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The investigation into the youngest-ever Chinese listed-bank president has exposed the tip of the iceberg of rampant power-for-money deals between senior officials and financial leaders, analysts say.
Sunday, 1 February, 2015, 2:37am 16 comments More on Xi Jinping's anti-graft campaignA fugitive Hong Kong businessman is being sought by US police after he failed to turn up in court to face charges over an allegedly drunken wedding party escapade a judge likened to the movie series The Hangover.
1 Feb 2015 - 2:13am 6 commentsPrime Minister Shinzo Abe described as "heinous and despicable" the apparent beheading of a second Japanese hostage by Islamic State (IS), as global leaders denounced the jihadis.
2 Feb 2015 - 1:25am 10 commentsUS President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama are to both attend the US National Prayer Breakfast in Washington this week, a move likely to elicit an angry response from the Chinese government.
1 Feb 2015 - 5:24am 3 comments More on 14th Dalai LamaThe father of a passenger on the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 said families would sue the carrier if the authorities do not withdraw a formal declaration that all on board had died in an accident.
1 Feb 2015 - 5:28am 4 comments More on Malaysia Airlines flight 370Draft Chinese government regulations would force overseas technology vendors to meet stringent security tests before they can sell to China's banks, an acceleration of efforts to curb the country's reliance on foreign technology.
1 Feb 2015 - 5:24amClad in neon-green from head to toe, Chinese snowboarder He Qiang is part of a growing cohort of middle-class enthusiasts in a country with little tradition of winter sports that is now seeking to host the 2022 Winter Olympics.
1 Feb 2015 - 5:24amChina has been forced to drop a measure at the UN that targeted NGOs seeking to be heard at the world body.
1 Feb 2015 - 5:24am 13 comments More on United NationsFrom the day Rupert Murdoch joined Twitter, the media mogul has been spreading alarm among his enemies and supporters in equal measure.
1 Feb 2015 - 8:10am 2 comments More on Rupert MurdochGreece's radical new government has begun a search for European allies for its anti-austerity agenda, but German Chancellor Angela Merkel once again ruled out debt relief for Athens.
1 Feb 2015 - 2:57am 2 commentsThousands of pro-democracy activists took to the streets of Hong Kong today during the first major post-Occupy Movement mass rally this afternoon.
1 Feb 2015 - 10:42pm 23 commentsPolice investigators at the forefront of Hong Kong's battle against money laundering face a flood of reports, with more than 100 suspected cases landing on their desks every day - almost double the amount of three years ago.
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In a mini "city-state" like Hong Kong, it is obvious that land is in short supply. So we need to be very careful how we prioritise its use.
There are three uses which stand out: housing, employment and recreation.
2 Feb 2015 - 3:00amPower can be a heady aphrodisiac and Dominique Strauss-Kahn, when chief of the International Monetary Fund and about to run for French president, had plenty of it.
2 Feb 2015 - 2:00amTwo of the city's three main bus companies have warned that they cannot meet the deadline set in Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying's policy address when public buses which do not meet low-emissions standards will be banned from Causeway Bay, Mong Kok and Central.
2 Feb 2015 - 3:09amThe controversy-hit Alibaba Group announced it would set up a HK$1 billion fund to support young Hong Kong entrepreneurs to start and grow their businesses on its platforms.
2 Feb 2015 - 1:46am More on AlibabaThe authorities in Xinjiang investigated 355 Communist Party cadres for breaches of party political discipline last year, a six-fold increase over 2013, in a greater attempt to root out disloyal members.
2 Feb 2015 - 1:46amNews that China is building its second aircraft carrier leaked out again on the weekend, once more through official civilian channels before the reports were pulled.
2 Feb 2015 - 4:14amPrime Minister Shinzo Abe described as "heinous and despicable" the apparent beheading of a second Japanese hostage by Islamic State (IS), as global leaders denounced the jihadis.
2 Feb 2015 - 1:25am 10 commentsThailand's restrictive laws on criminal defamation and computer crimes are increasingly being used to silence both the foreign and local media and human rights activists.
1 Feb 2015 - 10:16pmThe shipping containers emblazoned with the Cosco logo on the quayside at Greece's biggest port Piraeus are a sign that China has invested heavily here.
2 Feb 2015 - 1:46amPower can be a heady aphrodisiac and Dominique Strauss-Kahn, when chief of the International Monetary Fund and about to run for French president, had plenty of it.
2 Feb 2015 - 2:00am More on Dominique Strauss-KahnThe mainland's factory sector unexpectedly shrank for the first time in more than two years last month and firms see more gloom ahead, an official survey showed, raising expectations that policymakers will take more action to forestall a sharper slowdown.
1 Feb 2015 - 9:15pmHighly geared Shui On Land plans to accelerate the sale of up to 57 billion yuan (HK$71.5 billion) of assets - almost half the mainland-focused developer's portfolio - to boost cash flow amid more challenging fundraising options for the industry.
2 Feb 2015 - 12:46amSunac China plans to acquire four residential and commercial development sites in Shanghai from troubled property developer Kaisa for a total of 2.37 billion yuan (HK$2.93 billion), it said yesterday.
1 Feb 2015 - 10:29pmHong Kong's new private housing supply rose to an eight-year high of 15,700 units last year, with analysts saying the city has started the transition to a period of more sustainable flat supply.
31 Jan 2015 - 2:06am 1 commentJean-Marc Vallee's no-frills directing style gets the best out of his actors, writes Rebecca Keegan.
31 Jan 2015 - 11:47pm More on LIFEJust days after US chain Hooters announced plans to open in Hong Kong, a local restaurant group wants to beat it to the punch, using sex appeal to sell hamburgers.
1 Feb 2015 - 7:56am 2 commentsDon't throw out your old quartz watch - with a slight tweak it could soon be accurate enough to guide a cruise missile, according to a new study by Chinese scientists.
1 Feb 2015 - 8:12am 2 commentsAdrenaline junky Kenny Chiang is China’s only competing aerobatic pilot
Manila street children have been locked away, out of sight of the visiting pope
One man’s mission to bring down a US Navy plane from the Tai Tam hillside it crashed into 70 years ago
Cate Blanchett on her love for theatre and her challenges with Blue Jasmine
Alfresco dining is gaining popularity among busy Hongkongers who want to unwind
Space invaders: ‘The final frontier’ is ready for tourists later this year
World number one Novak Djokovic won a fifth Australian Open title and his eighth grand slam yesterday, grinding down Andy Murray in four gruelling sets to heap more misery on the Scot
2 Feb 2015 - 12:29am More on Australian Open 2015Arsenal stepped up their renewed challenge for a top-four place in the English Premier League with a ruthless 5-0 demolition of struggling Aston Villa on Sunday.
2 Feb 2015 - 12:19am More on English Premier League 2014/15The recent World Blind Union conference held at Cyberport highlighted how the digital divide is holding back the visually impaired. Sarah Lazarus speaks to six delegates who are driving social change.
31 Jan 2015 - 11:34pmThe city's rise to wine auction capital of the world has brought fine vintages with it. Simon Parry visits the first former military bunker to be converted for storing bottles.
1 Feb 2015 - 1:00pm 2 commentsA selection of the best images from the weekend’s French Top 14 rugby action.
Philippine police commandos carry the flag-draped coffins of their fallen comrades from C-130 planes in Manila, while a flock of coloured pigeons fly during a pigeon-breeding competition in Spain,
A woman receives a very special kind of beauty treatment at a snail farm, while members of the Jarl Squad dressed in Viking costumes during the Up Helly Aa Viking festival, and more ...
Children show off special rice porridge for the Laba Festival, while lemurs eat at Qingdao Forest Wildlife World, and more ...
Philippine police commandos carry the flag-draped coffins of their fallen comrades
A woman receives a very special kind of beauty treatment at a snail farm, while me
Children show off special rice porridge for the Laba Festival, while lemurs eat at
