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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe described as "heinous and despicable" the apparent beheading of a second Japanese hostage by Islamic State (IS), as global leaders denounced the jihadis.
Monday, 2 February, 2015, 7:29am 15 commentsThe authorities in Xinjiang investigated 355 Communist Party cadres for breaches of party political discipline last year, a six-fold increase over 2013, in a greater attempt to root out disloyal members.
2 Feb 2015 - 1:46amNews that China is building its second aircraft carrier leaked out again on the weekend, once more through official civilian channels before the reports were pulled.
2 Feb 2015 - 4:14am 3 commentsThere were high hopes for Zhou Shengxian in late 2005 when he was named head of the then State Environmental Protection Administration.
2 Feb 2015 - 4:18amFive years ago, as a team from the Wuhan Botanical Garden embarked on a study of environmental impacts of the massive Three Gorges Dam, they made a startling discovery.
2 Feb 2015 - 4:23amThe wives of two disgraced state leaders had links to a former bank chief who was taken away by graft-busters last week, mainland media reported.
2 Feb 2015 - 4:17amThe central government pledged in a key policy document on Sunday to address food safety and modernise agriculture while raising the income of growers, as it sought to address concerns about future food supply.
2 Feb 2015 - 4:25amPower can be a heady aphrodisiac and Dominique Strauss-Kahn, when chief of the International Monetary Fund and about to run for French president, had plenty of it.
2 Feb 2015 - 2:00am 1 comment More on Dominique Strauss-KahnThe shipping containers emblazoned with the Cosco logo on the quayside at Greece's biggest port Piraeus are a sign that China has invested heavily here.
2 Feb 2015 - 1:46amPortugal's property market continues to expand at double digit rates thanks to foreign buyers, including China's new rich, despite a graft scandal over visas used to lure in rich non-Europeans.
2 Feb 2015 - 5:30amThe controversy-hit Alibaba Group announced it would set up a HK$1 billion fund to support young Hong Kong entrepreneurs to start and grow their businesses on its platforms.
2 Feb 2015 - 7:22am 3 comments More on AlibabaTurnout for the first major pro-democracy march of the post-Occupy era fell well short of expectations - but organisers rejected suggestions people were growing less determined about the fight for democracy.
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The governments of the Philippines, Vietnam and the US have, in recent months, lashed out at China over its behaviour in the South China Sea.
2 Feb 2015 - 5:01am 3 commentsPower can be a heady aphrodisiac and Dominique Strauss-Kahn, when chief of the International Monetary Fund and about to run for French president, had plenty of it.
2 Feb 2015 - 2:00am 1 commentTurnout for the first major pro-democracy march of the post-Occupy era fell well short of expectations - but organisers rejected suggestions people were growing less determined about the fight for democracy.
2 Feb 2015 - 7:33am 29 commentsThe controversy-hit Alibaba Group announced it would set up a HK$1 billion fund to support young Hong Kong entrepreneurs to start and grow their businesses on its platforms.
2 Feb 2015 - 7:22am 3 comments More on AlibabaThe authorities in Xinjiang investigated 355 Communist Party cadres for breaches of party political discipline last year, a six-fold increase over 2013, in a greater attempt to root out disloyal members.
2 Feb 2015 - 1:46amNews that China is building its second aircraft carrier leaked out again on the weekend, once more through official civilian channels before the reports were pulled.
2 Feb 2015 - 4:14am 3 commentsPrime Minister Shinzo Abe described as "heinous and despicable" the apparent beheading of a second Japanese hostage by Islamic State (IS), as global leaders denounced the jihadis.
2 Feb 2015 - 7:29am 15 commentsWhether in tsunami-stricken northeastern Japan or conflict-ridden Sierra Leone, it was the story of the vulnerable, the children and the poor that drove the work of journalist Kenji Goto.
2 Feb 2015 - 4:50amThe shipping containers emblazoned with the Cosco logo on the quayside at Greece's biggest port Piraeus are a sign that China has invested heavily here.
2 Feb 2015 - 1:46amEgypt deported Al-Jazeera reporter Peter Greste to his native Australia on Sunday after holding him for more than 400 days despite global condemnation.
2 Feb 2015 - 4:59amThe mainland's factory sector unexpectedly shrank for the first time in more than two years last month and firms see more gloom ahead, an official survey showed, raising expectations that policymakers will take more action to forestall a sharper slowdown.
1 Feb 2015 - 9:15pmHighly geared Shui On Land plans to accelerate the sale of up to 57 billion yuan (HK$71.5 billion) of assets - almost half the mainland-focused developer's portfolio - to boost cash flow amid more challenging fundraising options for the industry.
2 Feb 2015 - 12:46amSunac China plans to acquire four residential and commercial development sites in Shanghai from troubled property developer Kaisa for a total of 2.37 billion yuan (HK$2.93 billion), it said yesterday.
1 Feb 2015 - 10:29pmPortugal's property market continues to expand at double digit rates thanks to foreign buyers, including China's new rich, despite a graft scandal over visas used to lure in rich non-Europeans.
2 Feb 2015 - 5:30amAt a time when publishers are battered by falling ad
2 Feb 2015 - 6:35amJust days after US chain Hooters announced plans to open in Hong Kong, a local restaurant group wants to beat it to the punch, using sex appeal to sell hamburgers.
1 Feb 2015 - 7:56am 2 commentsDon't throw out your old quartz watch - with a slight tweak it could soon be accurate enough to guide a cruise missile, according to a new study by Chinese scientists.
1 Feb 2015 - 8:12am 2 commentsAdrenaline 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
World number one Novak Djokovic won a fifth Australian Open title and his eighth grand slam yesterday, grinding down Andy Murray in four gruelling sets to heap more misery on the Scot
2 Feb 2015 - 12:29am More on Australian Open 2015Arsenal stepped up their renewed challenge for a top-four place in the English Premier League with a ruthless 5-0 demolition of struggling Aston Villa on Sunday.
2 Feb 2015 - 12:19am More on English Premier League 2014/15The 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 - 1:00pm 2 commentsA selection of the best images from the weekend’s French Top 14 rugby action.
Philippine 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 ...
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
