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Members of foreign press were finally permitted to attend the ministry’s monthly news briefing on Thursday - a small milestone in increasingly confident military’s efforts to project transparent image.
Thursday, 31 July, 2014, 4:55pmXi, who greatly admires Deng, wanted to become a leader in a similar vein, who could lead China into a new era of reform and growth, said sources including senior officials and "princelings".
31 Jul 2014 - 3:52pm 22 comments More on Zhou YongkangA court in Myanmar has sentenced eight Chinese nationals to lengthy prison terms for transporting an arsenal of firearms and hand grenades while they lived in the country illegally.
31 Jul 2014 - 7:09pm More on Myanmar's changing ties with ChinaA Thai army general has been arrested on suspicion of extortion in a notorious Bangkok red-light district, officials said on Thursday, in a rare case of authorities prosecuting a member of the military.
31 Jul 2014 - 5:23pm 1 commentAbout 100,000 flights – carrying almost 15 million passengers – to and from Hong Kong airport each year are affected by military restrictions, an analysis of official civil aviation data has found.
1 Aug 2014 - 3:09am 1 commentA high-profile pro-Beijing imam in Xinjiang has been assassinated by three men who were "influenced by radical religious beliefs", police say.
1 Aug 2014 - 3:40am 1 commentA Beijing court began hearing a landmark case on “gay conversion” treatment on Thursday, as an activist in a nurse’s uniform knelt over a patient, wielding a giant needle, outside.
31 Jul 2014 - 4:31pm 3 commentsHouse Foreign Affairs Committee endorses resolution calling on China to immediately end what it calls state-sanctioned harvesting of human organs from prisoners.
31 Jul 2014 - 1:06pmThe owner of the KFC and Pizza Hut restaurant chains said on Thursday that a food safety scandal in China has hurt sales and might be severe enough to cut into the company’s global profit.
31 Jul 2014 - 5:28pm 1 comment More on China Food ScandalsThe decades-old distinction between urban and rural dwellers in the mainland's widely hated hukou, or household registration system, is to end.
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It is widely agreed that economic development means more than GDP growth. As China is now learning, one does not guarantee the other.
1 Aug 2014 - 2:37amThree years after Western powers helped Libyan rebels overthrow dictator Muammar Gaddafi, they have, at least temporarily, abandoned efforts on the ground to bolster Libya's foundering democracy.
1 Aug 2014 - 12:09am 1 commentThe grim performance of Hong Kong's retail sales continued in June, producing the worst first-half showing since 2009.
1 Aug 2014 - 3:06am 4 commentsAbout 100,000 flights – carrying almost 15 million passengers – to and from Hong Kong airport each year are affected by military restrictions, an analysis of official civil aviation data has found.
1 Aug 2014 - 3:09am 1 commentMultiple gas pipeline explosions ripped through the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung, leaving at least five people feared dead and injuring around 230, officials said.
1 Aug 2014 - 4:17amShanghai officials are jittery after a high-profile disciplinary inspection team from Beijing moved into the city on Wednesday, with speculation mounting that the two-month visit could stir up a hornet's nest of political and graft scandals.
1 Aug 2014 - 4:01amMalaysia's opposition coalition led by Anwar Ibrahim is in danger of falling apart amid a tussle with his political partners over his bid to appoint his wife chief minister of Selangor, the country's richest state.
1 Aug 2014 - 12:36amSchoolteachers and other associates of a Japanese schoolgirl accused of the "dissection" murder of a classmate are engaged in soul-searching over whether they should have heeded warning signs of the alleged killer's deteriorating mental state.
1 Aug 2014 - 1:52am 1 commentIslamist groups seized the army special-forces headquarters in Benghazi, Libya after days of fighting that left at least 35 soldiers dead and plunged the country deeper into lawlessness.
1 Aug 2014 - 2:07am More on FocusIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday the army would continue working to destroy tunnels used by Gaza militants for cross-border attacks with or without a ceasefire.
31 Jul 2014 - 6:56pm 1 commentCompeting scions of a prominent Taiwanese family are fighting over a HK$2.4 billion property portfolio on the Peak in a bitter battle for control of assets that may leave minority shareholders in its listed vehicle the big losers.
1 Aug 2014 - 2:26amRecurring earnings before property revaluation and exceptional items for the first half at Hutchison Whampoa grew 13 per cent year on year to HK$13.5 billion, beating analysts' expectations.
1 Aug 2014 - 2:02am More on Hutchison WhampoaCheung Kong (Holdings) said yesterday that its first-half core profit slipped 1 per cent to HK$7.13 billion as price discounts and incentives being offered by developers in Hong Kong and on the mainland to entice buyers have adversely affected the profit margin of property sales.
1 Aug 2014 - 2:06amHang Lung Properties said yesterday underlying profit surged 29 per cent in the first half of the year to HK$2.48 billion.
1 Aug 2014 - 2:05amAfter years of devoting his energies to managing a radio station and producing films, entertainment veteran Lawrence Cheng Tan-shui has been getting a lot of time on screen of late.
1 Aug 2014 - 12:10amA Hollywood Road restaurant serving Westernised Chinese cuisine has become an unlikely success. Fu Lu Shou's menu highlights dishes that have remained classics for decades in Chinatown restaurants in countries such as Australia, the US and Britain.
1 Aug 2014 - 12:10amStandard mobile devices are fine for urban dwellers, but when you get beyond the suburbs, into the great outdoors, a new class of gadget - or at least some careful protection - is required.
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The New South Wales Waratahs are praying for a change of luck while the Canterbury Crusaders cannot believe their good fortune heading into Saturday's Super 15 final.
1 Aug 2014 - 12:40amManchester United's American owners warned investors the club may struggle to keep their best players if they miss out on Champions League qualification for a second consecutive season.
1 Aug 2014 - 12:43amAs his first Hong Kong outpost is unveiled, celebrity chef Jamie Oliver talks food, family and franchising.
31 Jul 2014 - 10:18amTake advantage of our rainy summer with a visit to these contrasting scenic spots - and some hidden gems.
31 Jul 2014 - 9:19am 2 commentsSelected works by SCMP's veteran political cartoonist Harry Harrison from August 2014.
People look on as flames engulf the pier in the southern English town of Eastbourne, while a Pakistan Navy helicopter evacuates a body of a victim who drowned in Karachi, and more ...
People walk gingerly down a stairway at the University of California Los Angeles campus, while a boy sits near a car stuck under a roof, which collapsed after heavy rains in Belgium, and more ...
Henan, the nation’s biggest grain producing region, is suffering its worst drought in over 60 years. The province has suffered baking heat all month, with temperatures topping 40 degrees Celsius.
After the holy month of Ramadan ends with the sighting of a new moon, the world's Muslims unite in prayer for the first day of Eid ul-Fitr.
Selected works by SCMP's veteran political cartoonist Harry Harrison from August 2
People look on as flames engulf the pier in the southern English town of Eastbourn
People walk gingerly down a stairway at the University of California Los Angeles c
Henan, the nation’s biggest grain producing region, is suffering its worst drought
After the holy month of Ramadan ends with the sighting of a new moon, the world's
