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The People's Bank of China has cut benchmark interest rates for the second time in three months, adding to a raft of recent attempts taken to counter an increasing deflation risk and a slowdown in growth.
Sunday, 1 March, 2015, 1:56am 2 commentsThe jeering and finger-pointing familiar to followers of the city's political scene infiltrated its musical shrine when audience members started clapping at the wrong moment.
1 Mar 2015 - 11:42am 12 commentsA 61-year-old man has become the first person in Hong Kong to die of H7N9 bird flu this season, after contracting the virus during a visit to mainland China.
1 Mar 2015 - 3:41pmHong Kong women are signing up for language schools in Australia as a front to work in the country's lucrative sex trade, according to advocates and sources in the industry.
1 Mar 2015 - 9:32am 15 commentsIt's not just the government officials and rising political stars who will come under intense media scrutiny at the national parliamentary session this week.
1 Mar 2015 - 9:36amTwo Swiss pilots on a solar-powered aeroplane will attempt to complete the first ever round-the-world flight with zero fuel – with stops in Chinese cities scheduled for later this month.
1 Mar 2015 - 11:20amIn a city where property is king, HK$7 million won't get you the castle. But head overseas and that amount of money could deliver some royal returns.
1 Mar 2015 - 10:18am 5 commentsElectronic toilet seats have recently become one of the most sought-after commodities on Chinese consumers' shopping lists when they visit Japan.
1 Mar 2015 - 3:15am 4 commentsEnvironmental campaigners have described the mainland's one-year ban on the imports of ivory carvings as "more symbolic than effective".
1 Mar 2015 - 5:08am 1 commentA former senior Chinese provincial official was sentenced Saturday to 17 years in jail for taking around 13 million yuan (HK$16.3 million) in bribes consisting largely of precious stones, a court said.
1 Mar 2015 - 5:00am More on Xi Jinping's anti-graft campaignThe latest monthly purchasing managers’ index was up to 49.9 from January’s 49.8, China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing reported. A figure below 50 shows contraction.
1 Mar 2015 - 12:10pm 1 commentThis week's annual meetings of China's top political bodies are likely to be overshadowed by the sweeping anti-graft campaign which has taken down an unprecedented number of delegates and senior officials in just one year.
1 Mar 2015 - 9:30am More on Xi Jinping's anti-graft campaignTo access the SCMP ePaper Edition you will need a Digital Premium Subscription.
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A long time before market liberalisation in New Zealand, when a dominant food company was asked who were its key competitors, senior managers usually said other plants within the same company, not foreign brands.
2 Mar 2015 - 12:08amUniversity admission season ignites deep anxieties for Asian-American families, who spend more than any other demographic on education.
1 Mar 2015 - 9:00am 11 commentsWith safety concerns to the fore, more than 81 per cent of Hongkongers prefer vegetables grown locally to those imported from the mainland, a study by the Hong Kong Organic Resource Centre found.
1 Mar 2015 - 11:19pmIn 1965, the 400 residents of Sam Mun Tsai were evicted from their homes, as the remote fishing village in Tai Po made way for a pioneering engineering project - the first ever reservoir carved from the sea: Plover Cove Reservoir.
1 Mar 2015 - 11:06pmA 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 - 12:19amBritain's Prince William arrived in Beijing lon Sunday night, beginning his four-day visit in China where he will meet young people, promote cultural exchanges and engage business leaders.
2 Mar 2015 - 12:17amIndia’s ruling Hindu nationalist party was Sunday sworn into government for the first time in the country’s only Muslim-majority state after a power-sharing deal with a regional rival.
1 Mar 2015 - 4:16pmIndia's finance minister announced the government's new budget, promising a slew of measures that attempt to balance welfare spending with high economic growth and infrastructure development, while vowing to keep a tight control on the fiscal deficit.
1 Mar 2015 - 5:40amTwo Swiss pilots on a solar-powered aeroplane will attempt to complete the first ever round-the-world flight with zero fuel – with stops in Chinese cities scheduled for later this month.
1 Mar 2015 - 11:20amWestern leaders and Russia's opposition yesterday condemned the drive-by assassination of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov while President Vladimir Putin suggested the crime was staged to throw suspicion on the state.
1 Mar 2015 - 12:22pm 4 commentsThe mainland's factory sector contracted again last month, official data showed yesterday, underlining the central bank's weekend decision to cut benchmark interest rates for the second time in three months in an effort to boost the economy.
1 Mar 2015 - 11:47pmBeijing's efforts to promote public-private partnership (PPP) as a way to attract private capital to infrastructure projects and ease the debt burden on local governments face difficulties due to unattractive returns, analysts and an infrastructure firm said.
1 Mar 2015 - 8:28pmMost of Hong Kong's small and medium-sized developers were stuck on the sidelines of the city's property market four years ago.
1 Mar 2015 - 9:51pmIn several years, Hong Kong home seekers will have more developer brand choices and more competitive prices, as the industry sees increased competition.
1 Mar 2015 - 9:21pmIn this new Hong Kong Arts Festival commission the overall storytelling of the drama is weak, even disjointed at times
1 Mar 2015 - 10:11amFull of flavour and succulent, braised veal shanks are good to the bone.
28 Feb 2015 - 10:50pmTwo pioneering aviators will take off from Abu Dhabi this week, hoping to complete the first round-the-world flight using zero fuel - in a mission that will test the limits of human endurance.
1 Mar 2015 - 3:15am 1 commentDirty 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
Philippe Coutinho scored a late winner against Manchester City at Anfield for the second straight season as Liverpool won 2-1 on Sunday to dent the champions' chances of hauling in Premier League leaders Chelsea.
2 Mar 2015 - 12:13am More on English Premier League 2014/15Hong Kong junior half-marathon record holder Nestor Wong Wai-chung romped away with both the senior and overall title in the inaugural 50km Rotary HK Ultramarathon held in Central on Sunday.
1 Mar 2015 - 10:38pmA 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
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.
Polar bear Milk hams it up with a gas pipe over her head as she climbs out of her pool at Kushiro City Zoo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, a tiger cub jumped to its death from a building in Shandong p
A four-storey building at a privately owned school collapsed in Shenzhen, while Filipino soldiers and policemen link arms as they march in the Philippines, and more ...
Snowfall during the Lunar New Year period in many northern parts of the mainland brought not only fun and games for vacationers and traditional hopes for a fruitful year ahead, but also travel disr
Stunt planes get the annual Australian International Airshow off to an explosive start, while doctors work to separate 10-month-old conjoined twin girls in Houston, and more ...
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Polar bear Milk hams it up with a gas pipe over her head as she climbs out of her
A four-storey building at a privately owned school collapsed in Shenzhen, while Fi
Snowfall during the Lunar New Year period in many northern parts of the mainland b
Stunt planes get the annual Australian International Airshow off to an explosive s
