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The absence of the foreign ministers of Russia and China from weekend talks on Iran's nuclear programme dealt another blow to hopes the stalled negotiations will produce a deal by July 20.
Monday, 14 July, 2014, 2:35amTaiwan has started using unmanned surveillance aircraft to spy on mainland China to reduce the risk to its pilots from an increased deployment of mainland missiles.
13 Jul 2014 - 10:23pm 4 commentsAnti-graft inspectors have found evidence of corruption among party officials in Xinjiang. CCDI said that inspectors had received strong complaints about graft in the mining, natural resources and land sectors.
14 Jul 2014 - 4:19amA Japanese nursing-care service provider requires Filipino job applicants sign a statement absolving the company of any responsibility should they die in Japan.
13 Jul 2014 - 1:23pm 4 commentsA leading anchor with China Central Television was taken away for investigation on Friday, mainland media reported. Rui Chenggang's sudden departure left an empty seat beside his co-host.
13 Jul 2014 - 11:13am More on CCTVPresident Xi Jinping has departed for a visit to four South American countries, including Brazil, to build ties in a resource-rich region traditionally considered the backyard of the United States.
14 Jul 2014 - 3:35am 6 commentsIsrael briefly deployed ground troops inside the Gaza Strip for the first time early yesterday and its military warned northern Gaza residents to evacuate their homes.
14 Jul 2014 - 2:39am 2 commentsA two-month-old Syrian baby was rescued from the rubble of a bombed building in war-battered Aleppo – a feat caught on film by rescuers – but now desperately needs help, according to its mother.
13 Jul 2014 - 10:01pmWhile Germany take on Argentina in Monday's (Hong Kong time) World Cup final, the real winner is China. The country may not have sent a team to Brazil but its manufacturing might ensured China's presence was felt at every level throughout the tournament.
13 Jul 2014 - 8:47pm More on World Cup 2014China and the United States are finding it harder to accommodate each other, many observers believe, despite both nations putting a positive spin on the outcome of annual high-level talks.
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In writing this at a time of acute tension and bearing in mind a previous article I wrote on the opium wars and the West's cheek in admonishing China to be a "responsible stakeholder", I am aware that I am entering a minefield and risk being misinterpreted.
14 Jul 2014 - 3:24am 1 commentBarack Obama recently singled out Myanmar as a foreign policy victory - a country that had emerged from decades of military rule and turned toward the West, thanks in part to US diplomacy.
13 Jul 2014 - 9:43amA record 12 high-flying students have stood out from this year's Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) examination, as the percentage of students meeting the basic requirements for local university admission increased.
14 Jul 2014 - 3:37am 1 comment More on HKDSEWomen were today warned about 19 new “up-skirt blackspots” in Hong Kong’s public buildings where they could unwittingly expose themselves to peeping toms.
13 Jul 2014 - 2:05pm 14 commentsThe "bad habits" of Chinese traders and companies were among the main challenges to the nation's image in Africa, according to ambassador to Tanzania, Lu Youqing.
14 Jul 2014 - 4:25amTwo Hong Kong-funded air pollution studies in the Pearl River Delta region have not been fully disclosed to the public because Guangdong authorities object to releasing "confidential information" in them.
14 Jul 2014 - 4:25amNorth Korea launched two ballistic missiles into the sea yesterday, South Korea said, the latest in a series of test-firings seen as expressions of anger over the Pyongyang's failure to win talks on outside aid.
14 Jul 2014 - 2:22amNegotiators of a Pacific Rim free-trade initiative still see no clear path to signing an agreement, six months after missing their primary deadline at the end of last year.
14 Jul 2014 - 3:15amIsrael briefly deployed ground troops inside the Gaza Strip for the first time early yesterday and its military warned northern Gaza residents to evacuate their homes.
14 Jul 2014 - 2:39am 2 commentsGunmen killed 25 women and wounded at least eight people when they stormed two buildings in a Baghdad compound reputedly used for prostitution.
14 Jul 2014 - 4:19amThe mainland's securities regulator has fallen for digital technology in a big way, with big data - the collection of large and complex data sets - giving its crackdown on "rat traders" a much-needed shot in the arm.
14 Jul 2014 - 3:09amMainland banks must create a firewall around increasingly popular wealth management services, the banking regulator said, in order to avoid any contagion from higher-risk products spreading to normal bank loans.
14 Jul 2014 - 3:09amTiny 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 22 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 - 12:53amIt's a warm September evening at Bisous nightclub in Central, and Craig Dungey is celebrating his 42nd birthday by recalling his youth. You Shook Me All Night Long by AC/DC is blasting through the amps.
14 Jul 2014 - 3:13am 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 - 12:09amWhen Google's founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, sat down for a rare frank and open chat with the veteran technology venture capitalist Vinod Khosla, they admitted, among other things, that Google was interested in health care but scared of its intense regulation.
13 Jul 2014 - 3:10am More on GoogleDelhi’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
Four-time world player of the year Lionel Messi’s Argentina and Germany were tied at 0-0 as the third successive World Cup final went into extra-time on Sunday.
14 Jul 2014 - 4:57am More on World Cup 2014Whether or not 2014 is remembered as the best tournament ever, it leaves us with some indelible images
13 Jul 2014 - 12:35pm 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 - 10:17amA 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
