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The Liaoning, China's first aircraft carrier, returns to port after its first navy sea trial in Dalian in northeastern China's Liaoning province in 2012. Photo: AP

China plans aircraft carrier battlegroups to protect offshore interests

3 Mar 2016 - 12:36am 1

Hong Kong blockbuster The Mermaid, a fantasy romantic comedy directed by Stephen Chow, reaped an astonishing 3.2 billion yuan in China. Photo: Imaginechina

Hong Kong’s The Mermaid is part of an emerging trend: Chinese dominance at the box office

3 Mar 2016 - 12:02am

The city of Jinan, capital of east China’s Shandong Province, is shrouded in smog. Photo: Xinhua

China will face pressure to do more if climate goals ‘too easy’: US official

2 Mar 2016 - 11:49pm

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang meets US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew in Beijing on February 29. Li told the US Treasury Secretary China would “forcefully push forward” structural reforms. Photo: Xinhua

Why China is breaking with tradition and setting a range for its annual growth target

3 Mar 2016 - 1:00am

Xi Jinping and his advisers. (Top row, left to right) Shu Guozeng, Liu He, Li Zhanshu, Ding Xuexiang; (middle row) Cai Qi, Fu Zhenghua, Xi Jinping, Huang Kunming, Chen Xi; (bottom row) Meng Qingfeng, Wang Xiaohong, Chen Yixin. Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

Inside Xi Jinping’s inner circle

3 Mar 2016 - 12:03am 3

Retired academic Ge Jianxiong was been called ‘Cannon Ge’ for his media outspokenness. Photo: Like-News

Outspoken Chinese professor Ge Jianxiong upset by media site for attributing quotes critical of Xi detractor, Ren Zhiqiang

2 Mar 2016 - 6:43pm 1

The offending front page was configured to read: “Media following the surname of the party have their souls returned to the sea”. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Editor at liberal Chinese newspaper fired over Xi front page

2 Mar 2016 - 11:54pm 3

Tibetan Buddhist monks take a break at a Buddhist laymen lodge in Kardze, where the latest self-immolation occurred. Photo: Reuters

Tibetan monk calls out for independence, sets himself on fire in western China to protest Beijing’s rule: report

2 Mar 2016 - 3:35pm 2

A Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force surveillance aircraft flies over the disputed islands in the East China Sea, called the Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China. File photo: Kyodo

Taiwan and Japan to discuss orderly fishing near disputed East China Sea islands

2 Mar 2016 - 4:33pm

Residential buildings are shrouded in heavy smog in Beijing on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters

China’s national legislators are back in Beijing ... and so is the smog

2 Mar 2016 - 8:41pm 4

A Frenchman, identified only by his Chinese name, Ding Yimu, is the new official of Hehong village, in Zhejiang province, where he lives with his Chinese wife. Photo: Qq.com

Quelle surprise: Chinese village adds Gallic touch by appointing Frenchman as new official

2 Mar 2016 - 3:25pm 2

Dramatic video footage shows the moment the boy fell from the boot of the van into the road. Photo: YouTube/Xinhua

Nail-biting moment Chinese toddler falls from family’s van onto motorway

2 Mar 2016 - 2:21pm 2

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Chief Secretary Carrie Lam says it is not her job to please everyone on retirement protection. Photo: Sam Tsang

I can’t please all: Hong Kong chief secretary comments on the controversial consultation on retirement protection

3 Mar 2016 - 7:00am

The suspect was escorted from the venue by police officers. Photo: Nora Tam

Mainland Chinese woman held on suspicion of stealing diamonds worth HK$100,000 at Hong Kong jewellery show

3 Mar 2016 - 7:00am

Leticia Lee takes to the streets against "shopping tour" activists in Mong Kok. Photo: Nora Tam

Kicked out: Pro-Hong Kong government campaigner expelled from Justice Alliance for allegedly taking HK$1 million

3 Mar 2016 - 7:00am

Three of the missing Hong Kong booksellers, who are connected to Causeway Bay Books. L-R: Cheung Chi-ping, Lui Por and Lam Wing-kee as they appeared during their televised confessions this week. Photo: Phoenix TV

Booksellers’ release in ‘few days’ after televised confessions, but return to Hong Kong uncertain

3 Mar 2016 - 12:38am 2

The State Theatre Building in North Point could be redeveloped. Photo: SCMP Pictures.

Hong Kong heritage group calls for preservation of theatre building in North Point

3 Mar 2016 - 7:00am

Former Hong Kong police commissioner Tang King-shing and violent scenes in the Mong Kok riot. Photos: SCMP Pictures

Frustration of youth a factor in Mong Kok riot, says former Hong Kong police chief

2 Mar 2016 - 11:35pm

Qi Pengfei, director of Renmin University's research centre on Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, Vice-chairman of the Chinese Association of Hong Kong and Macau Studies. 02MAR16 SCMP/ Gary Cheung

‘Beijing will not tighten Hong Kong policy just because radical localist did well in by-election’

2 Mar 2016 - 10:58pm

The People’s Daily says farewell to Asia’s oldest television station. Photo: Felix Wong

Mainland China’s People’s Daily praises Hong Kong’s Asia Television – and says goodbye

3 Mar 2016 - 1:20am

Scholarism leader Joshua Wong arrives at Eastern Court for allegedly breaking into the forecourt of government headquarters. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Hong Kong government unit has no responsibility to take overflow protesters in ‘Civic Square’, court hears

2 Mar 2016 - 9:19pm 1

Maria Tam says it is better to let Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying continue with his policies. Photo: Nora Tam

A second chance for Hong Kong’s leader? Beijing loyalists speak up for Leung Chun-ying

2 Mar 2016 - 8:35pm 11

Commerce minister Greg So enters the Legco chamber for the long-running debate on the copyright bill. Photo: Sam Tsang

Hong Kong copyright bill debate enters final 48 hours after latest compromise bid fails

2 Mar 2016 - 8:35pm

Family members of victims of the hot air balloon accident attend a mourning ceremony at the crash site. Photo: Sam Tsang

Hong Kong inquest into hot air balloon tragedy may stall following news that Egyptian probe is not complete

2 Mar 2016 - 8:51pm

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People hold banners as they shout slogans during a rally denouncing nuclear power plants in Tokyo. Photo: AFP

‘Abandoned’ sufferers of US nuke tests may offer lessons to Japan

3 Mar 2016 - 3:01am 1

A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 streaks across Poland. Photo: Reuters

Debris likely from doomed Boeing 777 found near Mozambique may be from Malaysia flight MH370

3 Mar 2016 - 12:55am

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. Photo: Kyodo

Malaysia’s Mahathir looks to country’s ‘core group’ to help oust Prime Minister Najib Razak

2 Mar 2016 - 10:55pm

Myanmar's pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a speech during an election campaign rally. Photo: AP

UN says Myanmar’s Rohingya have been left behind by election gains

2 Mar 2016 - 10:23pm

A screenshot of an interactive map provided by the US Geological Survey shows the location of the earthquake. Photo: EPA

Indonesia issues tsunami warning after massive 7.9 magnitude quake off Sumatra

2 Mar 2016 - 10:14pm

China’s consulate in Luang Prabang province confirmed Tuesday’s attack, “which was aimed at a shed of a Chinese-invested company”. Photo: TNS

Chinese worker killed during ‘militant’ attack in remote Laos region

2 Mar 2016 - 6:48pm

Philippines probe Islamic State assassination attempt on top Saudi cleric

2 Mar 2016 - 5:51pm

Protesters burn a mock missile during a rally near the Chinese Consulate in the financial district of Makati city, Philippines, to denounce the alleged deployment of surface-to-air-missiles by China on the disputed islands off South China Sea, Friday, February 19, 2016. Photo: AP

Beijing blocking access to disputed South China Sea atoll, Philippine officials say

2 Mar 2016 - 4:41pm 10

Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha. Photo: Reuters

Thai junta feeling the pressure? Rights group claims increased persecution of academics reveals deepening insecurity

2 Mar 2016 - 3:13pm

Pakistani Islamists protest the execution of convicted murderer Mumtaz Qadri. Photo: AFP

Thousands attend funeral of Pakistani who killed secular governor who wanted to reform anti-blasphemy laws

2 Mar 2016 - 11:19am

Australia’s Cardinal George Pell giving evidence via video link from Rome. Photo: AFP

Cardinal George Pell questioned by Royal Commission about gun-toting paedophile priest he described as ‘abhorrent’

2 Mar 2016 - 10:58am

Gay rainbow flags are seen during a meeting of gay people in Hanoi. Photo: Reuters

Vietnam, an unlikely haven for gays and a lucrative business opportunity

2 Mar 2016 - 2:11pm

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<p>Investment now accounts for 25 per cent of home buying</p>

Speculators flooding Shenzhen housing market, warns Xinhua

2 Mar 2016 - 9:47pm 1

Goldin Financial chairman Pan Sutong at the BMW Hong Kong Derby barrier draw in March last year. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong luxury property market boost as site in Ho Man Tin sells for HK$6.38 billion, at high end of analysts’ forecasts

2 Mar 2016 - 10:06pm

Follow the leader: this drone’s new capabilities put it by your side in all your adventures. But can it avoid collision with its competitors? Photo: DJI

Competition in drone market threatens innovators, as DJI releases sensor-laden product

2 Mar 2016 - 8:10pm 1

<p>Hong Kong third in global city rankings</p>

China home to the most super-rich in Asia

2 Mar 2016 - 7:56pm

<p>Moscow has been grappling with a liquidity crisis amid plunging oil prices and Western sanctions</p>

Yuan given to Russia under currency swap deal

2 Mar 2016 - 5:52pm

HSBC’s executive share bonus filing says a lot about what top brass expect in coming months

2 Mar 2016 - 5:20pm

<p>Six senior executives removed in the course of a year</p>

China Southern Airlines gets new chairman after corruption scandals

2 Mar 2016 - 5:15pm

<p>PBOC sets the daily yuan fixing at 6.5490 per US dollar, weaker by 105 basis points versus Tuesday’s setting</p>

Yuan swoons to near three-week low after Moody’s downgrades China debt outlook to ‘negative’

2 Mar 2016 - 6:21pm

<p>Stock exchange operator reports 2015 profit of HK$7.96 billion</p>

HKEx 2015 profit up 54 per cent thanks to higher turnover, property sale and IPO boom

2 Mar 2016 - 8:41pm

<p>Analysts say mainland housing market is warming up</p>

Property surge leads mainland China stocks to biggest gain in four months ahead of NPC meeting

2 Mar 2016 - 6:16pm

<p>Chinese e-commerce company sees loss widen to 9.4 billion yuan because of higher operating costs</p>

JD.com to focus on high-growth business initiatives

2 Mar 2016 - 6:36pm

<p>Beijing’s increasingly centralised decision-making process has created contradictions and confusion, analysts say</p>

Top financial regulators expected to discuss better communication skills during ‘two sessions’

1 Mar 2016 - 8:37pm

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Follow the leader: this drone’s new capabilities put it by your side in all your adventures. But can it avoid collision with its competitors? Photo: DJI

Competition in drone market threatens innovators, as DJI releases sensor-laden product

2 Mar 2016 - 8:10pm 1

Cheques are about to get some serious competition. Photo: Shutterstock

Hong Kong start-up Yintran aims to eliminate paper cheques and facilitate free money transfers

2 Mar 2016 - 8:59pm

Bitcoin’s future may be hanging in the balance after the community overseeing it experienced a civil war last year, but the the blockchain technology on which it is founded is still considered revolutionary. Photo: Bloomberg

Beyond bitcoin: will Hong Kong ‘disrupt’ and shape the future of finance by embracing blockchain technology?

2 Mar 2016 - 8:30am 1

<p>Chinese e-commerce company sees loss widen to 9.4 billion yuan because of higher operating costs</p>

JD.com to focus on high-growth business initiatives

2 Mar 2016 - 6:36pm

GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving said the company is seeking a local Chinese partner to help it enter the world’s largest internet market. Photo: Handout

GoDaddy now selling .cn domains in Asia but not mainland China, says Chinese rivals cheaper but based on ‘unsustainable’ models

2 Mar 2016 - 6:35pm

Smart contact lenses with built-in electronic circuits could be used to perform various tasks, from creating virtual displays for gamers to measuring glucose levels in tears for patients with diabetes. Photo: YouTube

Smarter contact lenses and ‘invisible skin’: Chinese scientists give next-gen wearables a boost by making circuitry invisible

1 Mar 2016 - 8:30am 1

<p>Company had 3.03 million mobile subscribers in Hong Kong and Macau at end of last year</p>

Hutchison Telecom predicts 4G boost to mobile data consumption

29 Feb 2016 - 8:05pm

LeEco entered the smart TV market in 2013 and is expected to keep riding the industry’s growth until the end of the decade. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Riding China’s smart TV boom, LeEco sees revenue jump 90 per cent in 2015

29 Feb 2016 - 7:19pm

The Tianjing dredger is the world’s third-biggest self-propelled cutter suction dredger. Photo: SCMP Pictures

China to expand maritime rescue mission amid build-up in the South China Sea: analysts

29 Feb 2016 - 7:33pm 1

Three Chinese astronauts blasted off in a rocket in 2013 at the start of a 15-day mission to dock with the nation’s experimental space laboratory. Photo: Xinhua.

China’s second space lab to go into orbit this year as part of permanent manned space station by 2022

28 Feb 2016 - 9:57pm 1

<p>Analysts note spike in formal and informal Chinese takeover offers</p>

Setbacks don’t derail China’s semiconductor ambitions

28 Feb 2016 - 5:41pm

A virtual reality device unveiled by HTC at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last week. Photo: AFP

Technical knockouts: the best new handsets and gadgets from the Mobile World Congress

28 Feb 2016 - 8:06am

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Learn the art of jewellery making at L’Ecole Van Cleef & Arpels.

Van Cleef & Arpels jewellery workshops in Hong Kong

3 Mar 2016 - 6:00am

Artwork by Brian Selznick from his book, The Marvels. Photo: Brian Selznick/Scholastic Press

Book review: The Marvels is a beautiful and captivating marriage of words and pictures

3 Mar 2016 - 5:00am 1

Waxworks of Abba at the museum in Stockholm: Björn Ulvaeus, Agnetha Fältskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Benny Andersson. Photo: Dina Mishev

Take a chance on Stockholm’s immersive Abba museum

3 Mar 2016 - 4:00am

Bangladeshi blogger and secularist Avijit Roy, who was hacked to death by Islamists in February last year.

The screw tightens in Bangladesh as publisher arrested and his stall shuttered at Dhaka book fair

3 Mar 2016 - 4:00am

Tony Iommi (left), Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler, three of the four original members of Black Sabbath, at the Grammys in 2014. Photo: AFP

Black Sabbath reach the end of the road, mostly intact

3 Mar 2016 - 4:00am

<p>While visiting in New York, try staying at the ‘Drumpf’ hotel?</p>

How Trump got Drumpf-ed: the truth behind John Oliver’s epic takedown of the Donald

2 Mar 2016 - 4:16pm 1

From left: cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki, actor Leonardo DiCaprio and director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu with their Oscars for The Revenant. Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images/AFP

Mexico’s cinema revival continues with latest Oscars glory

2 Mar 2016 - 3:01pm

Sweet Indulgences include matcha green tea mousse, black chocolate rochers, chestnut & meringue tart, coffee jelly and chocolate ganache and tarte Tatin.

Enjoy a Michelin-starred afternoon tea in Hong Kong – just make sure you book early

2 Mar 2016 - 2:01pm 1

Jeremy Lin said he had to speak out. Photo: AP

‘A chance for me to stand up for Asians’ – Jeremy Lin explains why he had to speak out against Oscars skit

2 Mar 2016 - 1:46pm 4

Hong Kong returns to era of multi-night jazz residencies with EFG Jazznote Club Festival

2 Mar 2016 - 12:00pm

Some of the dishes served in Ayelet Idan’s garden on Lamma Island. Her alfresco brunches are beginning to attract foodies from Hong Kong and abroad.

Hong Kong’s best kept secrets: authentic Middle Eastern vegetarian food on Lamma

2 Mar 2016 - 11:50am

Favourite Hong Kong restaurants of Francisco Anton-Serrano, founder, Fast Management photo and production agency

2 Mar 2016 - 1:19pm

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The only way is up for library digitisation. Photo: AP

Declining usage highlights need for library materials to be more accessible

3 Mar 2016 - 1:19am

Moody's ratings agency recently downgraded its Chinese government debt outlook to negative. Photo: Reuters

Mixed economic signals sharpen world focus on the ‘two sessions’

3 Mar 2016 - 1:13am

Land where empty schools are located can be put to good use. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Letters to the editor, March 2, 2016

2 Mar 2016 - 5:00pm

<p>Andy Xie says those attending the G20, Davos and other wasteful meetings are wrong to try to pin the blame for the turmoil on people’s psychology; all signs point to a prolonged period of global stagnation and instability</p>

Don’t listen to the ruling elite: the world economy is in real trouble

2 Mar 2016 - 4:24pm 4

Elephants roam the Amboseli National Park in Kenya. The very survival of the species is now at stake. Photo: Reuters

Tusk force: Carving out a better future for elephants in the fight against wildlife trafficking

2 Mar 2016 - 1:26pm

In these days of advocating public accountability, where no one is above the law and ordinary citizens have freedom of expression, a court watch programme is becoming an increasing popular model. Photo: Sam Tsang

Hong Kong should welcome the trend of citizen-led court watchdogs, not see the idea as an attack on judicial independence

2 Mar 2016 - 12:37pm 2

A major failure of our health care system is the acute shortage of doctors in public hospitals. The council has failed to improve the situation. Photo: David Wong

Hong Kong doctors should know that professional autonomy is a privilege, not an absolute right

2 Mar 2016 - 10:45am 1

Dragon dancers perform during a Chinese New Year Parade through Vancouver’s Chinatown on February 16. Photo: Xinhua

Citizenship revamp: New Canadians no longer have to intend to live in Canada

2 Mar 2016 - 3:24pm 2

Localists like Edward Leung, who claimed a minor victory when he snagged nearly 16 per cent in the New Territories East by-election. should be careful what they wish for when campaigning for independence from the mainland, says Lo. Photo: AFP

Localists must understand that by trying to be a rival city state to China, we simply have no future

2 Mar 2016 - 12:06am 16

This is not virtual reality, Hong Kong needs to plan ahead for its part in the technology sector. Photo: EPA

More needs to be done for Hong Kong to become a global innovation hub

1 Mar 2016 - 9:08pm 3

Hong Kong Financial Secretary John Tsang, centre, with Permanent Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Elizabeth Tse, left, and Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Professor K C Chan, right, at the launch of the budget last week. Photo: AP

Hong Kong’s narrow tax base is storing up trouble for the future

1 Mar 2016 - 9:04pm 4

<p>Robert Boxwell says the series of missteps amid volatility in China’s markets shows up the scale of the problem</p>

Regulators must get to grips with China’s stock-market manipulators, but are they up to the job?

1 Mar 2016 - 7:17pm

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Guangzhou Evergrande’s Jackson Martinez is tackled by Sydney FC defenders in their AFC Champions League group stage match in Sydney. Photo: AFP

Asian champions Guangzhou Evergrande and Jackson Martinez stumble to Sydney FC

2 Mar 2016 - 9:25pm

Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao (centre) is hoping to secure a Senate seat in the Phlippines is a celebrity. Photo: EPA

Manny Pacquiao: I would love to fight for Philippines at Rio Games

2 Mar 2016 - 6:18pm 1

Jeremy Lin said he had to speak out. Photo: AP

‘A chance for me to stand up for Asians’ – Jeremy Lin explains why he had to speak out against Oscars skit

2 Mar 2016 - 1:46pm 4

Joe Lau won 2007 Hong Kong Macau Trophy with Crown’s Master. Photos: Kenneth Chan

The Alfonso trainer Joe Lau hopes to restore Macau pride in Hong Kong interport

2 Mar 2016 - 11:05pm

Adderly Fong poses next to an F1 car at a promo event in Sha Tin last August; he still hopes to return to the cockpit of one soon. Photo: SCMP

Hong Kong driver Adderly Fong refusing to give up on Formula One dream

2 Mar 2016 - 1:31pm

Hong Kong’s Doo Hoi-kem in action against South Korea’s Yang Hae-un in Shah Alam. Photo: AFP

Unbeaten Hong Kong women beat South Korea to reach world table tennis quarter-finals

2 Mar 2016 - 4:42pm 1

The IOC president’s spokesman Mark Adams. Photo: EPA

Olympic bids process under scrutiny — French authorities extend their corruption probe

2 Mar 2016 - 12:52pm

Chelsea's Diego Costa celebrates scoring their second goal. Photo: AFP

Catch the Red Devils: Guus Hiddink sets Chelsea sights on overhauling Manchester United

2 Mar 2016 - 11:29am

Leicester’s Shinji Okazaki heads at the West Brom goal. Photo: Reuters

Leicester earn Claudio Ranieri’s praise despite dropping points against West Brom

2 Mar 2016 - 11:13am

Alex Teixeira celebrates his goal. Photo: Xinhua

WATCH: Record signing Alex Teixeira starts paying back his transfer fee as Jiangsu beat Jeonbuk in AFC Champions League

2 Mar 2016 - 11:08am

Eurico da Silva gave his trademark “Good luck to everybody”, at the end of a meet-the-media function at Sha Tin. Photos: Kenneth Chan

Eurico da Silva realises dream of Hong Kong stint

1 Mar 2016 - 11:45pm

Ryan Moore, pictured with trainer John Size, won the Hong Kong Classic Cup during his stint in Hong Kong. Photos: Kenneth Chan

Ryan Moore and Silvestre de Sousa have the punters baying for more

2 Mar 2016 - 12:28am