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Tens of thousands of South Africans united in a proud and noisy celebration yesterday at a rain-soaked memorial service to Nelson Mandela.
The emotional event was attended by presidents and royalty and watched by millions around the world.
Wednesday, 11 December, 2013, 12:48am More on Nelson MandelaChina’s propaganda authorities have issued a series of orders, warning national and local media to toe the line ahead of the funeral of former South African president Nelson Mandela.
10 Dec 2013 - 6:01pm 1 comment More on Nelson MandelaPeople around the world see China as “confident”, “belligerent” and “arrogant”, state-run media reported on Tuesday in an unusually direct survey of attitudes towards the country.
10 Dec 2013 - 2:33pm 2 commentsA US Korean war veteran held for over a month in North Korea said on Monday that a video “confession” released during his detention was made under duress.
10 Dec 2013 - 3:47pm 1 commentA senior judge in Hubei province was sacked on Tuesday after a video emerged online showing him entering and leaving a hotel with his alleged mistress.
10 Dec 2013 - 4:37pmFreshly leaked documents by former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden on Monday revealed spies disguised as fantasy characters prowled online games hunting terrorists.
10 Dec 2013 - 7:24pm 1 comment More on Edward SnowdenMainland scientists are increasingly confident of developing the world's first invisibility cloak, using technology to hide objects from view and make them "disappear".
10 Dec 2013 - 5:46pm 36 comments More on Stealth AircraftBeijing on Tuesday rejected a call by US Secretary of State John Kerry to release jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, saying human rights were a matter for its people only.
10 Dec 2013 - 6:22pm 3 comments More on Liu XiaoboA number of schools in eastern China have moved their routine flag-raising ceremonies into classrooms as students returned to school on Monday amid the most severe smog ever experienced by the region.
10 Dec 2013 - 4:03pm 1 comment More on Smog
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Global and regional movements of people seeking opportunities created by demand for their labour can test the tolerance and values of host communities and guest workers or migrants alike.
10 Dec 2013 - 2:30pm 1 commentA Western media company recently commissioned me to write an article but suggested that I do so under a different name. That's because articles with my name on are blocked on the internet by Chinese censors, and the company naturally wished to reach more readers on the mainland.
10 Dec 2013 - 8:55pm 1 commentAn FBI agent recently showed Arnaud de Laforcade a file with several labels supposedly from 1947 bottles of Chateau Cheval Blanc, one of France's finest wines. To the CEO of the Saint-Emilion vineyard, the tags were clearly fakes — too new looking and on the wrong kind of paper.
But customers may be more easily duped.
10 Dec 2013 - 4:31amThey 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.
Toys are designed to be symbols of peace and love and should never be used as weapons to attack people, local toymakers have said in response to activists throwing a stuffed toy wolf at officials during a protest.
10 Dec 2013 - 9:09pm 1 commentHouseholds in Kowloon and the New Territories will see the cost of electricity soar by almost 40 per cent in the next five years, pushing the cost of power higher than on Hong Kong Island where bills will be frozen.
10 Dec 2013 - 11:40pm 5 commentsChina’s propaganda authorities have issued a series of orders, warning national and local media to toe the line ahead of the funeral of former South African president Nelson Mandela.
10 Dec 2013 - 6:01pm 1 comment More on Nelson MandelaBeijing on Tuesday rejected a call by US Secretary of State John Kerry to release jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, saying human rights were a matter for its people only.
10 Dec 2013 - 6:22pm 3 comments More on Liu XiaoboHer eyes welling with tears, Thailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra pleaded on Tuesday for demonstrators to clear the streets and support a snap election, but defiant protest leaders called for her to step down within 24 hours.
10 Dec 2013 - 4:35pm 2 commentsThe US is planning to station anti-ballistic-missile systems on the Pacific island of Guam, a move ostensibly to defend against unpredictable North Korea, but which analysts say may be intended to counter China.
10 Dec 2013 - 10:08pmTens of thousands of South Africans united in a proud and noisy celebration yesterday at a rain-soaked memorial service to Nelson Mandela.
The emotional event was attended by presidents and royalty and watched by millions around the world.
11 Dec 2013 - 12:48am More on Nelson MandelaChinese hackers eavesdropped on the computers of five European foreign ministries before last September's G20 summit, which was dominated by the Syrian crisis, according to research by computer security firm FireEye.
10 Dec 2013 - 9:45pm More on China hackingChina Everbright Bank, a Beijing-based lender making its third tilt at a Hong Kong flotation, says it will be able to meet more stringent mainland capital requirements within two years after raising fresh equity capital.
10 Dec 2013 - 2:39pm More on China Everbright BankInflation on the mainland eased last month from October, which could take the pressure off Beijing to further tighten its credit policy.
10 Dec 2013 - 2:56amChu Kin-lan has already shuttered six of 11 offices of her real estate agency, Bo Fung Property Agency, and let go half of her 70 employees amid Hong Kong's toughest curbs on home buying in its history. The worst pain may be still to come.
10 Dec 2013 - 2:58am 5 commentsThe government's cooling measures for the overheated property market have been in force for 10 months. Yet prices remain high, making it harder for average people to buy their own home.
10 Dec 2013 - 2:58am 6 commentsTaiwanese comic artist Chris Tseng Hsin-chieh and his Hong Kong friend Juno Man Chun-lun set up a Facebook page three months ago just for their own amusement.
9 Dec 2013 - 8:10pm More on LIFEThe recent isolation of certain bacteria and yeast as responsible for terroir - the evocation of a sense of place in the flavour of a wine - is another apparent triumph for the application of science to the art of winemaking.
6 Dec 2013 - 5:45amThe deaf have fought to preserve sign language in the past. Fifty deaf students protested a ban on sign language with a strike in 1973 at the Hong Kong School for the Deaf, the first such school in Hong Kong, established in 1935. The students boycotted classes, but to no avail.
9 Dec 2013 - 5:56pm 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
Say hello to the Clockenflap headliners . . . and don’t miss our essential guide to the festival
Mainland cartoonists spread their message to the masses online
Brazil has pledged to stamp out stadium violence after hooliganism marred a weekend first division league game, raising fresh doubts about its ability to stage a trouble-free World Cup.
10 Dec 2013 - 10:18pmHong Kong Jockey Club stewards found no rider was to blame for the incident that put jockey Steve Drowne in hospital and resulted in the death of English filly Jwala after an inquiry into the "catastrophic" fall in the frantic final stages of Sunday's Longines Group One Hong Kong Sprint.
10 Dec 2013 - 10:24pmPresident 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 - 5:39pmPeople attend the memorial service for Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg and pay tribute all over the world ...
Students perform a skit entitled Blind Ones in Brazil, photographs of victims of war on display to mark Human Rights Day in Kabul, Yingluck Shinawatra's eyes welling with tears, and more ...
Wrecked cars sit on the Chengzilu Highway in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, after a 19-car pile-up that killed eight people and injured 23 others, Chinese factory worker Zhang Fuxing takes daily walks
Qinghai Lake is the largest lake in China.
People attend the memorial service for Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg and pay trib
Students perform a skit entitled Blind Ones in Brazil, photographs of victims of w
Wrecked cars sit on the Chengzilu Highway in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, after a 19
