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NPC’s Xinjiang delegates skirt issues of unrest, Kunming at panel meeting

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All 60 National People’s Congress (NPC) deputies from Xinjiang sought to avoid the issue of restiveness in the region at a two-and-a-half-hour meeting that emphasised the region’s economy, and it was only when pressed by journalists that they mentioned the subject.

Friday, 7 March, 2014, 4:53pm More on Kunming railway station attack

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy acquittal overturned

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim had his acquittal for sodomy overturned on Friday, in a fresh threat to the remarkable career of a charismatic politician who helped turn around the country’s once-hapless opposition.

7 Mar 2014 - 10:54pm 1 comment

Birmingham City boss Carson Yeung jailed for six years for money laundering

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Former Birmingham City boss Carson Yeung was on Friday jailed for six years for five counts of money laundering in Hong Kong. The judge said the sentence included an 'element of deterrence' to discourage others.

7 Mar 2014 - 9:39pm 10 comments More on Carson Yeung Ka-sing

North Korean No 2 reappears, quashing purge rumours

North Korea’s state media published photos on Friday of Vice Marshall Choe Ryong-hae, quashing intense speculation that the man seen as the number two to paramount leader Kim Jong-un had been purged.

7 Mar 2014 - 4:08pm

Asian Americans furious at proposal allowing colleges to choose students by race

Hundreds of Asian American families protest over a state law that many fear will discriminate against their children in college admission because of their race.

7 Mar 2014 - 11:09am 4 comments More on SCA-5

Beijing police threaten action against microbloggers over Kunming attack comments

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Beijing police issued harsh warnings this week to some of China’s most outspoken microbloggers after they posted about the social and political reasons behind the Kunming railway station attack.

7 Mar 2014 - 1:49pm More on Kunming railway station attack

Charity donations may become compulsory for all Chinese earners in sector overhaul

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An NPC official on Friday vowed speedy government action on a long-awaited charity bill which could make donations compulsory for every Chinese citizen.

7 Mar 2014 - 4:32pm More on Chinese parliamentary sessions 2014

Malaysian couple to hang for murder of Indonesian maid who died of starvation

A Malaysian couple was sentenced to hang for starving their Indonesian maid to death, a defence lawyer said on Friday, in the latest shocking case to spotlight abuse of domestic helpers in the region.

7 Mar 2014 - 5:02pm 4 comments

China becomes top source of fresh immigrants moving to New Zealand

7 Mar 2014 - 3:45pm 2 comments

Obama and EU slap first sanctions on Russia over Ukraine crisis

7 Mar 2014 - 1:58pm 5 comments

Genetically modified food is safe to eat, says China's agriculture minister

7 Mar 2014 - 9:32am 5 comments

'I got nothing to do with it': Satoshi Nakamoto denies founding Bitcoin after Newsweek report

7 Mar 2014 - 5:10pm 2 comments

Singapore police probe ‘unnatural’ death of American CEO of bitcoin trader

6 Mar 2014 - 11:52pm

China chides North Korea over missile's near-miss with passenger jet

7 Mar 2014 - 9:00am 1 comment

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Editor's Pick

Yanking Jamie Oliver’s chain: Why chef's Hong Kong venture could actually work

Does Jamie Oliver have more commercial acumen than it appears under the cheeky-chappy, pukka-tukka persona?

The commonest response I’ve met to the idea of a Jamie’s Italian here is, “He can’t possibly make it work, the numbers don’t add up.”

It turns out they do.

7 Mar 2014 - 3:20pm 5 comments

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Opinion

Michael Chugani Michael Chugani

No such thing as 'balanced' media freedom

7 Mar 2014 - 7:51pm 3 comments
Alex Lo Alex Lo

Those who attack Leung Chun-ying's daughter misunderstand freedom of speech

7 Mar 2014 - 6:03pm 30 comments
Howard Winn Howard Winn

Another broadside launched against bar licensing regime

7 Mar 2014 - 12:22am 1 comment
Albert Cheng Albert Cheng

Tepid market suggests target for private housing won't be met

7 Mar 2014 - 1:49am

Insight

In Ukraine and elsewhere, politicians betray our dream of peace

Kevin Rafferty

Surely the prize for the most cynical news item of the week should go to the announcement from Oslo that Russian President Vladimir Putin has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

7 Mar 2014 - 7:51pm 1 comment

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What Li Keqiang omitting Hong Kong principles from report may mean

STUART LAU AND TONY CHEUNG

Speculation there is a hidden meaning behind Premier Li Keqiang's omission of two of Hong Kong's key constitutional principles from his maiden work report deepened yesterday as Beijing's third-in-command cryptically advised Hongkongers to "cautiously interpret" the implications of the omission.

7 Mar 2014 - 7:11am 1 comment

Harry's View

7 Mar 2014

Hong Kong

DEATH

Protege praises late Basic Law drafter Xu Chongde as 'walking dictionary' of Hong Kong's mini-constitution

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As top mainland officials waved a final farewell to late Basic Law drafter Xu Chongde on Friday morning, one of his former students lamented the death of the “final guardian of the Basic Law” has made the understanding of legislative intent of Hong Kong’s mini-constitution more difficult.

7 Mar 2014 - 1:18pm 1 comment
COURT

Birmingham City boss Carson Yeung jailed for six years for money laundering

Update

Former Birmingham City boss Carson Yeung was on Friday jailed for six years for five counts of money laundering in Hong Kong. The judge said the sentence included an 'element of deterrence' to discourage others.

7 Mar 2014 - 9:39pm 10 comments More on Carson Yeung Ka-sing
COURT

Secretary for Development Paul Chan fined HK$1,800 for crashing into taxi near Happy Valley

7 Mar 2014 7 comments

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China

TAIWAN

Taiwan jails 13 military officials over conscript death

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A Taiwan court has sentenced 13 officers guilty of involuntary manslaughter and other offences that led to the death of army corporal Hung Chung-chiu, in a widely watched human-rights abuse case that had drawn a series of protests against authorities.

7 Mar 2014 - 9:29pm
XINJIANG

NPC’s Xinjiang delegates skirt issues of unrest, Kunming at panel meeting

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All 60 National People’s Congress (NPC) deputies from Xinjiang sought to avoid the issue of restiveness in the region at a two-and-a-half-hour meeting that emphasised the region’s economy, and it was only when pressed by journalists that they mentioned the subject.

7 Mar 2014 - 4:53pm More on Kunming railway station attack
HEALTH

'Chinese are shorter than Japanese, Koreans': Yao Ming, lawmaker spotlight China's fitness problems

7 Mar 2014 2 comments

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Asia

MALAYSIA

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy acquittal overturned

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim had his acquittal for sodomy overturned on Friday, in a fresh threat to the remarkable career of a charismatic politician who helped turn around the country’s once-hapless opposition.

7 Mar 2014 - 10:54pm 1 comment
ASIA

Nepali women still plagued by archaic practice of imprisonment during menstruation

After a bath, on the fifth day of her menstrual cycle, Sunita BK said she was “cleansed” and ready to return to her house. For the past four days, BK, 19, had been forced to live in a makeshift shed known as a “goth” that serves as a temporary confinement for women during menstruation. 

7 Mar 2014 - 7:41pm
MALAYSIA

Malaysian couple to hang for murder of Indonesian maid who died of starvation

7 Mar 2014 4 comments

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World

UKRAINE

Baltic states call on Nato for help in face of Kremlin ‘expansionism’

Centuries of Soviet and tsarist oppression taught the three Baltic states to bar their doors whenever the Kremlin issues marching orders. Now they also scramble Nato jets.

7 Mar 2014 - 10:27pm
UKRAINE

Tymoshenko warns of guerrilla war, calls for immediate economic sanctions on Russia

Leading Ukranian politician Yulia Tymoshenko said there was a danger of guerrilla war in Crimea should it be incorporated into Russia and appealed to Germany and others on Friday for immediate economic sanctions against Moscow.

7 Mar 2014 - 10:53pm
VENEZUELA

Venezuela’s Maduro calls for meeting of South American leaders

7 Mar 2014

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China Insider

EMIGRATION

China becomes top source of fresh immigrants moving to New Zealand

7 Mar 2014 2 comments
KUNMING ATTACK

Beijing police threaten action against microbloggers over Kunming attack comments

7 Mar 2014
TENCENT

WeChat’s latest viral hit in China: health insurance

6 Mar 2014 1 comment
TIBET

Founder of Tibet’s Communist Party makes a final plea for Dalai Lama’s return

7 Mar 2014 2 comments
hoax

China’s Sohu falls for ‘Back to the Future’ hover board video hoax

6 Mar 2014
Hospitals

Nurse paralysed as shocking hospital attack by Nanjing official is caught on camera

6 Mar 2014
DISCRIMINATION

Police apologise for evicting innocent Uygur man after Kunming terror attack

5 Mar 2014 1 comment
POLITICS

No more Chanel or Emilio Pucci for princeling Li Xiaolin at congress meeting, but critics unimpressed

5 Mar 2014 3 comments
DIPLOMACY

Germany refuses Xi Jinping's request to visit Holocaust memorial sites during tour of Europe

5 Mar 2014 8 comments
NPC

Disturbance and smoke in Tiananmen Square amid tight security for NPC meeting

5 Mar 2014
MEDIA

US calls Kunming attack ‘act of terrorism’ amid accusations of bias in Western media reporting

5 Mar 2014 4 comments
KUNMING ATTACK

Chinese police rush to dispel rumours of more attacks in wake of Kunming massacre

4 Mar 2014 1 comment
INTERNET

China has a new state-run search engine - but will anyone use it?

3 Mar 2014 1 comment
EMIGRATION

Olá Lisboa! Chinese millionaires hog Portugal's golden visas

3 Mar 2014 2 comments

Business

Sabrina Chao steers Wah Kwong past rocky shoals

Sabrina Chao Sih-ming’s life hasn’t been plain sailing after she took the helm of 61-year-old Wah Kwong Maritime Transport a year ago.

It has been a year in which the volatile market for dry bulk shipping mauled many of the firm’s rivals.

7 Mar 2014 - 11:48am 3 comments More on Wah Kwong Maritime Transport
TELECOMMUNICATIONS

VAT may drive China’s mobile operators to cut costs, including smartphone subsidies

The value-added tax that Chinese telecom companies face later this year might force the mainland’s three wireless operators to cut their expenses, including subsidies promoting smartphone usage, analysts say.

7 Mar 2014 - 10:01am More on Value Added Tax

Markets

Doug Young Doug Young

Canadian Solar, Chaori cast cloud over solar shares

6 Mar 2014 - 10:35am

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Property

PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT

Hysan Place helps drive developer’s underlying profit up 26pc

Underlying profit for last year at Hysan Development, the largest landlord in Causeway Bay, jumped 26 per cent year on year to HK$2.04 billion thanks in part to the contribution from the recently redeveloped Hysan Place in the prime shopping district.

7 Mar 2014 - 2:58pm 1 comment More on Hysan Development
PROPERTY

Hong Kong developers' profit margins squeezed

Profit margins of property developers could be slashed in half this year as falling home prices and soaring construction costs and land premiums bite into performance.

7 Mar 2014 - 2:37am
EARNINGS

China Vanke targets small Chinese cities as rivals pull out

7 Mar 2014

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Lifestyle

Arts & Culture

Local musicians ambivalent about benefits of streamed content

Hong Kong hip hop artist Masta Mic (real name Tong Sung-ching) is constantly hustling to get his music out to the people, and last month, he had a breakthrough. After extended negotiations, he got his music on the library of Spotify, one of the world's biggest music streaming services.

4 Mar 2014 - 10:20am More on LIFE

Alliance Francaise's Gérard Henry displays his work at ArtWalk

4 Mar 2014 1 comment

Arts festival Le French May returns to Hong Kong

4 Mar 2014
Food & Wine

Taking 'food porn' photos in Hong Kong is so popular even the chefs are doing it

Chefs in Hong Kong love their porn. Food porn, that is. While a recent controversy in France highlighted that not all chefs are happy about diners clicking away with their camera phones, cooks here do see some advantages to it.

7 Mar 2014 - 1:26pm 1 comment More on LIFE

Top chefs are taking to the high seas

7 Mar 2014

Something to chew on: Asian rice cakes

1 Mar 2014
Technology

Why living in cities raises stress

Researchers, led by Professor Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg of the Central Institute of Mental Health in Germany, were trying to find out more about how different people handled stress. They discovered that city dwellers' brains, compared with people who live in the countryside, seem not to handle it so well.

3 Mar 2014 - 5:59pm

Why country parks benefit Hong Kong

3 Mar 2014 2 comments

Mirrors in space, ocean plankton no easy climate change fix, says study

2 Mar 2014
Fashion

Paris fashion shows offer autumn looks for the no-nonsense woman

7 Mar 2014

Innovation to the fore as Paris Fashion Week kicks off

3 Mar 2014
Books

Short stories deal in brutal truths about life in modern China

3 Mar 2014

Book review: Bending Adversity, by David Pilling

2 Mar 2014
Health

Staying fit should be a family affair

4 Mar 2014

Health bites

4 Mar 2014
Beauty

Beauty buzz: the latest news from STYLE Beauty

7 Mar 2014

Natural

7 Mar 2014
Family & Education

A new app aims to help parents teach children the value of money

4 Mar 2014 1 comment

Will separation damage my daughter?

4 Mar 2014
Interiors & Living

Celebrity interior designer Kelly Hoppen offers tips for the masses

7 Mar 2014

High-end US developers use valuable artworks to draw in potential buyers

5 Mar 2014

Magazines

Sport

BADMINTON

Lee Chong Wei may play less to prolong career and reach Rio

Lee Chong Wei, the world number one from Malaysia, says he must play a lot less if he is to prolong his carer and reach the Rio Olympics.

Lee spoke about retiring this year after winning the Malaysian Open in January.

7 Mar 2014 - 10:00pm

Michael Chang's Rich Tapestry to run in Dubai's Golden Shaheen race

Michael Chang Chun-wai expects a forward showing from Rich Tapestry when he tackles the Mahab Al Shimaal (1,200m) at Meydan racecourse in Dubai on Saturday night, although the race no longer holds the same significance for the sprinter's major goal on World Cup night.

7 Mar 2014 - 10:14pm

Nadal still on rebound from Australian Open as he looks to defend title in Indian Wells

7 Mar 2014

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Magazines

Shocking extent of maid abuse in Hong Kong laid bare

Marginalised by Hong Kong society and its laws, domestic helpers are left vulnerable to horrific abuse, writes Simon Parry, and a newly compiled body of research suggests the problem is far more extensive than has been previously reported.

2 Mar 2014 - 9:03am 39 comments

Richard Quest: the voice of choice

Love him or hate him, the inimitable Richard Quest has long been a jewel in CNN’s crown. Fionnuala McHugh talks to ‘Mr Marmite’ about syntax, selfies and surviving that scandal.

1 Mar 2014 - 11:13pm

Going back to their roots: Chaoshan folk music

1 Mar 2014

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Blogs

Adventures in Alcohol Mischa Moselle

Yanking Jamie Oliver’s chain: Why chef's Hong Kong venture could actually work

Mischa Moselle 7 Mar 2014 - 3:20pm 5 comments
Happy Lucky Dragon Win Michael Cox

Are stewards rule enforcers or riding instructors?

Michael Cox 7 Mar 2014 - 1:06pm
Corporate China Doug Young

Canadian Solar, Chaori cast cloud over solar shares

Doug Young 6 Mar 2014 - 10:35am
The Beauty Blog TAMA LUNG

Review: Elemis Pro-Intense Lift Effect Facial at 10/10 Space

TAMA LUNG 5 Mar 2014 - 4:59pm
Culture Club Vivienne Chow

Brace yourself for March madness and culture fatigue when Art Basel Hong Kong changes dates

Vivienne Chow 5 Mar 2014 - 7:11pm
The Hongcouver Ian Young

Immigration, property prices and Vancouver: An expert’s view

Ian Young 6 Mar 2014 - 8:59am 7 comments
Wealth Blog Anna Healy Fenton

Get behind Mission Possible and beat last year’s Sevens triumph

Anna Healy Fenton 6 Mar 2014 - 5:57pm

In Pictures

A blend of solemn ceremonies and clashes in Venezuela, March 7

Venezuela marked the first anniversary of Hugo Chavez's death with a military parade led by the President Nicolas Maduro.

7 Mar 2014

Fighting poverty: In Los Angeles federal initiative offers hope to those in the Promise Zone, March 7

Los Angeles is one of five areas in US designated as a “Promise Zone” by the Obama administration in January in an effort to reduce poverty and crime in some of the poorest areas in the nation.

7 Mar 2014

Today in Photos, March 7

Members of Argentina’s IUNA Ballet give a lift to a bizarrely contorted fellow dancer in Buenos Aires, while South Korean new military officers cheer during the joint commission ceremony in S.

7 Mar 2014

Everyone's snapping: world icons' selfies as well as those of the daring splash on social media, March 6

Selfies dominate the traffic of social media. Even celebrities take them.

6 Mar 2014

Today in Photos, March 6

This baby takes centre stage at a rally for a Salvadorean presidential candidate, US first lady Michelle Obama learns some basic Putonghua at a Washington elementary school, and more ...

6 Mar 2014
News

Venezuela marked the first anniversary of Hugo Chavez's death with a military para

7 Mar 2014
Photos

Los Angeles is one of five areas in US designated as a “Promise Zone” by the Obama

7 Mar 2014
Photos

Members of Argentina’s IUNA Ballet give a lift to a bizarrely contorted fellow dan

7 Mar 2014
Photos

Selfies dominate the traffic of social media. Even celebrities take them.

6 Mar 2014
Photos

This baby takes centre stage at a rally for a Salvadorean presidential candidate, 

6 Mar 2014

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