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A mainland news portal accused a leading anchor with China Central Television (CCTV) of possible internal trade using his own company, which is connected with the television station.
Monday, 14 July, 2014, 3:35pmThe formal announcement of the findings in the corruption investigation of retired national security chief Zhou Yongkang could come at about the time of an earlier-than-usual annual party meeting late next month.
14 Jul 2014 - 3:32pm 4 comments More on Zhou YongkangTwo foreign business investigators for the scandal-besieged drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline have been prosecuted in Shanghai on charges of illegally acquiring private information.
14 Jul 2014 - 3:53pmAustralian winemaker Treasury Wine Estates, owner of the popular Penfolds brand, is facing a legal challenge in China in the latest of a series of recent high-profile trademark disputes there.
14 Jul 2014 - 4:12pmEdward Snowden condemns bill being pushed through British parliament, expressing concern about the speed at which it is being done, a lack of public debate and fear-mongering.
14 Jul 2014 - 2:46pm 2 comments More on Edward SnowdenIf you boot up your computer today and search for something on the internet, the chances are you may stumble acorss the first ever 'Google Doodle' to be designed by a Hong Kong teenager.
14 Jul 2014 - 9:11am 5 comments More on GoogleWhile Germany beat Argentina in the World Cup final, the real winner is China. The country may not have sent a team to Brazil but its manufacturing might ensured China's presence was felt at every level of the tournament.
14 Jul 2014 - 3:48pm 1 comment More on World Cup 2014Late paramount leader Deng Xiaoping is often remembered for his quotation about the way Beijing should try to reform its economic system: "One should cross the river while feeling the stones".
14 Jul 2014 - 7:38am More on Mr. ShangkongJapanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday called for talks with President Xi Jinping during a regional meeting in Beijing in November, the latest call from Tokyo for a face-to-face meeting amid testy diplomatic relations.
14 Jul 2014 - 3:37pmThe "bad habits" of Chinese traders and companies were among the main challenges to the nation's image in Africa, according to ambassador to Tanzania, Lu Youqing.
14 Jul 2014 - 4:25am 2 commentsTo access the SCMP ePaper Edition you will need a Digital Premium Subscription.
Except for lawbreakers, most investors around the world analyse the same information when they make asset allocation calls.
14 Jul 2014 - 10:37amTo those who equate taking part in social movements with joining marches and chanting slogans, recent events may have come as a shock.
14 Jul 2014 - 9:41amA prominent member of the student-led activist group Scholarism said that organising social action did not affect her academic studies after receiving her Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) results on Monday morning.
14 Jul 2014 - 4:00pmAnglican archbishop who cited example of Jesus's silence in face of crucifixion also says CPPCC membership had not changed his stance on protests.
14 Jul 2014 - 3:06pm 1 commentTwo foreign business investigators for the scandal-besieged drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline have been prosecuted in Shanghai on charges of illegally acquiring private information.
14 Jul 2014 - 3:53pmA mainland news portal accused a leading anchor with China Central Television (CCTV) of possible internal trade using his own company, which is connected with the television station.
14 Jul 2014 - 3:35pmJapanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday called for talks with President Xi Jinping during a regional meeting in Beijing in November, the latest call from Tokyo for a face-to-face meeting amid testy diplomatic relations.
14 Jul 2014 - 3:37pmCho Myung-ja ran away from home as a teenager to escape a father who beat her, and found her way to the red light district in a South Korean town that hosts a large US army garrison.
14 Jul 2014 - 8:18am 6 commentsEdward Snowden condemns bill being pushed through British parliament, expressing concern about the speed at which it is being done, a lack of public debate and fear-mongering.
14 Jul 2014 - 2:46pm 2 comments More on Edward SnowdenIsrael briefly deployed ground troops inside the Gaza Strip for the first time early yesterday and its military warned northern Gaza residents to evacuate their homes.
14 Jul 2014 - 8:28am 2 commentsBrokers are complaining that government policy has caused them to lose out to fund houses, which have done well in recent years.
14 Jul 2014 - 3:02pmExcept for lawbreakers, most investors around the world analyse the same information when they make asset allocation calls.
14 Jul 2014 - 10:37am More on Bank of ChinaA private developer is confident it can profitably build on sites where the Housing Society abandoned a residential project for the elderly as being too expensive.
14 Jul 2014 - 12:05pm More on Sun Hung Kai PropertiesProperty owners are set to be disappointed if they think the delay in passing legislation to enact a doubling of stamp duty will cause prices to rise.
14 Jul 2014 - 8:05amIt's a warm September evening at Bisous nightclub in Central, and Craig Dungey is celebrating his 42nd birthday by recalling his youth. You Shook Me All Night Long by AC/DC is blasting through the amps.
14 Jul 2014 - 6:33am More on LIFESelling Australian-grown Périgord truffles to French chefs may seem a foolhardy, even impossible goal, but that is exactly what The Truffle & Wine Co has successfully done.
11 Jul 2014 - 12:09amWhen Google's founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, sat down for a rare frank and open chat with the veteran technology venture capitalist Vinod Khosla, they admitted, among other things, that Google was interested in health care but scared of its intense regulation.
13 Jul 2014 - 3:10am 1 comment More on GoogleDelhi’s vibrant colony of artists and street performers is under threat from the modern world
An organic farming commune in Hebei is going back to the roots of Maoist thought
The cast of Downton Abbey come to the aid of Guangxi’s moon bears
The Academy for Performing Arts honours the city’s great and good
Space invaders: ‘The final frontier’ is ready for tourists later this year
The personal touch is what attracts diners to small, cosy restaurants
A world-class Mario Goetze volley in extra time fired Germany to a fourth World Cup crown with a 1-0 victory over Argentina on Sunday, leaving the South Americans heartbroken.
14 Jul 2014 - 1:27pm 1 comment More on World Cup 2014World Cup final match-winner Mario Goetze said he felt “unbelievable” after scoring the extra-time goal that gave Germany a 1-0 win over Argentina on Sunday.
14 Jul 2014 - 10:53am More on World Cup 2014Haunted by their past, veterans of the Vietnam war are returning to former battlefields to make peace with the ghosts of the conflict and help those who are still picking up the pieces, writes Eric San Juan.
12 Jul 2014 - 11:21pmAs the vibrant Kathputli Colony prepares for redevelopment, its resident puppeteers, snake charmers and street artists fear losing their homes will also destroy their livelihoods, writes Bibek Bhandari.
14 Jul 2014 - 9:28amThe supermoon rises over houses in Olvera, in the southern Spanish province of Cadiz on Saturday, tourists ride camels at the Mingsha Mountain sand dunes near Dunhuang, Gansu province yesterday, an
A five-year-old Muslim girl mourns her uncle at the Srebenica genocide memorial in Bosnia, while U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry talks with retired basketball star Yao Ming, and more ...
Customers wait in the heat to enter a store called Cannabis City during the first day of legal retail marijuana sales in Seattle, while residents cool off from the summer heat in Xian, and more ...
The world's third-largest democracy is divided over two very different choices: Joko Widodo, a one-time furniture maker, and Prabowo Subianto, a wealthy ex-army general with close links to former d
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The supermoon rises over houses in Olvera, in the southern Spanish province of Cad
A five-year-old Muslim girl mourns her uncle at the Srebenica genocide memorial in
Customers wait in the heat to enter a store called Cannabis City during the first
The world's third-largest democracy is divided over two very different choices: Jo
The FingerReader ring enables people with visual disabilities to read text printed
