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Xi, who greatly admires Deng, wanted to become a leader in a similar vein, who could lead China into a new era of reform and growth, said sources including senior officials and "princelings".
Thursday, 31 July, 2014, 2:26am 1 comment More on Zhou YongkangTwenty-two attackers were shot dead and a further 41 arrested in a terror attack in Xinjiang on Monday in which at least 10 civilians died, according to sources and a report from a local party conference.
30 Jul 2014 - 5:56pm 1 commentWith the launch of the formal investigation into former Politburo Standing Committee member Zhou Yongkang, President Xi Jinping has consolidated power in a way that eluded his predecessors.
30 Jul 2014 - 8:47pm 13 comments More on FocusBeijing yesterday announced an official investigation into former security chief Zhou Yongkang, shattering the decades-old political taboo of not prosecuting the highest ranking Communist Party officials for corruption.
30 Jul 2014 - 7:21pm 25 comments More on Zhou YongkangThe Chinese government on Wednesday laid out plans to further loosen its household registration system, as it aims to encourage 100 million migrant rural workers to settle in cities.
30 Jul 2014 - 6:55pm 1 commentA timeline of recent corruption probes shows the extent of an corruption investigation into the entourage of China's former security tsar Zhou Yongkang.
30 Jul 2014 - 3:57pm More on Zhou YongkangFour US teens were charged on Tuesday with murder in the fatal beating of a Chinese graduate student with a baseball bat and spanner as he walked to his flat.
30 Jul 2014 - 10:24pm 7 commentsAsian gambling kingpin Paul Phua Wei-seng was San Marino's ambassador to Montenegro for more than three years until the tiny city state revoked his diplomatic status shortly after his arrest in Las Vegas.
30 Jul 2014 - 3:20pmCorporate sleuth Peter Humphrey believes he worked for the public good by helping victims of crime, according to a letter seen by the Post that he wrote to his son Harvey from prison.
31 Jul 2014 - 2:29am More on GlaxoSmithKlineThe photo in the corporate records of a Beijing energy investment firm shows Zhou Bin looking solemn and not unlike his father, former security tsar Zhou Yongkang.
30 Jul 2014 - 3:59pm 2 comments More on Zhou YongkangTo access the SCMP ePaper Edition you will need a Digital Premium Subscription.
Few places in the world are so confident and so well positioned for the future as to be able to seriously consider deliberately damaging nearly 5 per cent of the economy.
30 Jul 2014 - 4:41am 10 commentsWith the launch of the formal investigation into former Politburo Standing Committee member Zhou Yongkang, President Xi Jinping has consolidated power in a way that eluded his predecessors.
30 Jul 2014 - 8:47pm 13 commentsA veteran Beijing-loyalist lawmaker gave himself high marks for his chairmanship of the legislature’s Finance Committee in the past year – despite having a motion of no confidence tabled against him amid accusations that he broke rules to force through funding for a controversial project.
30 Jul 2014 - 10:22pmOne of two Happy Valley flats that became rent-free homes for former chief secretary Rafael Hui Si-yan was bought by the Kwoks of Sun Hung Kai Properties in 2002 for "long-term investment", the High Court heard yesterday.
30 Jul 2014 - 10:46pmCorporate sleuth Peter Humphrey believes he worked for the public good by helping victims of crime, according to a letter seen by the Post that he wrote to his son Harvey from prison.
31 Jul 2014 - 3:07am More on GlaxoSmithKlineXi, who greatly admires Deng, wanted to become a leader in a similar vein, who could lead China into a new era of reform and growth, said sources including senior officials and "princelings".
31 Jul 2014 - 2:26am 1 comment More on Zhou YongkangA major landslide yesterday struck a village in western India following heavy monsoon rains, killing at least five people and leaving up to 150 feared trapped, officials said.
30 Jul 2014 - 10:01pmTwo former Khmer Rouge leaders began their second trial at a UN-backed court in Cambodia on Wednesday on charges including genocide of Vietnamese people and ethnic Muslims, forced marriages and rape.
30 Jul 2014 - 5:07pmIsraeli shells blasted a UN-run school in a Gaza refugee camp on Wednesday, killing at least 19 people and wounding about 125 others taking refuge there, a UN official said.
30 Jul 2014 - 8:02pmFears that the west African Ebola outbreak could spread to Europe grew yesterday, with the EU allocating extra spending and a leading medical charity warning the epidemic was out of control.
31 Jul 2014 - 1:33amHong Kong-listed mainland companies may be heading for their biggest monthly gains in 19 months as punters chase mainland stocks in anticipation of stable economic growth.
31 Jul 2014 - 1:24amConsumer sentiment on the mainland ticked up this month as expectations for long-term business conditions improved, thanks to Beijing's pro-growth policies, a Westpac MNI survey found.
31 Jul 2014 - 12:53am 2 comments More on Chinese EconomyAn oversupply of retail space poses a more serious threat to property investors in the mainland's many third-tier cities than the much-talked-about housing glut, especially as an increasing number of people are buying goods online.
31 Jul 2014 - 1:27amDevelopers are expected to produce more tiny flats in their future projects given the frenetic buying spree for shoe-box homes by young homebuyers and investors, industry observers said.
30 Jul 2014 - 10:36am 4 commentsGuardians of the Galaxy is the latest, and weirdest, chapter in Marvel Studio's ever-expanding cinematic universe.
30 Jul 2014 - 11:41pmAs his first Hong Kong outpost is unveiled, celebrity chef Jamie Oliver talks food, family and franchising.
30 Jul 2014 - 11:38pmInventor hopes fleet of automated boats will one day patrol the oceans, performing clean-up and data-collection tasks, such as radioactivity sensing, coral reef imaging and fish counting.
29 Jul 2014 - 1:29pm 3 comments More on LIFEIn India, when it comes to class and cuisine, food is as divisive as it is defining
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Usain Bolt yesterday denied reports that he called the Glasgow Commonwealth Games “a bit s***”, ahead of his appearance in the 4x100 metres relay.
30 Jul 2014 - 11:40pmHong Kong coach Kim Pan-gon has given up hope of using naturalised talent in his Asian Games campaign, naming a 20-strong squad consisting wholly of domestic players.
30 Jul 2014 - 10:36pmAs his first Hong Kong outpost is unveiled, celebrity chef Jamie Oliver talks food, family and franchising.
30 Jul 2014 - 11:38pmTake advantage of our rainy summer with a visit to these scenic spots.
30 Jul 2014 - 11:48pmPeople walk gingerly down a stairway at the University of California Los Angeles campus, while a boy sits near a car stuck under a roof, which collapsed after heavy rains in Belgium, and more ...
Henan, the nation’s biggest grain producing region, is suffering its worst drought in over 60 years. The province has suffered baking heat all month, with temperatures topping 40 degrees Celsius.
After the holy month of Ramadan ends with the sighting of a new moon, the world's Muslims unite in prayer for the first day of Eid ul-Fitr.
A view of the Zhongjian River bridge after it was joined to a new road network in Enshi in Hubei, while firefighters work to extinguish a fire at a Dongfeng Tyre Factory in Hubei, and more ...
A selection of the best photos from rugby sevens action at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
People walk gingerly down a stairway at the University of California Los Angeles c
Henan, the nation’s biggest grain producing region, is suffering its worst drought
After the holy month of Ramadan ends with the sighting of a new moon, the world's
A view of the Zhongjian River bridge after it was joined to a new road network in
