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A speedboat used to transport illegal immigrants from mainland China capsized off Macau on Friday, according to state-run news agency Xinhua.
Friday, 27 February, 2015, 12:02pmBeijing has narrowed the controversial definition of "terrorism" in the revised draft of its counterterrorism law by removing a reference to "thought" as a crime.
27 Feb 2015 - 8:15am 5 commentsChina now has more diesel- and nuclear-powered vessels than the US, although their quality is inferior, a top US Navy admiral tells American lawmakers
26 Feb 2015 - 4:27pm 9 commentsArgentina's Congress has approved the installation of a Chinese satellite tracking station in the South American country's Patagonia region.
27 Feb 2015 - 3:20am 1 commentWomen from the mainland and Hong Kong again dominated the annual Forbes list of the 50 most powerful businesswomen in Asia, with 14 top female decision-makers making the grade this year.
27 Feb 2015 - 9:42amApple is due to enter China's hugely lucrative luxury watch market with the launch of the Apple Watch, which will debut at an event on March 9, the company announced this week.
27 Feb 2015 - 12:27pm More on THE NEXT BIG THINGTom Group, the media conglomerate controlled by Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing, plans to step up the expansion of its e-commerce joint venture in mainland China.
26 Feb 2015 - 1:49pm More on THE NEXT BIG THINGThe rise of China's middle class posed no challenge to the authority of the Communist Party, state media said yesterday.
27 Feb 2015 - 3:32am 3 commentsA Fujian obstetrician whose patient died hours after giving birth will stand trial for criminal negligence, raising concern among doctors that they could face charges for failing to achieve ideal results despite their best efforts.
27 Feb 2015 - 9:49am 1 commentThe mainland is banning the import of ivory products for one year amid criticism that its citizens' huge appetite for the material is threatening the existence of African elephants.
27 Feb 2015 - 11:35am 2 commentsThe former abusive employer of Indonesian domestic worker Erwiana Sulistyaningsih was sentenced to six years in prison and fined HK$15,000 at the District Court this morning.
27 Feb 2015 - 12:49pm 16 comments More on Erwiana SulistyaningsihBut, unlike the UK and USA, Leeson believes both Hong Kong and Singapore are better placed than other markets to avoid such wrongdoing.
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There are two ways to see whether something is going to do well or badly - a top-down view or a bottom-up view. Over the past year, I have travelled through Indochina, visiting eight of the 10 Asean member states, to get a first-hand view from the ground up.
27 Feb 2015 - 12:47pmThe government's more generous than expected budget sweeteners have cheered the middle class, the poor, small businesses and even property developers.
27 Feb 2015 - 9:55amFurther measures to cool down the property market will come “hard and fast” when they are needed, Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah said.
27 Feb 2015 - 12:07pm 1 comment More on Hong Kong Budget 2015But, unlike the UK and USA, Leeson believes both Hong Kong and Singapore are better placed than other markets to avoid such wrongdoing.
27 Feb 2015 - 12:41pmChina is expanding its outposts in the South China Sea to include stationing for ships and potential airfields as part of its “aggressive” effort to exert sovereignty, the US intelligence chief said on Thursday.
27 Feb 2015 - 11:53amA ranking Taiwan transport official on Thursday reiterated opposition to China’s planned corridors for commercial flights above the Taiwan Strait, suggesting the use of military planes for interception after the new airspace is implemented.
27 Feb 2015 - 11:46amAn unprecedented lesbian kiss between two high school students on a popular South Korean TV drama has fuelled a debate about portrayals of sexuality in a rapidly modernising society with deeply conservative roots.
27 Feb 2015 - 12:20pmWomen from the mainland and Hong Kong again dominated the annual Forbes list of the 50 most powerful businesswomen in Asia, with 14 top female decision-makers making the grade this year.
27 Feb 2015 - 9:42amInvestigators believe that the “Jihadi John” masked fighter who fronted Islamic State beheading videos is a British man named Mohammed Emwazi, two US government sources said on Thursday.
26 Feb 2015 - 10:40pm 1 commentA drug derived from a Chinese medicinal herb is showing promise for combating Ebola infection, effectively imprisoning the virus inside cells so it cannot do its usual damage, scientists said.
27 Feb 2015 - 11:10amChina will sign a series of flagship agreements with countries including Kazakhstan and Pakistan next month as part of Beijing’s plan to revive economic development along the ancient Silk Road, the Shanghai Securities News reported on Friday.
27 Feb 2015 - 9:36amChinese property developer Country Garden plans to raise US$900 million in a five-year bond that marks its fifth fundraising deal in the past year.
27 Feb 2015 - 11:59amSome Chinese developers are planning to raise prices for new luxury projects in prime areas this year, in a rare sign of improving sentiment in a market that saw new home prices fall for the last eight months of 2014.
24 Feb 2015 - 6:22pm More on China PropertyGreenland Hong Kong, the Hong Kong-listed unit of the mainland’s largest developer by sales, announced it would diversify into internet finance this year, hoping to capitalise on the cyber world to offer financial services to cash-strapped mainland developers.
11 Feb 2015 - 6:11am More on China PropertyAn unprecedented lesbian kiss between two high school students on a popular South Korean TV drama has fuelled a debate about portrayals of sexuality in a rapidly modernising society with deeply conservative roots.
27 Feb 2015 - 12:20pmFood and models are not an obvious pairing. Yet increasingly they are moving from catwalk to kitchen - among them Hong Kong's Amanda Strang, supermodels Jourdan Dunn and Karlie Kloss, and Helena Rizzo, named world's best woman chef.
27 Feb 2015 - 10:13amApple is due to enter China's hugely lucrative luxury watch market with the launch of the Apple Watch, which will debut at an event on March 9, the company announced this week.
27 Feb 2015 - 12:27pm More on THE NEXT BIG THINGRobert and Sally Lo, the hearts and minds behind the Hong Kong Cancer Fund
Adrenaline junky Kenny Chiang is China’s only competing aerobatic pilot
Alfresco dining is gaining popularity among busy Hongkongers who want to unwind
Space invaders: ‘The final frontier’ is ready for tourists later this year
Chinese pace-setters Dongfeng Race Team clung to a slim lead yesterday as the Volvo Ocean Race's fourth leg looked set for a grandstand finish.
27 Feb 2015 - 11:39am
Liverpool’s Europa League campaign ended at the scene of one of their greatest European triumphs as they lost 5-4 on penalties to Besiktas in the Ataturk Stadium on Thursday on a woeful night for British clubs.
27 Feb 2015 - 10:07amThe British actor delivers a nuanced turn as the riddle-solving father of computer science with a brilliant mind and a tortured soul.
25 Feb 2015 - 10:30pmYou know Roy Ayers' music, even if you don't know you know it. He has more than 90 albums to his name, and claims to be the most sampled musician in history.
25 Feb 2015 - 11:09pm More on Hong Kong gigsPolar bear Milk hams it up with a gas pipe over her head as she climbs out of her pool at Kushiro City Zoo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, a tiger cub jumped to its death from a building in Shandong p
A four-storey building at a privately owned school collapsed in Shenzhen, while Filipino soldiers and policemen link arms as they march in the Philippines, and more ...
Snowfall during the Lunar New Year period in many northern parts of the mainland brought not only fun and games for vacationers and traditional hopes for a fruitful year ahead, but also travel disr
Stunt planes get the annual Australian International Airshow off to an explosive start, while doctors work to separate 10-month-old conjoined twin girls in Houston, and more ...
In the northern city of Tianjin diners can eat in a mock prison, while powerlifter Ivan Savkin pulls an armored vehicle in Vladivostok, and more ...
Polar bear Milk hams it up with a gas pipe over her head as she climbs out of her
A four-storey building at a privately owned school collapsed in Shenzhen, while Fi
Snowfall during the Lunar New Year period in many northern parts of the mainland b
Stunt planes get the annual Australian International Airshow off to an explosive s
In the northern city of Tianjin diners can eat in a mock prison, while powerlifter
!["[Alan Turing's] importance is massive compared to how people know him," says Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays the code-breaking scientist in The Imitation Game.](http://www.scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/308x191/public/2015/02/16/53cec1cbe3190f7a1235440e372e8e10.jpg?itok=2GHHSqUc "\"[Alan Turing's] importance is massive compared to how people know him,\" says Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays the code-breaking scientist in The Imitation Game.")
