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At least 47 people were killed and 11 injured in Taiwan yesterday when a local TransAsia Airways plane crashed on the beach resort island of Penghu in bad weather.
Thursday, 24 July, 2014, 2:42am 4 commentsTyphoon Matmo on Wednesday was downgraded to a tropical storm as it made landfall in heavily populated Fujian province after crossing Taiwan overnight causing only minor damage.
23 Jul 2014 - 9:02pm 2 commentsThe MH17 jet may have been shot down by 'mistake' by ill-trained pro-Russian separatists, US intelligence officials said, as Malaysia sent black boxes to Britain for analysis.
23 Jul 2014 - 4:56pm 2 comments More on Malaysia Airlines flight 17Chinese reports about a giant inflatable toad have been deleted from the internet after social media users compared the puffed-up animal to former Communist Party chief Jiang Zemin.
23 Jul 2014 - 3:52pm 6 commentsShanghai authorities are investigating 22 restaurants and food distributors, including McDonald's, Pizza Hut, Burger King, Papa Johns and 7-Eleven, that bought meat from Husi Food.
23 Jul 2014 - 3:59pm 18 comments More on China Food ScandalsXi visited Cuba's former revolutionary leader in Havana on Tuesday as he aims to expand investment in the fellow communist nation, his last stop on a four-country Latin American tour.
23 Jul 2014 - 3:36pmPart of a city in Gansu province remained sealed off yesterday after the death of a local man from pneumonic plague last week.
23 Jul 2014 - 4:15pm 2 commentsThe first bodies from flight MH17 arrived in the Netherlands on Wednesday almost a week after it was shot down over Ukraine, with grieving relatives and the king and queen solemnly receiving the as yet unidentified victims.
23 Jul 2014 - 11:15pm 1 comment More on Malaysia Airlines flight 17Twelve mainland airports, many of them among the busiest, will be hit by widespread delays until the middle of next month because of what are believed to be PLA military exercises.
23 Jul 2014 - 5:20pm 25 commentsTwo Ukrainian fighter jets were shot down yesterday, not far from where a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet was brought down last week in eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 aboard.
24 Jul 2014 - 1:30am 3 comments More on Malaysia Airlines flight 17To access the SCMP ePaper Edition you will need a Digital Premium Subscription.
The Chinese saying, "playing music to an ox", describes the phenomenon of two people talking past each other. It's apt imagery for the recently held Sino-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue.
24 Jul 2014 - 1:39am 2 commentsAfter winning Indonesia's closest ever presidential election, Joko Widodo now faces what could be his toughest battle yet - winning over his own party.
23 Jul 2014 - 11:21pmPan-democrats want to meet Beijing officials in charge of Hong Kong affairs in a bid to break the deadlock on political reform before the National People's Congress Standing Committee makes a ruling next month.
24 Jul 2014 - 2:41am 2 comments More on Universal SuffrageThe wife of Rafael Hui Si-yan discussed with a Sun Hung Kai Properties representative in 2001 how to fit out two luxury Happy Valley flats developed by the property giant, the High Court heard yesterday.
24 Jul 2014 - 12:57amAt least 47 people were killed and 11 injured in Taiwan yesterday when a local TransAsia Airways plane crashed on the beach resort island of Penghu in bad weather.
24 Jul 2014 - 2:42am 4 commentsOne woman was reportedly killed and another escaped serious injury after falling from platforms onto Beijing’s subway track this morning in separate incidents.
23 Jul 2014 - 6:04pmThailand's junta chief could stay in charge of the country as head of a provisional government until elections are held some time next year, a legal adviser said yesterday, outlining details of an interim constitution.
23 Jul 2014 - 11:24pmAn Indonesian court jailed a Frenchman for 15 years yesterday for smuggling a huge stash of crystal methamphetamine into the resort island of Bali.
23 Jul 2014 - 11:02pmThe first bodies from flight MH17 arrived in the Netherlands on Wednesday almost a week after it was shot down over Ukraine, with grieving relatives and the king and queen solemnly receiving the as yet unidentified victims.
23 Jul 2014 - 11:15pm 1 comment More on Malaysia Airlines flight 17Two Ukrainian fighter jets were shot down yesterday, not far from where a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet was brought down last week in eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 aboard.
24 Jul 2014 - 1:30am 3 comments More on Malaysia Airlines flight 17Central and local governments could be on a collision course in dealing with soaring mainland credit risks after provincial authorities stepped in at the last minute yesterday to help a construction company avoid a damaging debt default.
24 Jul 2014 - 1:06amThe sale of the fourth batch of inflation-linked bonds worth HK$10 billion attracted hundreds of thousands of investors yesterday, although the number of subscribers appears to have grown at a much slower rate than last year's robust pace.
24 Jul 2014 - 1:06amSwire Properties has presold at record prices more than 40 per cent of the first residential tower at its large mixed-use project in Miami, Florida, as Chinese buyers lead a surge in foreign purchases of homes in the United States.
23 Jul 2014 - 5:27am More on Swire PropertiesWhile the government seeks more land across the city to meet its ultimate target of 470,000 more homes within a decade, architect Bryant Lu says Hong Kong urgently needs an urban master plan.
23 Jul 2014 - 1:52amBack in 1976, not many aspiring singer-songwriters recording their debut albums were lucky enough to have Eric Clapton turn up at the studio to contribute a couple of guitar solos.
23 Jul 2014 - 11:53pmA good burger is a joy to behold. Our team put 16 of the city's most popular versions to the test.
23 Jul 2014 - 11:54pmLike a well-trained dog, the HEXO+ follows you faithfully wherever you go. But it doesn't walk besides you - it's airborne.
20 Jul 2014 - 3:54amDone right, this takeaway classic is a joy to behold. But who makes the city's best?
Sir Kai Ho Kai was a colossal public figure, so how did we forget him?
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Poland’s Rafal Majka captured his second stage victory at the Tour de France on Wednesday, winning the 17th stage with a late breakaway on the last of four tough climbs in the Pyrenees.
24 Jul 2014 - 12:32amThe first Chinese cyclist to compete in the Tour de France hopes he can help his compatriots rediscover a lost affection for cycling in a country where bicycles were once ubiquitous.
23 Jul 2014 - 10:26pmA good burger is a joy to behold. Our team put 16 of the city's most popular versions to the test.
23 Jul 2014 - 11:54pmThe time is ripe to get your hands dirty and sign up for one of the city's budding organic farming workshops.
23 Jul 2014 - 11:21pmThe rusty hulk of the cruise liner Costa Concordia sits in the sea in northern Italy, while children look at the body of a beached young humpback whale lying on the shore, and more ...
With the thermometer nudging 40 degrees Celsius in some parts of the mainland's south and in the low 30s in Hong Kong, it's hard to beat a water park, such as in Enshi and Chongqing.
A photo to mark Britain's Prince George's first birthday, while People’s Liberation Army cadets adjust dancing robots in Beijing, and more ...
A woman parks her car in an extra large female-only parking space outside a shopping centre in Dalian, while a Sri Lankan Tamil Hindu devotee suspended with hooks, and more ...
The rusty hulk of the cruise liner Costa Concordia sits in the sea in northern Ita
With the thermometer nudging 40 degrees Celsius in some parts of the mainland's so
A photo to mark Britain's Prince George's first birthday, while People’s Liberatio
A woman parks her car in an extra large female-only parking space outside a shoppi
