Keira Huang

In China, one former reporter’s journey from journalism to law

Wang Dianxue, a lawyer, poses for a photo during an interview in Beijing. 31AUG15 === Photo by Simon Song ===

24 Jan 2016 - 4:27AM

Chinese court commutes death sentence for Bo Xilai’s wife, murderer Gu Kailai

A reporter takes photos of the TV screen showing Bogu Kailai, wife of Bo Xilai, making testimony on the second day of Bo Xilai trial in Jinan, Shandong province. 23AUG13 == Photo by Simon Song ==

15 Dec 2015 - 8:37AM

Is China’s Warren Buffett, Guo Guangchang, under arrest? Trading of stocks suspended as Fosun chairman ‘uncontactable’

10 Jul 2019 - 3:13PM

The smog remains the same: Beijing’s air toxic for days to come

12 Jan 2018 - 2:59PMvideocam

In choking pollution scare, 120,000 fake face masks seized in China

Women wear masks in Beijing amid a heavy smog. Photos: AP

12 Jan 2018 - 2:59PM

Beijing’s choking smog hits red-alert level for first time ever as schools and factories are forced to close

A building and a large screen are seen through tick smog in Beijing, while a man wearing a protective mask uses his phone. Photos: Reuters, Simon Song

12 Jan 2018 - 2:59PM

Jailed Chinese tycoon and ally of disgraced princeling Bo Xilai dies of heart attack

Xu Ming, former chairman of Dalian Shide Group, pictured during Bo Xilai's trial in 2013. Photo: SCMP Pictures

7 Dec 2015 - 11:12AM

Chinese tourists draw online flap after wild gull selfies given the bird

A mainland tourist poses for a selfie after a grabbing a red-billed gull at Kunming’s Cuihu Park. Photo: SCMP Pictures

1 Dec 2015 - 11:45PM

Chinese holidaymakers’ trips to Japan this year exceed four million - double last year’s level

Chinese tourists visiting Japan between July and September spent on average 14,870 yuan (HK$18,000) per person. Photo: Bloomberg

1 Dec 2015 - 5:45PM

Drunk driver crashes car worth US$4 million in southwest China

The damaged car after the crash in Chongqing.

1 Dec 2015 - 5:28PM

Dead ringer: Photographs of Jack Ma lookalike go viral on the internet in China

1 Dec 2015 - 11:29AM

Chinese tycoon’s son offers unhappy cinemagoer ‘free popcorn for life’

30 Nov 2015 - 4:24PM

English Premier League coaches to help kick-off China’s plans to boost youngsters’ soccer standards

Plans to revamp soccer in China may see Shanghai employing English Premier League coaches at elite training camps for the promising youngsters, and soccer leagues featuring 280 teams from schools, colleges and universities. Photo: Xinhua

30 Nov 2015 - 3:18PM

Woman in China buys 13kg of ‘Year of the Monkey’ gold bars

Customers buying gold in Changchun. Photo: Sina.com

30 Nov 2015 - 3:00PM

Smog in northeast China at nearly 50 times World Health Organisation safe limits

Residential buildings in Shenyang are shrouded in smog on Sunday. Photo: Reuters

10 Jan 2018 - 10:25AM

China's emissions trading scheme to be a 'game changer' … eventually, experts say

China accounted for 40 per cent of all new wind power capacity worldwide last year. Photo: Xinhua

3 Nov 2015 - 3:01AM

Now for the hard part: Following up Xi Jinping's trip with action

President Xi Jinping steps out from behind a Chinese flag as he takes his position for his joint news conference with President Barack Obama. Photo: AP

30 Sep 2015 - 3:31AM

Chinese President Xi Jinping crowns US state visit with deal on cyberespionage

Xi said he and Obama had reached "a lot of consensus" on cybersecurity while Obama said both countries would refrain from state-sponsored cybertheft of intellectual property. Photo: Xinhua

The leaders of China and the United States yesterday pledged to curb commercial cyberespionage as President Xi Jinping concluded a state visit that analysts said had made incremental progress in bolstering recently strained relations.

27 Sep 2015 - 11:18AM

Top bosses at website of Communist Party newspaper People's Daily detained for suspected graft

29 Aug 2015 - 12:25PM

No promotion for slackers on reform agenda, China's state media tells Communist Party cadres

Portraits of China's current and former leaders at a trinket stall in Beijing. Analysts say retired leaders could be one of the groups resisting President Xi's reform ambitions. Photo: AFP

No promotion for slackers on reform agenda, China's state media tells Communist Party cadres

21 Aug 2015 - 11:43PM

The heroes who didn't return: Tianjin mourns firefighters lost in port blaze

Soldiers, police officers and paramilitary policy bow their heads at a ceremony on Tuesday to mourn the victims of Tianjin's explosions. Photo: Xinhua

20 Jun 2018 - 4:19PM

Mystery white foam and burns reported as rain falls at Tianjin blast site sparking fears of toxic reactions

A pictuer taken by Caixin shows the mystery white powder.

23 Jan 2018 - 11:52AM

Fears of deadly cyanide gas reaction as rain forecast for Tianjin

Thousands of wrecked cars and containers litter the blast site in Tianjin, where officials are involved in a desperate search for spilled sodium cyanide. Photo: KY Cheng

20 Jun 2018 - 4:20PM

Beijing invites Japanese prime minister to ceremony marking end of second world war

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe walks past Chinese President Xi Jinping during last year's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit at Beijing, China. Photo: AP

President Xi Jinping has officially invited Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to a ceremony in September commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of the second world war.

12 Jul 2015 - 1:47AM

Chinese county chief on 5,000 yuan salary took bribes and kickbacks worth 101 million yuan

Bian Fei, the former party chief of an impoverished county in Henan province, was handed a death sentence with a two-year reprieve. Photo: Weibo

25 Jun 2015 - 9:52PM

Chinese Communist Party cadre expelled over bribes for promotion

A retired senior official who was for eight years in charge of the Communist Party's personnel issues in Zhejiang province, has been expelled from the party for taking bribes in return for handing out promotions.

20 Jun 2015 - 2:46PM