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The investigation into the youngest-ever Chinese listed-bank president has exposed the tip of the iceberg of rampant power-for-money deals between senior officials and financial leaders, analysts say.
Sunday, 1 February, 2015, 2:37am 16 comments More on Xi Jinping's anti-graft campaignA fugitive Hong Kong businessman is being sought by US police after he failed to turn up in court to face charges over an allegedly drunken wedding party escapade a judge likened to the movie series The Hangover.
1 Feb 2015 - 2:13am 5 commentsAn online video released Saturday night purported to show an Islamic State group militant behead Japanese journalist Kenji Goto, ending days of negotiations by diplomats to save the man.
1 Feb 2015 - 10:20am 10 commentsUS President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama are to both attend the US National Prayer Breakfast in Washington this week, a move likely to elicit an angry response from the Chinese government.
1 Feb 2015 - 5:24am 2 comments More on 14th Dalai LamaThe father of a passenger on the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 said families would sue the carrier if the authorities do not withdraw a formal declaration that all on board had died in an accident.
1 Feb 2015 - 5:28am 4 comments More on Malaysia Airlines flight 370Draft Chinese government regulations would force overseas technology vendors to meet stringent security tests before they can sell to China's banks, an acceleration of efforts to curb the country's reliance on foreign technology.
1 Feb 2015 - 5:24amClad in neon-green from head to toe, Chinese snowboarder He Qiang is part of a growing cohort of middle-class enthusiasts in a country with little tradition of winter sports that is now seeking to host the 2022 Winter Olympics.
1 Feb 2015 - 5:24amChina has been forced to drop a measure at the UN that targeted NGOs seeking to be heard at the world body.
1 Feb 2015 - 5:24am 12 comments More on United NationsFrom the day Rupert Murdoch joined Twitter, the media mogul has been spreading alarm among his enemies and supporters in equal measure.
1 Feb 2015 - 8:10am 2 comments More on Rupert MurdochGreece's radical new government has begun a search for European allies for its anti-austerity agenda, but German Chancellor Angela Merkel once again ruled out debt relief for Athens.
1 Feb 2015 - 2:57am 2 commentsThousands of pro-democracy activists took to the streets of Hong Kong today during the first major post-Occupy Movement mass rally this afternoon.
1 Feb 2015 - 7:37pm 13 commentsPolice investigators at the forefront of Hong Kong's battle against money laundering face a flood of reports, with more than 100 suspected cases landing on their desks every day - almost double the amount of three years ago.
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The compulsory liberal studies subject, the controversial centrepiece of the new senior secondary school curriculum, is in the crosshairs again after Occupy Central.
1 Feb 2015 - 6:25am 7 commentsFrom the day Rupert Murdoch joined Twitter, the media mogul has been spreading alarm among his enemies and supporters in equal measure.
1 Feb 2015 - 8:10am 2 commentsThousands of pro-democracy activists took to the streets of Hong Kong today during the first major post-Occupy Movement mass rally this afternoon.
1 Feb 2015 - 7:37pm 13 commentsThe hothouse atmosphere of post-Occupy Hong Kong politics was brought into sharp focus when a moderate pan-democrat was forced to retract a statement offering the possibility of a compromise over political reform.
1 Feb 2015 - 5:03am 5 comments More on Universal SuffrageA Chengdu man admitted to swindling tens of millions of yuan from elderly victims over the phone by pretending to be their out-of-town son and in urgent need of money.
1 Feb 2015 - 7:47pmAuthorities in China’s Tibet will offer rewards up to 300,000 yuan (HK$378,000) for tips on “violent terror attacks”, state media reported, in an effort to “promote stability” in the region beset by ethnic tensions.
1 Feb 2015 - 12:00pm 1 commentAn online video released Saturday night purported to show an Islamic State group militant behead Japanese journalist Kenji Goto, ending days of negotiations by diplomats to save the man.
1 Feb 2015 - 10:20am 10 commentsThailand's restrictive laws on criminal defamation and computer crimes are increasingly being used to silence both the foreign and local media and human rights activists.
1 Feb 2015 - 10:16pmAustralian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Sunday said his government had “lessons to learn” from a stunning state election rout in Queensland, amid growing questions about his leadership after his unpopular move to knight Britain’s Prince Philip.
1 Feb 2015 - 10:14pmGreece's radical new government has begun a search for European allies for its anti-austerity agenda, but German Chancellor Angela Merkel once again ruled out debt relief for Athens.
1 Feb 2015 - 2:57am 2 commentsSunac China plans to acquire four residential and commercial development sites in Shanghai from troubled property developer Kaisa for a total of 2.37 billion yuan (HK$2.93 billion), it said yesterday.
1 Feb 2015 - 10:29pmThe mainland's factory sector unexpectedly shrank for the first time in more than two years last month and firms see more gloom ahead, an official survey showed, raising expectations that policymakers will take more action to forestall a sharper slowdown.
1 Feb 2015 - 9:15pmSunac China plans to acquire four residential and commercial development sites in Shanghai from troubled property developer Kaisa for a total of 2.37 billion yuan (HK$2.93 billion), it said yesterday.
1 Feb 2015 - 10:29pmHong Kong's new private housing supply rose to an eight-year high of 15,700 units last year, with analysts saying the city has started the transition to a period of more sustainable flat supply.
31 Jan 2015 - 2:06am 1 commentJean-Marc Vallee's no-frills directing style gets the best out of his actors, writes Rebecca Keegan.
31 Jan 2015 - 11:47pm More on LIFEJust days after US chain Hooters announced plans to open in Hong Kong, a local restaurant group wants to beat it to the punch, using sex appeal to sell hamburgers.
1 Feb 2015 - 7:56am 1 commentDon't throw out your old quartz watch - with a slight tweak it could soon be accurate enough to guide a cruise missile, according to a new study by Chinese scientists.
1 Feb 2015 - 8:12am 1 commentAdrenaline junky Kenny Chiang is China’s only competing aerobatic pilot
Manila street children have been locked away, out of sight of the visiting pope
One man’s mission to bring down a US Navy plane from the Tai Tam hillside it crashed into 70 years ago
Cate Blanchett on her love for theatre and her challenges with Blue Jasmine
Alfresco dining is gaining popularity among busy Hongkongers who want to unwind
Space invaders: ‘The final frontier’ is ready for tourists later this year
With a notable double prize not only within reach, but practically in her grip, New Zealand teenager Lydia Ko had to settle for half of the spoils - though it represented a significant piece of golf history, nonetheless.
1 Feb 2015 - 10:07pmBriton Kyle Edmund was unfazed by protesters shouting for democracy in Causeway Bay on Sunday as he crushed Japan's Tatsuma Ito to win the Hong Kong ATP Challenger final at Victoria Park.
1 Feb 2015 - 10:23pmThe recent World Blind Union conference held at Cyberport highlighted how the digital divide is holding back the visually impaired. Sarah Lazarus speaks to six delegates who are driving social change.
31 Jan 2015 - 11:34pmThe city's rise to wine auction capital of the world has brought fine vintages with it. Simon Parry visits the first former military bunker to be converted for storing bottles.
1 Feb 2015 - 1:00pm 2 commentsA selection of the best images from the weekend’s French Top 14 rugby action.
Philippine police commandos carry the flag-draped coffins of their fallen comrades from C-130 planes in Manila, while a flock of coloured pigeons fly during a pigeon-breeding competition in Spain,
A woman receives a very special kind of beauty treatment at a snail farm, while members of the Jarl Squad dressed in Viking costumes during the Up Helly Aa Viking festival, and more ...
Children show off special rice porridge for the Laba Festival, while lemurs eat at Qingdao Forest Wildlife World, and more ...
Philippine police commandos carry the flag-draped coffins of their fallen comrades
A woman receives a very special kind of beauty treatment at a snail farm, while me
Children show off special rice porridge for the Laba Festival, while lemurs eat at
