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More than 10 people are believed to be missing after a speedboat allegedly used to transport illegal immigrants from mainland China capsized off Macau on Friday.
Friday, 27 February, 2015, 1:42pmThe owner of a Tesla electric car in China's Sichuan province came up with an innovative way of charging his vehicle: plug it directly into a power pylon.
27 Feb 2015 - 3:13pm More on TeslaChina is to scrap its controversial plan to build luxury public conveniences in tourist spots and instead will replace them with cleaner, more practical facilities as part of its “toilet revo-loo-tion”, the Beijing News reports.
27 Feb 2015 - 1:27pmBeijing has narrowed the controversial definition of "terrorism" in the revised draft of its counterterrorism law by removing a reference to "thought" as a crime.
27 Feb 2015 - 8:15am 5 commentsChina now has more diesel- and nuclear-powered vessels than the US, although their quality is inferior, a top US Navy admiral tells American lawmakers
26 Feb 2015 - 4:27pm 9 commentsArgentina's Congress has approved the installation of a Chinese satellite tracking station in the South American country's Patagonia region.
27 Feb 2015 - 3:20am 1 commentThe abusive former employer of Indonesian domestic worker Erwiana Sulistyaningsih was sentenced to six years in prison and fined HK$15,000 at the District Court this morning.
27 Feb 2015 - 2:50pm 37 comments More on Erwiana SulistyaningsihWomen from the mainland and Hong Kong again dominated the annual Forbes list of the 50 most powerful businesswomen in Asia, with 14 top female decision-makers making the grade this year.
27 Feb 2015 - 9:42amTom Group, the media conglomerate controlled by Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing, plans to step up the expansion of its e-commerce joint venture in mainland China.
26 Feb 2015 - 1:49pm More on THE NEXT BIG THINGThe rise of China's middle class posed no challenge to the authority of the Communist Party, state media said yesterday.
27 Feb 2015 - 3:32am 5 commentsBut, unlike the UK and USA, Leeson believes both Hong Kong and Singapore are better placed than other markets to avoid such wrongdoing.
27 Feb 2015 - 2:52pmApple is due to enter China's hugely lucrative luxury watch market with the launch of the Apple Watch, which will debut at an event on March 9, the company announced this week.
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Last week, China and Russia announced their intention to plan joint commemorations for the 70th anniversary of the end of the second world war. Such cuddling up on the world stage may appear merely a modern political convenience against Western antipathy.
27 Feb 2015 - 4:22pmThe government's more generous than expected budget sweeteners have cheered the middle class, the poor, small businesses and even property developers.
27 Feb 2015 - 9:55amA Hong Kong flat used to store the dismembered bodies of an elderly couple would have been a terrifying scene to a normal person, the Court of First Instance heard this morning.
27 Feb 2015 - 3:37pmRural leaders will meet police to discuss security measures ahead of Sunday’s protest against parallel trading in Yuen Long as 500 officers were expected to be deployed in an effort to stop clashes.
27 Feb 2015 - 3:41pm 1 commentMore than 200 million rural households around the nation will be interviewed as part of efforts to prepare an accurate record of farming rights
27 Feb 2015 - 4:23pmBeijing is committed to launching maritime cooperation with Sri Lanka amid concerns over the cancellation of a port development project in Colombo led by a Chinese company.
27 Feb 2015 - 3:40pmAn unprecedented lesbian kiss between two high school students on a popular South Korean TV drama has fuelled a debate about portrayals of sexuality in a rapidly modernising society with deeply conservative roots.
27 Feb 2015 - 2:50pmWomen from the mainland and Hong Kong again dominated the annual Forbes list of the 50 most powerful businesswomen in Asia, with 14 top female decision-makers making the grade this year.
27 Feb 2015 - 9:42amInvestigators believe that the “Jihadi John” masked fighter who fronted Islamic State beheading videos is a British man named Mohammed Emwazi, two US government sources said on Thursday.
26 Feb 2015 - 10:40pm 1 commentA drug derived from a Chinese medicinal herb is showing promise for combating Ebola infection, effectively imprisoning the virus inside cells so it cannot do its usual damage, scientists said.
27 Feb 2015 - 11:10amChina will sign a series of flagship agreements with countries including Kazakhstan and Pakistan next month as part of Beijing’s plan to revive economic development along the ancient Silk Road, the Shanghai Securities News reported on Friday.
27 Feb 2015 - 9:36amNew World Development is optimistic on the outlook of the Hong Kong property market, after posting a modest 5 per cent gain in underlying profit to HK$4.41 billion for the six months to December.
27 Feb 2015 - 1:31pm More on New World Development CoSome Chinese developers are planning to raise prices for new luxury projects in prime areas this year, in a rare sign of improving sentiment in a market that saw new home prices fall for the last eight months of 2014.
24 Feb 2015 - 6:22pm More on China PropertyGreenland Hong Kong, the Hong Kong-listed unit of the mainland’s largest developer by sales, announced it would diversify into internet finance this year, hoping to capitalise on the cyber world to offer financial services to cash-strapped mainland developers.
11 Feb 2015 - 6:11am More on China PropertyAn unprecedented lesbian kiss between two high school students on a popular South Korean TV drama has fuelled a debate about portrayals of sexuality in a rapidly modernising society with deeply conservative roots.
27 Feb 2015 - 2:50pmFood and models are not an obvious pairing. Yet increasingly they are moving from catwalk to kitchen - among them Hong Kong's Amanda Strang, supermodels Jourdan Dunn and Karlie Kloss, and Helena Rizzo, named world's best woman chef.
27 Feb 2015 - 10:13amThe owner of a Tesla electric car in China's Sichuan province came up with an innovative way of charging his vehicle: plug it directly into a power pylon.
27 Feb 2015 - 3:13pm More on TeslaRobert and Sally Lo, the hearts and minds behind the Hong Kong Cancer Fund
Adrenaline junky Kenny Chiang is China’s only competing aerobatic pilot
Alfresco dining is gaining popularity among busy Hongkongers who want to unwind
Space invaders: ‘The final frontier’ is ready for tourists later this year
Fans and media heaped praise on Italy’s World Cup winning-coach Marcello Lippi on Friday, after he resigned from Chinese club Guangzhou Evergrande following three trophy-laden years.
27 Feb 2015 - 1:22pmChinese pace-setters Dongfeng Race Team clung to a slim lead yesterday as the Volvo Ocean Race's fourth leg looked set for a grandstand finish.
27 Feb 2015 - 11:39amThe British actor delivers a nuanced turn as the riddle-solving father of computer science with a brilliant mind and a tortured soul.
25 Feb 2015 - 10:30pmYou know Roy Ayers' music, even if you don't know you know it. He has more than 90 albums to his name, and claims to be the most sampled musician in history.
25 Feb 2015 - 11:09pm More on Hong Kong gigsThis week Hong Kong plays host to the world’s biggest gathering of fur traders at the International Fur and Fashion Fair in Wan Chai.
Polar bear Milk hams it up with a gas pipe over her head as she climbs out of her pool at Kushiro City Zoo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, a tiger cub jumped to its death from a building in Shandong p
A four-storey building at a privately owned school collapsed in Shenzhen, while Filipino soldiers and policemen link arms as they march in the Philippines, and more ...
Snowfall during the Lunar New Year period in many northern parts of the mainland brought not only fun and games for vacationers and traditional hopes for a fruitful year ahead, but also travel disr
Stunt planes get the annual Australian International Airshow off to an explosive start, while doctors work to separate 10-month-old conjoined twin girls in Houston, and more ...
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!["[Alan Turing's] importance is massive compared to how people know him," says Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays the code-breaking scientist in The Imitation Game.](http://www.scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/308x191/public/2015/02/16/53cec1cbe3190f7a1235440e372e8e10.jpg?itok=2GHHSqUc "\"[Alan Turing's] importance is massive compared to how people know him,\" says Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays the code-breaking scientist in The Imitation Game.")
