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Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was formally declared an accident, the Malaysian government announced on Thursday, paving the way for victims’ relatives to be compensated.
Thursday, 29 January, 2015, 9:04pm 2 comments More on Malaysia Airlines flight 370The People’s Liberation Army auditor handed more corruption leads to graft busters in 2014 than in the previous 30 years, according to the military’s official newspaper.
The PLA audited 4,024 senior officials in the past two years, the PLA Daily reported on Thursday.
29 Jan 2015 - 6:44pm‘Radical’ Chen Jining expected to balance stakeholders’ conflicting interests in environmental protection issues
29 Jan 2015 - 12:09pmFeudal tradition has allowed those in power to stay beyond the law, says commentary in party mouthpiece magazine
29 Jan 2015 - 5:49pm 3 commentsGu Liping’s jobs ranging from NGO work, entrepreneurial mentorship and even journalism were all tied to the China Youth League
29 Jan 2015 - 6:46pm 1 comment More on Ling JihuaNew Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is in a similar position to Phaeton, the Greek mythological figure given the reins of the sun only to lose control and nearly destroy the earth, Chinese media said on Thursday.
29 Jan 2015 - 4:22pm 4 commentsChinese state media today voiced support for the commerce regulator in a signed commentary amid the escalating row between the authority and Alibaba Group, calling on the e-commerce giant and other big companies to bear their corporate social responsibilities and stop “bullying others by flexing their financial muscle”.
29 Jan 2015 - 6:38pm 5 commentsChina’s state media on Thursday called for officials who take an “ambiguous attitude” towards Tibetan independence to be prosecuted, after personnel in the region were reportedly punished for communicating with the Dalai Lama.
29 Jan 2015 - 4:56pm 1 commentA Chinese drone maker which created the small quadcopter that crashed on White House grounds said it is updating its drones to stop further flights over the US capital, where it is banned.
29 Jan 2015 - 5:35pm 2 commentsA bullhead shark stopped China’s naval flotilla in its tracks while it was conducting a military drill on an escort mission to the Gulf of Aden.
29 Jan 2015 - 5:27pm 6 commentsState Administration for Industry and Commerce director claims he is not biased against e-commerce giant, according to unverified transcript and recording
29 Jan 2015 - 9:18pm 2 commentsChina will replicate some practices of Shanghai’s free-trade zone in other parts of the country, the State Council said, in its latest push to let markets play a bigger role in the economy.
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When Hong Kong's leader Tung Chee-hwa announced the withdrawal of plans to introduce controversial new national security laws 12 years ago, he said the community needed some breathing space.
29 Jan 2015 - 8:39pmAmerica's need for foreign oil is declining, while impatience with Saudi Arabia's ways is growing, shaking a once-tight relationship.
29 Jan 2015 - 4:18am 2 commentsMore potential investors have expressed an interest in buying part of ATV after a tender to sell a 10.75 per cent stake in the troubled broadcaster closed earlier this week, its executive director Ip Ka-po said.
29 Jan 2015 - 5:55pm 1 comment More on Asia Television LimitedMTR staff told to share company-related information online in a “responsible” manner after a photograph of a train carriage bearing the number ”D689” was shared on Facebook.
29 Jan 2015 - 5:59pm 6 comments More on MTRCState Administration for Industry and Commerce director claims he is not biased against e-commerce giant, according to unverified transcript and recording
29 Jan 2015 - 9:18pm 2 commentsFeudal tradition has allowed those in power to stay beyond the law, says commentary in party mouthpiece magazine
29 Jan 2015 - 5:49pm 3 commentsMalaysia Airlines Flight 370 was formally declared an accident, the Malaysian government announced on Thursday, paving the way for victims’ relatives to be compensated.
29 Jan 2015 - 9:04pm 2 comments More on Malaysia Airlines flight 370An audio message purportedly from a Japanese journalist being held by Islamic State militants said a Jordanian air force pilot also held by the group would be killed unless an Iraqi female prisoner in Jordan was released by sunset today.
29 Jan 2015 - 4:46pm 1 commentCuban President Raul Castro has laid out conditions to normalise relations with the United States, demanding an end to the US embargo, the return of Guantanamo and Havana’s removal from a terror list.
29 Jan 2015 - 9:28pmA Spanish judge charged 10 Catholic priests over the alleged sexual abuse of a teenage altar boy, court papers showed, a case which Pope Francis himself ordered investigated.
29 Jan 2015 - 4:54pmAlibaba's chairman Jack Ma is set to face a barrage of questions when the e-commerce giant reports quarterly earnings today, spurred by a government regulator's blistering accusation of widespread fraud.
29 Jan 2015 - 5:20pm 24 comments More on AlibabaChina’s stock regulator will inspect the stock margin trading business of 46 companies, the official Xinhua news agency said, amid concerns the country’s stock markets are becoming over-leveraged and vulnerable to a sudden reversal.
29 Jan 2015 - 10:15am More on Hong Kong Stock ExchangeCity 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 commentFive years ago, Aloysius Lee Tse-sang returned to Singapore from Hong Kong after serving as chief executive of South Beach Consortium, a joint venture formed by City Developments Ltd (CDL) and other parties to head a S$3 billion (HK$17.3 billion) hotel-office-residential-retail development projec
28 Jan 2015 - 6:46pmBirdy Chu's multimedia show, It's just the beginning, at the Goethe-Institut Hongkong, documents the democracy protests from different angles.
28 Jan 2015 - 11:42pm More on Occupy CentralTouting such eyebrow-raising combinations as an Indian turmeric paella, a Turkish-Korean anchovy Caesar salad and a Creole shrimp-lamb dumpling, a new contender for hottest cookery writer of 2015 is preparing to elbow aside the likes of Jamie Oliver, Mary Berry and Nigella Lawson: IBM’s supercomp
29 Jan 2015 - 5:36pmTouting such eyebrow-raising combinations as an Indian turmeric paella, a Turkish-Korean anchovy Caesar salad and a Creole shrimp-lamb dumpling, a new contender for hottest cookery writer of 2015 is preparing to elbow aside the likes of Jamie Oliver, Mary Berry and Nigella Lawson: IBM’s supercomp
29 Jan 2015 - 5:36pmAdrenaline 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
The hot-headed French footballing legend says he is a butterfly really ...
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
Second seed Maria Sharapova insisted Thursday her “terrible” record against arch-rival Serena Williams was irrelevant after booking an Australian Open final showdown with the American top seed.
29 Jan 2015 - 4:48pm More on Australian Open 2015Chelsea striker Diego Costa faces a three-game suspension after being charged with violent conduct for appearing to stamp on Liverpool’s Emre Can, the Football Association announced on Wednesday.
29 Jan 2015 - 11:13am More on English Premier League 2014/15With the Oscars looming and a string of top live music acts descending on Hong Kong, the next two months promise a feast for the eyes and ears. Here’s our guide to the best movie openings and live shows.
29 Jan 2015 - 11:06amStuck for things to do with your brood over the Lunar New Year and beyond? There's no shortage of entertaining options here and in Macau. We've picked seven of the best.
29 Jan 2015 - 11:55amA 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.
Indian soldiers march during the Republic Day parade in New Delhi, while Supporters of Pakistan's political and religious party Jama'at e Islami hold signs, and more ...
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
Indian soldiers march during the Republic Day parade in New Delhi, while Supporter
