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Dozens of military boats and helicopters scramble to rescue more than 470 people, including 325 high school students, after a ferry sinks off South Korea’s southern coast, killing one.
Wednesday, 16 April, 2014, 12:00pmResidents of Vancouver would be advised to keep an eye (and ear) out for a wave of French-speaking Chinese millionaires.
16 Apr 2014 - 11:32amChina has cancelled a multinational naval parade to mark the 65th anniversary of the PLA Navy later this month because of the continuing search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet.
16 Apr 2014 - 7:52am More on Malaysia Airlines flight 370A University of Calgary student was charged in the fatal stabbing of five people at a house party Tuesday that the police chief called the worst mass slaying in the western Canadian city’s history.
16 Apr 2014 - 11:18amThe much-heralded HK$67 billion high-speed railway linking Hong Kong with Guangzhou - the most expensive ever built per kilometre - has been delayed by up to two years due to "unforeseen difficulties".
16 Apr 2014 - 8:53am 13 comments More on MTRCChen Yizi, a former aide and senior policy adviser to disgraced Communist Party chief Zhao Ziyang, died at his home in Los Angeles on the eve of yesterday's 25th anniversary of the former party chief Hu Yaobang's death.
16 Apr 2014 - 3:37am More on Tiananmen Square crackdownA Chinese journalist and whistle blower who last year accused the head of a key state-owned conglomerate of corruption and wrongdoing has launched another accusation against the same executive.
16 Apr 2014 - 11:32am More on China Resources (Holdings)China’s economy grew at its slowest rate last quarter since the third quarter of 2012 – though it slightly exceeded economists’ expectations – increasing the chances of policy easing, but massive stimulus looks unlikely.
16 Apr 2014 - 11:35am More on Chinese EconomyTo access the SCMP ePaper Edition you will need a Digital Premium Subscription.
Hong Kong’s new Companies Ordinance is a study in the remarkable – it is progressive, changes some centuries-old company law concepts to suit the digital age and genuinely breaks new ground.
16 Apr 2014 - 11:50amWang Lin needed a change. The crushing air pollution and gridlock traffic in his hometown of Hangu, an industrial district in the northern metropolis of Tianjin , made him anxious and sometimes ill.
16 Apr 2014 - 4:13am 1 commentA cancer-causing toxin has been found in seven types of pet food sold in Hong Kong. Vets said long-term consumption could increase the risk of liver tumours.
16 Apr 2014 - 11:16am 1 commentThe much-heralded HK$67 billion high-speed railway linking Hong Kong with Guangzhou - the most expensive ever built per kilometre - has been delayed by up to two years due to "unforeseen difficulties".
16 Apr 2014 - 8:53am 13 comments More on MTRCLanzhou authorities will add a second water source for the Gansu city of more than 3 million after supervision at the main supplier was found lacking following a contamination scandal, state media reported.
16 Apr 2014 - 11:55amThe United States and China have held “productive” talks on North Korea, the US State Department said on Tuesday, part of stepped-up international diplomacy after Pyongyang warned of plans to conduct a new type of nuclear test.
16 Apr 2014 - 11:33amDozens of military boats and helicopters scramble to rescue more than 470 people, including 325 high school students, after a ferry sinks off South Korea’s southern coast, killing one.
16 Apr 2014 - 12:00pmNewly elected Tokyo governor Yoichi Masuzoe yesterday announced he would visit Beijing next week in a trip that will be closely watched in China and Japan for ways to mend rocky bilateral relations.
16 Apr 2014 - 1:25am 1 commentA University of Calgary student was charged in the fatal stabbing of five people at a house party Tuesday that the police chief called the worst mass slaying in the western Canadian city’s history.
16 Apr 2014 - 11:18amHowever, 24 hours after a Ukrainian ultimatum for the separatists to lay down their arms expired, witnesses reported no signs that Kiev's forces were ready to storm state buildings the rebels have occupied in the country's Russian-speaking east.
16 Apr 2014 - 11:48am 1 commentChina’s economy grew at its slowest rate last quarter since the third quarter of 2012 – though it slightly exceeded economists’ expectations – increasing the chances of policy easing, but massive stimulus looks unlikely.
16 Apr 2014 - 11:35am More on Chinese EconomyJust over two weeks ago, the United Nations-sponsored Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the part of its fifth assessment report dealing with the possible impacts of climate change.
16 Apr 2014 - 10:11amHong Kong's biggest developers are skirting around bank restrictions by offering loans to raise the mortgage ceiling up to 85 per cent of a flat's value - which could put buyers at risk of a default if home prices fall significantly.
16 Apr 2014 - 5:52am More on Hong Kong Monetary AuthorityDespite the boom in construction in Hong Kong, keen competition is keeping profit margins for builders low, which leaves Chun Wo Development seeking a fresh survival strategy.
16 Apr 2014 - 5:59amNorway will hand to China a copy of “The Cave of the Silken Web”, a classic Chinese film that had long been believed lost, the National Library of Norway said Monday.
15 Apr 2014 - 4:30pm 1 commentWe can talk up, down and around the 2013 vintage in Bordeaux. The tasting week for the en primeur campaign has finished, and the thousands of wine buyers and journalists who have trooped from chateau to chateau have now packed up their toothbrushes and headed home.
11 Apr 2014 - 12:20pm More on LIFEResearchers who fought for years to get full data on Roche's flu medicine Tamiflu said last week that governments who stockpiled it were wasting billions of dollars on a drug whose effectiveness was in doubt.
13 Apr 2014 - 3:22amSpace invaders: ‘The final frontier’ is ready for tourists later this year
City of angles: Five outdoor enthusiasts show a different view of Hong Kong
True grit: from Hollywood to the horrors of a Phnom Penh rubbish dump
A young Pakistani is being mourned not only by his family but also by the close-knit Kwai Chung community whose hopes he carried on his shoulders
Mark Okoth Obama Ndesandjo opens up about his relationship with the US president
The personal touch is what attracts diners to small, cosy restaurants
Arsene Wenger took a risk by picking Arsenal’s old guard against West Ham United on Tuesday but it paid off with a 3-1 win as his weary side regained fourth place in the Premier League.
16 Apr 2014 - 9:53amGuangzhou Evergrande's grasp on their AFC Champions League crown loosened on Tuesday night as a second defeat in a row left Marcello Lippi's and his team's hopes of reaching the knockout phase of this year's competition in the balance.
15 Apr 2014 - 11:02pmErnesto Spicciolato emerges from the mist and drags his kayak up onto the shore in the otherwise empty Hap Mun bay on what has turned out to be one of the foggiest days of the year – the zero visibility adds to the sense of utter remoteness, though we’re actually only a 15-minute ride away from Sai Kung pier.
15 Apr 2014 - 8:55amTODAY REPRESENTS an important career milestone for Tsui Tin-yau, the singer-songwriter, film actor, mystery novel writer, and Aaron Kwok Fu-shing doppelganger whenever he knits his eyebrows.
15 Apr 2014 - 8:55amThe pro-Russian activists occupying state institutions in eastern Ukraine said they will not heed an ultimatum by the government in Kiev.
Thousands of people in the Philippines form a message of peace using 56,680 candles, First lady Michelle Obama has sticker placed on her face by 20-month-old Lily Oppelt, and more ...
Two pressure cooker bombs killed three people and injured an estimated 264 others during the Boston marathon on April 15, 2013.
A bevy of swans take part in a parade in Ontario, an infant looks at Hindu holy men as part of a ritual to bless him during a religious procession to mark the Gajan festival in Kolkata, and more ..
The pro-Russian activists occupying state institutions in eastern Ukraine said the
Thousands of people in the Philippines form a message of peace using 56,680 candle
Two pressure cooker bombs killed three people and injured an estimated 264 others
A bevy of swans take part in a parade in Ontario, an infant looks at Hindu holy me
