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The Bank of China cash-transfer service at the centre of money laundering allegations could escalate the sabre-rattling between the mainland's liberal-minded bankers and conservative regulators.
Saturday, 12 July, 2014, 4:36am 2 comments More on Bank of ChinaUS Secretary of State John Kerry was on Saturday to hold a second day of talks with Afghanistan’s feuding presidential hopefuls, seeking a deal to “clean up the tally” after disputed elections.
12 Jul 2014 - 5:02pmMost original programmes on the news channel of Guangdong TV will be produced and broadcast in Putonghua from September, sources inside the network said, a move that is causing outrage among Cantonese speakers in Guangzhou.
12 Jul 2014 - 7:29am 14 commentsThe Foreign Correspondents’ Club has averted a diplomatic food fight less than 24 hours before Germany and Argentina kick-off in the soccer World Cup final.
The private member’s bar on Friday lined-up a menu distinctly in flavour of Germany.
12 Jul 2014 - 9:45pm 4 commentsAnxiety is growing that fraud and dirty tactics could twist official results due to be announced by July 22 after former Jakarta governor Joko Widodo and his rival, ex-general Prabowo Subianto, used different unofficial tallies to claim victory.
11 Jul 2014 - 12:27pm 1 commentJapan’s new policy on military action would allow its forces to come to the aid of a US naval ship under attack, Tokyo’s defense minister said Friday.
12 Jul 2014 - 1:25pmUkraine's military yesterday reported losing 23 servicemen in clashes across the separatist east that threatened to shatter slim Western hopes of a truce in Europe's deadliest conflict in decades.
12 Jul 2014 - 1:15am 1 commentThe Japanese government faces a legal challenge to its decision to expand the scope of the military, a divisive shift for the pacifist nation that sparked protests at home and drew sharp criticism from China.
11 Jul 2014 - 10:14pm 1 commentIsrael's bombardment of Gaza claimed its 121st Palestinian life on Saturday as Hamas pounded central Israel with rockets and Washington offered help brokering a truce.
12 Jul 2014 - 1:33pm 13 commentsA leading anchor with China Central Television has been detained for investigation amid a crackdown on suspected corruption at the state broadcaster, mainland media reported.
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In the past 100 years, China has marginalised its own intellectual and institutional frameworks developed over 2,000 years.
12 Jul 2014 - 4:16am 11 commentsTao Naiyu moved from his old apartment three months ago and has a community health centre adjacent to his new home. But he still rides his electric bike 20 minutes each way every two weeks to visit Zhoujiaqiao Community Health Centre in Shanghai's Changning District.
12 Jul 2014 - 4:47amA HK$1.6 billion funding proposal for the reconstruction of Queen Mary Hospital was approved on Saturday but lawmakers only managed to deal with 21 items of 38 on their agenda by the end of the Legislative Council’s finance committee's final eight-hour meeting before the summer recess.
12 Jul 2014 - 7:48pm 3 commentsDeep cracks have been found in concrete ceilings at the West Kowloon high-speed rail terminus, raising more questions about the already delayed construction project.
12 Jul 2014 - 8:26am 11 commentsA leading anchor with China Central Television has been detained for investigation amid a crackdown on suspected corruption at the state broadcaster, mainland media reported.
12 Jul 2014 - 7:27pmVenezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced that he would be welcoming Chinese president Xi Jinping for an official visit “in the next days.”
The Chinese leader will be making a stop in Caracas as part of his trip to Brazil for the summit of the BRICS group of emerging powers.
12 Jul 2014 - 12:52pm 1 commentA strong earthquake struck off the Pacific coast of Japan’s northeast early on Saturday morning, sending a small tsunami shoreward in the region that was devastated by huge tsunami after a massive quake in March 2011.
12 Jul 2014 - 2:04pmUS Secretary of State John Kerry was on Saturday to hold a second day of talks with Afghanistan’s feuding presidential hopefuls, seeking a deal to “clean up the tally” after disputed elections.
12 Jul 2014 - 5:02pmIsrael's bombardment of Gaza claimed its 121st Palestinian life on Saturday as Hamas pounded central Israel with rockets and Washington offered help brokering a truce.
12 Jul 2014 - 1:33pm 13 commentsUkraine's military yesterday reported losing 23 servicemen in clashes across the separatist east that threatened to shatter slim Western hopes of a truce in Europe's deadliest conflict in decades.
12 Jul 2014 - 1:15am 1 commentThe Bank of China cash-transfer service at the centre of money laundering allegations could escalate the sabre-rattling between the mainland's liberal-minded bankers and conservative regulators.
12 Jul 2014 - 4:36am 2 comments More on Bank of ChinaAlibaba Group's proposal for what could be the largest initial stock offering in US history is sailing through Washington with few bumps.
12 Jul 2014 - 4:53am 1 comment More on AlibabaTiny flats on offer at Cheung Kong's Mont Vert in Tai Po are set to cause a big impact among investors and first-time buyers. The 1,071-unit project in Fung Yuen offers 196 flats with sizes of less than 200 sq ft.
12 Jul 2014 - 2:38am 19 commentsTop-end properties are once again the talk of the town, with some recent prices ranking among the top five deals ever.
12 Jul 2014 - 12:53amDirector Scott Derrickson describes his film, Deliver Us from Evil, as " Serpico meets The Exorcist".
12 Jul 2014 - 8:37pm More on LIFESelling Australian-grown Périgord truffles to French chefs may seem a foolhardy, even impossible goal, but that is exactly what The Truffle & Wine Co has successfully done.
11 Jul 2014 - 12:09amA feature in Apple's iPhone that tracks a user's location could be a national security threat, state media reported yesterday.
12 Jul 2014 - 5:01am 15 commentsDelhi’s vibrant colony of artists and street performers is under threat from the modern world
An organic farming commune in Hebei is going back to the roots of Maoist thought
The cast of Downton Abbey come to the aid of Guangxi’s moon bears
The Academy for Performing Arts honours the city’s great and good
Space invaders: ‘The final frontier’ is ready for tourists later this year
The personal touch is what attracts diners to small, cosy restaurants
A Germany side chasing a place in history will attempt to wreck Lionel Messi's dream of a World Cup coronation with Argentina on Sunday as the month-long football carnival hits a climax at the Maracana Stadium.
13 Jul 2014 - 1:09amHaving watched Brazil's humiliating capitulation to Germany in a remote log cabin in the Chapada Diamantina National Park, it's hard to gauge how the result will change the atmosphere there, but after landing in Rio there's a distinct sense the party's over.
13 Jul 2014 - 12:32am More on World Cup 2014Haunted by their past, veterans of the Vietnam war are returning to former battlefields to make peace with the ghosts of the conflict and help those who are still picking up the pieces, writes Eric San Juan.
12 Jul 2014 - 11:21pmAs the vibrant Kathputli Colony prepares for redevelopment, its resident puppeteers, snake charmers and street artists fear losing their homes will also destroy their livelihoods, writes Bibek Bhandari.
13 Jul 2014 - 12:33amA five-year-old Muslim girl mourns her uncle at the Srebenica genocide memorial in Bosnia, while U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry talks with retired basketball star Yao Ming, and more ...
Customers wait in the heat to enter a store called Cannabis City during the first day of legal retail marijuana sales in Seattle, while residents cool off from the summer heat in Xian, and more ...
The world's third-largest democracy is divided over two very different choices: Joko Widodo, a one-time furniture maker, and Prabowo Subianto, a wealthy ex-army general with close links to former d
The FingerReader ring enables people with visual disabilities to read text printed on paper or a screen, while lightning strikes north of Gillette early Monday morning, and more ...
Revelers from around the world in Pamplona take part in an eight-day event of the running of the bulls glorified by Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises".
A five-year-old Muslim girl mourns her uncle at the Srebenica genocide memorial in
Customers wait in the heat to enter a store called Cannabis City during the first
The world's third-largest democracy is divided over two very different choices: Jo
The FingerReader ring enables people with visual disabilities to read text printed
Revelers from around the world in Pamplona take part in an eight-day event of the
