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Lantern, a software programme which allows internet users to circumvent government-imposed censorship, has been infiltrated by Chinese censors and partly blocked after the number of users in the country skyrocketed.
Wednesday, 11 December, 2013, 6:27pmAuthorities say an overnight fire at a farmers’ market in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen has killed at least 16 people and injured five, local authorities said on Wednesday.
11 Dec 2013 - 5:15pmSouth Africa’s ambassador to China has according to state media compared Nelson Mandela to Mao Zedong, the Communist leader whose rule saw tens of millions killed by famine and the chaos of the Cultural Revolution.
11 Dec 2013 - 5:01pm 4 comments More on Nelson MandelaUS President Barack Obama may have moved the masses attending Nelson Mandela’s memorial service with his stirring eulogy on Tuesday, but it was his grinning “selfie” with the Danish and British premiers that set social networks abuzz.
11 Dec 2013 - 6:32pm 2 commentsIt happens so often in Shenzhen it is almost commonplace: a baby is abandoned by its mother on the streets, sometimes in a skip, or even in a public toilet near the factory where she works. The mothers are often migrant workers lured to manufacturing centres by the promise of a job. These young women are usually unmarried and desperate enough to abandon their child.
11 Dec 2013 - 9:13am 6 commentsThe central government is funding research into how pollution affects human fertility, although experts claim the grant system unfairly favours studies on sperms over eggs.
11 Dec 2013 - 5:05pm 1 comment More on Air PollutionHeavy smog has made the job of pilots more demanding – and some of those working for mainland airliners are now required to upgrade their qualifications on landing in low visibility.
11 Dec 2013 - 3:08pm More on Air pollution in ChinaChina Merchants Securities, one of the mainland’s oldest and largest securities houses, has set up a subsidiary in Britain to expand into global capital and commodities markets, with a focus on derivatives – at a time when Western rivals are trying to scale back from a business that often comes w
11 Dec 2013 - 3:16pm More on China Merchants SecuritiesZhang, the internationally acclaimed director of such films as Hero and House of Flying Daggers and the director of the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony, has admitted he fathered one daughter and two sons with his wife Chen Ting.
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Anti-government protests in Ukraine have the potential to spin dangerously out of control. President Viktor Yanukovych could take the heat out of them by meeting the demonstrators' demands, but he has so far made clear he has no intention of budging.
11 Dec 2013 - 3:27amWhile many in and outside Myanmar question the quality of the democratic space being opened by the government after decades of military rule, a surge of new ideas is being allowed in the public sphere. And among the beneficiaries, finally, are women.
11 Dec 2013 - 6:56pmAlthough there are traffic lights in other North Korean cities, the ones in the Rason Special Economic Zone actually light up.
The avenues are broad and paved, and along the main street, decorative lights outline building edges. Foreign-owned or funded industries and businesses including a casino - one of only two in the country - have helped create an oasis of light in a countryside otherwise inky black and largely empty.
11 Dec 2013 - 9:15pmThey are 11 ordinary people who lead extraordinary lives. People who achieve against all the odds and set an example for others.
It’s a simple contraption – an iron frame, foldout handle and four rubber wheels – but in Hong Kong the old-fashioned handcart is what keeps the city rolling.
Allowing the public to nominate candidates for the 2017 chief executive election is against the Basic Law, and the idea is not worth discussing, Basic Law Committee vice-chairwoman Elsie Leung Oi-sie reiterated on Wednesday morning.
11 Dec 2013 - 10:21pm 6 comments More on Political ReformTVB is seeking a judicial review of a Communications Authority decision to fine it HK$900,000 for imposing unreasonable contract terms with actors and singers.
11 Dec 2013 - 10:22pm More on Communications AuthorityUS search engine giant Google on Wednesday opened its first data centres in Asia to cater for soaring demand, and said it would double its planned investment in the Taiwan facility to US$600 million.
11 Dec 2013 - 9:00pm More on GoogleA dozen people protesting the demolition of their homes in central China drank pesticide in Beijing in a desperate bid for attention that underscores the failures of a decades-old petitioning system.
11 Dec 2013 - 8:36pmThe red-shirted supporters of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said yesterday that they could take to the streets to protect the government from protesters who have forced her to call a snap election, setting the scene for a confrontation.
11 Dec 2013 - 9:35pm More on Yingluck ShinawatraA prominent Chinese academic says Beijing could withdraw from the UN's maritime treaty rather than submit to judgment on its disputed sovereignty claims in the South China Sea.
11 Dec 2013 - 9:48pmUkrainian security forces on Wednesday pulled out of the epicentre of mass protests in Kiev after a nine hour stand-off with thousands of demonstrators, in a major boost for the opposition to President Viktor Yanukovych.
11 Dec 2013 - 10:08pmNelson Mandela’s flag-draped casket made a solemn journey through the streets of Pretoria on Wednesday, arriving at the seat of South Africa’s government where he will lie in state for three days.
11 Dec 2013 - 7:00pm More on Nelson MandelaThe mainland's industrial activity data signals recovery has been moderating although economic growth is on track to meet the official target this year as policymakers huddle to lay out the blueprint for next year.
11 Dec 2013 - 2:46pmBeijing officials began a highly anticipated annual meeting yesterday to draw up the economic blueprint for next year and set targets for key indicators.
11 Dec 2013 - 5:05amThe landlord of the IFC Mall in Central, which generated total sales of more than HK$10 billion last year, is eyeing the launch of an online shopping website.
11 Dec 2013 - 3:47amChina Vanke, the country's largest homebuilder by sales, is trying something no peers have done before - a "run for fun" - to sustain its leadership in the competitive industry.
11 Dec 2013 - 3:47am More on China VankeTaiwanese comic artist Chris Tseng Hsin-chieh and his Hong Kong friend Juno Man Chun-lun set up a Facebook page three months ago just for their own amusement.
9 Dec 2013 - 8:10pm More on LIFEThe recent isolation of certain bacteria and yeast as responsible for terroir - the evocation of a sense of place in the flavour of a wine - is another apparent triumph for the application of science to the art of winemaking.
6 Dec 2013 - 5:45amThe deaf have fought to preserve sign language in the past. Fifty deaf students protested a ban on sign language with a strike in 1973 at the Hong Kong School for the Deaf, the first such school in Hong Kong, established in 1935. The students boycotted classes, but to no avail.
9 Dec 2013 - 5:56pm More on LIFEBright ideas for the planet from this year’s Slow Life Symposium
Oil rich yet mired in poverty, East Timor is embracing development
Mainland cartoonists spread their message to the masses online
Follow scmpRacingPost on Twitter at Sha Tin today as Alan Aitken and Michael Cox bring you all their thoughts and reports from the biggest meeting of the year.
11 Dec 2013 - 7:33pm More on SCMP Racing PostBayern Munich’s air of invincibility was blown away as they squandered a 2-0 lead and bungled their way to a 3-2 Champions League defeat against Manchester City in front of their own incredulous fans on Tuesday.
11 Dec 2013 - 5:36pmPresident Taur Matan Ruak believes the way to kickstart Asia’s newest country is by empowering its people, writes Mary O’Shea. Pictures by Cedric Arnold.
27 Nov 2013 - 6:04pmStaging Hong Kong's biggest annual music and arts festival is no walk in the park. Jo Baker meets a team of dedicated, determined and quite possibly exhausted organisers ahead of this year's event.
4 Dec 2013 - 5:39pmA snowstorm pushed into the United States, causing school and government closures as well as traffic, but others used the time for outdoor recreation and spending time with family.
People attend the memorial service for Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg and pay tribute all over the world ...
Students perform a skit entitled Blind Ones in Brazil, photographs of victims of war on display to mark Human Rights Day in Kabul, Yingluck Shinawatra's eyes welling with tears, and more ...
A snowstorm pushed into the United States, causing school and government closures
People attend the memorial service for Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg and pay trib
Students perform a skit entitled Blind Ones in Brazil, photographs of victims of w
