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The North’s official KCNA news agency said Jang Song Thaek had been executed after a special military tribunal found him guilty of treason, only days after he was stripped of all posts and expelled from the ruling Workers’ Party.
Friday, 13 December, 2013, 10:09am 2 comments More on North KoreaHealth authorities ordered the closure yesterday of two Shenzhen wet markets where the deadly H7N9 strain of bird flu was detected. The wet markets are in the border city's Longgang district. Today all poultry markets there will be closed for disinfecting.
13 Dec 2013 - 3:01am More on H7N9 avian fluCommunist Party officials are interfering less in court hearings amid a push by Beijing to reform the country’s legal system, judges and legal experts said.
13 Dec 2013 - 2:53am 1 comment More on Judicial ReformWhen leaders from Japan and Southeast Asia gather in Tokyo today, the elephant in the room will be a nation that is not invited: China.
13 Dec 2013 - 3:29am 1 comment More on Air Defence Identification ZoneJesse Appell is an American in Beijing looking to bridge the gap between West and East in an unorthodox way - through a nonstop barrage of comedy.
13 Dec 2013 - 9:10amA Guangdong blogger has sued local police after they accused him of circulating “rumours” about five renowned Chinese heroes, detained him for seven days and confiscated his computer, Southern Metropolis Daily reported on Thursday.
12 Dec 2013 - 7:22pm More on Anti-rumour campaignFrench intelligence and government officials are to get powers to spy on internet users in real time and without authorisation.
13 Dec 2013 - 2:23amJapan and South Korea have conducted a joint naval exercise in an area covered by China's air defence identification zone - a move that is seen as sending a firm message to Beijing.
13 Dec 2013 - 3:30am 12 comments More on Air Defence Identification ZoneExpanding plants making the dangerous chemical paraxylene (PX) will no longer need ministerial approval - a move to cut red tape that could upset environmentalists and other opponents of the controversial facilities.
13 Dec 2013 - 3:35am 1 comment More on Paraxylene (PX)
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It may have slipped your notice, but Beijing's drive to internationalise the yuan is very nearly 10 years old.
13 Dec 2013 - 4:30amAt the Chinese Communist Party's 18th National Congress in November last year, outgoing president Hu Jintao warned that corruption could lead to "the collapse of the party and the downfall of the state".
13 Dec 2013 - 3:17am 2 commentsMembers of the Wellesley College faculty reacted strongly when word spread that Peking University might fire professor Xia Yeliang, a Beijing critic. Xia, an economist, had visited Wellesley over the summer after the college, America's top liberal arts institution for women, signed a partnership agreement with his university.
13 Dec 2013 - 2:42am 2 commentsThey are 11 ordinary people who lead extraordinary lives. People who achieve against all the odds and set an example for others.
It’s a simple contraption – an iron frame, foldout handle and four rubber wheels – but in Hong Kong the old-fashioned handcart is what keeps the city rolling.
Fines should be more than doubled to tackle illegal parking, which is getting out of hand, a top traffic police officer has said. Chief Superintendent Paul Stripp said if the fine was to act as a deterrent it should be increased by HK$500, to HK$820.
13 Dec 2013 - 9:46am 8 commentsThe hair-raising 50-minute chase saw the driver accelerate to speeds of up to 140km/h along the route, which spanned at least 50 kilometres, said Senior Superintendent Henry Ho Ming-sun, head of the Kowloon East traffic unit.
13 Dec 2013 - 5:08amBeijing needs to stop using jargon and vaguely worded political slogans if it wants to communicate more clearly with its own people and improve its relations and image overseas, analysts said.
13 Dec 2013 - 9:55amChinese and Americans widely distrust each other but few among the public or elite see the other power as an enemy, a survey said.
13 Dec 2013 - 2:54am 1 commentJapan and South Korea have conducted a joint naval exercise in an area covered by China's air defence identification zone - a move that is seen as sending a firm message to Beijing.
13 Dec 2013 - 3:30am 12 comments More on Air Defence Identification ZoneWhen leaders from Japan and Southeast Asia gather in Tokyo today, the elephant in the room will be a nation that is not invited: China.
13 Dec 2013 - 3:29am 1 comment More on Air Defence Identification ZoneThe North’s official KCNA news agency said Jang Song Thaek had been executed after a special military tribunal found him guilty of treason, only days after he was stripped of all posts and expelled from the ruling Workers’ Party.
13 Dec 2013 - 9:27am 2 comments More on North KoreaDifferences in children's examination results at secondary school owe more to genetics than teachers, schools or family environment, a British study has found.
13 Dec 2013 - 3:06am 1 commentIn a landmark ruling, a Hong Kong court yesterday ordered the city's biggest convicted insider dealer, Du Jun, to pay 297 investors almost HK$24 million for the money he earned from his illegal dealing in 2007.
13 Dec 2013 - 4:30amChina Cinda Asset Management made a stunning debut on the Hong Kong stock exchange yesterday, defying the cautious mood in the market that contributed to a poor start for two other mainland companies on the da
13 Dec 2013 - 3:01amChina Merchants Property, a mainland-listed developer, plans to buy more land in first and second-tier cities and enter the ranks of the top 10 players in the sector in the next few years, although expensive land prices pose a big challenge, a senior executive said.
12 Dec 2013 - 3:25amGreenland Hong Kong, the listed arm of Shanghai-based Greenland Group, said yesterday it bought a commercial and residential site in Huangpu, Shanghai, for 5.95 billion yuan (HK$7.59 billion).
12 Dec 2013 - 3:25amJesse Appell is an American in Beijing looking to bridge the gap between West and East in an unorthodox way - through a nonstop barrage of comedy.
13 Dec 2013 - 9:10amOwners of Wan Chai French restaurant Cépage, which closed in the summer, opened a new seafood concept last week in Central.
12 Dec 2013 - 8:28pmIt's being hyped as the next big thing, but is 3-D printing really destined for our desktops?
12 Dec 2013 - 8:10pm More on LIFEBright ideas for the planet from this year’s Slow Life Symposium
Oil rich yet mired in poverty, East Timor is embracing development
Mainland cartoonists spread their message to the masses online
Talismanic midfielder Dario Conca has insisted Marcello Lippi’s Guangzhou Evergrande have the confidence to win the Club World Cup as he aims to leave the team on a high.
12 Dec 2013 - 11:33amA novel attempt by the Hong Kong Cricket Association to make use of a large tract of unused land next to Disneyland for the next five years to host an international polo tournament and domestic cricket has been shot down by one arm of the government, despite another saying they were receptive to
12 Dec 2013 - 8:52pmPresident Taur Matan Ruak believes the way to kickstart Asia’s newest country is by empowering its people, writes Mary O’Shea. Pictures by Cedric Arnold.
27 Nov 2013 - 6:04pmStaging Hong Kong's biggest annual music and arts festival is no walk in the park. Jo Baker meets a team of dedicated, determined and quite possibly exhausted organisers ahead of this year's event.
4 Dec 2013 - 5:39pmVisitors review an exhibit ahead of 76th anniversary of the start of the Nanking massacre, two Doctor Who props are displayed in central London, Tony Leung Chiu-wai is honoured, and more around the
Christmas is an annual commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ by millions of people around the World. Across the world, people put up different types of special decorations.
Thick fog enveloped most of London this morning, with visibility less than 50 metres in some regions.
Participants wearing zebra masks, taxi drivers pose for the NYC Taxi Drivers 2014 calendar, final touches on a reproduction of a mural from the Mogao Grottoes, and more around the world ...
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Christmas is an annual commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ by millions of p
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Participants wearing zebra masks, taxi drivers pose for the NYC Taxi Drivers 2014
