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Passionate football fan President Xi Jinping met Prince William this morning, and told him of his wish for closer efforts to improve Sino-British football development.
Monday, 2 March, 2015, 6:41pm 9 commentsNorth Korea fired two missiles into the sea and vowed “merciless” retaliation today as the US and South Korea kicked off joint military drills denounced by Pyongyang as recklessly confrontational.
2 Mar 2015 - 9:51pm 1 commentChildren and their grandparents are among the victims who were struck by a car on five-lane overpass as they watched aircraft at Shenzhen Baoan International Airport, police say.
2 Mar 2015 - 4:30pm 2 commentsXiaomi, China’s largest smartphone maker, today unveiled its line of action cameras which will retail for around half the price of market-leader GoPro's products
2 Mar 2015 - 4:29pm More on THE NEXT BIG THINGChina’s television and radio stations should limit the number of entertainment programmes on December 13 to avoid “ruining” the serious tone of China’s state memorial day for victims of the Nanking massacre.
2 Mar 2015 - 8:06pmComedian Zhao Benshan seems undeterred by the controversy around him. According to mainland media, he has been burning the midnight oil putting together his delegate’s proposal for the national political advisory body’s annual meeting.
2 Mar 2015 - 7:06pmA central government official who became famous from his remarks on disgraced former security tsar Zhou Yongkang a year ago, said on Monday it was “meaningless” to speculate if there were any more “big tigers” about to be brought down.
2 Mar 2015 - 8:04pm More on Xi Jinping's anti-graft campaignAn investigation by mainland media shows that major universities in Beijing are continuing to use foreign textbooks in the spring semester, which started today – despite a government minister’s call last month for them to be banned.
2 Mar 2015 - 7:13pm 6 commentsSamsung unveiled its new Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge smartphones as it seeks to claw back market share following Apple's launch of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus last year.
2 Mar 2015 - 7:59pm More on SamsungA woman from northern China has admitted she did not report to police that a young man died saving her two children from drowning, according to a newspaper report.
2 Mar 2015 - 4:57pm 3 commentsA former TV celebrity has unleashed a storm of criticism and a wave of support with a self-funded, An Inconvenient Truth-style documentary on the nation's air pollution scourge.
2 Mar 2015 - 6:09pm 9 comments More on Beijing air pollutionMainland Chinese companies have again set the pace for the most deals placed under national security review by the United States government as many of them, especially technology firms, are now more confident to submit voluntarily amid growing confidence in the US legal process.
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The People's Bank of China has just cut interest rates again. It may support the stock market for a few days, but it won't reverse the deflationary trend in the economy. It won't even have much of an impact on lending rates. Political power, not market force, drives China's credit system.
2 Mar 2015 - 6:13pm 1 commentHong Kong companies lack the hunger that it takes to conquer the world, says a leading entrepreneur.
2 Mar 2015 - 5:48pm 5 commentsThe triple appointments of an aide of Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying to effectively oversee the city's technological development do not spell optimism for ambitions to narrow what may be a five-year gap with regional rivals, critics say.
3 Mar 2015 - 12:23amFew are aware of the old link between the Federation of Students and a travel agency, but the sale of that business - which once recorded HK$100 million annual turnover - has helped support the study body to this day.
2 Mar 2015 - 11:39pmA central government official who became famous from his remarks on disgraced former security tsar Zhou Yongkang a year ago, said on Monday it was “meaningless” to speculate if there were any more “big tigers” about to be brought down.
2 Mar 2015 - 8:04pm More on Xi Jinping's anti-graft campaignPassionate football fan President Xi Jinping met Prince William this morning, and told him of his wish for closer efforts to improve Sino-British football development.
2 Mar 2015 - 6:41pm 9 commentsNorth Korea fired two missiles into the sea and vowed “merciless” retaliation today as the US and South Korea kicked off joint military drills denounced by Pyongyang as recklessly confrontational.
2 Mar 2015 - 9:51pm 1 commentThe search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 cannot go on forever, Australia’s deputy prime minister said, and discussions are already under way between Australia, China and Malaysia as to whether to call off the hunt within weeks.
2 Mar 2015 - 4:20pm More on Malaysia Airlines flight 370John Kerry began tough talks in Geneva on Monday with his Russian counterpart to end fighting in Ukraine, where the UN says the death toll has soared beyond 6,000 people in under a year.
2 Mar 2015 - 9:52pmSome 30,000 Iraqi troops and militia backed by aircraft pounded Islamic State positions in Tikrit, in the biggest offensive yet to retake one of the Islamic State group’s main strongholds.
2 Mar 2015 - 9:46pmBeijing's move to cut natural gas prices for industrial users from next month - mainland China's first ever cut for the clean-burning fuel - is a compromise between the interests of producers and users and a reiteration of its resolve to make domestic prices market-oriented by linking them to ove
2 Mar 2015 - 10:12pmNo turnover was recorded on the first day of northbound short selling under the Shanghai-Hong Kong stocks through-train scheme.
2 Mar 2015 - 5:09pmMost of Hong Kong's small and medium-sized developers were stuck on the sidelines of the city's property market four years ago.
2 Mar 2015 - 9:29am 2 commentsIn several years, Hong Kong home seekers will have more developer brand choices and more competitive prices, as the industry sees increased competition.
2 Mar 2015 - 9:41pmThe city’s flagship ensemble showed no sign of a recent mutiny as it unleashed a powerful sound in the absence of three backbone players in a performance for the Hong Kong Arts Festival.
2 Mar 2015 - 5:09pm 1 comment More on Hong Kong Arts Festival 2015Full of flavour and succulent, braised veal shanks are good to the bone.
28 Feb 2015 - 10:50pmXiaomi, China’s largest smartphone maker, today unveiled its line of action cameras which will retail for around half the price of market-leader GoPro's products
2 Mar 2015 - 4:29pm More on THE NEXT BIG THINGDirty politics, poaching and attempted murder: Richard Leakey’s story is getting the Hollywood treatment
Robert and Sally Lo, the hearts and minds behind the Hong Kong Cancer Fund
Alfresco dining is gaining popularity among busy Hongkongers who want to unwind
Space invaders: ‘The final frontier’ is ready for tourists later this year
Manny Pacquiao’s trainer, Freddie Roach, believes he has a plan to defeat Floyd Mayweather Jnr in their “Fight of the Century” in May, but he’s keeping his cards close to his chest.
2 Mar 2015 - 9:40pm 2 comments More on Manny PacquiaoChina’s Zhang Yiwei won the men’s snowboard halfpipe in the US Grand Prix on Sunday executing a massive double cork 1,260 in a 98.00-point final run.
2 Mar 2015 - 6:50pmA scion of the Leakey family – whose fossil discoveries helped reveal how humans evolved – Richard has also been hailed as a saviour of the African elephant. Sarah Lazarus wonders whether Brad Pitt will do justice to this charismatic Kenyan in a forthcoming biopic …
1 Mar 2015 - 6:05pmPeople in Russia's Karelia republic, divided from their kin in Finnish Karelia, are struggling to preserve and promote their culture and heritage.
28 Feb 2015 - 11:40pm
US astronaut Terry Virts gave the Vulcan split-fingered “live long and prosper” salute as the international space station passed over Massachusetts, police officers stand guard at the scene of a fa
Mainland tourists made five million trips overseas during the recent Lunar New Year holiday, the first time that outbound tourists had outnumbered those travelling at home.
Jimmie Johnson pulled away after the final restart with 13 laps to go on Sunday, winning the Nascar Sprint Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Georgia. Johnson, a six-time Cup champion, started n
Selected works by SCMP's veteran political cartoonist Harry Harrison from March 2015.
This week Hong Kong plays host to the world’s biggest gathering of fur traders at the International Fur and Fashion Fair in Wan Chai.
US astronaut Terry Virts gave the Vulcan split-fingered “live long and prosper” sa
Mainland tourists made five million trips overseas during the recent Lunar New Yea
Selected works by SCMP's veteran political cartoonist Harry Harrison from March 20
This week Hong Kong plays host to the world’s biggest gathering of fur traders at
