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China's economy will face "even more formidable" difficulties this year than in 2014 as Beijing sets its lowest growth target in over 15 years to accommodate reforms.
Friday, 6 March, 2015, 2:44am More on China Parliamentary Sessions 2015The smallest increase in defence spending in five years won't affect the PLA's development of nuclear weapons or its ongoing modernisation plan, a former top leader of the army's strategic missile troops has said.
6 Mar 2015 - 3:07am More on China Parliamentary Sessions 2015Premier Li Keqiang pledged to curb graft as he accused some officials of being "slack" in their actions and "self-willed" in exercising their power, saying that "shocking cases of corruption still exist".
6 Mar 2015 - 3:04am More on China Parliamentary Sessions 2015Beijing will strictly comply with the Chinese constitution and the city's Basic Law in Hong Kong affairs, Premier Li Keqiang said at the start of annual meetings of the national legislature in Beijing yesterday.
6 Mar 2015 - 1:53am 41 comments More on China Parliamentary Sessions 2015Hong Kong's stock exchange has ordered mainland solar energy firm Hanergy Thin Film Power Group to explain the unusual movement of its share price and trading volume.
6 Mar 2015 - 4:37amUS Ambassador Mark Lippert was slashed on the face and wrist today by a man wielding a knife with a 25cm blade and screaming that the rival Koreas should be unified, South Korean police said.
6 Mar 2015 - 3:26am 7 commentsBeijing will link up the Hong Kong and Shenzhen bourses at an “appropriate time”, Premier Li Keqiang announced in his annual work report yesterday.
6 Mar 2015 - 4:36am More on HKExPhone and tablet owners frustrated that their devices only stay charged for half a day may have found their salvation in new Chinese smartphones which contain the so-called wonder material graphene.
5 Mar 2015 - 4:10pm 2 comments More on THE NEXT BIG THINGA senior government official overseeing relations with Taiwan has defended the mainland’s need to launch a controversial new flight path close to the island’s airspace, saying it will ease air congestion over the country’s skies.
6 Mar 2015 - 3:16am More on China Parliamentary Sessions 2015A Bloomberg reporter arrived at the hall in the chilly capital at 3am today, only to find that three Reuters reporters were already waiting at the head of a queue.
5 Mar 2015 - 6:24pm More on China Parliamentary Sessions 2015China is on track to overtake Germany and Britain as the country with the third-largest number of people with assets of more than US$30 million within 10 years, a report estimates.
5 Mar 2015 - 11:05pmUS President Barack Obama is to be invited to attend a military parade in Beijing later this year to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of the second world war, the Foreign Ministry said.
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Twenty years ago, I arrived in Hong Kong from Shanghai. At the Lo Wu immigration checkpoint, I needed to fill out an entry form, which asked where I came from. I wrote "Shanghai". The immigration officer glanced at it and said "Shanghai" should be amended to "China".
5 Mar 2015 - 6:03pm 4 commentsIn a special series on how to take the city into the future, we talk to cancer expert Dr Janice Tsang.
6 Mar 2015 - 1:02amBeijing will strictly comply with the Chinese constitution and the city's Basic Law in Hong Kong affairs, Premier Li Keqiang said at the start of annual meetings of the national legislature in Beijing yesterday.
6 Mar 2015 - 1:53am 41 comments More on China Parliamentary Sessions 2015Police are searching for the directors and shareholders of an investment company after more than 50 clients of a Hong Kong-based bitcoin trading platform claimed they had been cheated out of HK$75 million.
6 Mar 2015 - 2:12amUS President Barack Obama is to be invited to attend a military parade in Beijing later this year to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of the second world war, the Foreign Ministry said.
6 Mar 2015 - 2:52am 3 comments More on China Parliamentary Sessions 2015China's economy will face "even more formidable" difficulties this year than in 2014 as Beijing sets its lowest growth target in over 15 years to accommodate reforms.
6 Mar 2015 - 2:44am More on China Parliamentary Sessions 2015US Ambassador Mark Lippert was slashed on the face and wrist today by a man wielding a knife with a 25cm blade and screaming that the rival Koreas should be unified, South Korean police said.
6 Mar 2015 - 3:26am 7 commentsA Singapore court sentenced two Germans to nine months in prison and three strokes of the cane on Thursday after they pleaded guilty to spray-painting graffiti on a train carriage.
5 Mar 2015 - 6:50pm 2 commentsHillary Clinton broke her silence over a controversy involving her use of personal email for work when she was secretary of state, saying she wanted the US State Department to release them.
5 Mar 2015 - 7:09pm 1 commentPlans for televised debates between Britain's main party leaders collapsed into chaos yesterday after Prime Minister David Cameron vetoed the broadcasters' plans, barely two months before the general election.
6 Mar 2015 - 1:01amJakarta's Soekarno-Hatta airport, among the world's 10 busiest by passenger traffic, handles twice the volume it was designed for. Arif Wibowo plans to push that limit further.
6 Mar 2015 - 6:00amYuji Honkawa knew the humans were losing by April 2010, when no matter how fast he sent orders to be filled at the Tokyo Stock Exchange, a machine beat him.
6 Mar 2015 - 6:00amHang Lung Properties is counting on a HK$500 million makeover of its main retail properties in Mong Kok and Causeway Bay to boost its rental income by up to 60 per cent.
5 Mar 2015 - 9:46pmShares of mainland developer Glorious Property opened up 39 per cent on Thursday, its first day of trading after being suspended since February 2 due to the impending announcement of a privatisation plan.
5 Mar 2015 - 10:59amOscar-winning actress Susan Sarandon will receive an award next week at a Hong Kong gala dinner for her outstanding contribution to cinema.
Sarandon will be taking part in a three-day celebration of the power of art and creativity as part of Art Basel Hong Kong.
5 Mar 2015 - 6:45pm More on Art Basel 2015Food Space is an interloper in the line of stalls selling daily necessities at Tai Po's Tai Yuen market. With a focus on healthy eating, the shop, private kitchen and cooking demonstration venture is the brainchild of two long-time F&B professionals, Frenchman Thierry Lanoe and Argentinian Francisco Barria.
6 Mar 2015 - 6:09amPhone and tablet owners frustrated that their devices only stay charged for half a day may have found their salvation in new Chinese smartphones which contain the so-called wonder material graphene.
5 Mar 2015 - 4:10pm 2 comments More on THE NEXT BIG THINGDirty politics, poaching and attempted murder: Richard Leakey’s story is getting the Hollywood treatment
Robert and Sally Lo, the hearts and minds behind the Hong Kong Cancer Fund
Alfresco dining is gaining popularity among busy Hongkongers who want to unwind
Space invaders: ‘The final frontier’ is ready for tourists later this year
Glory Sunshine won his only run in Melbourne before coming to Hong Kong and his last two outings highlight his prospects of adding another win locally now that he is down to Class Four and settled in his surroundings.
6 Mar 2015 - 1:05amRicky Yiu Poon-fai-trained four-year-old Faster More drops into Class Four for the first time this season and stands out as banker in the middle leg of an incredibly tough Triple Trio at Sha Tin on Sunday.
6 Mar 2015 - 1:01amSavvy designers are revitalising the fashion capitals of the world with their ground-breaking interpretations, writes Divia Harilela.
5 Mar 2015 - 11:08pmVolcanic soil produces top-quality wines with rich flavours and aromas.
5 Mar 2015 - 11:08pmA small weasel catching a lift from a woodpecker, while Buddhists holding candles encircle a large Buddha statue in Nakhon Pathom, and more ...
Villagers carry a sculpture of their god on a sedan chair, while a woman poses inside the mockup of a car at the Opel booth during the press day of the Geneva Car Show, and more ...
A petrol pump in the war-torn Ukrainian city of Donetsk is wrapped up in sandbags, while volcano Villarrica erupting, and more ...
Some of the best sports-related pictures from the last week
Uruguay's former president Jose Mujica drives away in his ageing Volkwagen Beetle, while Adam Lawrence at the unveiling of a protrait depicting the new coinage portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabe
Villagers carry a sculpture of their god on a sedan chair, while a woman poses ins
A petrol pump in the war-torn Ukrainian city of Donetsk is wrapped up in sandbags,
Uruguay's former president Jose Mujica drives away in his ageing Volkwagen Beetle,
