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A grand military parade this year to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the second world war will be a show of force to deter Japan and corrupt officials, according to an opinion piece published on the Wechat account of People’s Daily.
Tuesday, 27 January, 2015, 3:39pm 28 commentsGuangzhou’s first duty-free shop, which opened on January 23 and attracted thousands of shoppers, will be become only a showroom for customers to inspect merchandise before placing their orders online, its operator said yesterday.
27 Jan 2015 - 6:22pmHundreds of Chinese bidders flocked to Beijing in the hopes of winning bids in an auction for seized vehicles that used to belong to the central government.
27 Jan 2015 - 5:11pm 1 commentThe head of one of the China's most prestigious universities is tipped to take over the country's top environmental job.
27 Jan 2015 - 4:31pm 1 commentA 31-year-old man jumped to his death from a bank tower in Hong Kong's Central this morning after an argument with his girlfriend, according to a police source.
27 Jan 2015 - 6:20pmA life-threatening blizzard hit the US northeast, affecting up to 20 per cent of Americans as it halted thousands of flights and prompted New York to ban cars from roads and shut down subway trains.
27 Jan 2015 - 6:09pmNorth America’s first case of bird flu in humans has been identified in a Vancouver-area woman who returned to the city on a flight from Hong Kong this month.
27 Jan 2015 - 5:06pmFacebook and its Instagram photo-sharing site, suffered temporary outages around the world for up to an hour on Tuesday and the company said later that an internal software networking error was to blame.
27 Jan 2015 - 6:44pmOutspoken Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je Tuesday apologised for his slip of tongue over a remark that he would sell as scrap a precious pocket timepiece given to him as gift by British Transport Minister Baroness Susan Kramer.
27 Jan 2015 - 4:50pm 13 commentsSupport for a pan-democratic threat to vote down electoral reforms tabled by the government in the legislature remained at just under half of the Hong Kong public.
27 Jan 2015 - 9:02am 49 comments More on Universal SuffrageResidents raise the stakes for local officials by threatening to have them sacked if they failed to win approval for the stations
27 Jan 2015 - 6:24pmBureaucrats inflate the costs of public lighting – paid for using taxpayers’ money – while raking in big bucks from advertisements displayed on them
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On January 18, police from Pingxiang, a city in Guangxi bordering Vietnam, shot dead two Uygurs who had tried, with several others, to cross the border illegally and had attacked the officers.
27 Jan 2015 - 7:30pmVeteran pan-democrat Albert Ho Chun-yan appears unmoved by public disapproval for his idea to force a "referendum" on how Hong Kong should choose its next chief executive.
27 Jan 2015 - 9:04am 6 commentsA 31-year-old man jumped to his death from a bank tower in Hong Kong's Central this morning after an argument with his girlfriend, according to a police source.
27 Jan 2015 - 6:20pmA Hong Kong man accused of being a drug lord and his gang were on Tuesday forced to publicly burn a US$136-million stash of crystal methamphetamine after their arrests in Indonesia.
27 Jan 2015 - 8:00pmOfficial survey ‘unfair’ for sampling only 51 of the online shopping giant’s 1 billion products
27 Jan 2015 - 7:39pmBlocking access to some mainland virtual private networks (VPNs) is China’s 'own business', the government says in first official response to questions on recent crackdown.
27 Jan 2015 - 7:24pm 1 commentThere is a “high likelihood” a Malaysian militant who is suspected of being behind the 2002 Bali bombings was killed in the Philippine police operation that left 44 police commandos dead, a senior official said today.
27 Jan 2015 - 6:35pmMore than 10,000 people are suing Japan’s leading liberal newspaper over stories on Tokyo’s system of wartime sex slavery, which they say have stained their reputation as Japanese nationals.
27 Jan 2015 - 6:38pmA life-threatening blizzard hit the US northeast, affecting up to 20 per cent of Americans as it halted thousands of flights and prompted New York to ban cars from roads and shut down subway trains.
27 Jan 2015 - 6:09pmPresident Cristina Fernandez plans to disband Argentina’s intelligence agency amid suspicions that rogue agents were behind the mysterious death of a state prosecutor investigating the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community centre.
27 Jan 2015 - 7:02pmMainland companies and local governments are facing a cash crunch as regulators tighten their grip on off-balance-sheet financing channels.
26 Jan 2015 - 10:15pmHuawei Technologies aims to increase smartphone shipments to 100 million units in 2015, compared with 75 million last year, and will boost smartphone sales from international markets to more than 60 per cent this year from 52 per cent in 2014, the company said in a statement on Tuesday.
27 Jan 2015 - 1:50pm More on HuaweiWhat: Side table
Why: This acrylic beauty folds away for convenient storage
How much: HK$1,350
Where: Tang Tang Tang Tang, 66 Johnston Road, Wan Chai, tel: 2525 2112
What: Menteith cushion
27 Jan 2015 - 6:59pmBig-ticket sales on The Peak are seen as breathing life back into a luxury property sector that has languished in the doldrums even as prices in the mass market deepen their push into record territory.
23 Jan 2015 - 4:25pm 2 commentsRene Russo smiles. "The odds are against this movie, and we still can't believe that it happened at all," she says.
27 Jan 2015 - 4:12pmAfter closing Chez Patrick in Wan Chai, chef Patrick Goubier has returned to the fine-dining scene with La Table de Patrick (tel: 2541 1401) on the sixth floor of a nondescript building on Cochrane Street in Central.
27 Jan 2015 - 4:41pmHuawei Technologies aims to increase smartphone shipments to 100 million units in 2015, compared with 75 million last year, and will boost smartphone sales from international markets to more than 60 per cent this year from 52 per cent in 2014, the company said in a statement on Tuesday.
27 Jan 2015 - 1:50pm More on HuaweiAdrenaline 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
Conductor Gustavo Dudamel has spread his love of music around the world
The hot-headed French footballing legend says he is a butterfly really ...
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
Tomas Berdych played arguably the grand slam quarter-final of his life to end the longest losing streak on the ATP Tour with a 6-2, 6-0, 7-6 (7-5) victory over Rafa Nadal and advance to the Australian Open semi-finals on Tuesday.
27 Jan 2015 - 3:05pm More on Australian Open 2015Dongfeng Race Team created history on Tuesday by becoming the first boat from China to win a leg of the prestigious Volvo Ocean Race, with Hong Kong crew member Cheng Ying-kit singled out for special praise for his part in the victory.
27 Jan 2015 - 5:28pmHong Kong-born stunt flier tells Jenni Marsh about a sport that is faster and more deadly than Formula One.
25 Jan 2015 - 1:33pm 6 comments More on LIFEClean air in Hong Kong remains a long way off. From purifiers to a positive attitude, Angharad Hampshire explores the best defences currently available for our lungs.
26 Jan 2015 - 10:43am 4 comments More on LIFEA winter storm pounded the northeastern US on January 26 hitting tens of millions of people and forcing the rare cancelation of Broadway shows in an "historic" New York blizzard.
Indian soldiers march during the Republic Day parade in New Delhi, while Supporters of Pakistan's political and religious party Jama'at e Islami hold signs, and more ...
Seventy years ago to the day, on January 27, 1945, prisoners at the Auschwitz concentration camp were liberated following years under Nazi oppression.
Outlandish costumes with gorgeous faces, some 88 contestants from different countries compete for the 63rd annual Annual Miss Universe Pageant in Doral Miami.
Hot-air balloons are prepared for take-off during the 37th International Hot-Air Balloon Festival in the ski resort of Chateau d’Oex, in the Swiss Alps, while staff at Luanchuan county hospital, ne
A winter storm pounded the northeastern US on January 26 hitting tens of millions
Indian soldiers march during the Republic Day parade in New Delhi, while Supporter
Seventy years ago to the day, on January 27, 1945, prisoners at the Auschwitz conc
Outlandish costumes with gorgeous faces, some 88 contestants from different countr
Hot-air balloons are prepared for take-off during the 37th International Hot-Air B
