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Japan and South Korea have conducted a joint naval exercise in an area covered by China's air defence identification zone - a move that is seen as sending a firm message to Beijing.
Friday, 13 December, 2013, 3:30am 1 comment More on Air Defence Identification ZoneCommunist Party officials are interfering less in court hearings amid a push by Beijing to reform the country’s legal system, judges and legal experts said.
13 Dec 2013 - 2:53am 1 comment More on Judicial ReformWhen leaders from Japan and Southeast Asia gather in Tokyo today, the elephant in the room will be a nation that is not invited: China.
13 Dec 2013 - 3:29am More on Air Defence Identification ZoneFrench intelligence and government officials are to get powers to spy on internet users in real time and without authorisation.
13 Dec 2013 - 2:23amChinese and Americans widely distrust each other but few among the public or elite see the other power as an enemy, a survey said.
13 Dec 2013 - 2:54amA PLA helicopter exploded in mid-air and crashed in Anji county in Zhejiang province around 7.10 pm yesterday, Xinhua and a provincial news portal reported.
13 Dec 2013 - 1:55amCheerful yet anxious, six-year-old Guo Bin left the Shenzhen hospital where he was fitted with eye implants after his own were gouged out near his home in Shanxi province.
13 Dec 2013 - 2:59am 4 commentsExpanding plants making the dangerous chemical paraxylene (PX) will no longer need ministerial approval - a move to cut red tape that could upset environmentalists and other opponents of the controversial facilities.
13 Dec 2013 - 3:35am More on Paraxylene (PX)Health authorities ordered the closure yesterday of two Shenzhen wet markets where the deadly H7N9 strain of bird flu was detected. The wet markets are in the border city's Longgang district. Today all poultry markets there will be closed for disinfecting.
13 Dec 2013 - 3:01am More on H7N9 avian flu
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Political office is about serving the people. Thailand's urban and business elite, which is supporting the opposition, have forgotten this most basic aspect of governance in their frenzy to remove populist Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and expunge all traces of the influence of her brother, ousted leader Thaksin Shinawatra.
12 Dec 2013 - 1:18pm 1 commentAt the Chinese Communist Party's 18th National Congress in November last year, outgoing president Hu Jintao warned that corruption could lead to "the collapse of the party and the downfall of the state".
13 Dec 2013 - 3:17amMembers of the Wellesley College faculty reacted strongly when word spread that Peking University might fire professor Xia Yeliang, a Beijing critic. Xia, an economist, had visited Wellesley over the summer after the college, America's top liberal arts institution for women, signed a partnership agreement with his university.
13 Dec 2013 - 2:42am 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.
Fines should be more than doubled to tackle illegal parking, which is getting out of hand, a top traffic police officer has said. Chief Superintendent Paul Stripp said if the fine was to act as a deterrent it should be increased by HK$500, to HK$820.
13 Dec 2013 - 4:58amThe hair-raising 50-minute chase saw the driver accelerate to speeds of up to 140km/h along the route, which spanned at least 50 kilometres, said Senior Superintendent Henry Ho Ming-sun, head of the Kowloon East traffic unit.
13 Dec 2013 - 5:08amChinese and Americans widely distrust each other but few among the public or elite see the other power as an enemy, a survey said.
13 Dec 2013 - 2:54amExpanding plants making the dangerous chemical paraxylene (PX) will no longer need ministerial approval - a move to cut red tape that could upset environmentalists and other opponents of the controversial facilities.
13 Dec 2013 - 3:35am More on Paraxylene (PX)Japan and South Korea have conducted a joint naval exercise in an area covered by China's air defence identification zone - a move that is seen as sending a firm message to Beijing.
13 Dec 2013 - 3:30am 1 comment More on Air Defence Identification ZoneWhen leaders from Japan and Southeast Asia gather in Tokyo today, the elephant in the room will be a nation that is not invited: China.
13 Dec 2013 - 3:29am More on Air Defence Identification ZoneDifferences in children's examination results at secondary school owe more to genetics than teachers, schools or family environment, a British study has found.
13 Dec 2013 - 3:06amA South African sign language interpreter accused of miming nonsense as world leaders paid tribute to Nelson Mandela defended himself as a "champion" signer yesterday, but said he suffered a schizophrenic episode during the event.
13 Dec 2013 - 2:21am 1 commentIn a landmark ruling, a Hong Kong court yesterday ordered the city's biggest convicted insider dealer, Du Jun, to pay 297 investors almost HK$24 million for the money he earned from his illegal dealing in 2007.
13 Dec 2013 - 4:30amChina Cinda Asset Management made a stunning debut on the Hong Kong stock exchange yesterday, defying the cautious mood in the market that contributed to a poor start for two other mainland companies on the da
13 Dec 2013 - 3:01amChina Merchants Property, a mainland-listed developer, plans to buy more land in first and second-tier cities and enter the ranks of the top 10 players in the sector in the next few years, although expensive land prices pose a big challenge, a senior executive said.
12 Dec 2013 - 3:25amGreenland Hong Kong, the listed arm of Shanghai-based Greenland Group, said yesterday it bought a commercial and residential site in Huangpu, Shanghai, for 5.95 billion yuan (HK$7.59 billion).
12 Dec 2013 - 3:25amTaiwanese 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 - 8:10pm More on LIFEOwners of Wan Chai French restaurant Cépage, which closed in the summer, opened a new seafood concept last week in Central.
12 Dec 2013 - 8:28pmIt's being hyped as the next big thing, but is 3-D printing really destined for our desktops?
12 Dec 2013 - 8:10pm 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
Mainland cartoonists spread their message to the masses online
Talismanic midfielder Dario Conca has insisted Marcello Lippi’s Guangzhou Evergrande have the confidence to win the Club World Cup as he aims to leave the team on a high.
12 Dec 2013 - 11:33amA novel attempt by the Hong Kong Cricket Association to make use of a large tract of unused land next to Disneyland for the next five years to host an international polo tournament and domestic cricket has been shot down by one arm of the government, despite another saying they were receptive to
12 Dec 2013 - 8:52pmPresident 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 - 5:39pmVisitors review an exhibit ahead of 76th anniversary of the start of the Nanking massacre, two Doctor Who props are displayed in central London, Tony Leung Chiu-wai is honoured, and more around the
Christmas is an annual commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ by millions of people around the World. Across the world, people put up different types of special decorations.
Thick fog enveloped most of London this morning, with visibility less than 50 metres in some regions.
Participants wearing zebra masks, taxi drivers pose for the NYC Taxi Drivers 2014 calendar, final touches on a reproduction of a mural from the Mogao Grottoes, and more around the world ...
Visitors review an exhibit ahead of 76th anniversary of the start of the Nanking m
Christmas is an annual commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ by millions of p
Thick fog enveloped most of London this morning, with visibility less than 50 metr
Participants wearing zebra masks, taxi drivers pose for the NYC Taxi Drivers 2014
