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Almost 300 people were missing after a ferry sank off South Korea on Wednesday, the coastguard said, in what could be the country’s biggest peacetime disaster in nearly 20 years.
Wednesday, 16 April, 2014, 9:22pm 4 commentsA rich businessman and former lawmaker from Heilongjiang province accused of rape by a former television anchorwoman was sentenced to 11 years in prison for corruption and fraud, state media reported on Tuesday.
16 Apr 2014 - 5:30pmAbout a third of the air pollution in China’s smog-hit capital comes from outside the city, official media reported on Wednesday, citing a pollution watchdog.
16 Apr 2014 - 6:01pm 1 commentChina’s economy grew at its slowest rate last quarter since the third quarter of 2012 – though it slightly exceeded economists’ expectations – increasing the chances of policy easing, but massive stimulus looks unlikely.
16 Apr 2014 - 12:41pm 8 comments More on Chinese EconomyLanzhou authorities will add a second water source for the Gansu city of more than 3 million after supervision at the main supplier was found lacking following a contamination scandal, state media reported.
16 Apr 2014 - 11:55amThe United States and China have held “productive” talks on North Korea, the US State Department said on Tuesday, part of stepped-up international diplomacy after Pyongyang warned of plans to conduct a new type of nuclear test.
16 Apr 2014 - 11:33amThe morning meeting, which was delayed by 20 minutes, ended abruptly when the relatives could only receive visuals but no audio from the Malaysian side.
16 Apr 2014 - 9:34pm 2 comments More on Malaysia Airlines flight 370Swiss bank UBS launches an internal investigation into a senior Hong Kong-based banker, a day after a Chinese journalist and whistle blower accused her of having an extramarital affair with the chairman of a state-owned conglomerate.
16 Apr 2014 - 6:08pm 1 comment More on China Resources (Holdings)To access the SCMP ePaper Edition you will need a Digital Premium Subscription.
Hong Kong’s new Companies Ordinance is a study in the remarkable – it is progressive, changes some centuries-old company law concepts to suit the digital age and genuinely breaks new ground.
16 Apr 2014 - 11:50am 2 commentsWang Lin needed a change. The crushing air pollution and gridlock traffic in his hometown of Hangu, an industrial district in the northern metropolis of Tianjin , made him anxious and sometimes ill.
16 Apr 2014 - 4:13am 1 commentPolice and customs officers arrested five people today over the alleged HK$2.2 million tax fraud involving the importing to Hong Kong of three luxury cars – a Bentley and two Porsches.
16 Apr 2014 - 8:03pmVarious forecasts suggest the capacity of all three of Hong Kong’s landfills will be exhausted by 2019 and also 2018.
16 Apr 2014 - 7:49pm 1 commentThe morning meeting, which was delayed by 20 minutes, ended abruptly when the relatives could only receive visuals but no audio from the Malaysian side.
16 Apr 2014 - 9:34pm 2 comments More on Malaysia Airlines flight 370Ancient paintings of fornicating Chinese couples and phalluses made of stone are among items that Dutch art collector Ferdinand Bertholet hopes will help China reconnect with its sexually charged past.
16 Apr 2014 - 5:45pm 1 commentAlmost 300 people were missing after a ferry sank off South Korea on Wednesday, the coastguard said, in what could be the country’s biggest peacetime disaster in nearly 20 years.
16 Apr 2014 - 9:22pm 4 commentsThe search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet flight MH370 deep in the Indian Ocean on Wednesday was again cut short when technical problems forced a US Navy unmanned submarine to surface without finding anything, officials said.
16 Apr 2014 - 6:09pmUkrainian forces tightened their grip on the eastern town of Kramatorsk on Wednesday after securing control over an airfield from pro-Russian separatist militiamen, prompting Russian President Vladimir Putin to warn of the risk of civil war.
16 Apr 2014 - 5:00pmPolice detonated two backpacks near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Tuesday night and arrested a suspect on the anniversary of last year’s deadly bombings, media reported.
16 Apr 2014 - 1:37pmChina’s economy grew at its slowest rate last quarter since the third quarter of 2012 – though it slightly exceeded economists’ expectations – increasing the chances of policy easing, but massive stimulus looks unlikely.
16 Apr 2014 - 12:41pm 8 comments More on Chinese EconomyJust over two weeks ago, the United Nations-sponsored Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the part of its fifth assessment report dealing with the possible impacts of climate change.
16 Apr 2014 - 10:11amLi Liang was overjoyed last week when he began to be swamped by inquiries about office rent and commercial property available for purchase in the free-trade zone (FTZ) in the Waigaoqiao area of Shanghai.
16 Apr 2014 - 2:59pm More on Shanghai Free-trade ZoneHong Kong's biggest developers are skirting around bank restrictions by offering loans to raise the mortgage ceiling up to 85 per cent of a flat's value - which could put buyers at risk of a default if home prices fall significantly.
16 Apr 2014 - 5:52am More on Hong Kong Monetary AuthorityJackie Chan may have used chopsticks in the fighting scenes of his films The Fearless Hyena and The Karate Kid, but never before has the actor been the subject of chopstick art.
16 Apr 2014 - 9:25pm More on Jackie ChanWe can talk up, down and around the 2013 vintage in Bordeaux. The tasting week for the en primeur campaign has finished, and the thousands of wine buyers and journalists who have trooped from chateau to chateau have now packed up their toothbrushes and headed home.
11 Apr 2014 - 12:20pm More on LIFEResearchers who fought for years to get full data on Roche's flu medicine Tamiflu said last week that governments who stockpiled it were wasting billions of dollars on a drug whose effectiveness was in doubt.
13 Apr 2014 - 3:22amSpace invaders: ‘The final frontier’ is ready for tourists later this year
City of angles: Five outdoor enthusiasts show a different view of Hong Kong
True grit: from Hollywood to the horrors of a Phnom Penh rubbish dump
A young Pakistani is being mourned not only by his family but also by the close-knit Kwai Chung community whose hopes he carried on his shoulders
Mark Okoth Obama Ndesandjo opens up about his relationship with the US president
The personal touch is what attracts diners to small, cosy restaurants
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) blasted Jamaican anti-doping officials for the mishandling of a drug test by sprinter Veronica Campbell-Brown that led to a successful appeal of the three-time Olympic gold medallist's two-year ban.
16 Apr 2014 - 9:37pmItaly coach Cesare Prandelli has warned that players won't be considered for the World Cup if they are sent off or caught misbehaving in club matches before the end of the season.
16 Apr 2014 - 9:17pmErnesto Spicciolato emerges from the mist and drags his kayak up onto the shore in the otherwise empty Hap Mun bay on what has turned out to be one of the foggiest days of the year – the zero visibility adds to the sense of utter remoteness, though we’re actually only a 15-minute ride away from Sai Kung pier.
15 Apr 2014 - 8:55amTODAY REPRESENTS an important career milestone for Tsui Tin-yau, the singer-songwriter, film actor, mystery novel writer, and Aaron Kwok Fu-shing doppelganger whenever he knits his eyebrows.
15 Apr 2014 - 8:55amThe pro-Russian activists occupying state institutions in eastern Ukraine said they will not heed an ultimatum by the government in Kiev.
Two pressure cooker bombs killed three people and injured an estimated 264 others during the Boston marathon on April 15, 2013.
A selection of the best photos from recent rugby action in Hong Kong and abroad.
Thousands of people in the Philippines form a message of peace using 56,680 candles, First lady Michelle Obama has sticker placed on her face by 20-month-old Lily Oppelt, and more ...
A bevy of swans take part in a parade in Ontario, an infant looks at Hindu holy men as part of a ritual to bless him during a religious procession to mark the Gajan festival in Kolkata, and more ..
The pro-Russian activists occupying state institutions in eastern Ukraine said the
Two pressure cooker bombs killed three people and injured an estimated 264 others
Thousands of people in the Philippines form a message of peace using 56,680 candle
A bevy of swans take part in a parade in Ontario, an infant looks at Hindu holy me
