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A nationalist newspaper has tried to put a positive spin on China’s smog, claiming it is conducive to the country's military defence strategy. Smog, it argued, could thwart missile attacks and hamper hostile reconnaissance.
Monday, 9 December, 2013, 6:22pm 1 comment More on Air PollutionNorth Korea confirmed on Monday that the powerful uncle of young leader Kim Jong-un has been purged, with state TV airing humiliating images of Jang Song-thaek being dragged away by uniformed officers.
9 Dec 2013 - 6:31pm More on Kim Jong-unPolice in Singapore have arrested 27 South Asian suspects after a riot broke out on Sunday evening in Little India, officials said in a dawn press conference.
9 Dec 2013 - 11:11am 3 commentsA Chinese factory worker says walking in huge iron shoes weighing more than 200kg each can cure back pain, but faces hefty competition in his bid to build the country’s heaviest footwear.
9 Dec 2013 - 5:59pmHackers in China have leaked a database of an estimated 20 million hotel reservations on multiple websites and even WeChat, the wildly popular messaging service, reflecting failed government efforts to prevent massive leaks of personal data.
9 Dec 2013 - 2:41pmEnvironmentalists hailed on Monday a Chinese government ban on serving shark’s fin, bird’s nest soup and other wild animal products at official functions, saying it will set a precedent that will help protect endangered species.
9 Dec 2013 - 4:59pmChina’s top court and top legislature are at odds over the abolition of a notorious criminal charge of having sex with the under-age, according to a Beijing Times report.
9 Dec 2013 - 12:57pmThailand Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra called a snap election on Monday to try to defuse the kingdom’s political crisis, but protesters vowed to keep up their fight to topple her government with a major rally described as “judgment day”.
9 Dec 2013 - 2:24pm 3 commentsChinese Vice President Li Yuanchao will attend the funeral of former South African President Nelson Mandela as a special representative of President Xi Jinping, Xinhua reported.
9 Dec 2013 - 2:49pm More on Nelson Mandela
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Last week, a pleased Shanghai doctor who performed a successful cataract operation gingerly led his patient to the window for him to see the city's skyline for the first time, but instead of a delightful cry, the patient batted his eyelids several times and began to shout at the doctor for botching the job.
9 Dec 2013 - 5:35pm 1 commentLast month saw the launch of this year's World Wide Web Foundation annual Web Index report, which is the world's first measure of the web's contribution to social, economic and political development in 81 countries.
9 Dec 2013 - 5:21amThe website of China's biggest internet video company, Youku Tudou, was once a haven for illicit Hollywood blockbusters and hit South Korean soap operas - until it realised that piracy doesn't pay.
9 Dec 2013 - 5:15am 1 commentThey 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.
Environmentalists hailed on Monday a Chinese government ban on serving shark’s fin, bird’s nest soup and other wild animal products at official functions, saying it will set a precedent that will help protect endangered species.
9 Dec 2013 - 4:59pmAlthough the Legislative Council meeting on electoral reform on Monday was punctuated by shouts and fiery words, the chief secretary remained confident in being able to bridge the divide between the administration and the pan-democrats.
9 Dec 2013 - 4:49pmLi Yining, one of China’s most famous economists, has given top marks to his former student Premier Li Keqiang in a recent online chat.
9 Dec 2013 - 5:44pmChinese Vice President Li Yuanchao will attend the funeral of former South African President Nelson Mandela as a special representative of President Xi Jinping, Xinhua reported.
9 Dec 2013 - 2:49pm More on Nelson MandelaThailand Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra called a snap election on Monday to try to defuse the kingdom’s political crisis, but protesters vowed to keep up their fight to topple her government with a major rally described as “judgment day”.
9 Dec 2013 - 2:24pm 3 commentsPolice in Singapore have arrested 27 South Asian suspects after a riot broke out on Sunday evening in Little India, officials said in a dawn press conference.
9 Dec 2013 - 11:11am 3 commentsThe World Health Organisation and Unicef have launched a polio vaccination campaign for 23 million children in the Middle East after 17 cases were discovered in Syria, they announced on Monday.
9 Dec 2013 - 5:26pmKuwait’s lower court on Monday acquitted 70 opposition activists including nine former MPs of charges of storming the parliament building in the oil-rich Gulf state two years ago.
9 Dec 2013 - 5:39pmGoldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank are among five Wall Street firms in addition to JPMorgan Chase whose hiring practices in China are being probed by regulators in the United States, it was reported yesterday.
9 Dec 2013 - 5:27am 4 comments More on JPMorgan ChaseAn unlikely beneficiary of the liberalisation drive initiated by the third plenum may be the tightly controlled media industry, where the Communist Party leadership is pushing for greater digital orientation and has indicated it is open to private and even overseas investment.
9 Dec 2013 - 4:50amPrivate equity firm Gaw Capital Partners is poised to take minority stakes in four commercial property acquisitions in the United States and Britain in ventures with mainland Chinese and Asian partners, involving a gross value of US$1 billion.
9 Dec 2013 - 4:51amLegal experts and property consultants have called for a clear tax policy for international property investors in Britain after the government announced a capital gains tax on foreign property investments.
7 Dec 2013 - 2:51amTaiwanese 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 - 6:05pm 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
Australia captured England’s four remaining wickets within an hour to close out an emphatic 218-run victory in the second Ashes test on Monday and push England to the brink of a humiliating series defeat.
9 Dec 2013 - 11:46amSix people have been arrested following fresh allegations of match-fixing in English soccer, authorities said, with media reports suggesting that even next year’s World Cup could be a target.
9 Dec 2013 - 10:50amPresident 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 - 5:39pmSevere smog weather has been enveloping an extensive area of eastern China including the metropolis cities of Shanghai and Nanjing.
Some of the ice will be used as building blocks in a local winter garden, girls attend a mass commemorating late South African former president Nelson Mandela, relatives of those who died in Tyhpoo
Mandela passed away Thursday night after a long illness. He was 95.
Severe smog weather has been enveloping an extensive area of eastern China includi
Some of the ice will be used as building blocks in a local winter garden, girls at
