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The stock price of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group tumbled 8.8 per cent on Thursday, closing at a three-month low of US$89.81.
Friday, 30 January, 2015, 7:57am 4 comments More on AlibabaAn article penned by a deputy editor of Communist Party mouthpiece People's Daily blames a "feudal tradition" for breeding corruption and undermining the implementation of "rule of law".
30 Jan 2015 - 3:50am 11 commentsThe State Council yesterday published a list of Shanghai free-trade zone policies that could be replicated in other parts of the mainland in an attempt to accelerate liberalising the capital account of the yuan.
30 Jan 2015 - 2:12am More on Shanghai free-trade zoneEnvironment minister-in-waiting Chen Jining was warned that he will face great pressure after news of his new job was released on Wednesday.
30 Jan 2015 - 4:04amShanghai has begun planning crowd control measures for its much-anticipated Disney park, due to open in the second half of this year.
30 Jan 2015 - 1:03am 1 commentComedian Zhao Benshan is to attend the national political advisory body's annual meeting in March, in a sign he may be safe from a rumoured corruption investigation.
30 Jan 2015 - 2:49amThey're the richest captains of industry in one of the most important industrial centres in southern China but they had few words to offer when they gathered for the annual session of Dongguan's political advisory body on Tuesday.
30 Jan 2015 - 1:15amPresident Xi Jinping vowed to step up military exchanges with other nations yesterday, but there were reports that the Pentagon had decided against increasing interaction with the People's Liberation Army.
30 Jan 2015 - 2:57amThe People’s Liberation Army auditor handed more corruption leads to graft busters in 2014 than in the previous 30 years, according to the military’s official newspaper.
The PLA audited 4,024 senior officials in the past two years, the PLA Daily reported on Thursday.
29 Jan 2015 - 6:44pmChinese state media today voiced support for the commerce regulator in a signed commentary amid the escalating row between the authority and Alibaba Group, calling on the e-commerce giant and other big companies to bear their corporate social responsibilities and stop “bullying others by flexing their financial muscle”.
29 Jan 2015 - 6:38pm 6 commentsMalaysia Airlines Flight 370 was formally declared an accident, the Malaysian government announced on Thursday, paving the way for victims’ relatives to be compensated.
30 Jan 2015 - 1:54am 6 comments More on Malaysia Airlines flight 370The wife of a Japanese journalist thought to be held by Islamic State insurgents in Syria urged the Japanese and Jordanian governments to work for his release shortly before a deadline set by his captors expired.
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When Hong Kong's leader Tung Chee-hwa announced the withdrawal of plans to introduce controversial new national security laws 12 years ago, he said the community needed some breathing space.
29 Jan 2015 - 8:39pm 1 commentWord began spreading among a small circle of Japanese journalists late last month: freelance reporter Kenji Goto might have been kidnapped in the Middle East.
The sketchy information prompted Tsuyoshi Nojima to contact his friend from their years of covering conflicts a continent away from Japan. Goto never replied to the three emails he sent. Nojima knew this was an ominous sign.
30 Jan 2015 - 3:19am 1 commentA government attempt to entice pan-democrats to back the 2017 universal suffrage plan looks all but certain to fail after top officials set stringent limits to possible changes for the 2022 chief executive election.
30 Jan 2015 - 7:54am 1 commentThe police have warned protest organisers that they could face prosecution if they fail to recruit 100 marshals for their pro- democracy march on Sunday, amid concern that an Occupy-style sit-in could take place after the event.
30 Jan 2015 - 1:00amAn article penned by a deputy editor of Communist Party mouthpiece People's Daily blames a "feudal tradition" for breeding corruption and undermining the implementation of "rule of law".
30 Jan 2015 - 3:50am 11 commentsA Chinese drone maker which created the small quadcopter that crashed on White House grounds said it is updating its drones to stop further flights over the US capital, where it is banned.
29 Jan 2015 - 5:35pm 2 commentsMalaysia Airlines Flight 370 was formally declared an accident, the Malaysian government announced on Thursday, paving the way for victims’ relatives to be compensated.
30 Jan 2015 - 1:54am 6 comments More on Malaysia Airlines flight 370Indonesia is ready to execute seven foreign drug convicts on death row after their appeals for presidential clemency were rejected, an official said, in a move certain to set Jakarta on a collision course with international allies.
30 Jan 2015 - 3:19amThe wife of a Japanese journalist thought to be held by Islamic State insurgents in Syria urged the Japanese and Jordanian governments to work for his release shortly before a deadline set by his captors expired.
30 Jan 2015 - 3:25am 1 commentThe European executive has called for the prompt passage of new legislation to collect and retain information on anyone flying into or out of the EU as part of a package of counter-terror policies following the jihadi attacks in Paris and alleged foiled terrorist murders in Belgium.
29 Jan 2015 - 11:00pmEmerging market economies will be driving the global trade talk agenda in Apec through 2020 and the group must tackle a widening gap in incomes and try to restore the faith of people that trade will bolster prosperity in the region, Apec secretariat executive director Alan Bollard said in an inte
30 Jan 2015 - 1:27amMacau casino operator Sands China’s new resort The Parisian will not be launched until next year, gambling tycoon Sheldon Adelson said as the company announced its fourth quarter adjusted EBITDA slid 14.9 per cent from a year ago to of US$711.2 million.
29 Jan 2015 - 6:03pm More on MacauCity Developments Ltd (CDL), a major developer in Singapore, is launching an aggressive push to market its joint-venture luxury hotel to lure travellers from Hong Kong.
28 Jan 2015 - 6:43pm 1 commentFive years ago, Aloysius Lee Tse-sang returned to Singapore from Hong Kong after serving as chief executive of South Beach Consortium, a joint venture formed by City Developments Ltd (CDL) and other parties to head a S$3 billion (HK$17.3 billion) hotel-office-residential-retail development projec
28 Jan 2015 - 6:46pmDespite the dazzling skyline around Victoria Harbour and soaring towers everywhere, Hong Kong doesn't celebrate its architecture the way cities such as Barcelona, Chicago, Istanbul, London, Rome and Tel Aviv do.
30 Jan 2015 - 6:30am More on LIFEIndian restaurants in the Pearl River Delta are trying to convince customers there can be a refined and elegant side to a cuisine often sold as cheap and cheerful.
30 Jan 2015 - 6:34amSince South Korean and US brands dominate the market for high-end smartphones, Vlad Martynov, CEO of Moscow-based Yota Devices, has his work cut out for him.
30 Jan 2015 - 6:05am More on LIFEAdrenaline 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
The hot-headed French footballing legend says he is a butterfly really ...
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
Balram Chainrai's former personal assistant on Thursday admitted using his credit cards to run up bills of HK$47 million for beauty treatments and other expensive brand-name goods.
30 Jan 2015 - 2:23amBritain's Andy Murray stormed into his fourth Australian Open tennis final with a commanding four-set win over Czech Tomas Berdych on Thursday.
29 Jan 2015 - 10:34pm More on Australian Open 2015With the Oscars looming and a string of top live music acts descending on Hong Kong, the next two months promise a feast for the eyes and ears. Here’s our guide to the best movie openings and live shows.
29 Jan 2015 - 11:06amStuck for things to do with your brood over the Lunar New Year and beyond? There's no shortage of entertaining options here and in Macau. We've picked seven of the best.
29 Jan 2015 - 11:55amPhilippine 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 ...
A winter storm pounded the northeastern US on January 26 hitting tens of millions of people and forcing the rare cancelation of Broadway shows in an "historic" New York blizzard.
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
A winter storm pounded the northeastern US on January 26 hitting tens of millions
