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A huge military parade to be held in Beijing later this year to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the second world war will also show off the nation's growing international influence and military might.
Wednesday, 28 January, 2015, 5:10am 36 commentsUS President Barack Obama's trip to India, in which he displayed a close personal rapport with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has highlighted New Delhi's deep mistrust towards Beijing, analysts say.
28 Jan 2015 - 5:15am 2 comments More on Barack ObamaChina is caught in a population policy dilemma, as the world's most populous nation struggles to strike a balance between its strict domestic migration controls that limit the influx of rural residents to cities and its need to deal with a rapidly ageing population.
28 Jan 2015 - 12:07amThe mainland's securities regulator is considering handing over the power of approving initial public offering applications to the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges this year.
27 Jan 2015 - 9:59pmOn 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 - 7:30pm 3 commentsChina’s largest online shopping platform Taobao.com has hit back at the results of an official quality survey that accused it of selling fake and substandard goods, saying that the poll’s sampling methods were questionable.
28 Jan 2015 - 5:17am More on TaobaoNorth 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.
28 Jan 2015 - 2:39am More on H7N9 avian fluFor the first time, a North Korean defector living in obscurity among Hongkongers revealed publicly how 16 of her family were possibly sacrificed after she and her sister fled the totalitarian regime nearly four decades ago.
28 Jan 2015 - 2:37amDignitaries from Hong Kong and beyond gathered to light candles and hear from survivors of the horrors of Nazism as the city marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
28 Jan 2015 - 3:12am 6 commentsBureaucrats inflate the costs of public lighting – paid for using taxpayers’ money – while raking in big bucks from advertisements displayed on them
27 Jan 2015 - 5:33pmGuangzhou's first duty-free store is to stop selling goods over the counter because it does not have the staff to cope with the huge numbers of shoppers it has attracted.
28 Jan 2015 - 5:12amTom Berger, a Norwegian photographer and avid traveller, has visited China twice in the past five years. While he enjoyed the trips, he found acquiring a China visa an enormous hassle.
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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 - 7:30pm 3 commentsTom Berger, a Norwegian photographer and avid traveller, has visited China twice in the past five years. While he enjoyed the trips, he found acquiring a China visa an enormous hassle.
28 Jan 2015 - 3:48am 1 commentA 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.
28 Jan 2015 - 3:07amThousands of stay-at-home parents in Hong Kong's working-class families could be persuaded to rejoin the labour force with the launch of a massive scheme promising comprehensive after-school care for their children.
28 Jan 2015 - 2:20am 4 commentsA huge military parade to be held in Beijing later this year to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the second world war will also show off the nation's growing international influence and military might.
28 Jan 2015 - 5:10am 36 commentsUS President Barack Obama's trip to India, in which he displayed a close personal rapport with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has highlighted New Delhi's deep mistrust towards Beijing, analysts say.
28 Jan 2015 - 5:15am 2 comments More on Barack ObamaFormer journalist who has faced far-right threats over a 24-year-old article on second world war 'comfort women' takes legal action.
28 Jan 2015 - 6:10am 1 commentAn online message purportedly from the Islamic State group warned on Tuesday that a Japanese hostage and Jordanian pilot the extremists hold have less than "24 hours left to live."
28 Jan 2015 - 5:34amThree Russians charged by the US with espionage allegedly sought secrets tied to the New York Stock Exchange and US economic sanctions on Russia, even while one bemoaned his tedious job's lack of a James Bond flair.
28 Jan 2015 - 6:17amOttawa has given wealthy would-be immigrants a maximum of just two weeks from today in which to apply for its new millionaire visa scheme, potentially setting off a race among the world's rich seeking coveted Canadian permanent residency.
28 Jan 2015 - 6:17amThe gap between home-grown and multinational brands in China is narrowing as its enterprises improve marketing strategies and local consumers become more mature, the latest BrandZ study by research agency Millward Brown finds.
27 Jan 2015 - 9:11pmMotorola unveiled three smartphone models on its return to China following a two-year absence from the most populous mobile phone market.
Motorola was a mobile phone pioneer in China but pulled out in 2013 after its acquisition by Google.
28 Jan 2015 - 1:00am More on LenovoCity Developments Ltd (CDL), a major developer in Singapore, is launching an aggressive push to market its joint-venture luxury hotel to lure travellers from Hong Kong.
28 Jan 2015 - 6:00amFive years ago, Aloysius Lee Tse-sang returned to Singapore from Hong Kong after serving as chief executive of South Beach Consortium, a joint venture formed by City Developments Ltd (CDL) and other parties to head a S$3 billion (HK$17.3 billion) hotel-office-residential-retail development projec
28 Jan 2015 - 6:00amRene 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
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Hong Kong sailor Cheng Ying-kit was kept sane by the girl waiting for him in port as he helped Dongfeng Race Team create history on Tuesday, becoming the first Chinese boat to win a leg in the 41-year history of the Volvo Ocean Race.
27 Jan 2015 - 11:32pmAustralia struck twice early on and then soaked up the pressure as they downed United Arab Emirates 2-0 on Tuesday to set up an Asian Cup final against unbeaten South Korea.
27 Jan 2015 - 11:15pmHong 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 LIFEChildren show off special rice porridge for the Laba Festival, while lemurs eat at Qingdao Forest Wildlife World, and more ...
A 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.
Children show off special rice porridge for the Laba Festival, while lemurs eat at
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
