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US President Barack Obama meet Trans-Pacific Partnership leaders at the Apec summit in Lima, Peru, on Saturday. Photo: Reuters

Stalled US-led trans-Pacific pact puts China in free-trade pole position

When trade ministers from 12 countries wrapped up talks for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)in Atlanta little more than a year ago, it was widely seen as a major victory for the United States and US President Barack Obama’s pivot-to-Asia strategy.

22 Nov 2016 - 7:00am 1

Soldiers help people injured in fighting in Lashio, northern Myanmar, on Sunday. Photo: EPA

China takes in fleeing Myanmese as it calls for end to conflict in border area

22 Nov 2016 - 5:14am 1

A Myanmar Military News showing soldiers helping wounded people on the military helicopter in Lashio, Shan State, northern Myanmar, on Sunday. Photo: EPA

Who and what are behind Myanmar’s long-running civil war on China’s doorstep?

21 Nov 2016 - 10:48pm 2

The capital is regularly cloaked in smog during the winter months. Photo: EPA

Policies & Politics

Beijing to ban polluting cars during smog alerts

21 Nov 2016 - 10:12pm 1

President Xi Jinping pictured at the Apec summit in Peru. Photo: EPA

Economy

As TPP falters, China steps up charm offensive to woo Asian nations on board Beijing-led trade pact

21 Nov 2016 - 3:15pm 5

President Xi Jinping (front left) and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (front, third from right) pictured in a group photograph of leaders attending the Apec summit in Peru. Photo: AP

Diplomacy & Defence

Xi Jinping, Abe meet briefly on Apec sidelines ... but China and Japan give differing accounts of it

22 Nov 2016 - 5:09am 4

A Weibo picture posted by the “Northern Myanmar Military Academy” purportedly of soldiers from the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Diplomacy & Defence

China turns blind eye to mainland supporters of ethnic Chinese rebels fighting in Myanmar

21 Nov 2016 - 5:32pm 8 More on Myanmar's changing ties with China

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No toilets, water or heating ... China’s migrants still living on margins despite promise of reform

Why China’s biggest online nut vendor Three Squirrels takes management lessons from Mao

Xi tells Duterte that Scarborough Shoal will stay open to Philippine fishermen

Chinese defence ministry on high alert as fighting breaks out in Myanmar border towns

Trump’s shadow looms at last meeting between Xi and Obama

Latin American economies look to China for free trade options

The snow started to fall over Beijing on Sunday night after a day of drizzle. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Society

Flights cancelled as snow hits Beijing, with forecasts warning winter’s chill ‘coldest in 30 years’

21 Nov, 12:24pm

The stranded driver uses a conventional road map after his phone’s GPS route left his car stuck in a muddy ditch. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Society

Chinese driver’s GPS leaves him stranded in muddy ditch

21 Nov, 4:06pm

The rare spiders have attracted high prices when sold online in China. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Society

Chinese villager finds ‘cultural seal’ ... that turns out to be rare spider first recorded 1,000 years ago

21 Nov, 2:18pm

Senior positions filled by technocrats and those who’ve worked their way up from grass roots, as well as former aides

Policies & Politics

China’s Xi Jinping casts net wider in search for top Communist talent

21 Nov, 5:54pm 3

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Opinion

A man takes photos of a portrait of Sun Yat-sen in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. Photo: AFP

Cary Huang

The 150-year-old Chinese man who binds and divides a nation

20 Nov 2016 - 12:01pm 10

Dark storm clouds over the Manila skyline. Before Singapore, before Hong Kong, Manila was the undisputed centre of commerce in Asia Pacific. Photo: AFP

Chow Chung-yan

What Hong Kong has to learn from the rise and fall of Manila

20 Nov 2016 - 9:02am 19

A copy of the Chinese magazine Global People with a cover story asking ‘Why did Trump win?’ in Shanghai. Photo: AFP

Wang Xiangwei

Why China’s best response to Trump is to drive consumption, boost household incomes

19 Nov 2016 - 10:02am 2

Friends take a selfie with a cardboard cut out of US president Barack Obama in Hong Kong. Photo: AFP

Cary Huang

With Obama gone, Trump in, US-China rivalry is set to intensify

14 Nov 2016 - 7:09pm 6

A Chinese newspaper headlined ‘President Trump shakes America’ on sale in Beijing. Photo: AFP

Wang Xiangwei

How China can take advantage of Donald Trump’s U.S. election win

12 Nov 2016 - 11:04am 11

China

Trump better than Clinton for China in long term, Chinese defence adviser says

19 Nov 2016 - 7:01am 16

Jia Jingyuan, the sister of a man executed this month for killing a community head, speaks about her brother’s life before and after their home was forcibly demolished

Society

China’s ‘nail-gun murderer’: what drove my brother to kill a village official

20 Nov 2016 - 12:24am 8

President Xi Jinping addresses a meeting of Apec leaders in Lima, Peru, yesterday. Photo: Reuters

Diplomacy & Defence

China’s Xi Jinping warns Apec leaders against isolationism

20 Nov 2016 - 7:03am 12

Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, walks with President Barack Obama at Sunnylands estate in California in June 2013. Photo: AP

Diplomacy & Defence

Little remains to be said between China’s increasingly powerful Xi Jinping and US lame duck Barack Obama

19 Nov 2016 - 11:10pm 31

Only registered attendees can go into Wuzhen’s town centre during the World Internet Conference. Photo: Simon Song

Policies & Politics

China builds a brave new online world behind the wire

18 Nov 2016 - 8:00am 2

Technicians examine the Shenzhou-11 re-entry capsule in Inner Mongolia on Friday. Photo: Xinhua

Policies & Politics

Touchdown for Chinese astronauts after record space mission

18 Nov 2016 - 11:30pm 23

Opinion

Sino File Cary Huang

Getting too cosy with Taiwan’s KMT could backfire for Beijing

5 Nov 2016 - 11:00am 14

China Briefing Wang Xiangwei

Why it’s time for Chinese leaders to declare their assets

5 Nov 2016 - 9:01am 24

Back To The Future Chow Chung-yan

The C-word: why Hong Kong localists have offended all Chinese

30 Oct 2016 - 9:00am 128

Sino File Cary Huang

Four reasons Duterte will have to change tune on China and U.S.

29 Oct 2016 - 9:02am 35

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Policies & Politics

An artist’s impression of the Eoconfuciusornis, an extinct bird that lived 130 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous period. Photo: Chinese Academy of Sciences

China

Chinese feather fossil suggests answer to 130 million-year-old question about origins of bird flight

Researchers have identified a protein essential to flight in the fossilised feathers of a 130-million-year-old bird fossil, according to a China-led international study.

22 Nov 2016 - 4:18am

Policies & Politics

China’s Xi Jinping casts net wider in search for top Communist talent

21 Nov, 5:54pm 3

Migrant workers eat their lunch on a sidewalk in Beijing. The National Bureau of Statistics said there were more than 277 million migrant workers in China in 2015. Photo: EPA

Policies & Politics

Lawsuit by Chinese migrant workers could allow access to pensions for their peers

20 Nov, 1:47pm

Jin Yinan attends a forum with former chief executive Tung Chee-hwa. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Policies & Politics

Expect more ‘one-country’ focus in Hong Kong policy and appreciate preferential treatment, mainland defence expert advises

19 Nov, 12:31am 44

Pony Ma, chairman of Tencent Holdings, at the World Internet Conference in Wuzhen. He says the issue of fake news stories should be taken very seriously. Photo: Simon Song

Policies & Politics

WeChat chief raises alarm over fake news in wake of Trump win

18 Nov, 10:24pm 8

Policies & Politics

Touchdown for Chinese astronauts after record space mission

18 Nov, 11:30pm 23

Policies & Politics

China builds a brave new online world behind the wire

18 Nov, 8:00am 2

Policies & Politics

Beijing to ban polluting cars during smog alerts

21 Nov 2016 - 10:12pm 1

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (second right) and Taiwan 's special Apec envoy James Soong (left) talk before a meeting of business leaders at the annual Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Peru on Saturday. Photo: AP

Policies & Politics

Taipei hails ‘positive’ exchange with China’s President Xi Jinping at Apec meeting

21 Nov 2016 - 5:46pm 3 More on Taiwan

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China says family cut off funds to get most-wanted graft suspect back

More doubts cast over Chinese scientist’s claim of gene editing tool ‘breakthrough’

Thousands opposing same-sex marriage stage rally in Taiwan

Society

China’s ‘nail-gun murderer’: what drove my brother to kill a village official

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Diplomacy & Defence

Diplomacy & Defence

Stalled US-led trans-Pacific pact puts China in free-trade pole position

22 Nov 2016 - 7:00am 1

Diplomacy & Defence

Who and what are behind Myanmar’s long-running civil war on China’s doorstep?

21 Nov, 10:48pm 2

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Xi Jinping, Abe meet briefly on Apec sidelines ... but China and Japan give differing accounts of it

What Asia-Pacific trade pacts could replace the TPP?

Xi tells Duterte that Scarborough Shoal will stay open to Philippine fishermen

Latin American economies look to China for free trade options

Trump’s shadow looms at last meeting between Xi and Obama

Diplomacy & Defence

China turns blind eye to mainland supporters of ethnic Chinese rebels fighting in Myanmar

21 Nov, 5:32pm 8

Diplomacy & Defence

China takes in fleeing Myanmese as it calls for end to conflict in border area

22 Nov, 5:14am 1

Money & Wealth

Money & Wealth

This is what stalled the Shenzhen-HK trading link

21 Nov 2016 - 2:48pm More on CNBC

Starbucks is aiming to more than double its store count in China to 5,000 by 2021. Photo: Reuters

Companies

Starbucks to double its China stores in five years as Chinese middle class adopts coffee culture

8 Nov, 10:58pm 2

Apple’s revenues on the mainland are falling amid fierce competition from other tech companies. Photo: AFP

Economy

Apple quizzed by China’s consumer watchdog over iPhone 6 shutdown ‘fault’

16 Nov 2016 - 9:44pm 2

More than a dozen firms are now providing consumer finance on mainland

Money & Wealth

Small loans prove big step in encouraging China’s switch to consumer culture

7 Nov, 9:57pm

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Tax wizards in demand as Beijing tightens scrutiny of foreign firms

Timothy Tse resigns as CEO of Hong Kong fund house Value Partners

China’s middle class to rise to more than third of population by 2030, research firm says

60 per cent of China’s richest people plan to invest abroad and emigrate in next three years, says survey

Hong Kong braces for the world’s largest online shopping spree on November 11

China becomes biggest Australian wine importer, overtaking US

Property market boosted, but outbound investment hit as China restricts flow of cash out of country

Some analysts see the revival of the term comrade as another sign of President Xi Jinping’s push to centralise his authority. Photo: Xinhua

China

Call me comrade ... party requires members to resurrect Maoist term to signal equality

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Society

Society

Chinese driver’s GPS leaves him stranded in muddy ditch

21 Nov 2016 - 4:06pm More on China: Around The Nation

Society

Chinese villager finds ‘cultural seal’ ... that turns out to be rare spider first recorded 1,000 years ago

21 Nov 2016 - 2:18pm More on China: Around The Nation

Society

Flights cancelled as snow hits Beijing, with forecasts warning winter’s chill ‘coldest in 30 years’

21 Nov 2016 - 12:24pm More on China: Around The Nation

The suspect live-streaming accounts show their hosts appearing to perform charitable acts. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Society

Chinese live-streaming site shuts down accounts after a host revealed faking acts of charity

20 Nov, 2:34pm

The passenger plugged in a rice cooker to cook porridge for his breakfast. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Society

Shanghai rail police remind customers of outlet limits after passenger cooks porridge in a rice cooker

20 Nov, 2:17pm 3

The students say they were required to work 10-hour days sorting parcels and were paid only 10 yuan per day. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Society

Chinese student ‘interns’ spend 10-hour days sorting packages after Single’s Day shopping spree

20 Nov, 4:05pm

Economy

Economy

As TPP falters, China steps up charm offensive to woo Asian nations on board Beijing-led trade pact

21 Nov 2016 - 3:15pm 5

Online nut seller Three Squirrels opened its first bricks-and-mortar store in Wuhu, Anhui province, in September. Photo: Tom Wang

Economy

Why China’s biggest online nut vendor Three Squirrels takes management lessons from Mao

21 Nov, 8:53am 4

Pan Gongshen,director of China’s State Administration of Foreign Exchange. Photo: Simon Song

Economy

Chinese watchdogs team up to track forex flows in race to close tax loopholes

21 Nov 2016 - 9:33am

Michael Enright is a professor of business administration at the University of Hong Kong. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Economy

China would be ‘mistaken’ to undervalue foreign investment, says business researcher

21 Nov, 3:11pm 7

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China would be ‘mistaken’ to undervalue foreign investment, says business researcher

Rust-belt Michigan in drive for close economic ties with China under Trump

Chinese investors pile into the London property market, betting UK capital will weather storm of Brexit

China tipped to push on with sell-off of US government bonds under Trump presidency

China’s central bank steps up efforts to create digital currency

Panel urges ban on Chinese state firms buying US companies

Study: US-China investment ties are bigger and deeper than anyone thought

President-elect Donald Trump gives his acceptance speech during his election night rally on Wednesday, to applause from Vice-President-elect Mike Pence. Photo: AP

Diplomacy & Defence

Chinese scholars look to a Trump administration with hope and concern

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This week in Asia

Deals by PM Najib have stoked resentment of Chinese influence among ethnic Malays, but they could be among the big winners if they play their cards right

Geopolitics

Malaysia’s economy just got a US$33 billion boost from China... so why the unhappiness?

21 Nov 2016 - 3:55pm 15 More on Malaysia 1MDB scandal

A member of the Communist Party of India displays a 1000 rupee note during a protest against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the withdrawal of the high-value banknotes from circulation. Photo: AFP/Arun Sankar

Business

Why Modi’s Indian banknote bombshell has shades of North Korea’s currency disaster

21 Nov 2016 - 10:00am 10 More on Narendra Modi

Using Snapchat is like “casually joking with a good friend”. Photo: AFP

Business

A cold snap: Snow, the South Korean Snapchat clone that’s got China covered

21 Nov 2016 - 4:12pm More on Social media

Pollution problems at its replacement site have let Tokyo’s top tourist attraction Tsukiji Fish Market off the hook, at least for the time being

Society

Japan’s reluctant sayonara to Tsukiji market: So long and thanks for all the fish

20 Nov, 8:02pm

Delhi’s go-to guy for talking to Beijing is one of the few Indian leaders who openly advocate closer ties. Maverick he may be, but there’s reason to believe he’s not alone

Geopolitics

India’s China policy off target, says Modi’s Mandarin-speaking ‘guided missile’

20 Nov, 4:09pm 8

Beijing is ramping up its pursuit of fugitives abroad – particularly corruption suspects. Illustration: SCMP Pictures

Politics

Trump and the Chinese Interpol chief: how two elections can transform Beijing’s pursuit of fugitives abroad

20 Nov, 10:07am 8

Tech

Policies & Politics

Chinese feather fossil suggests answer to 130 million-year-old question about origins of bird flight

22 Nov 2016 - 4:18am

China Tech

China’s Kingsoft back in black on hefty mobile games growth

21 Nov, 7:33pm

Social & Gadgets

Facebook-owned Instagram keeps pressure on Snapchat

22 Nov 2016 - 4:02am More on Facebook

The Origami Labs Orii ring uses Bluetooth and bone conduction technology to transmit messages from a user’s smartphone directly into their ear. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Start-ups

Hong Kong start-up takes wearable tech to the next level

21 Nov, 10:22pm

More Tech News

Cheetah halts ‘reverse look-up’ feature on CM Security app to address privacy concern

Google plans to remove the ‘In the news’ section from its desktop search following ‘fake news’ criticism

Game review: Dishonored 2 – meticulously plotted sequel will give you whale of a time

Review: new MacBook Pro great for average consumer, but not power users

Apple will fix ‘touch disease’ in iPhone 6 Plus devices: for a price

Managers need to push for mobile payment options

Put off by Trump? Baidu’s Li urges Silicon Valley talent to call China home

In Pictures

Don’t Look Down

People walk on a sightseeing platform in Zhangjiajie, Hunan. Photo: Reuters

Tourists taking selfies on a glass-bottomed skywalk on the Panlong Cliff on Tianmen Mountain in Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province. Photo: EPA

A boy and his mother try themselves best not to walk on the glass surface of a bridge while visiting a scenic spot at Tianmenshan, Zhangjiajie city in Hunan. Photo: Imaginechina

Tourists walk on the 100-meter-long and 1.6-meter-wide glass skywalk on the cliff of Tianmen Mountain in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in Zhangjiajie city, central China's Hunan province. Photo: Imaginechina

Tourists walk on a glass skywalk in Shimenguan scenic spot in Dali, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Photo: Xinhua

Tourists walk on the 100-meter-long and 1.6-meter-wide glass skywalk overlooking the "Tianmen Tongtian Avenue" on the cliff of Tianmen Mountain (or Tianmenshan Mountain) in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in Zhangjiajie city, central China's Hunan province. Photo: Imaginechina

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