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With the launch of the formal investigation into former Politburo Standing Committee member Zhou Yongkang, President Xi Jinping has consolidated power in a way that eluded his predecessors.
Wednesday, 30 July, 2014, 8:47pm 12 comments More on FocusTwenty-two attackers were shot dead and a further 41 arrested in a terror attack in Xinjiang on Monday in which at least 10 civilians died, according to sources and a report from a local party conference.
30 Jul 2014 - 5:56pmThe Chinese government on Wednesday laid out plans to further loosen its household registration system, as it aims to encourage 100 million migrant rural workers to settle in cities.
30 Jul 2014 - 6:55pm 1 commentA timeline of recent corruption probes shows the extent of an corruption investigation into the entourage of China's former security tsar Zhou Yongkang.
30 Jul 2014 - 3:57pm More on Zhou YongkangFour US teens were charged on Tuesday with murder in the fatal beating of a Chinese graduate student with a baseball bat and spanner as he walked to his flat.
30 Jul 2014 - 10:24pm 6 commentsAsian gambling kingpin Paul Phua Wei-seng was San Marino's ambassador to Montenegro for more than three years until the tiny city state revoked his diplomatic status shortly after his arrest in Las Vegas.
30 Jul 2014 - 3:20pmTwo former Khmer Rouge leaders began their second trial at a UN-backed court in Cambodia on Wednesday on charges including genocide of Vietnamese people and ethnic Muslims, forced marriages and rape.
30 Jul 2014 - 5:07pmHow should Vancouver meet the challenge and opportunity presented by soaring numbers of mainland Chinese tourists?
30 Jul 2014 - 8:41amBeijing yesterday announced an official investigation into former security chief Zhou Yongkang, shattering the decades-old political taboo of not prosecuting the highest ranking Communist Party officials for corruption.
30 Jul 2014 - 7:21pm 25 comments More on Zhou YongkangThe photo in the corporate records of a Beijing energy investment firm shows Zhou Bin looking solemn and not unlike his father, former security tsar Zhou Yongkang.
30 Jul 2014 - 3:59pm 2 comments More on Zhou YongkangTo access the SCMP ePaper Edition you will need a Digital Premium Subscription.
Few places in the world are so confident and so well positioned for the future as to be able to seriously consider deliberately damaging nearly 5 per cent of the economy.
30 Jul 2014 - 4:41am 10 commentsWith the launch of the formal investigation into former Politburo Standing Committee member Zhou Yongkang, President Xi Jinping has consolidated power in a way that eluded his predecessors.
30 Jul 2014 - 8:47pm 12 commentsA veteran Beijing-loyalist lawmaker gave himself high marks for his chairmanship of the legislature’s Finance Committee in the past year – despite having a motion of no confidence tabled against him amid accusations that he broke rules to force through funding for a controversial project.
30 Jul 2014 - 10:22pmOne of two Happy Valley flats that became rent-free homes for former chief secretary Rafael Hui Si-yan was bought by the Kwoks of Sun Hung Kai Properties in 2002 for "long-term investment", the High Court heard yesterday.
30 Jul 2014 - 10:46pmBeijing subway passengers could face up to 10 days detention if they refuse to go through security checks, as the capital city beefs up such measures as more travellers visit during summer vacation, the Beijing News reported today.
30 Jul 2014 - 5:18pmTwenty-two attackers were shot dead and a further 41 arrested in a terror attack in Xinjiang on Monday in which at least 10 civilians died, according to sources and a report from a local party conference.
30 Jul 2014 - 5:56pmA major landslide yesterday struck a village in western India following heavy monsoon rains, killing at least five people and leaving up to 150 feared trapped, officials said.
30 Jul 2014 - 10:01pmTwo former Khmer Rouge leaders began their second trial at a UN-backed court in Cambodia on Wednesday on charges including genocide of Vietnamese people and ethnic Muslims, forced marriages and rape.
30 Jul 2014 - 5:07pmIsraeli shells blasted a UN-run school in a Gaza refugee camp on Wednesday, killing at least 19 people and wounding about 125 others taking refuge there, a UN official said.
30 Jul 2014 - 8:02pmThe death on Tuesday of Sheik Umar Khan, who was credited with treating more than 100 patients, follows those of dozens of local health workers and the infection of two American medics in neighbouring Liberia, and highlights the dangers to staff trying to halt the disease's spread across West Africa.
30 Jul 2014 - 10:25pmConsumer sentiment in mainland China ticked up this month as expectations for long-term business conditions improved thanks to Beijing’s pro-growth policies, the Westpac MNI China Consumer Sentiment survey found.
30 Jul 2014 - 5:12pm 2 comments More on Chinese EconomySevere and imminent shortages of labour across the Asia-Pacific will cost the global economy no less than US$10 trillion between now and 2030, a new Boston Consulting Group report* says.
30 Jul 2014 - 11:43amAn oversupply of retail space poses a more serious threat to property investors in the mainland’s many third-tier cities than the much-talked-about housing glut, especially as an increasing number of people are buying goods online.
30 Jul 2014 - 5:23pmDevelopers are expected to produce more tiny flats in their future projects given the frenetic buying spree for shoe-box homes by young homebuyers and investors, industry observers said.
30 Jul 2014 - 10:36am 4 commentsHong Kong has always been an internationally minded city, and that fact is increasingly reflected not just in the way local musicians think, but also in the way they record.
29 Jul 2014 - 10:41am More on LIFEJamie’s Italian officially opened its doors after months of anticipation, as British celebrity chef attempts to capture mid-range market with inexpensive Italian cuisine. So was the food any good?
30 Jul 2014 - 10:26pm 8 commentsInventor hopes fleet of automated boats will one day patrol the oceans, performing clean-up and data-collection tasks, such as radioactivity sensing, coral reef imaging and fish counting.
29 Jul 2014 - 1:29pm 3 comments More on LIFEIn India, when it comes to class and cuisine, food is as divisive as it is defining
Done right, this takeaway classic is a joy to behold. But who makes the city's best?
Sir Kai Ho Kai was a colossal public figure, so how did we forget him?
Delhi’s vibrant colony of artists and street performers is under threat from the modern world
An organic farming commune in Hebei is going back to the roots of Maoist thought
Space invaders: ‘The final frontier’ is ready for tourists later this year
The personal touch is what attracts diners to small, cosy restaurants
Hong Kong coach Kim Pan-gon has given up hope of using naturalised talent in his Asian Games campaign, naming a 20-strong squad consisting wholly of domestic players.
30 Jul 2014 - 10:36pmZac Purton is determined to be fit for the first meeting of the new season on September 14, but the champion jockey faces a race against time after scans revealed he has a fractured heel.
30 Jul 2014 - 10:19pmAs new genre of caste-based cookbooks reveals, India's culinary customs not only denote class and region, but symbolise faith, dictate who you marry and can be a barrier to social mobility.
27 Jul 2014 - 5:48pm 6 commentsThousands of people saw their life savings wiped out when the "low-risk" fund into which they had put their nest eggs imploded last year. Benjamin Robertson looks into the murky world of LM Investment Management and what its collapse should signal to the investing public.
27 Jul 2014 - 12:05am 10 commentsAfter the holy month of Ramadan ends with the sighting of a new moon, the world's Muslims unite in prayer for the first day of Eid ul-Fitr.
A view of the Zhongjian River bridge after it was joined to a new road network in Enshi in Hubei, while firefighters work to extinguish a fire at a Dongfeng Tyre Factory in Hubei, and more ...
A selection of the best photos from rugby sevens action at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Bangladeshi Muslims scramble for space on the roof of an overcrowded train to head hone in Dhaka, while a couple sit on a bench as they look at a parascending in Nice, and more ...
China has built up a reputation for taking on ambitious civil engineering projects in some of the most dramatic and beautiful scenery in the country.
After the holy month of Ramadan ends with the sighting of a new moon, the world's
A view of the Zhongjian River bridge after it was joined to a new road network in
Bangladeshi Muslims scramble for space on the roof of an overcrowded train to head
China has built up a reputation for taking on ambitious civil engineering projects
