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What has caused the rise and surprising fall of Mao Xiaofeng, the youngest-ever president of any listed bank in China? It’s all about Chinese politics.
Saturday, 31 January, 2015, 9:19pm 12 comments More on Xi Jinping's anti-graft campaignThe captain of the AirAsia jet that crashed into the sea in December was out of his seat conducting an unorthodox procedure when his co-pilot apparently lost control.
31 Jan 2015 - 5:08pm 2 comments More on AirAsia flight QZ8501The spat between Alibaba Group Holding and mainland regulators took on a more conciliatory tone with chairman Jack Ma promising to combat fake products.
31 Jan 2015 - 1:55pm 1 comment More on AlibabaJust days after US chain Hooters announced plans to open in Hong Kong, a local restaurant group is adding to the mix by using sex appeal to sell hamburgers.
31 Jan 2015 - 8:51pmFrench Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Thursday called for a “rebalance” of trade with China during his first official visit, as he sought to attract investment in France’s stalling economy.
30 Jan 2015 - 6:21pmTraumatised relatives of MH370 passengers blasted the Malaysian government for declaring the passengers and crew dead without evidence of the plane’s fate.
31 Jan 2015 - 2:39pm More on Malaysia Airlines flight 370A Hong Kong businessman has been charged with breaking into a US home after getting drunk at a wedding and causing extensive damage, in a case the judge says "read like a Hangover movie".
31 Jan 2015 - 4:04pm 5 commentsSichuan has vowed to erase the legacy of disgraced former security tsar Zhou Yongkang, who was the provincial party secretary more than a decade ago, Xinhua reports.
31 Jan 2015 - 5:00am 1 comment More on Zhou YongkangTop American universities like Yale and Harvard are increasing efforts to attract the best international students, regardless of their finances.
31 Jan 2015 - 11:22am 1 commentFocus will be on hotbeds for corruption, including advertisement deals and news reporting
31 Jan 2015 - 7:03am 1 commentJapan’s vice-foreign minister has said negotiations with Islamic State, which is threatening to execute a Jordanian pilot and a Japanese journalist, have become “deadlocked,” local media reported on Saturday.
31 Jan 2015 - 2:53pmMainland education authorities have pledged to redouble efforts to limit the use of foreign textbooks in universities to stem infiltration of "Western values".
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Last week, as Pope Francis passed through Chinese airspace after his visit to the Philippines, he sent a telegram to Chinese President Xi Jinping , it was reported, to again express his willingness to visit China.
30 Jan 2015 - 8:07pm 14 comments"Open sesame" was the codeword used in the Ali Baba children's folktale to reveal the treasure cave. But "open season" seems to be the more apt phrase in the row between regulators and Alibaba executives.
31 Jan 2015 - 9:38amA Hong Kong businessman has been charged with breaking into a US home after getting drunk at a wedding and causing extensive damage, in a case the judge says "read like a Hangover movie".
31 Jan 2015 - 4:04pm 5 commentsJust days after US chain Hooters announced plans to open in Hong Kong, a local restaurant group is adding to the mix by using sex appeal to sell hamburgers.
31 Jan 2015 - 8:51pmWhat has caused the rise and surprising fall of Mao Xiaofeng, the youngest-ever president of any listed bank in China? It’s all about Chinese politics.
31 Jan 2015 - 9:19pm 12 comments More on Xi Jinping's anti-graft campaignPresident Xi Jinping called on France and China to "preserve the peaceful post-war world order", as Beijing plans to stage a massive military parade later this year to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the second world war.
31 Jan 2015 - 4:53amThe captain of the AirAsia jet that crashed into the sea in December was out of his seat conducting an unorthodox procedure when his co-pilot apparently lost control.
31 Jan 2015 - 5:08pm 2 comments More on AirAsia flight QZ8501Japan’s vice-foreign minister has said negotiations with Islamic State, which is threatening to execute a Jordanian pilot and a Japanese journalist, have become “deadlocked,” local media reported on Saturday.
31 Jan 2015 - 2:53pmUN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday welcomed an African Union proposal to set up a regional five-nation force of 7,500 troops to fight Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamist militants.
31 Jan 2015 - 9:09pmKiev’s pro-Western leaders hope to hold truce talks on Saturday with pro-Russian separatists despite the rebels’ vow to push their latest offensive in eastern Ukraine if the negotiations should fail.
31 Jan 2015 - 4:22pmChina's securities regulator has imposed a temporary ban on new product launches by five mutual fund firms after their employees were found to have committed insider trading.
30 Jan 2015 - 11:39pmThe share price gap between mainland property developers listed in Hong Kong and Shanghai will continue despite the scheme linking the two markets.
30 Jan 2015 - 10:16pmHong 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 commentCity Developments Ltd (CDL), a major developer in Singapore, is launching an aggressive push to market its joint-venture luxury hotel to lure travellers from Hong Kong.
28 Jan 2015 - 6:43pm 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 LIFEThe Spanish chef recently completed a guest stint at Vasco, in Central - where a protégé, Paolo Casagrande, is in charge.
31 Jan 2015 - 11:34pmSome classics never die. The original Resident Evil is a frightening masterpiece, an iconic game that debuted on PCs in 1996 and all but created the survival horror genre.
1 Feb 2015 - 12:14amAdrenaline 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
Andy Murray will hope to end a tormenting run of three losing Australian Open finals as world number one Novak Djokovic eyes a fifth triumph in today's decider in Melbourne.
1 Feb 2015 - 12:29am More on Australian Open 2015Substitute James Troisi smashed home a dramatic extra-time winner as Australia beat South Korea 2-1 to win their first Asian Cup title in an electrifying final on Saturday.
1 Feb 2015 - 12:05amThe 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 - 12:27amPhilippine 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 ...
A winter storm pounded the northeastern US on January 26 hitting tens of millions of people and forcing the rare cancelation of Broadway shows in an "historic" New York blizzard.
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
A winter storm pounded the northeastern US on January 26 hitting tens of millions
