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What has caused the rise and surprising fall of Mao Xiaofeng, the youngest-ever president of any listed bank in China? It’s all about Chinese politics.
Saturday, 31 January, 2015, 3:42pm 5 comments More on Xi Jinping's anti-graft campaignThe 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 AlibabaFrench 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 Hong Kong businessman has been charged with breaking into a US home after getting drunk at a wedding and causing extensive damage, in a case the judge says "read like a Hangover movie".
31 Jan 2015 - 4:04pm 3 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 YongkangThe pilots had been attempting to deal with alerts about the flight augmentation computers, which control the A320's rudder and also automatically prevent it from going too slow.
31 Jan 2015 - 11:53am 2 comments More on AirAsia flight QZ8501Top 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 commentFocus will be on hotbeds for corruption, including advertisement deals and news reporting
31 Jan 2015 - 7:03am 1 commentRepublican Mitt Romney, after a three-week flirtation with another run for president, said definitively that he will not seek the White House in 2016.
31 Jan 2015 - 11:17amJapan’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 11 comments"Open sesame" was the codeword used in the Ali Baba children's folktale to reveal the treasure cave. But "open season" seems to be the more apt phrase in the row between regulators and Alibaba executives.
31 Jan 2015 - 9:38amA Hong Kong businessman has been charged with breaking into a US home after getting drunk at a wedding and causing extensive damage, in a case the judge says "read like a Hangover movie".
31 Jan 2015 - 4:04pm 3 commentsThis annual ritual is a big gamble for many parents because although they all want their children to get into “elite schools”, their children will be allocated based on certain factors.
31 Jan 2015 - 2:16pmWhat has caused the rise and surprising fall of Mao Xiaofeng, the youngest-ever president of any listed bank in China? It’s all about Chinese politics.
31 Jan 2015 - 3:42pm 5 comments More on Xi Jinping's anti-graft campaignPresident Xi Jinping called on France and China to "preserve the peaceful post-war world order", as Beijing plans to stage a massive military parade later this year to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the second world war.
31 Jan 2015 - 4:53amJapan’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 - 2:53pmA Mongolian court yesterday found three former executives of a foreign-owned mining company guilty of tax evasion and sentenced them to prison terms of more than five years each, prosecutors said,
31 Jan 2015 - 2:52pmKiev’s pro-Western leaders hope to hold truce talks on Saturday with pro-Russian separatists despite the rebels’ vow to push their latest offensive in eastern Ukraine if the negotiations should fail.
31 Jan 2015 - 4:22pmVenezuelan soldiers can open fire on demonstrators if they feel their lives are at risk, under a new regulation published one year after anti-government riots left 43 people dead.
31 Jan 2015 - 3:51pmChina'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 commentDespite the dazzling skyline around Victoria Harbour and soaring towers everywhere, Hong Kong doesn't celebrate its architecture the way cities such as Barcelona, Chicago, Istanbul, London, Rome and Tel Aviv do.
30 Jan 2015 - 11:05am 4 comments More on LIFEIndian restaurants in the Pearl River Delta are trying to convince customers there can be a refined and elegant side to a cuisine often sold as cheap and cheerful.
30 Jan 2015 - 6:34amAn unmanned Delta 2 rocket is being prepared for launch today to put a Nasa satellite into orbit that is expected to improve drought monitoring and flooding forecasts.
31 Jan 2015 - 3:23pmAdrenaline 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
The hot-headed French footballing legend says he is a butterfly really ...
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
Novak Djokovic once again stood tall at the Australian Open as he reached his fourth final in the past five years with another five-set victory over Stan Wawrinka, the man who dumped him out of Melbourne Park last year
30 Jan 2015 - 11:30pm More on Australian Open 2015Australia coach Ange Postecoglou warned South Korea to expect a backlash from his snarling, snapping Socceroos when the teams clash in the Asian Cup final on Saturday.
30 Jan 2015 - 11:11pmWith the Oscars looming and a string of top live music acts descending on Hong Kong, the next two months promise a feast for the eyes and ears. Here’s our guide to the best movie openings and live shows.
29 Jan 2015 - 11:06amStuck for things to do with your brood over the Lunar New Year and beyond? There's no shortage of entertaining options here and in Macau. We've picked seven of the best.
29 Jan 2015 - 11:55amPhilippine 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
