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US suggests search for missing flight expand to Indian Ocean as MH370 'satellite pings' revealed

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A new search area for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 may be opened in the Indian Ocean, the White House said, significantly broadening the potential location of the plane, which disappeared nearly a week ago with 239 people on board.

Friday, 14 March, 2014, 10:09am 1 comment More on Malaysian Airlines flight 370

Motorola sues Turkish family in embezzlement case for billions in Hong Kong courts

A multibillion-dollar lawsuit by US mobile giant Motorola against a fugitive Turkish family has reached Hong Kong courts.

13 Mar 2014 - 11:43pm More on Motorola

Merkel warns of 'catastrophe' as Russia holds new war games on Ukraine border

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Russia launched new military exercises near its border with Ukraine on Thursday, showing no sign of backing down on plans to annex its neighbour’s Crimea region despite a stronger than expected drive for sanctions from the EU and United States.

14 Mar 2014 - 10:48am

Panasonic offers pollution premium on top of pay for staff sent to China

Japanese electronics giant Panasonic said yesterday it would pay employees sent to China a wage premium to compensate for the country's hazardous air pollution, in a possible first for an international company.

14 Mar 2014 - 5:47am More on Panasonic

Premier’s plan for government policy wins approval as NPC draws to a close

Most of the National People's Congress - dominated by the Communist Party and described by critics as a rubber stamp parliament - usually vote overwhelmingly in favour of Beijing's policies. But analysts said the administration was still enjoying its "honeymoon period".

14 Mar 2014 - 6:07am More on Chinese parliamentary sessions 2014

Fresh China media crackdown hits popular accounts on Tencent's WeChat

At least a dozen popular public WeChat accounts - some followed by hundreds of thousands subscribers - were shut down or suspended yesterday. Some of the accounts were operated by popular columnists, such as Xu Danei and Luo Changping, or by online news outlets, such as NetEase.

14 Mar 2014 - 9:29am 1 comment More on Tencent

Multiple deaths after bloody knife attack in central China market

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Several knife-wielding assailants launched a stabbing attack against people in a grocery market Friday morning in Changsha, capital city of the central province Hunan, state media and eyewitnesses said.

14 Mar 2014 - 12:15pm

China wants its experts to join hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner

China has asked to be allowed to send its own aviation experts to join the Malaysian officials hunting for a missing Malaysia Airlines plane amid growing concerns the search, now in its seventh day, has been bungled.

14 Mar 2014 - 5:41am 3 comments More on Malaysia Airlines flight 370

Karachi police living in shadow of death, with 44 slain this year

13 Mar 2014 - 9:47pm

Ceasefire holds in Gaza after Israeli air strikes, Palestinian rocket firings

13 Mar 2014 - 11:47pm 1 comment

Ready to get your Tesla on the road in Beijing? Think again

13 Mar 2014 - 6:24pm

China and US can overcome frictions with co-operation, says Li Keqiang

14 Mar 2014 - 6:01am

Rogue jet not missing plane, Malaysian diplomat assures families

14 Mar 2014 - 10:34am

Death toll from New York blast, building collapse rises to seven

13 Mar 2014 - 9:55pm 1 comment

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Editor's Pick

Referendum in Crimea brings anxiety to China

Russia has taken us back to imperialism by occupying a neighbouring country, but is Moscow's support for a vote for Crimeans to determine their own destiny such a terrible idea? It is if you're the government of China.

14 Mar 2014 - 2:39am 6 comments

Today's Poll

Do you believe the new theory that MH370 may have been hijacked and crashed in the Indian Ocean?
  • Yes: 71%
  • No: 29%
14 Mar 2014
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Total number of votes recorded: 163

Opinion

Hari Kumar Hari Kumar

Vladimir Putin's strongman tactics make Barack Obama look weak

14 Mar 2014 - 5:28am 4 comments
Howard Winn Howard Winn

HSBC goes for cooler image at the Sevens this year

14 Mar 2014 - 12:53am 1 comment
Albert Cheng Albert Cheng

Police removal of district councillor at meeting sends wrong message

14 Mar 2014 - 2:37am 3 comments
DANNY LEE DANNY LEE

Apple seeks a piece of the bitcoin frenzy

13 Mar 2014 - 4:41am 3 comments

Insight

As missing Malaysian flight shows, fake travel documents pose threat

ZHOU ZUNYOU

Despite a full-scale multinational search-and-rescue operation, Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, carrying 239 passengers and crew from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, remains missing.

14 Mar 2014 - 5:25am 2 comments

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Focus

GDP growth target flexible as jobs take priority, says Premier Li Keqiang

Victoria Ruan Update

The official economic growth target will be flexible as long as it can ensure stable jobs, Premier Li Keqiang told an international audience in the clearest message to date by a top leader about the nation's willingness to tolerate slower growth.

14 Mar 2014 - 5:57am 2 comments

Harry's View

14 Mar 2014

Hong Kong

COURTS

Macau court to deliver verdict on Joseph Lau's and Steven Lo's corruption case

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A Macau court will deliver a verdict on the corruption case involving Hong Kong tycoon Joseph Lau Luen-hung and businessman Steven Lo Kit-sing this afternoon following a one-year trial.

14 Mar 2014 - 12:17pm
POLITICS

Beijing must build trust with Hong Kong's democrats, says NPC deputy

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Proposal to grant pan-democrats permits to travel to the mainland receives tepid response from former Democratic Party lawmaker.

14 Mar 2014 - 12:06pm More on Hong Kong Politics
POLITICS

More pan-democratic lawmakers may snub invitation to Shanghai

14 Mar 2014 13 comments

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China

Multiple deaths after bloody knife attack in central China market

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Several knife-wielding assailants launched a stabbing attack against people in a grocery market Friday morning in Changsha, capital city of the central province Hunan, state media and eyewitnesses said.

14 Mar 2014 - 12:15pm
Flight MH370

China wants its experts to join hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner

China has asked to be allowed to send its own aviation experts to join the Malaysian officials hunting for a missing Malaysia Airlines plane amid growing concerns the search, now in its seventh day, has been bungled.

14 Mar 2014 - 5:41am 3 comments More on Malaysia Airlines flight 370

Rogue jet not missing plane, Malaysian diplomat assures families

14 Mar 2014

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Asia

US suggests search for missing flight expand to Indian Ocean as MH370 'satellite pings' revealed

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A new search area for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 may be opened in the Indian Ocean, the White House said, significantly broadening the potential location of the plane, which disappeared nearly a week ago with 239 people on board.

14 Mar 2014 - 10:09am 1 comment More on Malaysian Airlines flight 370
ASIA

Malaysia rejects China’s lost plane images, denies reports MH370 flew on for hours

Malaysia on Thursday denied a media report that its missing airliner flew on for hours after last making contact, and said Chinese photos that raised hopes of a search breakthrough actually showed no wreckage.

13 Mar 2014 - 9:12pm 2 comments More on Malaysia Airlines flight 370
JAPAN

Strong 6.3-magnitude quake hits off southern Japan

14 Mar 2014

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World

Ukraine crisis

Merkel warns of 'catastrophe' as Russia holds new war games on Ukraine border

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Russia launched new military exercises near its border with Ukraine on Thursday, showing no sign of backing down on plans to annex its neighbour’s Crimea region despite a stronger than expected drive for sanctions from the EU and United States.

14 Mar 2014 - 10:48am
MIDDLE EAST

Ceasefire holds in Gaza after Israeli air strikes, Palestinian rocket firings

A ceasefire was holding in Gaza yesterday after Israeli warplanes pounded 29 Palestinian targets in response to heavy Palestinian rocket fire into the mainly Jewish state.

13 Mar 2014 - 11:47pm 1 comment
UKRAINE

Obama’s backing for Ukraine’s new leaders hardens East-West split

13 Mar 2014

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China Insider

Electric vehicles

Ready to get your Tesla on the road in Beijing? Think again

13 Mar 2014
E-COMMERCE

Infographic: Asia's HK$4 trillion e-commerce market

13 Mar 2014
ENTERTAINMENT

House of Cards embodies the corruption in American politics, says Chinese ambassador

12 Mar 2014 6 comments

Russia's war of words with US over Crimea spills onto Chinese social media

11 Mar 2014
CRIME

US language tutor jailed for 30 years for sexually exploiting children in China

10 Mar 2014 5 comments
EMIGRATION

China becomes top source of fresh immigrants moving to New Zealand

8 Mar 2014 2 comments
KUNMING ATTACK

Beijing police threaten action against microbloggers over Kunming attack comments

8 Mar 2014 2 comments
TENCENT

WeChat’s latest viral hit in China: health insurance

6 Mar 2014 2 comments
TIBET

Founder of Tibet’s Communist Party makes a final plea for Dalai Lama’s return

7 Mar 2014 3 comments
hoax

China’s Sohu falls for ‘Back to the Future’ hover board video hoax

6 Mar 2014
Hospitals

Nurse paralysed as shocking hospital attack by Nanjing official is caught on camera

6 Mar 2014
DISCRIMINATION

Police apologise for evicting innocent Uygur man after Kunming terror attack

10 Mar 2014 1 comment
POLITICS

No more Chanel or Emilio Pucci for princeling Li Xiaolin at congress meeting, but critics unimpressed

5 Mar 2014 3 comments
DIPLOMACY

Germany refuses Xi Jinping's request to visit Holocaust memorial sites during tour of Europe

5 Mar 2014 13 comments

Business

INTEREST RATES

Hong Kong banks' battle for deposits starts earlier

A regulatory directive that banks in Hong Kong fund the loans they make with deposits of longer tenor has spurred the lenders to begin their annual battle for deposits earlier this year.

14 Mar 2014 - 10:23am More on Hong Kong Monetary Authority
MANAGEMENT

Changing environment demands new breed of business leaders

Tougher regulatory requirements, fast changing technology and volatile investment markets worldwide demand new types of leadership in companies, which poses challenges and opportunities for global head-hunters.

14 Mar 2014 - 11:34am More on Company executives

Markets

Doug Young Doug Young

Tencent M&A in overdrive with reported handset bid

13 Mar 2014 - 10:30am

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Property

PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT

New World Development plans to take New World China Land private

New World Development offered on Friday to privatise New World China Land – its mainland property arm, of which it holds 59.1 per cent – in a deal that could be worth more than HK$18.6 billion.

14 Mar 2014 - 11:57am More on New World China Land

Tiny store in Causeway Bay shopping district sells for record price

A tiny Causeway Bay shop has become the most expensive commercial property after it was sold for a record HK$1.38 million per square foot.

The 130-square-foot shop on 77-83 Matheson Street changed hands at HK$180 million, with no information yet on the identity of the buyer.

14 Mar 2014 - 1:07am

Swire Properties to spend HK$10b on Taikoo Place redevelopment

14 Mar 2014

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Lifestyle

Arts & Culture

Pink Dollar app fights gay prejudice

As much as we like to consider ourselves highly evolved beings free from prejudice, recent anti-gay protests around the world have proved that we still have a way to go.

14 Mar 2014 - 10:06am More on LIFE

Overseas tours will help Hong Kong Philharmonic hit the high notes, says conductor Jaap van Zweden

14 Mar 2014

String theorist: an audience with jazz guitar great John McLaughlin

12 Mar 2014
Food & Wine

The Seasons aims to train staff for the coming restaurant boom in Macau

It's taken more than 18 months to get up and running but Jean Alberti is pleased to say The Seasons, the training restaurant he set up, is finally open to the public.

14 Mar 2014 - 10:23am More on LIFE

Last orders for great British pub

14 Mar 2014

The humble bao has been given a make over

12 Mar 2014
Technology

Chinese online games firm ChangYou to invest US$600m in mobile push

ChangYou.com a leading mainland developer and operator of online games, will roll out a US$600 million mobile gaming development initiative that represents one of the largest investments in its industry.

14 Mar 2014 - 12:06am More on Mobile games

Broadcast data project could provide free uncensored internet to anyone in the world

13 Mar 2014

Happy birthday, World Wide Web! On 25th anniversary, inventor calls for action to ensure freedom online

12 Mar 2014 3 comments
Fashion

Designer Matthew Williamson talks about a recurring motif in his work

14 Mar 2014

Trend spotter: sports luxe and urban dandy in the fashion spotlight

12 Mar 2014
Books

Thrills and a history lesson in Hong Kong-based novel

9 Mar 2014

Memoir chronicles voyage of self-discovery by saviour of abandoned orphans

10 Mar 2014
Health

Carob enjoys a resurgence in popularity as a 'superfood'

11 Mar 2014

Fit & Fab: Fiona Foxon

11 Mar 2014
Beauty

Kate Somerville is here to save our skin

14 Mar 2014

Beauty fix: Elemis facial treatment provides some lift at 10/10 Space

12 Mar 2014
Family & Education

Taobao's rise in Hong Kong may pave globl expansion

14 Mar 2014

Singaporean author on a crusade against Asian education system

11 Mar 2014
Interiors & Living

Style with David Roden, March 12, 2014

12 Mar 2014

Shanghai fair attracts do-it-yourself interior designers

12 Mar 2014

Magazines

Sport

BNP Paribas Open

Li Na books semi-final spot with win over Dominika Cibulkova

Australian Open champion Li Na booked her semi-final berth at the Indian Wells hardcourt tennis tournament with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 win over Dominika Cibulkova.

14 Mar 2014 - 11:23am
RACING

John Moore remains confident in Designs On Rome for Hong Kong Derby, despite draw

Able Friend may have emerged with the lower barrier draw for the HK$16 million BMW Hong Kong Derby yesterday, but his trainer John Moore deviated from the popular wisdom that stablemate Designs On Rome had fared the worst.

14 Mar 2014 - 9:33am
GERMANY

Bayern Munich president found guilty of tax evasion

14 Mar 2014

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Magazines

From brewing your own beer to learning leather work: why DIY rocks

There’s a deep satisfaction in doing it yourself. Perhaps it’s the pride that comes with crafting something unique, or the take-it-slow philosophy behind it. Vanessa Yung gets hands on.

12 Mar 2014 - 10:42pm
SEE/HEAR

Photographer William Furniss likes taking pictures in the rain

Photographer William Furniss loves the city when it rains, so much so that he's made it the subject of his latest exhibition. Kylie Knott takes her umbrella.

12 Mar 2014 - 10:42pm
SEE/HEAR

String theorist: an audience with jazz guitar great John McLaughlin

12 Mar 2014

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Blogs

The Beauty Blog TAMA LUNG

Kate Somerville is here to save our skin

TAMA LUNG 14 Mar 2014 - 12:00pm
Happy Lucky Dragon Win Michael Cox

How do you solve a problem like Moreira?

Michael Cox 13 Mar 2014 - 9:16pm
Corporate China Doug Young

Tencent M&A in overdrive with reported handset bid

Doug Young 13 Mar 2014 - 10:30am
Happy Lucky Dragon Win Michael Cox

Master Size with an appropriate winner to bring up a milestone

Michael Cox 12 Mar 2014 - 9:51am
The Hongcouver Ian Young

Potent symbols of the new Vancouver, served up on a Rolls-Royce’s ‘CHINA’ plate

Ian Young 12 Mar 2014 - 5:14pm 11 comments
The Beauty Blog TAMA LUNG

Review: Vinoperfect Radiance Facial at Caudalie Spa

TAMA LUNG 12 Mar 2014 - 9:14am
Corporate China Doug Young

Weibo: Baidu, Xiaomi, TCL leaders strut at NPC

Doug Young 10 Mar 2014 - 2:17pm

In Pictures

Pray for Malaysia flight MH370

The search continues for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on Saturday, March 8, 2014.

11 Mar 2014

Today in Photos, March 14

An anti-government protester sets fire to a barricade as he confronts a police water cannon during clashes in Caracas, U.S. first lady Michelle Obama greets Kermit the Frog, and more ...

14 Mar 2014

Today in Photos, March 13

A firefighter battles flames at a construction site in the Mission Bay neighbourhood of San Francisco, an art enthusiast checks out local visual artist Jessie Leung Ka-yi’s work Panniculus, and mor

13 Mar 2014

Improving well-being: mainland masseuses learn to relax tense muscles, March 12

The basic conditions at the classrooms and dormitories of Huaxia Liangste's massage training centres in Henan seem very far away from its luxurious spas and massage stores of Beijing.

12 Mar 2014

Fukushima three years on, March 11

Yesterday was the third anniversary of the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit the northeast coast of Japan, leaving about 19,000 dead or missing and hundreds of thousands homeless as the giant

12 Mar 2014
News

The search continues for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which vanished en route f

13 Mar 2014
Photos

An anti-government protester sets fire to a barricade as he confronts a police wat

14 Mar 2014
Photos

A firefighter battles flames at a construction site in the Mission Bay neighbourho

13 Mar 2014
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The basic conditions at the classrooms and dormitories of Huaxia Liangste's massag

12 Mar 2014
News

Yesterday was the third anniversary of the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit

12 Mar 2014

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