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The owner of the KFC and Pizza Hut restaurant chains said on Thursday that a food safety scandal in China has hurt sales and might be severe enough to cut into the company’s global profit.
Thursday, 31 July, 2014, 3:05pm More on China Food ScandalsXi, 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 - 11:45am 15 comments More on Zhou YongkangHouse Foreign Affairs Committee endorses resolution calling on China to immediately end what it calls state-sanctioned harvesting of human organs from prisoners.
31 Jul 2014 - 1:06pmAn influential journalist and a crusading environmental lawyer from China are among this year’s winners of Asia’s Magsaysay awards, the organisers announced on Thursday.
31 Jul 2014 - 1:07pm 1 commentThe scientist who helped discover the Ebola virus said the outbreak in West Africa was unlikely to trigger a major epidemic outside the region, adding he would happily sit next to an infected person on a train.
31 Jul 2014 - 3:05pmFaced with snaking queues at immigration, overflowing baggage carousels and expensive flight delays, Asian nations are rushing to build hundreds of new airports to cope with surging demand for air travel.
31 Jul 2014 - 10:48amCorporate 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 - 10:38am 6 comments More on GlaxoSmithKlineCreating a parachute as small and as light as a shirt is now possible, says a Chinese scientist who has developed the world's lightest material with cutting-edge nanotechnology.
31 Jul 2014 - 11:35am 4 commentsThe decades-old distinction between urban and rural dwellers in the mainland's widely hated hukou, or household registration system, is to end.
31 Jul 2014 - 9:32am 2 commentsBy going after retired senior officials, President Xi Jinping has broken the Communist Party's unwritten tradition of not prosecuting a top leader once he has stepped down from power.
31 Jul 2014 - 11:40am 2 comments More on Zhou YongkangTo access the SCMP ePaper Edition you will need a Digital Premium Subscription.
The zillion dollar question today is what will happen to China's real estate market. With price corrections spreading from Hangzhou to Beijing, there is little doubt that China is bracing itself for a market downturn.
31 Jul 2014 - 4:18amWhen inspectors visited Shanghai Husi earlier this summer, the production line appeared in good order, with fresh meat being handled by properly attired workers and supervisors keeping a watchful eye over the process.
31 Jul 2014 - 4:27amCorruption watchdog ends investigation into allegation chief executive bribed a businessman into backing his candidacy in the 2012 election, says activist who filed complaint.
31 Jul 2014 - 3:13pm 1 comment More on Leung Chun-yingHong Kong's health authorities stepped up surveillance against the deadly Ebola virus yesterday as a Hong Kong woman who fell ill after visiting Kenya tested negative for the disease.
31 Jul 2014 - 2:53pm 13 commentsThe central government is launching a campaign to stamp out “little coffers”, a reference to illicit accounts of officials with money siphoned from public funds.
31 Jul 2014 - 2:41pmThe military has again pledged full support to President Xi Jinping’s anti-graft campaign after the announcement that Zhou Yongkang, one of the most powerful men in China during the last decade, was being investigated.
31 Jul 2014 - 1:32pmAn influential journalist and a crusading environmental lawyer from China are among this year’s winners of Asia’s Magsaysay awards, the organisers announced on Thursday.
31 Jul 2014 - 1:07pm 1 commentA major landslide yesterday struck a village in western India following heavy monsoon rains, killing at least 21 people and leaving up scores feared trapped, officials said.
31 Jul 2014 - 12:17pmThe scientist who helped discover the Ebola virus said the outbreak in West Africa was unlikely to trigger a major epidemic outside the region, adding he would happily sit next to an infected person on a train.
31 Jul 2014 - 3:05pmMore than 100 Palestinians were killed on Wednesday in the bomb-scarred Gaza Strip, among them victims of Israeli fire on a crowded market and a UN school. The US and UN condemned the shelling and Hamas said it fired a salvo of rockets into Israel in retaliation. But hours later the US said it would sell Israel fresh ammunition
31 Jul 2014 - 11:05amWhile China’s economy would likely grow at “around 7.5 per cent” this year, the International Monetary Fund said, a target growth rate of between 6.5 per cent and 7 per cent for 2015 “would be consistent with the goal of transitioning to a safer and more sustainable growth path”.
31 Jul 2014 - 11:26am More on Chinese EconomyCompeting scions of a prominent Taiwanese family are fighting over a HK$2.4 billion property portfolio on Hong Kong’s exclusive Peak in a bitter battle for control of assets that may leave minority shareholders in its listed vehicle the big losers.
31 Jul 2014 - 1:49pmCore profit at Hang Lung Properties jumped 29 per cent in the first half of the year, driven by an increase in property sales and higher rental income.
31 Jul 2014 - 2:59pmAn 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 - 1:27amGuardians 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.
31 Jul 2014 - 10:18amInventor 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.
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31 Jul 2014 - 11:15amThe head coach of Australian athletics has been suspended for publicly criticising Olympic 100 metres hurdles champion Sally Pearson and accusing her of setting a bad example to the Australian team at the Commonwealth Games.
31 Jul 2014 - 10:51amAs his first Hong Kong outpost is unveiled, celebrity chef Jamie Oliver talks food, family and franchising.
31 Jul 2014 - 10:18amTake advantage of our rainy summer with a visit to these contrasting scenic spots - and some hidden gems.
31 Jul 2014 - 9:19amPeople 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
