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Angry residents of Kaohsiung accused the Taiwanese authorities of acting too slowly to prevent a series of gas explosions that killed and injured more than 300 people.
Friday, 1 August, 2014, 11:53pmChina has acknowledged the existence of a new intercontinental ballistic missile said to be capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads as far as the United States, state-run media reported Friday.
1 Aug 2014 - 3:02pm 3 commentsTaiwan’s rescuers today used life sign detectors to scour several bustling streets that had been blasted into long trenches after a series of gas explosions overnight killed 25 people and injured 259 others in the port city of Kaohsiung.
1 Aug 2014 - 6:40pm 1 commentLast month alone, six officials committed suicide, according to media reports. Two, from Henan and Hubei respectively, left letters saying they were depressed; one was reported to have accepted bribes.
1 Aug 2014 - 3:58am 8 commentsForget PSY’s Gangnam Style – the newest viral music video to emerge from Asia is Little Apple, a toxically infectious tune produced by the Chopstick Brothers, two Beijing-based filmmakers.
1 Aug 2014 - 6:49pm 1 commentActivity in China’s vast factory sector expanded at the fastest pace in 27 months in July on stronger demand, a government survey showed, adding to evidence that the economy is regaining momentum after a burst of government stimulus measures.
1 Aug 2014 - 10:02amIsrael declared a Gaza ceasefire over on Friday and killed more than 50 Palestinians in renewed shelling, saying militants had breached the truce shortly after it began and apparently captured an Israeli soldier.
1 Aug 2014 - 11:00pm 1 commentLast month, US federal police in Las Vegas arrested eight Asians on charges of operating an illegal online betting ring. Among those arrested was Paul Phua Wei-seng, a Macau junket operator with a San Marino diplomatic passport, who police say is a “high-level figure” in Hong Kong’s 14k triad.
1 Aug 2014 - 10:14pmShanghai officials are jittery after a high-profile disciplinary inspection team from Beijing moved into the city on Wednesday.
1 Aug 2014 - 6:28pm 3 commentsThe World Health Organisation is launching a US$100 million response plan to combat an "unprecedented" outbreak of Ebola in West Africa, director general Margaret Chan Fung Fu-chun said yesterday.
1 Aug 2014 - 9:03am 1 commentTo access the SCMP ePaper Edition you will need a Digital Premium Subscription.
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 - 2:37am 1 commentThree 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 commentKevin Lau Chun-to, the former chief editor of Chinese-language daily Ming Pao, returned to work on Friday almost six months after a brutal attack which shocked Hong Kong and raised fears about press freedom in the city.
1 Aug 2014 - 6:26pm 3 comments More on Press freedom in Hong KongPeople planning to join Occupy Central “should not underestimate” the legal consequences, says a human rights lawyer who expressed concern about a new trend of magistrates imposing heavier sentences on protesters.
1 Aug 2014 - 4:38pm 6 comments More on Occupy CentralAngry residents of Kaohsiung accused the Taiwanese authorities of acting too slowly to prevent a series of gas explosions that killed and injured more than 300 people.
1 Aug 2014 - 11:50pmChinese President Xi Jinping has pledged to strike hard against graft in the military, urging soldiers to banish corrupt practices and ensure their loyalty to the ruling Communist Party, state media reported today.
1 Aug 2014 - 7:10pmHeavy rains hampered efforts on Friday by hundreds of rescue workers digging through heavy mud and debris, as the death toll from a landslide that buried an entire village in western India rose to 51.
1 Aug 2014 - 9:30pmFormer Japanese prime minister Yasuo Fukuda reportedly visited Beijing on a secret mission and possibly held a meeting with President Xi Jinping last Sunday, Japanese media reported yesterday.
1 Aug 2014 - 11:07pmIsrael declared a Gaza ceasefire over on Friday and killed more than 50 Palestinians in renewed shelling, saying militants had breached the truce shortly after it began and apparently captured an Israeli soldier.
1 Aug 2014 - 11:00pm 1 commentWho, if anyone, will represent Afghanistan at next month's Nato summit is becoming an increasingly pressing and awkward question for the alliance, as it seeks to withdraw most of its troops and bring a long and deadly engagement closer to completion.
1 Aug 2014 - 10:00pmActivity in China’s vast factory sector expanded at the fastest pace in 27 months in July on stronger demand, a government survey showed, adding to evidence that the economy is regaining momentum after a burst of government stimulus measures.
1 Aug 2014 - 10:02amE-commerce powerhouse Alibaba is looking to heat up the fast-growing mobile games market in China, after making a US$120 million investment in San Francisco-based developer Kabam.
1 Aug 2014 - 10:44amHome prices on the mainland fell at a faster clip in July from the previous month, while year-on-year gains continued to ease, two private surveys showed on Friday.
1 Aug 2014 - 11:38amCheung 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 - 2:06amAfter 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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Captain Nick Hewson and his forwards will hold the key to Hong Kong's fate in the biggest game in their history against Uruguay in a first-round World Cup repêchage in Montevideo on Saturday (early Sunday morning Hong Kong time).
1 Aug 2014 - 11:50pmFans could face the highest ticket price ever - HK$1,800 - to watch World Cup finalists Argentina on October 14, but organisers are still confident of a sell-out to cover the extraordinary costs of hosting Lionel Messi & company.
1 Aug 2014 - 11:43pmAs his first Hong Kong outpost is unveiled, celebrity chef Jamie Oliver talks food, family and franchising.
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31 Jul 2014 - 9:19am 2 commentsAt least 24 people were killed and 271 others injured when several underground gas explosions ripped through Taiwan’s second-largest city overnight, hurling concrete, parked scooters, even injured
Selected 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.
At least 24 people were killed and 271 others injured when several underground gas
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
