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The formal announcement of the findings in the corruption investigation of retired national security chief Zhou Yongkang could come at about the time of an earlier-than-usual annual party meeting late next month.
Monday, 14 July, 2014, 7:23am 1 comment More on Zhou YongkangThe "bad habits" of Chinese traders and companies were among the main challenges to the nation's image in Africa, according to ambassador to Tanzania, Lu Youqing.
14 Jul 2014 - 4:25amAt least 30 per cent of annual vehicle purchases must be of "new energy" models by 2016, all central government departments and mainland city administrations have been told.
14 Jul 2014 - 9:09am 1 commentReducing traffic in the Pearl River Delta by half could be one of the most effective means of combatting regional smog, according to a cross-border air pollution study.
14 Jul 2014 - 8:13am 5 commentsA world class Mario Goetze volley in extra time fired Germany to a fourth World Cup crown with a 1-0 victory over Argentina on Sunday, leaving the South Americans heartbroken.
14 Jul 2014 - 8:40am More on World Cup 2014Late paramount leader Deng Xiaoping is often remembered for his quotation about the way Beijing should try to reform its economic system: "One should cross the river while feeling the stones".
14 Jul 2014 - 7:38am More on Mr. ShangkongIf you boot up your computer today and search for something on the internet, the chances are you may stumble acorss the first ever 'Google Doodle' to be designed by a Hong Kong teenager.
14 Jul 2014 - 9:11am 1 comment More on GoogleWhile Germany take on Argentina in World Cup final, the real winner is China. The country may not have sent a team to Brazil but its manufacturing might ensured China's presence was felt at every level throughout the tournament.
14 Jul 2014 - 6:41am More on World Cup 2014Two Hong Kong-funded air pollution studies in the Pearl River Delta region have not been fully disclosed to the public because Guangdong authorities object to releasing "confidential information" in them.
14 Jul 2014 - 7:12am 4 commentsProperty owners are set to be disappointed if they think the delay in passing legislation to enact a doubling of stamp duty will cause prices to rise.
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Except for lawbreakers, most investors around the world analyse the same information when they make asset allocation calls.
14 Jul 2014 - 10:37amTo those who equate taking part in social movements with joining marches and chanting slogans, recent events may have come as a shock.
14 Jul 2014 - 9:41amAirport chiefs are ignoring inefficiencies in the use of its two runways as they seek to justify a third, concern groups say.
14 Jul 2014 - 8:14am 4 commentsA record 12 high-flying students have stood out from this year's Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) examination, as the percentage of students meeting the basic requirements for local university admission increased.
14 Jul 2014 - 9:07am 1 comment More on HKDSEProsecutors have filed charges against British investigator Peter Humphrey and his American wife, Xinhua said on Monday, after the couple were detained last year following work they did for British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline.
14 Jul 2014 - 10:16amUS technology giant Apple is fighting Chinese claims that the iPhone threatens national security through its ability to track and time-stamp a user’s location.
14 Jul 2014 - 9:49amCho Myung-ja ran away from home as a teenager to escape a father who beat her, and found her way to the red light district in a South Korean town that hosts a large US army garrison.
14 Jul 2014 - 8:18am 5 commentsNegotiators of a Pacific Rim free-trade initiative still see no clear path to signing an agreement, six months after missing their primary deadline at the end of last year.
14 Jul 2014 - 3:15amIsrael briefly deployed ground troops inside the Gaza Strip for the first time early yesterday and its military warned northern Gaza residents to evacuate their homes.
14 Jul 2014 - 8:28am 2 commentsGunmen killed 25 women and wounded at least eight people when they stormed two buildings in a Baghdad compound reputedly used for prostitution.
14 Jul 2014 - 4:19amExcept for lawbreakers, most investors around the world analyse the same information when they make asset allocation calls.
14 Jul 2014 - 10:37am More on Bank of ChinaThe Chinese expression “Real gold is not afraid of the melting pot” suggests that if you have genuine quality, then you will not fear adversity.
14 Jul 2014 - 10:05amProperty owners are set to be disappointed if they think the delay in passing legislation to enact a doubling of stamp duty will cause prices to rise.
14 Jul 2014 - 8:05amTiny flats on offer at Cheung Kong's Mont Vert in Tai Po are set to cause a big impact among investors and first-time buyers. The 1,071-unit project in Fung Yuen offers 196 flats with sizes of less than 200 sq ft.
12 Jul 2014 - 2:38am 25 commentsIt's a warm September evening at Bisous nightclub in Central, and Craig Dungey is celebrating his 42nd birthday by recalling his youth. You Shook Me All Night Long by AC/DC is blasting through the amps.
14 Jul 2014 - 6:33am More on LIFESelling Australian-grown Périgord truffles to French chefs may seem a foolhardy, even impossible goal, but that is exactly what The Truffle & Wine Co has successfully done.
11 Jul 2014 - 12:09amWhen Google's founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, sat down for a rare frank and open chat with the veteran technology venture capitalist Vinod Khosla, they admitted, among other things, that Google was interested in health care but scared of its intense regulation.
13 Jul 2014 - 3:10am 1 comment More on GoogleDelhi’s vibrant colony of artists and street performers is under threat from the modern world
An organic farming commune in Hebei is going back to the roots of Maoist thought
The cast of Downton Abbey come to the aid of Guangxi’s moon bears
The Academy for Performing Arts honours the city’s great and good
Space invaders: ‘The final frontier’ is ready for tourists later this year
The personal touch is what attracts diners to small, cosy restaurants
A world class Mario Goetze volley in extra time fired Germany to a fourth World Cup crown with a 1-0 victory over Argentina on Sunday, leaving the South Americans heartbroken.
14 Jul 2014 - 8:40am More on World Cup 2014World Cup final match-winner Mario Goetze said he felt “unbelievable” after scoring the extra-time goal that gave Germany a 1-0 win over Argentina on Sunday.
14 Jul 2014 - 8:47am More on World Cup 2014Haunted by their past, veterans of the Vietnam war are returning to former battlefields to make peace with the ghosts of the conflict and help those who are still picking up the pieces, writes Eric San Juan.
12 Jul 2014 - 11:21pmAs the vibrant Kathputli Colony prepares for redevelopment, its resident puppeteers, snake charmers and street artists fear losing their homes will also destroy their livelihoods, writes Bibek Bhandari.
14 Jul 2014 - 9:28amA five-year-old Muslim girl mourns her uncle at the Srebenica genocide memorial in Bosnia, while U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry talks with retired basketball star Yao Ming, and more ...
Customers wait in the heat to enter a store called Cannabis City during the first day of legal retail marijuana sales in Seattle, while residents cool off from the summer heat in Xian, and more ...
The world's third-largest democracy is divided over two very different choices: Joko Widodo, a one-time furniture maker, and Prabowo Subianto, a wealthy ex-army general with close links to former d
The FingerReader ring enables people with visual disabilities to read text printed on paper or a screen, while lightning strikes north of Gillette early Monday morning, and more ...
Revelers from around the world in Pamplona take part in an eight-day event of the running of the bulls glorified by Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises".
A five-year-old Muslim girl mourns her uncle at the Srebenica genocide memorial in
Customers wait in the heat to enter a store called Cannabis City during the first
The world's third-largest democracy is divided over two very different choices: Jo
The FingerReader ring enables people with visual disabilities to read text printed
Revelers from around the world in Pamplona take part in an eight-day event of the
