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Major search operation underway more than 12 hours after Malaysia Airlines jet vanishes

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A major search and rescue operation was underway Saturday, more than 12 hours after a Malaysia Airlines flight with 239 people onboard disappeared while flying over the South China Sea.

Saturday, 8 March, 2014, 3:59pm 3 comments

Japan set to restart nuclear power plants after 2011 Fukushima disaster

Japan will take a decisive step towards restarting some of its dormant nuclear reactors, with the cabinet widely expected to pass an action plan this month.

8 Mar 2014 - 12:13am More on Fukushima nuclear accident

Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng says China must improve trade quality

While China was unsurpassed in the quantity of its trade, the nation must now improve the quality of its goods, Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng said yesterday in Beijing, where the National People's Congress is holding its annual meeting.

8 Mar 2014 - 6:47am More on Chinese parliamentary sessions 2014

Malaysian couple to hang for murder of Indonesian maid who died of starvation

A Malaysian couple was sentenced to hang for starving their Indonesian maid to death, a defence lawyer said on Friday, in the latest shocking case to spotlight abuse of domestic helpers in the region.

7 Mar 2014 - 5:02pm 4 comments

Mourners pay respects at scene of Kunming knife massacre

Mourners paid their respects yesterday at the site of last week's deadly knife massacre in Kunming, as delegates to the national legislative meetings in Beijing pushed for tougher anti-terrorism laws to prevent future incidents.

8 Mar 2014 - 3:59am More on Kunming railway station attack

Baltic states call on Nato for help in face of Kremlin ‘expansionism’

Centuries of Soviet and tsarist oppression taught the three Baltic states to bar their doors whenever the Kremlin issues marching orders. Now they also scramble Nato jets.

7 Mar 2014 - 10:27pm 2 comments

Media frenzy in US after Newsweek says it tracked down bitcoin's creator

The day started with a possible answer to one of the digital era's greatest mysteries: who created the bitcoin virtual currency that has become a multibillion-dollar global phenomenon?

8 Mar 2014 - 4:16am 2 comments More on Bitcoin

US language tutor jailed for 30 years for sexually exploiting children in China

A former elementary school teacher has been sentenced to 30 years in prison in the US for sexually exploiting children in China.

8 Mar 2014 - 3:30pm

Dalai Lama says he has no problem with gay marriage

7 Mar 2014 - 11:24am

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy acquittal overturned

7 Mar 2014 - 10:54pm 2 comments

Charity donations may become compulsory for all Chinese earners in sector overhaul

8 Mar 2014 - 3:16am

Sex with underage boys should be punished same as that with girls, deputy says

8 Mar 2014 - 6:06am 1 comment

Sarkozy suspected of attempting to pervert course of justice, says report

8 Mar 2014 - 1:49am

Taiwan jails 13 military officials over conscript death

8 Mar 2014 - 3:12am

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Yanking Jamie Oliver’s chain: Why chef's Hong Kong venture could actually work

Does Jamie Oliver have more commercial acumen than it appears under the cheeky-chappy, pukka-tukka persona? The commonest response I’ve met to the idea of a Jamie's Italian here is, "He can't possibly make it work, the numbers don’t add up." It turns out they do.

8 Mar 2014 - 12:36pm 10 comments

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Opinion

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To the pan-dems, more diplomacy, please. To the DAB, some backbone

8 Mar 2014 - 5:42am 3 comments

Daniel Ren

Wenzhou punters cautious over property bets in Shanghai free-trade zone

8 Mar 2014 - 7:00am

Howard Winn

Female lawyer says it is ludicrous to ban ladies' nights

8 Mar 2014 - 12:34am 6 comments

Shirley Yam

All honour and public service, plus the cash to go with them

8 Mar 2014 - 12:34am

Insight

Hong Kong still failing its women

SU-MEI THOMPSON AND JO BAKER

Later this year, Hong Kong will come under the microscope of a UN committee reviewing the city's compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (Cedaw). While Hong Kong is ahead of many other societies in protecting the human rights of women, big gaps remain, and The Women's Foundation has submitted a "shadow report" to inform the committee's analysis.

8 Mar 2014 - 5:36am 1 comment

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Japanese investigator says lessons of Fukushima disaster ignored

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It was the biggest earthquake to shake Japan. With a magnitude of 9.0, the undersea tremor that rumbled to life on March 11, 2011 shifted the country's main island by more than two metres and unleashed a tsunami that triggered meltdowns in three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

8 Mar 2014 - 12:23pm

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POLITICS

Radicals cost Hong Kong key Apec meeting, advisers to Beijing say

Beijing's growing frustration with radical sentiment in Hong Kong is part of the reason a key regional finance meeting has been moved from the city, several advisers to the mainland leadership say.

8 Mar 2014 - 2:19am 18 comments More on Occupy Central

COURTS

Carson Yeung jailed for six years after tip-off triggered money-laundering probe

An anonymous letter of complaint written in English triggered the investigation that ended with one-time high-flyer Carson Yeung Ka-sing behind bars yesterday. Police disclosed this as the hairdresser-turned-businessman and owner of English soccer club Birmingham City started a six-year jail term for money-laundering.

8 Mar 2014 - 2:13am More on Carson Yeung Ka-sing

POLITICS

'Multiple votes' for chief executive poll backed by Beijing loyalists

8 Mar 2014 2 comments

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China

ECONOMY

Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng says China must improve trade quality

While China was unsurpassed in the quantity of its trade, the nation must now improve the quality of its goods, Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng said yesterday in Beijing, where the National People's Congress is holding its annual meeting.

8 Mar 2014 - 6:47am More on Chinese parliamentary sessions 2014

KUNMING ATTACK

Mourners pay respects at scene of Kunming knife massacre

Mourners paid their respects yesterday at the site of last week's deadly knife massacre in Kunming, as delegates to the national legislative meetings in Beijing pushed for tougher anti-terrorism laws to prevent future incidents.

8 Mar 2014 - 3:59am More on Kunming railway station attack

Ambrose Lee issues call to open PLA and foreign service to Hongkongers

8 Mar 2014

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Asia

Vanished Malaysia Airlines plane had clocked up 'normal' 20,000 hours' flying time

The missing Boeing 777-200ER jet at the centre of Saturday's major search and rescue operation had clocked up more than 20,000 hours in the air during its 12-year lifetime - a figure experts today described as 'normal'.

8 Mar 2014 - 2:57pm

Major search operation underway more than 12 hours after Malaysia Airlines jet vanishes

Developing

A major search and rescue operation was underway Saturday, more than 12 hours after a Malaysia Airlines flight with 239 people onboard disappeared while flying over the South China Sea.

8 Mar 2014 - 3:59pm 3 comments

JAPAN

Japan set to restart nuclear power plants after 2011 Fukushima disaster

8 Mar 2014

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World

UKRAINE

Baltic states call on Nato for help in face of Kremlin ‘expansionism’

Centuries of Soviet and tsarist oppression taught the three Baltic states to bar their doors whenever the Kremlin issues marching orders. Now they also scramble Nato jets.

7 Mar 2014 - 10:27pm 2 comments

UKRAINE

Tymoshenko warns of guerrilla war, calls for immediate economic sanctions on Russia

Leading Ukranian politician Yulia Tymoshenko said there was a danger of guerrilla war in Crimea should it be incorporated into Russia and appealed to Germany and others on Friday for immediate economic sanctions against Moscow.

7 Mar 2014 - 10:53pm

VENEZUELA

Venezuela’s Maduro calls for meeting of South American leaders

7 Mar 2014

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CRIME

US language tutor jailed for 30 years for sexually exploiting children in China

8 Mar 2014

EMIGRATION

China becomes top source of fresh immigrants moving to New Zealand

8 Mar 2014 2 comments

KUNMING ATTACK

Beijing police threaten action against microbloggers over Kunming attack comments

8 Mar 2014 2 comments

TENCENT

WeChat’s latest viral hit in China: health insurance

6 Mar 2014 1 comment

TIBET

Founder of Tibet’s Communist Party makes a final plea for Dalai Lama’s return

7 Mar 2014 2 comments

hoax

China’s Sohu falls for ‘Back to the Future’ hover board video hoax

6 Mar 2014

Hospitals

Nurse paralysed as shocking hospital attack by Nanjing official is caught on camera

6 Mar 2014

DISCRIMINATION

Police apologise for evicting innocent Uygur man after Kunming terror attack

5 Mar 2014 1 comment

POLITICS

No more Chanel or Emilio Pucci for princeling Li Xiaolin at congress meeting, but critics unimpressed

5 Mar 2014 3 comments

DIPLOMACY

Germany refuses Xi Jinping's request to visit Holocaust memorial sites during tour of Europe

5 Mar 2014 8 comments

NPC

Disturbance and smoke in Tiananmen Square amid tight security for NPC meeting

5 Mar 2014

MEDIA

US calls Kunming attack ‘act of terrorism’ amid accusations of bias in Western media reporting

5 Mar 2014 4 comments

KUNMING ATTACK

Chinese police rush to dispel rumours of more attacks in wake of Kunming massacre

4 Mar 2014 1 comment

INTERNET

China has a new state-run search engine - but will anyone use it?

3 Mar 2014 1 comment

Business

DEBT

Shanghai Chaori Solar Energy defaults on bond issue

Shanghai Chaori Solar Energy Science & Technology yesterday became the first company to default on a bond on the mainland.

The solar cell maker was unable to cover an 89.8 million yuan (HK$113.7 million) interest payment that came due.

8 Mar 2014 - 1:41am

UNITED STATES

Media frenzy in US after Newsweek says it tracked down bitcoin's creator

The day started with a possible answer to one of the digital era's greatest mysteries: who created the bitcoin virtual currency that has become a multibillion-dollar global phenomenon?

8 Mar 2014 - 4:16am 2 comments More on Bitcoin

Markets

Doug Young

Canadian Solar, Chaori cast cloud over solar shares

6 Mar 2014 - 10:35am

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Property

Analysts warn on home price volatility in other Chinese free-trade zones

As the mainland plans to replicate what it has achieved in the Shanghai free trade zone (FTZ), the authorities may have to rethink how they can avoid a repeat of volatile home prices in other trial areas, analysts warned.

8 Mar 2014 - 1:40am More on Shanghai Free-trade Zone

Tenders for luxury residential sites in Tai Po and Sai Kung draw 24 bidders

The tenders for two luxury residential sites in Tai Po and Sai Kung attracted a total of 24 bidders yesterday.

A spokesman for the Lands Department said it received seven bids for the site in Tai Po's Pak Shek Kok and 17 bids for the small residential plot in Sai Kung.

8 Mar 2014 - 1:40am

Developers facing financing woes in China, warns S&P

8 Mar 2014

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Lifestyle

Arts & Culture

Local musicians ambivalent about benefits of streamed content

Hong Kong hip hop artist Masta Mic (real name Tong Sung-ching) is constantly hustling to get his music out to the people, and last month, he had a breakthrough. After extended negotiations, he got his music on the library of Spotify, one of the world's biggest music streaming services.

4 Mar 2014 - 10:20am More on LIFE

Alliance Francaise's Gérard Henry displays his work at ArtWalk

4 Mar 2014 1 comment

Arts festival Le French May returns to Hong Kong

4 Mar 2014

Food & Wine

Taking 'food porn' photos in Hong Kong is so popular even the chefs are doing it

Chefs in Hong Kong love their porn. Food porn, that is. While a recent controversy in France highlighted that not all chefs are happy about diners clicking away with their camera phones, cooks here do see some advantages to it.

7 Mar 2014 - 1:26pm 1 comment More on LIFE

Top chefs are taking to the high seas

7 Mar 2014

Something to chew on: Asian rice cakes

1 Mar 2014

Technology

Why living in cities raises stress

Researchers, led by Professor Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg of the Central Institute of Mental Health in Germany, were trying to find out more about how different people handled stress. They discovered that city dwellers' brains, compared with people who live in the countryside, seem not to handle it so well.

3 Mar 2014 - 5:59pm

Why country parks benefit Hong Kong

3 Mar 2014 2 comments

Mirrors in space, ocean plankton no easy climate change fix, says study

2 Mar 2014

Paris fashion shows offer autumn looks for the no-nonsense woman

7 Mar 2014

Innovation to the fore as Paris Fashion Week kicks off

3 Mar 2014

Short stories deal in brutal truths about life in modern China

3 Mar 2014

Book review: Bending Adversity, by David Pilling

2 Mar 2014

Staying fit should be a family affair

4 Mar 2014

Health bites

4 Mar 2014

Beauty buzz: the latest news from STYLE Beauty

7 Mar 2014

Natural

7 Mar 2014

Family & Education

A new app aims to help parents teach children the value of money

4 Mar 2014 1 comment

Will separation damage my daughter?

4 Mar 2014

Interiors & Living

Celebrity interior designer Kelly Hoppen offers tips for the masses

7 Mar 2014

High-end US developers use valuable artworks to draw in potential buyers

5 Mar 2014

Magazines

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7 Mar 2014
Tech-savvy brands stay one step ahead of the e-tail trend
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6 Mar 2014
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2 Mar 2014
Help wanted: extent of maid abuse laid bare
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Piano prodigy Yuja Wang takes fame in her stride
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The couture-wearing IMF chief on finding success in a man's world
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A round-up of the hottest tech gadgets on the horizon
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This week marks the 230th anniversary of the first American trade mission to China
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A daughter’s departure for university is a bittersweet landmark for the people of a Dong village in Guizhou
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Couture cakes raise the bar for edible art
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Precious gems meet powerful make-up for the party season
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Stephen Hung wants to give rich mainlanders the excess they crave

Sport

PARALYMPICS

Putin opens Winter Paralympics as Ukraine make symbolic statement

Russian President Vladimir Putin opened the Winter Paralympics in the Black Sea resort of Sochi on Friday and was immediately confronted by an emotional Ukrainian protest on a politically charged night.

8 Mar 2014 - 3:05pm

BADMINTON

Lee Chong Wei may play less to prolong career and reach Rio

Lee Chong Wei, the world number one from Malaysia, says he must play a lot less if he is to prolong his carer and reach the Rio Olympics.

Lee spoke about retiring this year after winning the Malaysian Open in January.

7 Mar 2014 - 10:00pm

Michael Chang's Rich Tapestry to run in Dubai's Golden Shaheen race

7 Mar 2014

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Magazines

Shocking extent of maid abuse in Hong Kong laid bare

Marginalised by Hong Kong society and its laws, domestic helpers are left vulnerable to horrific abuse, writes Simon Parry, and a newly compiled body of research suggests the problem is far more extensive than has been previously reported.

2 Mar 2014 - 9:03am 39 comments

Richard Quest: the voice of choice

Love him or hate him, the inimitable Richard Quest has long been a jewel in CNN’s crown. Fionnuala McHugh talks to ‘Mr Marmite’ about syntax, selfies and surviving that scandal.

1 Mar 2014 - 11:13pm

Going back to their roots: Chaoshan folk music

1 Mar 2014

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Blogs

Adventures in Alcohol

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Mischa Moselle 8 Mar 2014 - 12:36pm 10 comments

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Are stewards rule enforcers or riding instructors?

Michael Cox 7 Mar 2014 - 1:06pm

Corporate China

Canadian Solar, Chaori cast cloud over solar shares

Doug Young 6 Mar 2014 - 10:35am

The Beauty Blog

Review: Elemis Pro-Intense Lift Effect Facial at 10/10 Space

TAMA LUNG 5 Mar 2014 - 4:59pm

Culture Club

Brace yourself for March madness and culture fatigue when Art Basel Hong Kong changes dates

Vivienne Chow 5 Mar 2014 - 7:11pm

The Hongcouver

Immigration, property prices and Vancouver: An expert’s view

Ian Young 6 Mar 2014 - 8:59am 9 comments

Wealth Blog

Anna Healy Fenton

Get behind Mission Possible and beat last year’s Sevens triumph

Anna Healy Fenton 6 Mar 2014 - 5:57pm

In Pictures

Today in Photos, March 8

Students at the Huaxia Liangtse Massage Training Centre in Henan, Indian police detain a supporter of pro-independent group JKLF during a protest against the expulsion of Kashmiri students, and mor

8 Mar 2014

A blend of solemn ceremonies and clashes in Venezuela, March 7

Venezuela marked the first anniversary of Hugo Chavez's death with a military parade led by the President Nicolas Maduro.

7 Mar 2014

Fighting poverty: In Los Angeles federal initiative offers hope to those in the Promise Zone, March 7

Los Angeles is one of five areas in US designated as a “Promise Zone” by the Obama administration in January in an effort to reduce poverty and crime in some of the poorest areas in the nation.

7 Mar 2014

Today in Photos, March 7

Members of Argentina’s IUNA Ballet give a lift to a bizarrely contorted fellow dancer in Buenos Aires, while South Korean new military officers cheer during the joint commission ceremony in S.

7 Mar 2014

Everyone's snapping: world icons' selfies as well as those of the daring splash on social media, March 6

Selfies dominate the traffic of social media. Even celebrities take them.

6 Mar 2014

Students at the Huaxia Liangtse Massage Training Centre in Henan, Indian police de

8 Mar 2014

Venezuela marked the first anniversary of Hugo Chavez's death with a military para

7 Mar 2014

Los Angeles is one of five areas in US designated as a “Promise Zone” by the Obama

7 Mar 2014

Members of Argentina’s IUNA Ballet give a lift to a bizarrely contorted fellow dan

7 Mar 2014

Selfies dominate the traffic of social media. Even celebrities take them.

6 Mar 2014

Infographics

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Deconstructing the Hong Kong Budget

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OSCARS

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3 Mar 2014

SOCHI WINTER OLYMPICS

Golden Flags: A look back at winners at the Winter Olympics

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CITY

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27 Feb 2014

HONG KONG MARATHON

In the long run: Visualising the Hong Kong Marathon results

19 Feb 2014 Interactive

WARFARE

What were the targets of U.S. bombs in Hong Kong during World War Two?

8 Feb 2014 Interactive

WARFARE

The 2,000 pound AN-M66 US wartime bomb dropped on Hong Kong

10 Feb 2014 Interactive

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22 Feb 2014 3 comments

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24 Feb 2014 2 comments

News

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26 Feb 2014 56 comments

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It's as clear as day - China needs its own Clean Air Act

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World's oldest profession still one of the most honest in China

16 Feb 2014 21 comments

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