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The investigation into the youngest-ever Chinese listed-bank president has exposed the tip of the iceberg of rampant power-for-money deals between senior officials and financial leaders, analysts say.
Sunday, 1 February, 2015, 2:37am 12 comments More on Xi Jinping's anti-graft campaignAn online video released Saturday night purported to show an Islamic State group militant behead Japanese journalist Kenji Goto, ending days of negotiations by diplomats to save the man.
1 Feb 2015 - 5:22amThe captain of the AirAsia jet that crashed into the sea in December was out of his seat conducting an unorthodox procedure when his co-pilot apparently lost control.
31 Jan 2015 - 5:08pm 2 comments More on AirAsia flight QZ8501The spat between Alibaba Group Holding and mainland regulators took on a more conciliatory tone with chairman Jack Ma promising to combat fake products.
31 Jan 2015 - 1:55pm 1 comment More on AlibabaJust days after US chain Hooters announced plans to open in Hong Kong, a local restaurant group wants to beat it to the punch, using sex appeal to sell hamburgers.
1 Feb 2015 - 4:13amFrench Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Thursday called for a “rebalance” of trade with China during his first official visit, as he sought to attract investment in France’s stalling economy.
30 Jan 2015 - 6:21pmTraumatised relatives of MH370 passengers blasted the Malaysian government for declaring the passengers and crew dead without evidence of the plane’s fate.
31 Jan 2015 - 2:39pm More on Malaysia Airlines flight 370A fugitive Hong Kong businessman is being sought by US police after he failed to turn up in court to face charges over an allegedly drunken wedding party escapade a judge likened to the movie series The Hangover.
1 Feb 2015 - 2:13am 5 commentsSichuan has vowed to erase the legacy of disgraced former security tsar Zhou Yongkang, who was the provincial party secretary more than a decade ago, Xinhua reports.
31 Jan 2015 - 5:00am 1 comment More on Zhou YongkangTop American universities like Yale and Harvard are increasing efforts to attract the best international students, regardless of their finances.
31 Jan 2015 - 11:22am 1 commentJapan’s vice-foreign minister has said negotiations with Islamic State, which is threatening to execute a Jordanian pilot and a Japanese journalist, have become “deadlocked,” local media reported on Saturday.
31 Jan 2015 - 2:53pmMainland education authorities have pledged to redouble efforts to limit the use of foreign textbooks in universities to stem infiltration of "Western values".
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Last week, as Pope Francis passed through Chinese airspace after his visit to the Philippines, he sent a telegram to Chinese President Xi Jinping , it was reported, to again express his willingness to visit China.
30 Jan 2015 - 8:07pm 14 commentsFrom the day Rupert Murdoch joined Twitter, the media mogul has been spreading alarm among his enemies and supporters in equal measure.
1 Feb 2015 - 3:05amThe hothouse atmosphere of post-Occupy Hong Kong politics was brought into sharp focus when a moderate pan-democrat was forced to retract a statement offering the possibility of a compromise over political reform.
1 Feb 2015 - 5:03am More on Universal SuffragePolice investigators at the forefront of Hong Kong's battle against money laundering face a flood of reports, with more than 100 suspected cases landing on their desks every day - almost double the amount of three years ago.
1 Feb 2015 - 2:57amUS President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama are to both attend the US National Prayer Breakfast in Washington this week, a move likely to elicit an angry response from the Chinese government.
1 Feb 2015 - 5:24am More on 14th Dalai LamaThe investigation into the youngest-ever Chinese listed-bank president has exposed the tip of the iceberg of rampant power-for-money deals between senior officials and financial leaders, analysts say.
1 Feb 2015 - 2:37am 12 comments More on Xi Jinping's anti-graft campaignAn online video released Saturday night purported to show an Islamic State group militant behead Japanese journalist Kenji Goto, ending days of negotiations by diplomats to save the man.
1 Feb 2015 - 5:22amThe captain of the AirAsia jet that crashed into the sea in December was out of his seat conducting an unorthodox procedure when his co-pilot apparently lost control.
31 Jan 2015 - 5:08pm 2 comments More on AirAsia flight QZ8501US President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama are to both attend the US National Prayer Breakfast in Washington this week, a move likely to elicit an angry response from the Chinese government.
1 Feb 2015 - 5:24am More on 14th Dalai LamaGreece's radical new government has begun a search for European allies for its anti-austerity agenda, but German Chancellor Angela Merkel once again ruled out debt relief for Athens.
1 Feb 2015 - 2:57am 1 commentChina's securities regulator has imposed a temporary ban on new product launches by five mutual fund firms after their employees were found to have committed insider trading.
30 Jan 2015 - 11:39pmThe share price gap between mainland property developers listed in Hong Kong and Shanghai will continue despite the scheme linking the two markets.
30 Jan 2015 - 10:16pmHong Kong's new private housing supply rose to an eight-year high of 15,700 units last year, with analysts saying the city has started the transition to a period of more sustainable flat supply.
31 Jan 2015 - 2:06am 1 commentCity 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 commentJean-Marc Vallee's no-frills directing style gets the best out of his actors, writes Rebecca Keegan.
31 Jan 2015 - 11:47pm More on LIFEAn auction of a top Bordeaux wine brought in HK$32 million, more than double the pre-sale estimate,
1 Feb 2015 - 5:03amSome classics never die. The original Resident Evil is a frightening masterpiece, an iconic game that debuted on PCs in 1996 and all but created the survival horror genre.
1 Feb 2015 - 12:14amAdrenaline 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
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
Substitute James Troisi smashed home a dramatic extra-time winner as Australia beat South Korea 2-1 to win their first Asian Cup title in an electrifying final on Saturday.
1 Feb 2015 - 12:05amDaniel Sturridge marked his long-awaited return from injury with a goal as the striker came off the bench to help Liverpool defeat West Ham 2-0 yesterday
1 Feb 2015 - 1:54am More on English Premier League 2014/15The recent World Blind Union conference held at Cyberport highlighted how the digital divide is holding back the visually impaired. Sarah Lazarus speaks to six delegates who are driving social change.
31 Jan 2015 - 11:34pmThe city's rise to wine auction capital of the world has brought fine vintages with it. Simon Parry visits the first former military bunker to be converted for storing bottles.
1 Feb 2015 - 12:27amPhilippine 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
