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Beijing has narrowed the controversial definition of "terrorism" in the revised draft of its counterterrorism law by removing a reference to "thought" as a crime.
Friday, 27 February, 2015, 2:10am 3 commentsWomen from the mainland and Hong Kong again dominated the annual Forbes list of the 50 most powerful businesswomen in Asia, with 14 top female decision-makers making the grade this year.
26 Feb 2015 - 11:33pmDisputes over the sale and seizure of farmland are one of the biggest causes of protests around the country
26 Feb 2015 - 3:44pmTom Group, the media conglomerate controlled by Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing, plans to step up the expansion of its e-commerce joint venture in mainland China.
26 Feb 2015 - 1:49pm More on THE NEXT BIG THINGThe rise of China's middle class posed no challenge to the authority of the Communist Party, state media said yesterday.
27 Feb 2015 - 3:32amCivil servants who lie on their personal records and resumes are being targeted by a new audit ordered by the central government.
26 Feb 2015 - 5:01pm More on Xi Jinping's anti-graft campaignTencent may have started a war for electronic red packets with other Chinese internet firms, but when it comes to handing out 'Lai See' to employe
26 Feb 2015 - 6:02pm 2 commentsThe launch of a free-trade zone in Guangdong could be delayed, sources close to the provincial government said, after a similar zone in Fujian was postponed abruptly yesterday.
27 Feb 2015 - 2:06amA Fujian obstetrician whose patient died hours after giving birth will stand trial for criminal negligence, raising concern among doctors that they could face charges for failing to achieve ideal results despite their best efforts.
27 Feb 2015 - 3:32amScientists at state-owned research institutes on the mainland will be able to personally profit from their breakthroughs in science and technology under a proposed law amendment.
26 Feb 2015 - 11:04pmChina now has more diesel- and nuclear-powered vessels than the US, although their quality is inferior, a top US Navy admiral tells American lawmakers
26 Feb 2015 - 4:27pm 7 commentsArgentina's Congress has approved the installation of a Chinese satellite tracking station in the South American country's Patagonia region.
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Currency wars are raging worldwide, and China is bearing the brunt of them. The renminbi has appreciated sharply over the past several years, exports are sagging and the risk of deflation is growing.
26 Feb 2015 - 5:53pmThe government's more generous than expected budget sweeteners have cheered the middle class, the poor, small businesses and even property developers.
27 Feb 2015 - 3:04amA further 11 Occupy Central leaders face "arrest by appointment" as early as next week after receiving telephone calls from police yesterday.
27 Feb 2015 - 2:57am 9 comments More on Occupy CentralMore than half of the 29 residential sites in Hong Kong's land sale programme have yet to complete the rezoning process, raising concerns about whether the city can meet the annual private housing target of 19,000 units.
26 Feb 2015 - 11:42pmBeijing has narrowed the controversial definition of "terrorism" in the revised draft of its counterterrorism law by removing a reference to "thought" as a crime.
27 Feb 2015 - 2:10am 3 commentsThe rise of China's middle class posed no challenge to the authority of the Communist Party, state media said yesterday.
27 Feb 2015 - 3:32amWomen from the mainland and Hong Kong again dominated the annual Forbes list of the 50 most powerful businesswomen in Asia, with 14 top female decision-makers making the grade this year.
26 Feb 2015 - 11:33pmSingapore’s first prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, is on “mechanical ventilation” in an intensive care unit in hospital, the government announced as rumours swirled of the elder statesman’s demise.
26 Feb 2015 - 7:25pm 1 commentInvestigators believe that the “Jihadi John” masked fighter who fronted Islamic State beheading videos is a British man named Mohammed Emwazi, two US government sources said on Thursday.
26 Feb 2015 - 10:40pmIslamic State militants have abducted at least 220 people from Assyrian Christian villages in northeastern Syria during a three day offensive, a monitor that tracks violence in Syria said on Thursday.
26 Feb 2015 - 10:40pmThe securities regulator has identified about 600 Hong Kong and mainland funds for participation in the soon-to-be launched mutual recognition scheme allowing cross-border fund sales, according to outgoing Securities and Futures Commission deputy chief executive Alexa Lam Cheung Cheuk-wah.
26 Feb 2015 - 10:52pmBeleaguered Standard Chartered chief executive Peter Sands will step down in June, the bank revealed yesterday in a move that turned the spotlight away from his cross-town rival at HSBC, Stuart Gulliver.
27 Feb 2015 - 2:05amSome Chinese developers are planning to raise prices for new luxury projects in prime areas this year, in a rare sign of improving sentiment in a market that saw new home prices fall for the last eight months of 2014.
24 Feb 2015 - 6:22pm More on China PropertyGreenland Hong Kong, the Hong Kong-listed unit of the mainland’s largest developer by sales, announced it would diversify into internet finance this year, hoping to capitalise on the cyber world to offer financial services to cash-strapped mainland developers.
11 Feb 2015 - 6:11am More on China PropertyThe British actor delivers a nuanced turn as the riddle-solving father of computer science with a brilliant mind and a tortured soul.
25 Feb 2015 - 10:30pmFood and models are not an obvious pairing. Rather than going together like crispy duck and plum sauce, the modelling industry is likelier to make you think of fad diets or eating disorders. Yet these rarefied sylphs are moving from the catwalk to the kitchen.
27 Feb 2015 - 6:08amHigh-profile hacks have put companies on the defensive as they try to prevent themselves becoming the next Sony Pictures or Anthem. And data shows phishing emails are increasingly being used as entry points for hackers.
27 Feb 2015 - 6:16amRobert and Sally Lo, the hearts and minds behind the Hong Kong Cancer Fund
Adrenaline junky Kenny Chiang is China’s only competing aerobatic pilot
Alfresco dining is gaining popularity among busy Hongkongers who want to unwind
Space invaders: ‘The final frontier’ is ready for tourists later this year
Chinese pace-setters Dongfeng Race Team clung to a slim lead yesterday as the Volvo Ocean Race's fourth leg looked set for a grandstand finish.
26 Feb 2015 - 11:13pmWhat's the best way to stop Eden from passing you by? Hazard a guess? Several kicks ought to do it. Hazard is the most fouled player in the English Premier League this season. The Chelsea star was on the receiving end of some "special" treatment in last week's Champions League encounter with Paris Saint-Germain, when he was fouled nine times in a match where the referee issued only two cautions.
26 Feb 2015 - 11:27pm More on English Premier League 2014/15The British actor delivers a nuanced turn as the riddle-solving father of computer science with a brilliant mind and a tortured soul.
25 Feb 2015 - 10:30pmYou know Roy Ayers' music, even if you don't know you know it. He has more than 90 albums to his name, and claims to be the most sampled musician in history.
25 Feb 2015 - 11:09pm More on Hong Kong gigsA four-storey building at a privately owned school collapsed in Shenzhen, while Filipino soldiers and policemen link arms as they march in the Philippines, and more ...
Snowfall during the Lunar New Year period in many northern parts of the mainland brought not only fun and games for vacationers and traditional hopes for a fruitful year ahead, but also travel disr
Stunt planes get the annual Australian International Airshow off to an explosive start, while doctors work to separate 10-month-old conjoined twin girls in Houston, and more ...
In the northern city of Tianjin diners can eat in a mock prison, while powerlifter Ivan Savkin pulls an armored vehicle in Vladivostok, and more ...
Hong Kong put on a spectacular show last night as the city’s lights combined with the rain and low-level cloud, more than 60 police officers joined the field for yesterday’s Tokyo Marathon amid con
A four-storey building at a privately owned school collapsed in Shenzhen, while Fi
Snowfall during the Lunar New Year period in many northern parts of the mainland b
Stunt planes get the annual Australian International Airshow off to an explosive s
In the northern city of Tianjin diners can eat in a mock prison, while powerlifter
Hong Kong put on a spectacular show last night as the city’s lights combined with
!["[Alan Turing's] importance is massive compared to how people know him," says Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays the code-breaking scientist in The Imitation Game.](http://www.scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/308x191/public/2015/02/16/53cec1cbe3190f7a1235440e372e8e10.jpg?itok=2GHHSqUc "\"[Alan Turing's] importance is massive compared to how people know him,\" says Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays the code-breaking scientist in The Imitation Game.")
