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Japan and South Korea have conducted a joint naval exercise in an area covered by China's air defence identification zone - a move that is seen as sending a firm message to Beijing.
Thursday, 12 December, 2013, 11:50pm More on Air Defence Identification ZoneAs China's environmental woes grow, typified by recent toxic smog, Beijing has been increasing funding for research into how pollution affects fertility. The number of studies funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the leading research institute, has tripled in the last five years.
12 Dec 2013 - 10:47am 10 comments More on Beijing air pollutionChina has put Zhou Yongkang, one of the most powerful politicians of the last decade, under virtual house arrest while the ruling Communist Party investigates accusations of corruption against him, several sources said on Wednesday.
12 Dec 2013 - 12:57pm More on Zhou YongkangA senior editor with Beijing’s most popular newspaper, the Beijing Youth Daily, has been arrested on graft charges, according to a report by Caixin, amid a wider crackdown on malpractice in the media industry.
12 Dec 2013 - 2:57pmZoe Davies was walking on air yesterday after a lovely day out with her father - at the controls of a Cathay Pacific flight to Manila. The 35-year-old was first officer while father Stuart, 64, was captain, making them probably the only father-and-daughter team flying commercial Boeing 747s in Asia.
12 Dec 2013 - 10:16am 5 comments More on Cathay PacificAn online affair between a woman and a Beijing official has been publicly unveiled by the woman’s ex-husband, who uploaded chat logs of the two’s intimate conversations online.
12 Dec 2013 - 10:49am 1 commentThe Chinese community in Argentina say they fear for their lives as looting of Chinese shops continued amid recent unrest in the South American country this week.
12 Dec 2013 - 4:33pmHealth authorities ordered the closure yesterday of two Shenzhen wet markets where the deadly H7N9 strain of bird flu was detected.
The wet markets are located in Longgang, a district of Shenzhen. Today all poultry markets in Longgang will be closed for disinfecting.
12 Dec 2013 - 11:42pm More on H7N9 avian fluVIDEO: Smiling, and even performing a dance, Guo Bin, whose eyes were gouged out in an attack in Shanxi, was discharged from a Shenzhen hospital on Thursday afternoon.
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Political office is about serving the people. Thailand's urban and business elite, which is supporting the opposition, have forgotten this most basic aspect of governance in their frenzy to remove populist Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and expunge all traces of the influence of her brother, ousted leader Thaksin Shinawatra.
12 Dec 2013 - 1:18pm 1 commentA bill that seeks to take polluting vehicles off our roads was gazetted on October 25 and now awaits a vote in the Legislative Council.
12 Dec 2013 - 7:50pm 1 commentMembers of the Wellesley College faculty reacted strongly when word spread that Peking University might fire professor Xia Yeliang , a Beijing critic. Xia, an economist, had visited Wellesley over the summer after the college, America's top liberal arts institution for women, signed a partnership agreement with his university.
12 Dec 2013 - 11:52pm 1 commentThey 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.
Expect nothing solid from Beijing leaders in Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying’s duty visit next week, a veteran China watcher said on Thursday.
12 Dec 2013 - 11:43pm More on Universal SuffrageHealth authorities ordered the closure yesterday of two Shenzhen wet markets where the deadly H7N9 strain of bird flu was detected.
The wet markets are located in Longgang, a district of Shenzhen. Today all poultry markets in Longgang will be closed for disinfecting.
12 Dec 2013 - 11:42pm More on H7N9 avian fluMembers of the Wellesley College faculty reacted strongly when word spread that Peking University might fire professor Xia Yeliang , a Beijing critic.
12 Dec 2013 - 11:52pm 1 comment More on FocusJapan and South Korea have conducted a joint naval exercise in an area covered by China's air defence identification zone - a move that is seen as sending a firm message to Beijing.
12 Dec 2013 - 11:50pm More on Air Defence Identification ZoneWhen leaders from Japan and Southeast Asia gather in Tokyo today, the elephant in the room will be a nation that is not invited: China.
12 Dec 2013 - 11:12pm More on Air Defence Identification ZoneFormer Thai prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva was indicted for murder on Thursday in connection with a deadly military crackdown on mass opposition protests in Bangkok three years ago, prosecutors said.
12 Dec 2013 - 11:02pmEdward Snowden hopes his leaks of secret documents will lead to greater governmental transparency, he said in rare comments.
12 Dec 2013 - 10:52pm More on Edward SnowdenThe Ming Sun Benevolent Society building in Vancouver's Chinatown is not much to look at now, with its exposed timbers and chained windows and doors.
12 Dec 2013 - 10:18pmHacking of corporate computer systems is on the rise in China, including Hong Kong, according to an annual survey.
12 Dec 2013 - 3:30am 2 commentsChina 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 with high profits and equally high risks.
12 Dec 2013 - 1:45am More on China Merchants SecuritiesChina Merchants Property, a mainland-listed developer, plans to buy more land in first and second-tier cities and enter the ranks of the top 10 players in the sector in the next few years, although expensive land prices pose a big challenge, a senior executive said.
12 Dec 2013 - 3:25amGreenland Hong Kong, the listed arm of Shanghai-based Greenland Group, said yesterday it bought a commercial and residential site in Huangpu, Shanghai, for 5.95 billion yuan (HK$7.59 billion).
12 Dec 2013 - 3:25amTaiwanese 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 LIFEOwners of Wan Chai French restaurant Cépage, which closed in the summer, opened a new seafood concept last week in Central.
12 Dec 2013 - 8:28pmIt's being hyped as the next big thing, but is 3-D printing really destined for our desktops?
12 Dec 2013 - 8:10pm 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
Talismanic midfielder Dario Conca has insisted Marcello Lippi’s Guangzhou Evergrande have the confidence to win the Club World Cup as he aims to leave the team on a high.
12 Dec 2013 - 11:33amA novel attempt by the Hong Kong Cricket Association to make use of a large tract of unused land next to Disneyland for the next five years to host an international polo tournament and domestic cricket has been shot down by one arm of the government, despite another saying they were receptive to
12 Dec 2013 - 8:52pmPresident 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 - 5:39pmChristmas is an annual commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ by millions of people around the World. Across the world, people put up different types of special decorations.
Thick fog enveloped most of London this morning, with visibility less than 50 metres in some regions.
Participants wearing zebra masks, taxi drivers pose for the NYC Taxi Drivers 2014 calendar, final touches on a reproduction of a mural from the Mogao Grottoes, and more around the world ...
Christmas is an annual commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ by millions of p
Thick fog enveloped most of London this morning, with visibility less than 50 metr
Participants wearing zebra masks, taxi drivers pose for the NYC Taxi Drivers 2014
