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As 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.
Thursday, 12 December, 2013, 4:39am 7 comments More on Beijing air pollutionJapan will set up a new amphibious military unit and deploy unarmed surveillance drones in its southwest, where it faces a row with China over disputed islands, according to drafts of the nation’s latest defence plans seen on Wednesday.
12 Dec 2013 - 3:07am 1 commentThe expansion of existing paraxylene (PX) plants will no longer require ministerial approval – a move to cut red tape that could upset environmentalists and other opponents to the controversial facilities.
12 Dec 2013 - 10:12am More on Paraxylene (PX)Authorities in Shenzhen are investigating the city's worst fire in five years, which yesterday killed at least 16 people, including at least three young children. The death toll could be higher. The South China Morning Post spoke to the family of a five-year-old child killed in the blaze whose name was not on the official list of victims.
12 Dec 2013 - 4:46amUkrainian activists swarmed central Kiev yesterday, reclaiming the epicentre of anti-government protests after an overnight police raid that left dozens injured.
12 Dec 2013 - 1:00amCongressional negotiators have reached a modest two-year US budget deal that would avoid a repeat of October's government shutdown.
12 Dec 2013 - 3:37amA prominent Chinese academic says Beijing could withdraw from the UN's maritime treaty rather than submit to judgment on its disputed sovereignty claims in the South China Sea.
12 Dec 2013 - 12:33am 5 commentsChina 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.
11 Dec 2013 - 8:25pm 1 comment More on Zhou YongkangHacking of corporate computer systems is on the rise in China, including Hong Kong, according to an annual survey.
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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. They refuse to participate in the election called for February 2, and persist with demands for the country to be run by an appointed council of "good" people. Bypassing the democratic process is not in the interests of the majority of Thais and is a recipe for a deepening of civil conflict.
12 Dec 2013 - 3:54amChief Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor successfully launched the public consultation on the arrangements for electing the chief executive in 2017 and forming the Legislative Council in 2016. This was no easy feat, given the politically charged background of calls for the public nomination of chief executive candidates, as well as the threat of Occupy Central if arrangements for electing the chief executive do not meet international standards of universal suffrage.
12 Dec 2013 - 4:02am 2 commentsAlthough there are traffic lights in other North Korean cities, the ones in the Rason Special Economic Zone actually light up.
12 Dec 2013 - 2:51amThey 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.
Ikea, which sold out of Lufsigs in Hong Kong, said it was changing the rude-sounding Chinese name, which helped make the toy - depicting the wolf from Little Red Riding Hood ready to devour grandma - an anti-government icon.
12 Dec 2013 - 8:40am 4 comments More on Leung Chun-yingIn a rare move, the law faculties of the University of Hong Kong and Chinese University issued a joint statement with City University's school of law this week. In it, they argued that the plan floated by the legal body would not produce better lawyers, "nor is it in the best interest of Hong Kong".
12 Dec 2013 - 5:54am 1 commentThe expansion of existing paraxylene (PX) plants will no longer require ministerial approval – a move to cut red tape that could upset environmentalists and other opponents to the controversial facilities.
12 Dec 2013 - 10:12am More on Paraxylene (PX)Authorities in Shenzhen are investigating the city's worst fire in five years, which yesterday killed at least 16 people, including at least three young children. The death toll could be higher. The South China Morning Post spoke to the family of a five-year-old child killed in the blaze whose name was not on the official list of victims.
12 Dec 2013 - 4:46amJapan will set up a new amphibious military unit and deploy unarmed surveillance drones in its southwest, where it faces a row with China over disputed islands, according to drafts of the nation’s latest defence plans seen on Wednesday.
12 Dec 2013 - 3:07am 1 commentA prominent Chinese academic says Beijing could withdraw from the UN's maritime treaty rather than submit to judgment on its disputed sovereignty claims in the South China Sea.
12 Dec 2013 - 12:33am 5 commentsUkrainian activists swarmed central Kiev yesterday, reclaiming the epicentre of anti-government protests after an overnight police raid that left dozens injured.
12 Dec 2013 - 1:00amNelson Mandela’s flag-draped casket made a solemn journey through the streets of Pretoria on Wednesday, arriving at the seat of South Africa’s government where he will lie in state for three days.
11 Dec 2013 - 7:00pm More on Nelson MandelaHacking 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 LIFEThe recent isolation of certain bacteria and yeast as responsible for terroir - the evocation of a sense of place in the flavour of a wine - is another apparent triumph for the application of science to the art of winemaking.
6 Dec 2013 - 5:45amThe deaf have fought to preserve sign language in the past. Fifty deaf students protested a ban on sign language with a strike in 1973 at the Hong Kong School for the Deaf, the first such school in Hong Kong, established in 1935. The students boycotted classes, but to no avail.
9 Dec 2013 - 5:56pm 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
Brazilian magician Joao Moreira was back in action at Happy Valley last night and made his presence felt from the first moment with a stunning four-timer - but he almost ruined the comeback with another suspension.
12 Dec 2013 - 9:54amHong Kong officials are desperately trying to convince multi-talented young rider Choi Ki-ho not to quit the sport.
12 Dec 2013 - 9:38am More on Hong Kong Cycling AssociationPresident 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 - 5:39pmThousands of people attended the memorial service to say goodbye to Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg and pay tribute all over the world ...
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 ...
A snowstorm pushed into the United States, causing school and government closures as well as traffic, but others used the time for outdoor recreation and spending time with family.
Thousands of people attended the memorial service to say goodbye to Nelson Mandela
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
A snowstorm pushed into the United States, causing school and government closures
