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US Vice-President Joe Biden wrapped up his mission to China yesterday with a clear message to leaders in Beijing: Our future depends on us working together and managing differences effectively.
Thursday, 5 December, 2013, 11:14pm More on Air Defence Identification ZoneTaobao.com, one of China’s most popular websites for online shopping, has used the image of American Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King Jr. in an advert that many have called "tasteless".
5 Dec 2013 - 9:01pm More on TaobaoWang Gongquan, an outspoken advocate for greater civic involvement on the mainland, has confessed to disturbing the public order less than three months after being detained by Beijing police, three people said.
5 Dec 2013 - 11:08pm 1 comment More on Wang GongquanEleven days after the third child of a farmer couple, a daughter, was born in the summer of 1995 in Quantou township, she was taken away from her parents by local cadres. The couple had violated China’s one-child policy and never saw their daughter again.
5 Dec 2013 - 1:59pmZhang Yimou’s studio says on its verified Sina Weibo account the acclaimed film director has no regrets about his children being born in China, in response to public speculation over why Zhang gave up his US green card.
5 Dec 2013 - 3:14pmGovernment funding of robotic vessel research has increased dramatically, mainly from the military, according to scientists involved in the work. At least 15 research teams have been set up at top universities and research institutes to produce the high-speed unmanned vessels over the past couple of years, scientists said.
5 Dec 2013 - 11:03am 1 commentAgence France-Presse in Bangkok Thailand’s revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej urged the nation to work together for “stability” in a speech on his 86th birthday on Thursday, which was marked with a lull in tensions after violent anti-government protests rocked Bangkok.
5 Dec 2013 - 1:47pmThick fog exacerbated by air pollution has caused disruption on Thursday in eastern areas of China, as concern grows over the public health implications of the hazardous atmosphere.
5 Dec 2013 - 7:01pmForget French, it’s time to learn Putonghua, said David Cameron as he wrapped up a visit to China on Thurday, accompanied by six government ministers and the largest trade mission ever led by a British prime minister.
5 Dec 2013 - 7:46pm 1 comment More on David Cameron
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Chinese have dreamed of travelling to the moon since ancient times. In a mere nine days - science, technology and fortunes pending - that desire will move a tantalising step closer with the soft landing on the lunar surface of the Chang'e-3 probe.
5 Dec 2013 - 11:38am 1 commentChina's controversial declaration of an air defence identification zone is particularly ill-timed, given that Japan is expected to release before the end of the year a new revision of its core defence policy, the National Defence Programme Guidelines.
5 Dec 2013 - 6:47pm 1 commentStorm clouds are already gathering, with pan-democrats and pro-government lawmakers split over whether the legal and constitutional principles emphasised in the administration's consultation document on electoral reform will bar dissenting voices from running for chief executive.
5 Dec 2013 - 4:56amThey 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.
There is “much room” for the public to voice their opinion on upcoming electoral reform, but proposals must be within the constitutional framework of the Basic Law, Chief Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said on Thursday morning.
5 Dec 2013 - 8:10pm 10 commentsHong Kong authorities have shut down the city’s largest prostitution website and dozens of people including sex workers have been arrested, officials said on Thursday.
5 Dec 2013 - 9:25pm 1 commentUS Vice President Joe Biden said on Thursday that China must take steps to reduce tensions in the Asia-Pacific to protect its growing stake in regional peace and stability.
5 Dec 2013 - 9:12pm More on Air Defence Identification ZoneSurveillance footage showing a young schoolgirl brutally beating a toddler in a lift in Chongqing has provoked uproar on the mainland.
5 Dec 2013 - 6:38pmJapan’s ruling party could set up a British-style agency to shut down the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, taking control of a project now managed by the station’s embattled operator, a senior party policymaker said on Thursday.
5 Dec 2013 - 4:31pmSatellite images of one of North Korea’s largest political prison camps suggests its inmate population is expanding, Amnesty International said on Thursday in a report detailing rape and torture in the North’s notorious gulag.
5 Dec 2013 - 4:48pm More on North KoreaThe US National Security Agency is collecting some five billion records a day on the location of mobile phones around the world, The Washington Post reported, citing documents from US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden.
5 Dec 2013 - 10:54pm More on US National Security AgencyAt least 20 people were killed on Thursday in a car bomb and gun battle at the Yemeni defence ministry compound in the capital Sanaa, sources inside the complex said, in one of the most serious attacks in the past 18 months.
5 Dec 2013 - 6:30pmA controversial class of investment products may soon become widely available again after most banks in Hong Kong stopped selling them when tough restrictions on their sale were introduced this year.
5 Dec 2013 - 3:21pm More on ILASChina feels it faces discrimination when trying to invest in Australia and will push for more favourable terms in free-trade agreement (FTA) talks with that country, analysts say.
5 Dec 2013 - 12:00pm More on Chinese InvestmentChina’s property trust sector will probably suffer more defaults in the next two years as thousands of small developers will be squeezed out of business by intensifying competition amid policy tightening by the government, industry analysts said.
5 Dec 2013 - 11:25am More on China property developersConcerns about austerity measures and interest rate rises will see Hong Kong property transactions decline next year, but short supply will limit any fall in prices, global consultancy Jones Lang LaSalle said.
5 Dec 2013 - 7:01am 2 commentsWith the ongoing fracas over TV licensing - and poorly produced local terrestrial television programmes - some have started searching for fresh content from overseas entertainment providers.
2 Dec 2013 - 9:16pm More on LIFECelebrated chef Alain Ducasse celebrated the 10th birthday of his Hong Kong outlet Spoon with a present – not to himself, but to 12 of the city’s most talented trainee chefs.
5 Dec 2013 - 5:33pmThey say you can’t rewrite the past. But perhaps you can re-doodle it? That’s what Google vice-president Megan Smith is hoping.
She’s using the search engine’s homepage “Doodles” to celebrate the birthdays of women in science and technology who have been overlooked by history.
5 Dec 2013 - 11:41amOil 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
As the South China Morning Post turns 110, we look at the very first issue.
There were no disputed islands, only a barrier draw for a horse race, but the heated clash between Japan and Hong Kong that will be fought in the HK$15 million Longines Hong Kong Sprint on Sunday swung back unexpectedly towards the locals yesterday after Lord Kanaloa's nightmare draw.
5 Dec 2013 - 9:35pmHome favourite Annie Au W ing-chi moved a step closer to her best achievement yet at the Cathay Pacific Sun Hung Kai Financial Hong Kong Open after scoring her second straight win in the US$220,000 tournament.
5 Dec 2013 - 10:11pmPresident 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 - 5:39pmAccording to a recent study by the by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, New York City's homeless population increased by 13 percent at the beginning of this year.
An actress portraying a shepherd for a live nativity scene, traffic on the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge is covered by thick smog, artist Alex Chinneck poses on the rooftop of his latest art install
33-year-old Zhang started nine years ago to make a living by making dough modellings, a skill he learned from a travelling craftsman, after he got laid-off from his post at a grain depot.
Nga Tsin Wai village, also known as Hing Yau Yu, is the only walled village left in urban Hong Kong with a history of about 400 years.
An actress portraying a shepherd for a live nativity scene, traffic on the Nanjing
33-year-old Zhang started nine years ago to make a living by making dough modellin
Nga Tsin Wai village, also known as Hing Yau Yu, is the only walled village left i
