacuate its nationals from the island after...
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A public outcry against missing donations by the Red Cross Society of China has morphed into subdued scepticism after the Ministry of Civil Affairs reviewed figures at the weekend that indicated...
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Hunan's high court agreed to hear an appeal by Tang Hui, the mother of a teenage girl who was raped and forced into prostitution by local officials.
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China has urged North Korea to release a Chinese fishing boat that the owner says was seized by gun-toting North Koreans earlier this month and held for ransom, in the latest irritant in relations...
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The overseas edition of People's Daily ran a prominent profile of rising political star Lu Hao yesterday, with analysts saying it was part of a propaganda campaign ahead of his elevation to the...
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A spate of stabbings by pupils in schools in the past month has prompted calls for more attention to be paid to moral education.
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Relax - Hong Kong and Bangladesh may not be as racist as suggested by the world map on racial tolerance published last week.
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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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Insight
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
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.
Updated 8:14AM
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
Relax - Hong Kong and Bangladesh may not be as racist as suggested by the world map on racial tolerance published last week.
Updated 8:37AM
China
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.
5:47AM
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...
5:22AM
Taiwan yesterday ordered all law-enforcement personnel to step up the protection of Filipinos on the island, after a suggestion that Manila might evacuate its nationals from the island after...
4:11AM
The overseas edition of People's Daily ran a prominent profile of rising political star Lu Hao yesterday, with analysts saying it was part of a propaganda campaign ahead of his elevation to the...
4:06AM
Asia
The military that ran Myanmar for decades will continue to play a major role in the country, according to the former general who has presided over the transformation of a nation that only three...
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World
The powerful tornado, rated the second highest strength level of EF4 and packing winds of up to 320km/h, touched down at midafternoon and devastated a wide area of the town.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said yesterday he would overhaul Iraq's security strategy as a two-day wave of violence killed at least 75 people including 24 police, bringing the month's...
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Shots fired from Syria hit the central Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, a military spokeswoman said yesterday, causing no harm or damage. The spokeswoman said the shots were from small arms, and "...
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Business
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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This is shaping up to be one of the worst years ever for Hong Kong developers. The rules of the game in the property market have changed with the government's cooling measures running headlong...
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Despite plans by HSBC to cut staff globally by up to 5.5 per cent over the next three years, the bank still intends to hire people in Hong Kong, chief executive Stuart Gulliver told shareholders...
4:09AM
Lenovo is expected to report steady year-on-year earnings growth for its financial fourth quarter ended March 31, as the mainland technology giant defied the worst slump in global personal...
4:03AM
Hope is fading for a global deal to regulate the airline industry's greenhouse gas emissions ahead of an Autumn deadline, even though failure could push the industry back to the brink of a trade...
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Lifestyle
The swift rise in the number of contemporary art fairs in Hong Kong is akin to the proliferation of cupcake stores.
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Kent Tong Ting-hung has one year left for his business administration degree at Hong Kong Shue Yan University and he is already an entrepreneur.
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Women have long broken through the glass ceiling in public life in Hong Kong. No one blinks an eye if the chief secretary for administration or the permanent secretary for education is a woman,...
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It may be a luxury leather goods company steeped in traditional craftsmanship and family values, but that doesn’t mean Tod’s can’t have fun.
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Chances are you're reading this sitting down. In today's sedentary society, it is becoming increasingly important to get ourselves moving more. But how?
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When Tsiang Chi-tsing was diagnosed as diabetic five years ago, he stuck to a self-testing regime of using a fingerstick to measure his blood glucose levels three times a week. But after six...
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It happened seven years ago, but Mary Hemrajani still tears up when she recounts her breast cancer ordeal. "There's a scar very deep inside of you that's very difficult to heal," says the 55-year-...
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Hotel art fairs are the antithesis of the "white cube" concept for a gallery space, and some consider it decidedly unfashionable. But proponents see it as a convenient and cost-efficient model.
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Sport
Alex Ferguson bowed out of management with a smile, a wave and a bucketful of goals in his 1,500th Manchester United game, but without the victory he had so wanted.
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Missing out on Champions League football again despite amassing their highest Premier League points tally was hard for Tottenham Hotspur to swallow and to make matters worse, it was arch rivals...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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Technology
Google staged four discussions expounding on the finer points of its "Glass" wearable computer during last week's developer conference. Missing from the agenda, however, was a session on etiquette...
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The designer of models such as the Butterfly and the One is developing new smartphones at mid-range prices to stand out in a thickening crowd of competitors, industry experts say.
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Under the Temple of the Feathered Serpent in Mexico lay a tunnel not seen by people in more than 1,800 years. Damp, dark, filled with debris, and deliberately sealed by its creators, the...
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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.
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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...
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