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The North’s official KCNA news agency said Jang Song-thaek had been executed after a special military tribunal found him guilty of treason, only days after he was stripped of all posts and expelled from the ruling Workers’ Party.
Friday, 13 December, 2013, 2:36pm 7 commentsRevellers in Beijing could be disappointed this Lunar New Year after the authorities said they might ban the use of fireworks if pollution becomes too bad.
13 Dec 2013 - 2:31pmWhen leaders from Japan and Southeast Asia gather in Tokyo today, the elephant in the room will be a nation that is not invited: China.
13 Dec 2013 - 3:29am 1 comment More on Air Defence Identification ZoneJesse Appell is an American in Beijing looking to bridge the gap between West and East in an unorthodox way - through a nonstop barrage of comedy.
13 Dec 2013 - 11:10amA People’s Liberation Army pilot died when a fighter jet crashed during night training on Thursday evening in eastern Zhejiang.
No casualties were found on the ground, the Defence Ministry said yesterday, adding that aircraft was a Jian-8 fighter jet.
13 Dec 2013 - 1:09pmRRJ Capital Ltd., a private-equity firm run by former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. partner Richard Ong, has invested US$350 million to buy 7.85 per cent stake in environmental services company China Everbright International Ltd.
13 Dec 2013 - 1:28pm More on China Everbright InternationalBeijing needs to stop using jargon and vaguely worded political slogans if it wants to communicate more clearly with its own people and improve its relations and image overseas, analysts said.
13 Dec 2013 - 9:55amJapan and South Korea have conducted a joint naval exercise in an area covered by China's air defence identification zone - a move that is seen as sending a firm message to Beijing.
13 Dec 2013 - 3:30am 18 comments More on Air Defence Identification ZoneHealth authorities ordered the closure yesterday of two Shenzhen wet markets where the deadly H7N9 strain of bird flu was detected. The wet markets are in the border city's Longgang district. Today all poultry markets there will be closed for disinfecting.
13 Dec 2013 - 3:01am More on H7N9 avian flu
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It may have slipped your notice, but Beijing's drive to internationalise the yuan is very nearly 10 years old.
13 Dec 2013 - 4:30amLast month, Chief Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor invited Li Fei , the Basic Law Committee chairman, to visit Hong Kong, ostensibly to improve our legal understanding of the relevant Basic Law provisions.
13 Dec 2013 - 2:41pmMembers of the Wellesley College faculty reacted strongly when word spread that Peking University might fire professor Xia Yeliang, a Beijing critic. Xia, an economist, had visited Wellesley over the summer after the college, America's top liberal arts institution for women, signed a partnership agreement with his university.
13 Dec 2013 - 2:42am 2 commentsThey 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.
Undercover police have arrested nine people including the elderly ringleaders of a trafficking syndicate that sent mainland prostitutes to service foreigners staying at hotels in Hong Kong.
13 Dec 2013 - 1:17pmDisgraced Auckland mayor Len Brown received more than 60 complementary hotel rooms and upgrades worth NZ$40,000 (HK$255,300) during his illicit two-year affair with Hong Kong-born mistress Bevan Chuang Ka-yan.
13 Dec 2013 - 12:35pm 2 commentsA People’s Liberation Army pilot died when a fighter jet crashed during night training on Thursday evening in eastern Zhejiang.
No casualties were found on the ground, the Defence Ministry said yesterday, adding that aircraft was a Jian-8 fighter jet.
13 Dec 2013 - 1:09pmRevellers in Beijing could be disappointed this Lunar New Year after the authorities said they might ban the use of fireworks if pollution becomes too bad.
13 Dec 2013 - 2:31pmThe North’s official KCNA news agency said Jang Song-thaek had been executed after a special military tribunal found him guilty of treason, only days after he was stripped of all posts and expelled from the ruling Workers’ Party.
13 Dec 2013 - 2:36pm 7 commentsJapan and South Korea have conducted a joint naval exercise in an area covered by China's air defence identification zone - a move that is seen as sending a firm message to Beijing.
13 Dec 2013 - 3:30am 17 comments More on Air Defence Identification ZoneDifferences in children's examination results at secondary school owe more to genetics than teachers, schools or family environment, a British study has found.
13 Dec 2013 - 3:06am 3 commentsA South African sign language interpreter accused of miming nonsense as world leaders paid tribute to Nelson Mandela defended himself as a "champion" signer yesterday, but said he suffered a schizophrenic episode during the event.
13 Dec 2013 - 2:21am 2 commentsIn a landmark ruling, a Hong Kong court yesterday ordered the city's biggest convicted insider dealer, Du Jun, to pay 297 investors almost HK$24 million for the money he earned from his illegal dealing in 2007.
13 Dec 2013 - 4:30amChina Cinda Asset Management made a stunning debut on the Hong Kong stock exchange yesterday, defying the cautious mood in the market that contributed to a poor start for two other mainland companies on the da
13 Dec 2013 - 3:01amChina Merchants Property, a mainland-listed developer, plans to buy more land in first and second-tier cities and enter the ranks of the top 10 players in the sector in the next few years, although expensive land prices pose a big challenge, a senior executive said.
12 Dec 2013 - 3:25amGreenland Hong Kong, the listed arm of Shanghai-based Greenland Group, said yesterday it bought a commercial and residential site in Huangpu, Shanghai, for 5.95 billion yuan (HK$7.59 billion).
12 Dec 2013 - 3:25amWhen anime maestro Hayao Miyazaki formally announced his retirement in Tokyo on September 6, five days after The Wind Rises was screened at the Venice Film Festival, he told the 600 reporters present that, unlike his other leave-takings from feature animations that later proved temporary, “This t
13 Dec 2013 - 2:47pm More on Hayao MiyazakiOwners of Wan Chai French restaurant Cépage, which closed in the summer, opened a new seafood concept last week in Central.
12 Dec 2013 - 8:28pmIt's being hyped as the next big thing, but is 3-D printing really destined for our desktops?
12 Dec 2013 - 8:10pm 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
Mainland cartoonists spread their message to the masses online
China’s Guangzhou Evergrande are out to beat African champions Al Ahly in Saturday’s quarter-finals of the Club World Cup to set up a last four clash with European titans Bayern Munich.
13 Dec 2013 - 11:19amPablo Zabaleta admits Manchester City’s showdown with Premier League leaders Arsenal on Saturday is crucial as they bid to cut the Gunners’ advantage at the top of the table.
13 Dec 2013 - 12:10pmPresident 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 - 5:39pmVisitors review an exhibit ahead of 76th anniversary of the start of the Nanking massacre, two Doctor Who props are displayed in central London, Tony Leung Chiu-wai is honoured, and more around the
Christmas is an annual commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ by millions of people around the World. Across the world, people put up different types of special decorations.
Thick fog enveloped most of London this morning, with visibility less than 50 metres in some regions.
Participants wearing zebra masks, taxi drivers pose for the NYC Taxi Drivers 2014 calendar, final touches on a reproduction of a mural from the Mogao Grottoes, and more around the world ...
Visitors review an exhibit ahead of 76th anniversary of the start of the Nanking m
Christmas is an annual commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ by millions of p
Thick fog enveloped most of London this morning, with visibility less than 50 metr
Participants wearing zebra masks, taxi drivers pose for the NYC Taxi Drivers 2014
