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Beijing 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.
Tuesday, 10 December, 2013, 6:22pm 2 comments More on Liu XiaoboWatch NBC News live video coverage of the memorial celebrations in Johannesburg for former South African President Nelson Mandela, who passed away last week at the age of 95.
10 Dec 2013 - 6:42pm 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 1 commentA 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 33 comments More on Stealth AircraftA 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 SmogChina’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 More on Nelson Mandela
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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 - 8:55pmAn 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 - 9:09pmCLP Power, the largest power supplier in Hong Kong will be lifting tariffs by an accumulated 39 per cent in the next five years, while its rival across the harbour HongKong Electric plans to keep energy bills largely frozen, it emerged on Tuesday.
10 Dec 2013 - 9:12pm 1 commentChina’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 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 2 comments More on Liu XiaoboWith military tensions between Tokyo and Beijing at a new high over islands in the East China Sea and China's unilateral declaration of an air defence zone, Japan's tabloids are engaged in frenzied speculation over a looming conflict.
10 Dec 2013 - 10:07pm More on Air Defence Identification ZoneThe 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 - 10:08pmWorld leaders and joyous, singing South Africans honoured Nelson Mandela on Tuesday at a Soweto soccer stadium that was two-thirds full amid cold, driving rain.
10 Dec 2013 - 9:25pm More on Nelson MandelaWatch NBC News live video coverage of the memorial celebrations in Johannesburg for former South African President Nelson Mandela, who passed away last week at the age of 95.
10 Dec 2013 - 6:42pm 1 comment More on Nelson MandelaChina 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
Hong 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 - 10:05pmOne of the visiting jockeys during international week, who perhaps had reason to keep his usual stony face about it, broke into a giggle during chief steward Kim Kelly's laying down of the law over careless or reckless riding prior to last Sunday's international races.
10 Dec 2013 - 9:41pmPresident 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 - 5:39pmWrecked 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.
Severe smog weather has been enveloping an extensive area of eastern China including the metropolis cities of Shanghai and Nanjing.
Wrecked cars sit on the Chengzilu Highway in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, after a 19
Severe smog weather has been enveloping an extensive area of eastern China includi
