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Terror probe launched into missing Malaysia Airlines jet as passenger list is scrutinised

Update

A terror probe involving the FBI and counterterrorism units from around the world was launched on Sunday into the disappearance of a missing Malaysia Airlines jet, as officials said they were investigating four people on the Boeing 777 flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

Sunday, 9 March, 2014, 11:07pm 7 comments More on Malaysian Airlines flight 370

New possible sighting of debris at sea as China sends warships to join search for missing Malaysian Airlines flight

Developing

Photographs purporting to show debris in the sea in the area where the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 lost contact have been posted on Chinese social media.

9 Mar 2014 - 8:48pm 10 comments More on Malaysian Airlines flight 370

Only 3 of 74 Chinese cities meet air quality standard

Just three of 74 major cities recorded met national air quality standards throughout last year, a senior environmental official revealed yesterday in Beijing. Only Haikou in Hainan, Lhasa in Tibet and Zhoushan in Zhejiang met new standards. Shenzhen was among the 10 cities with the best air quality.

9 Mar 2014 - 4:17am 3 comments More on Beijing air pollution

No compromise on disputed islands, says foreign minister Wang Yi

Beijing would resolve territorial disputes through peaceful negotiations, but would "defend every inch of territory that belongs to us", Foreign Minister Wang Yi said at a press conference on the sidelines of the annual National People's Congress session.

9 Mar 2014 - 6:58am 6 comments

US language tutor jailed for 30 years for sexually exploiting children in China

A former elementary school teacher has been sentenced to 30 years in prison in the US for sexually exploiting children in China.

9 Mar 2014 - 4:18am 5 comments

Chinese exports tumble in February, raising fears of economic slowdown

China's exports fell the most since the global financial crisis in February, swinging the trade balance into deficit and adding to fears of a slowdown in the world's second-largest economy.

9 Mar 2014 - 5:30am 7 comments

Hongkonger confirmed as one of passengers on board missing Malaysia Airlines flight

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A Hongkonger has been confirmed as being among the 239 passengers on board a Malaysia Airlines flight which vanished over the South China Sea on Saturday.

The Immigration Department confirmed in a statement on Sunday that a Hong Kong resident had been on board flight MH370.

9 Mar 2014 - 10:35pm More on Malaysian Airlines flight 370

29 Chinese artists on board missing Malaysia Airlines plane after Kuala Lumpur exhibition

An entourage of artists was aboard the missing Flight 370 after completing an exhibition in Kuala Lumpur, an organiser said yesterday. A group of 29, comprising 19 painters and calligraphers, six relatives and four staff from the Chinese organiser's company, were on the flight.

9 Mar 2014 - 2:04pm More on Malaysian Airlines flight 370

Women in CPPCC and NPC say true sexual equality is elusive

9 Mar 2014 - 5:51am 1 comment

Moscow and Kiev spar over who was to blame for deadly sniper attacks

9 Mar 2014 - 6:09am

Smart gun's sale by California store draws fury of gun rights advocates

9 Mar 2014 - 6:22am

Sale of strong painkiller that could worsen addiction shocks US experts

9 Mar 2014 - 6:22am

Hillary Clinton splits opinion with Putin-Hitler comparison

9 Mar 2014 - 6:22am 1 comment

Aviation mysteries: the flights that just vanished from the radar

9 Mar 2014 - 12:54pm 2 comments

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Today's Poll

Would building a mega shopping centre near Lok Ma Chau relieve pressure brought by mainland tourists in downtown areas?

Yes: 73%
No: 27%

8 Mar 2014

Total number of votes recorded: 501

Opinion

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9 Mar 2014 - 4:02am 2 comments

Philip Bowring

Another deficit of clear thinking among Hong Kong's fiscal planners

9 Mar 2014 - 4:02am 16 comments

Alex Lo

To the pan-dems, more diplomacy, please. To the DAB, some backbone

8 Mar 2014 - 5:42am 4 comments

Daniel Ren

Wenzhou punters cautious over property bets in Shanghai free-trade zone

8 Mar 2014 - 7:00am

Insight

China's defence spending only natural, but it must explain why

SCMP Editorial

China's defence budget is greeted by its neighbours and the US the same way each year. The amount is seen as being excessive, doubts are expressed that the figure is accurate and alarm is raised that military expansion and territorial claims amount to a threat, not the peaceful rise that Beijing has promised. But such concerns are unjustified and misplaced. While more has to be done about transparency, a country so large and important to the world has to have a military that is in keeping with its needs and significance.

9 Mar 2014 - 4:02am 1 comment

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8 Mar 2014

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Focus

‘My son, my son!’ Agony of relatives forced to wait for news of missing Malaysia Airlines flight

Adrian Wan

Some sobbed, while others just held their faces in their hands or gazed blankly ahead, numbed by the day’s events.

While rescuers attempted to locate missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, friends and family of those on board struggled to comprehend how an aeroplane containing loved ones could seemingly vanish off the face of the earth.

As press gathered at both airports, authorities did their best to keep worried relatives out of the spotlight.

9 Mar 2014 - 1:07pm

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9 Mar 2014

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SOCIETY

'Parody' protesters march to urge mainlanders to 'reignite their patriotism and buy Chinese products'

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A group of disgruntled locals waving Chinese flags and “little red books” staged a parody protest in Mong Kok on Sunday afternoon urging mainland Chinese to “reignite their patriotic feeling and buy products made in China”.

9 Mar 2014 - 10:25pm 4 comments More on Chinese tourists

AVIATION

Hongkonger confirmed as one of passengers on board missing Malaysia Airlines flight

New

A Hongkonger has been confirmed as being among the 239 passengers on board a Malaysia Airlines flight which vanished over the South China Sea on Saturday.

The Immigration Department confirmed in a statement on Sunday that a Hong Kong resident had been on board flight MH370.

9 Mar 2014 - 10:35pm More on Malaysian Airlines flight 370

HEALTH

Plastic surgeons raise alarm over illegal beauty treatments in Hong Kong

9 Mar 2014

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China

DIPLOMACY

Japan scrambles jets against Chinese planes in East China Sea

Japan scrambled military jets on Sunday to counter three Chinese military planes that flew near Japanese airspace, defence officials said.

9 Mar 2014 - 5:20pm More on Diaoyu Islands

ENVIRONMENT

China to toughen environment law and hold polluters accountable

China will toughen its environmental protection laws to target polluters, according to a high-level policy report released on Sunday, paving the way for possibly unlimited penalties for polluting and the suspension or shutdown of polluters.

9 Mar 2014 - 2:59pm

With legal reforms, China wants less interfering in cases, fewer death penalty crimes

9 Mar 2014

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Asia

INDIA

India far-right party supports Hindu nationalist Modi for PM

A far-right wing Indian party on Sunday publicly threw its support behind opposition Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi for prime minister ahead of next month’s general elections.

9 Mar 2014 - 8:41pm

MALAYSIA

Malaysia’s PM says airport security to be reviewed after missing plane: reports

Malaysia’s leader said on Sunday airport security screening in the country would be reviewed, according to a report, after it emerged that two passengers who boarded a missing airliner had stolen passports.

9 Mar 2014 - 7:07pm More on Malaysian Airlines flight 370

JAPAN

Thousands protest in Japan ahead of Fukushima anniversary

9 Mar 2014

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World

UKRAINE

Russian forces tighten grip on Crimea despite US warning

Russian forces tightened their grip on Crimea on Sunday despite a US warning to Moscow that annexing the southern Ukrainian region would close the door to diplomacy in a tense East-West standoff.

9 Mar 2014 - 7:25pm 1 comment

UKRAINE

Clashes in Ukraine as rival rallies raise tensions

Pro-Russian activists attacked a pro-Kiev rally in Crimea with clubs and whips on Sunday as thousands took to the streets across Ukraine in rival demonstrations, escalating separatist tensions in the troubled ex-Soviet state.

9 Mar 2014 - 8:52pm

Companies gear up for vote on Scottish independence

9 Mar 2014

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CRIME

US language tutor jailed for 30 years for sexually exploiting children in China

9 Mar 2014 5 comments

EMIGRATION

China becomes top source of fresh immigrants moving to New Zealand

8 Mar 2014 2 comments

KUNMING ATTACK

Beijing police threaten action against microbloggers over Kunming attack comments

8 Mar 2014 2 comments

TENCENT

WeChat’s latest viral hit in China: health insurance

6 Mar 2014 2 comments

TIBET

Founder of Tibet’s Communist Party makes a final plea for Dalai Lama’s return

7 Mar 2014 3 comments

hoax

China’s Sohu falls for ‘Back to the Future’ hover board video hoax

6 Mar 2014

Hospitals

Nurse paralysed as shocking hospital attack by Nanjing official is caught on camera

6 Mar 2014

DISCRIMINATION

Police apologise for evicting innocent Uygur man after Kunming terror attack

5 Mar 2014 1 comment

POLITICS

No more Chanel or Emilio Pucci for princeling Li Xiaolin at congress meeting, but critics unimpressed

5 Mar 2014 3 comments

DIPLOMACY

Germany refuses Xi Jinping's request to visit Holocaust memorial sites during tour of Europe

5 Mar 2014 9 comments

NPC

Disturbance and smoke in Tiananmen Square amid tight security for NPC meeting

5 Mar 2014

MEDIA

US calls Kunming attack ‘act of terrorism’ amid accusations of bias in Western media reporting

5 Mar 2014 4 comments

KUNMING ATTACK

Chinese police rush to dispel rumours of more attacks in wake of Kunming massacre

4 Mar 2014 1 comment

INTERNET

China has a new state-run search engine - but will anyone use it?

3 Mar 2014 1 comment

Business

TRADE

Chinese exports tumble in February, raising fears of economic slowdown

China's exports fell the most since the global financial crisis in February, swinging the trade balance into deficit and adding to fears of a slowdown in the world's second-largest economy.

9 Mar 2014 - 5:30am 7 comments

BRITAIN

Bailed-out banks' bonuses put pressure on Britain's George Osborne

British finance minister George Osborne is facing calls to explain bonus payouts worth around £35 million (HK$454 million) that have been handed out by the bailed-out Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group.

9 Mar 2014 - 6:22am

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Property

Analysts warn on home price volatility in other Chinese free-trade zones

As the mainland plans to replicate what it has achieved in the Shanghai free trade zone (FTZ), the authorities may have to rethink how they can avoid a repeat of volatile home prices in other trial areas, analysts warned.

8 Mar 2014 - 1:40am More on Shanghai Free-trade Zone

Tenders for luxury residential sites in Tai Po and Sai Kung draw 24 bidders

The tenders for two luxury residential sites in Tai Po and Sai Kung attracted a total of 24 bidders yesterday.

A spokesman for the Lands Department said it received seven bids for the site in Tai Po's Pak Shek Kok and 17 bids for the small residential plot in Sai Kung.

8 Mar 2014 - 1:40am

Developers facing financing woes in China, warns S&P

8 Mar 2014

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Lifestyle

Arts & Culture

Review: The Rolling Stones are on fire as they play to a star-studded crowd in Macau

The Rolling Stones showed a sold-out, celebrity-studded crowd in Macau’s Cotai arena last night why they can still claim to be the world’s greatest rock’n’roll band – more than half a century after they started out playing blues covers in tiny clubs in London.

9 Mar 2014 - 11:17pm

French director tackles sex and the teenager

9 Mar 2014

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9 Mar 2014

Food & Wine

Taking 'food porn' photos in Hong Kong is so popular even the chefs are doing it

Chefs in Hong Kong love their porn. Food porn, that is. While a recent controversy in France highlighted that not all chefs are happy about diners clicking away with their camera phones, cooks here do see some advantages to it.

7 Mar 2014 - 1:26pm 1 comment More on LIFE

Top chefs are taking to the high seas

7 Mar 2014

Something to chew on: Asian rice cakes

1 Mar 2014

Technology

Extreme weather may be wake-up call for world, UN climate chief says

Devastating extreme weather, including recent flooding in England, Australia's hottest year on record and the US being hit by a polar vortex have a "silver lining". It boosts global warming to the highest level of politics and reminds politicians that climate change is not a partisan issue, according to the UN's climate chief.

9 Mar 2014 - 4:02am 2 comments

Rising seas may threaten one-fifth of world heritage sites, say scientists

9 Mar 2014 1 comment

Technology has slashed CLP power generation emissions since 1990

9 Mar 2014

Fashion

Paris fashion shows offer autumn looks for the no-nonsense woman

7 Mar 2014

Innovation to the fore as Paris Fashion Week kicks off

3 Mar 2014

Books

Thrills and a history lesson in Hong Kong-based novel

9 Mar 2014

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Health

Staying fit should be a family affair

4 Mar 2014

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4 Mar 2014

Beauty

Beauty buzz

9 Mar 2014

Let it glow

9 Mar 2014

Family & Education

A new app aims to help parents teach children the value of money

4 Mar 2014 1 comment

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4 Mar 2014

Interiors & Living

Celebrity interior designer Kelly Hoppen offers tips for the masses

7 Mar 2014

High-end US developers use valuable artworks to draw in potential buyers

5 Mar 2014

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