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A pupil receives a vaccine injection at a school in Chenzhou, Hunan province. Photo: Reuters

Long shots: vaccine shortage leaves Chinese parents scrambling

6 Jul 2016 - 2:01am
People walk past a store front in a shopping mall in Beijing. Premier Li Keqiang has twice said recently economic growth remained steady in the second quarter. Photo: AFP

China Q2 growth looks stable but economy may need official policy nudge

6 Jul 2016 - 12:24am
The West Lake at Hangzhou. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Wai-kan-mu tu Hangzhou: City’s sincere if cryptic messages of welcome to G20 foreign guests

5 Jul 2016 - 8:28pm
Speculators flock to Hangzhou amid quadrupling of land transfer income for city’s government, the highest among all mainland cities in the first half of the year

Hangzhou property prices soar on ‘face lift’ ahead of G20 summit

5 Jul 2016 - 10:58pm
A direct effect of the change is an immediate rise in China’s GDP for the past several years. Photo: Reuters

Small change: China tweaks how it calculates GDP, adding US$130b to size of economy

6 Jul 2016 - 12:18am 5
Ling Jihua reads his guilty plea in court. Photo: CCTV

Missing Lings: Chinese state media silent on ex-presidential aide Ling Jihua’s brothers and ‘Shanxi Gang’ ties

5 Jul 2016 - 11:51pm 1
In this file photo, Chinese navy vessels take part in a drill in the waters off Zhoushan, Zhejiang province. Photo: AP

Vietnam protests against Chinese military drills in South China Sea

5 Jul 2016 - 11:24pm 1
The research questions the stereotype that East Asian people are more humble and self-effacing than Westerners. Photo: Shutterstock

Chinese tradition of humility and self-effacement disguises people’s true emotions, research suggests

5 Jul 2016 - 11:00pm 7
Sun Chunlan, head of the United Front Work Department, addresses private sector managers in Fuzhou, Fujian province on June 18: Photo: SCMP Pictures

China’s Communist Party reaches out to ‘new social class’ of young managers, returned students and new media workers

5 Jul 2016 - 11:00pm
More than 110 dead or missing in floods in China’s Yangtze River basin

More than 110 dead or missing in floods in China’s Yangtze River basin

6 Jul 2016 - 12:26am
A file picture of PLA naval vessels on exercise in the South China Sea. Photo: Xinhua

China must ready for military conflict in South China Sea, says state-run tabloid

5 Jul 2016 - 11:24pm 5
Police and passers-by help the pregnant woman in Chongqing. Photo: Sina.com.cn

Chinese woman in labour gives birth at side of road after car driver refuses to take her to hospital

5 Jul 2016 - 12:56pm
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Bookseller Lam Wing-kee confessed in a video released in Beijing on Tuesday. Photo: Felix Wong

Hong Kong bookseller in the confessional during eight months of detention in mainland China

6 Jul 2016 - 12:47am 3
Lam is accused of operating a business dealing in illegal publications – not a crime in Hong Kong where freedom of publication is protected. Photo: David Wong

Bookseller Lam Wing-kee could be sent to mainland China if there was a reciprocal deal with Hong Kong: legal scholar

5 Jul 2016 - 11:37pm 2
Doctors protest against the government bill on reforming the Medical Council outside Legco. Photo: Sam Tsang

Carrie Lam can’t get Hong Kong pan-democrats’ support on health watchdog reform

5 Jul 2016 - 11:51pm 1
Activists from WildAid Hong Kong and the HK Shark Foundation protest against shark fin shipments at a FedEx depot in Kennedy Town. Photo: Nora Tam

Activists raise alarm after Hong Kong customs seize 880kg haul of banned shark fins

5 Jul 2016 - 10:51pm 2
Police investigate the death of the money changer in Tai Po. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Hong Kong ministers shown mainland Chinese video of interview with money changer murder suspect

5 Jul 2016 - 11:37pm
Doctor and two nurses gave VIP treatment to pro-government heavyweight Tam Yiu-chung out of the goodness of their hearts, panel concludes

Hong Kong lawmaker ‘received priority care at public hospital but did not jump queue’

5 Jul 2016 - 10:26pm 7
Employer Chan Sau-yiu outside the Labour Tribunal. Photo: Chris Lau

Domestic helper alleges assault, Hong Kong employer complains about debt collection harassment

5 Jul 2016 - 10:26pm
The fire killed two firemen. Photo: Sam Tsang

Hong Kong government rejects need for independent inquiry into Ngau Tau Kok fire

5 Jul 2016 - 7:41pm
City faces growing medical crisis with number of patients suffering the condition predicted to top one million by 2030

One in four Hong Kong diabetics will develop severe condition within seven years, study warns

5 Jul 2016 - 7:29pm
Lam in the video flashing a thumbs-up sign during his detention on the mainland. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Chinese authorities release video to show bookseller Lam Wing-kee broke mainland law

6 Jul 2016 - 12:27am 58
A pupil at Baptist Rainbow Primary School is clearly happy about the school he has been allocated. Photo: Nora Tam

Buffet meal time: Hong Kong students over the moon as they get into the school of their choice

5 Jul 2016 - 10:26pm
Interview with Legco president Jasper Tsang Yok-sing in Tamar. 04JUL16 SCMP/ Sam Tsang

Break vicious circle of assertiveness from Beijing and backlash from Hongkongers, Legco president urges

5 Jul 2016 - 10:51pm 7
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Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha is against capital punishment. Photo: Reuters

Thai government rules out death penalty for rapists despite mounting pressure

6 Jul 2016 - 3:00am
Low wages and poor working conditions have long been a concern in Bangladesh’s garment industry. Photo: AFP

Dhaka attack deals blow to improvements in post-Rana Plaza garment industry, analysts say

6 Jul 2016 - 3:00am
Indonesian men offering prayers at a "mobile mosque" outside a sports complex in Jakarta. Photo: AFP

‘Mosque-mobile’ makes answering the call to prayer easier in gridlocked Jakarta

5 Jul 2016 - 10:02pm
Japan scrambles jets hundreds of times a year to defend its airspace, both against Russia and these days also against Chinese aircraft. Photo: Reuters

Japan scrambles fighter jets against China record 199 times in April-June period

5 Jul 2016 - 9:03pm 2
Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) swept historic polls in November, and vowed to expand freedoms she fought for while under house arrest for some 15 years. Photo: EPA

Myanmar official charged for racial slur against Aung San Suu Kyi

5 Jul 2016 - 9:51pm
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has made fighting crime the centrepiece of his administration. Photo: Reuters

Philippines’ Duterte names and shames five top cops over alleged drug links

5 Jul 2016 - 10:45pm
The two-year-old boy was tortured to death by his mother and her boyfriend for not eating his breakfast and indiscipline. Photo: The Straits Times

‘Brutal’ Singaporean couple jailed for torturing and killing toddler for refusing to eat his breakfast

5 Jul 2016 - 10:46pm 4
The Dhaka cafe, where security forces may have accidentally shot dead an innocent kitchen worker. Photo: AFP

Police may have accidentally shot dead innocent pizza chef during deadly Dhaka cafe attack

5 Jul 2016 - 10:46pm
Thai forensic police officers inspect bomb damaged vehicles after an explosion at a checkpoint in Nong Chik district of Pattani province. Photo: EPA

Car bomb kills policeman, wounds two in rebel-hit Thai south

5 Jul 2016 - 8:36pm
Ikki Kotsugai was sentenced to four years and six months in prison for cutting of his wife’s lover’s penis. Photo: YouTube

Ex-Japanese boxer jailed for cutting penis off wife’s lover and flushing it down toilet

5 Jul 2016 - 8:31pm
The Solo attack occurred a day before predominantly Muslim Indonesia, and Muslims worldwide, celebrate Eid al-Fitr, the end of the fasting month

IS-linked suicide bomber on motorbike strikes Indonesian police station

5 Jul 2016 - 10:46pm
Rohan, son of Imtiaz Khan Babul, a senior leader in Bangladesh’s ruling Awami League party. Photo: IS

‘We had no inkling’: Son of Bangladesh ruling party leader among suspected gunmen in Dhaka attack

5 Jul 2016 - 5:53pm
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Children fathered by Boko Haram fighters are stigmatised. Photo: AFP

Ordeal continues for Boko Haram rape victims as they endure ‘bad blood’ stigma after returning home

6 Jul 2016 - 4:03am
From top left: New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions, Indiana Governor Mike Pence, Tennessee Senator Bob Corker, Iowa Senator Joni Ernst and Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Photos: AP, AFP

Who will run with Donald Trump? Republican candidate considers options for VP pick

6 Jul 2016 - 1:00am
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (left) and FBI Director James Comey. Photo: AP

FBI won’t recommend criminal charges in Clinton email controversy

5 Jul 2016 - 11:41pm
This photo provided by Nasa on Monday was snapped by the Juno spacecraft some 2.8 billion kilometres from Earth, as it made its approach to Jupiter last Friday. Four of the planet’s moons can also be seen glinting very faintly: Ganymede (bottom left), Io (centre, next to Jupiter), Callisto (top right) and Europa (right). Photo: AFP

By Jove, they’ve done it: Nasa’s Juno spacecraft successfully enters orbit around Jupiter

5 Jul 2016 - 10:24pm
An ADE-651 "bomb detector" in use in Iraq. The fake devices, however, are utterly non-functional. Photo: AFP

Iraq is still using these completely fake devices to detect bombs, prompting fury in wake of Baghdad blast

5 Jul 2016 - 9:55pm
Soldiers patrol in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris after Islamist militants attacked on the French satirical paper Charlie Hebdo last year. Photo: AFP

French lawmakers call for US-style counterterror agency after Paris attacks

5 Jul 2016 - 9:09pm
Former British prime minister Tony Blair could face the archaic procedure of impeachment over his role in the Iraq War. Photo: EPA

UK’s Blair finally faces reckoning from Iraq war inquiry, seven years and 2.6 million words in the making

5 Jul 2016 - 9:55pm 2
Pakistani resident Abdullah Qalzar Khan was identified as the suicide bomber who struck the holy site in Medina. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Saudi Arabia names Pakistani driver as suicide bomber in Medina

5 Jul 2016 - 5:56pm
Nigel Farage announces his resignation as the leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) in central London on Monday. Photo: Reuters

Exit, stage right: Nigel Farage, the bombastic bloke at the pub who changed British history

5 Jul 2016 - 10:24pm 2
Chris Evans, left, standing with Top Gear’s racing driver, “The Stig”. Evans has announced he is standing aside host of the show. Photo: AP

On the skids: Chris Evans quits as lead host on BBC’s ‘Top Gear’, continuing turmoil at motoring show

5 Jul 2016 - 10:24pm 1
Bank of England governor Mark Carney vowed that the central bank would take ‘whatever action is needed’ to aid monetary and fiscal stability in the wake of Brexit. Photo: Reuters

Bank of England boosts bank lending, cuts capital buffers as Brexit risks ‘crystallise’

5 Jul 2016 - 10:24pm
The famed Gocta waterfalls are reputedly the third-highest set of falls in the world, with a total height of more than 700 metres. The second set of falls boasts a drop of more than 500 metres. Photo: Wikipedia

Tourist taking a selfie plunges half a kilometre to his doom at one of world’s highest waterfalls

5 Jul 2016 - 9:55pm 4
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The Cathay U-turn follows protests by environmentalists at its check-in counters at Hong Kong International Airport and petitioning of airline executives by children. Photo: Nora Tam

Cathay Pacific right to introduce ban on shark-fin cargo

5 Jul 2016 - 11:02pm
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen. Photo: AP

Misfiring of missile by Taiwan a reminder to keep lines of communication open

5 Jul 2016 - 11:02pm
Dong Likun says Chinese law gives authorities the right to investigate, detain and interrogate Lam over book smuggling, and critics who protest against his treatment are ignoring the rule of law they claim to be upholding

China acted in accordance with the law in Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee’s case

5 Jul 2016 - 7:20pm 19
The government is not short of money, but is not spending it. Photo: Felix Wong

Low tax regime has given Hong Kong the edge over competitors

5 Jul 2016 - 11:02pm 1
Britain's Home Secretary Theresa May is favourite to be the next prime minister. Photo: AFP

Letters to the Editor, July 05, 2016

5 Jul 2016 - 3:14pm
Protesters in Naha, Okinawa, rally last month against the US military presence in Okinawa, as they have done since 1995. Photo: Xinhua

Democracy is the opiate of history’s losers, as Japan proves

5 Jul 2016 - 7:20pm 6
An exhibition focusing on US president Richard Nixon’s 1972 trip to China and 40 years of China-US cultural exchange opened in Costa Mesa, California, last month. Photo: Xinhua

Next US president must choose to engage China, not try to contain it

5 Jul 2016 - 7:20pm 3
Tom Plate says while Xi’s reassertion of ideology may be a bid to legitimise the Communist Party, his rejection of the Western status quo chimes with a growing number of voices pointing to capitalism’s failures

Xi Jinping, the champion of Marxism, may find unlikely comrades in critics of Western capitalism

4 Jul 2016 - 5:50pm 1
A schoolgirl rides her bike in Yangon. In Myanmar, just one fifth of the roads are paved. Photo: AFP

How private finance can bridge Asia’s infrastructure gap

4 Jul 2016 - 5:50pm
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon wants Scotland to remain in the European Union. Photo: EPA

Post Brexit, could Britain adopt ‘one country, two systems’ for Scotland?

4 Jul 2016 - 5:50pm 11
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. Photo: EPA

Sino-Russian ties a lesson in how to build relations

4 Jul 2016 - 11:07pm 2
US President Barack Obama. Photo: EPA

Global trade deals must take into account local concerns

4 Jul 2016 - 11:13pm
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AIIB chairman urges private sector not to worry over sovereign risks in Belt and Road investments

AIIB chairman urges private sector not to worry over sovereign risks in Belt and Road investments

6 Jul 2016 - 12:02am
Hugo Barra, Xiaomi’s vice president of international, launching the company’s latest 6.44-inch Mi Max phablet in Mong Kok. Photo: Felix Wong, SCMP

Xiaomi underlines its future as a premium brand

5 Jul 2016 - 11:01pm
The latest figures show total sales values fell 39.2 per cent in the six months to HK$189.5 billion. Photo: Tyrone Siu, Reuters.

Hong Kong property sales plunge nearly 40pc in past six months

5 Jul 2016 - 10:59pm
Feiyu’s expected net loss was due to the delay in launching key new mobile and web games. Photo: AFP

Hong Kong-listed Feiyu issues profit warnings as more Chinese tech start-ups run into trouble

5 Jul 2016 - 11:01pm
Chinese developer Greenland takes another step towards diversification with tech incubators

Chinese developer Greenland takes another step towards diversification with tech incubators

5 Jul 2016 - 10:58pm
Speculators flock to Hangzhou amid quadrupling of land transfer income for city’s government, the highest among all mainland cities in the first half of the year

Hangzhou property prices soar on ‘face lift’ ahead of G20 summit

5 Jul 2016 - 10:58pm
Chart of the day: Hopes for sustained rally in Shenzhen stocks

Chart of the day: Hopes for sustained rally in Shenzhen stocks

5 Jul 2016 - 11:16pm
Fintech start-up leads charge to improve forex payments for China cross-border e-commerce

Fintech start-up leads charge to improve forex payments for China cross-border e-commerce

5 Jul 2016 - 11:01pm
The Wanda Plaza in Yichang city, Hubei province. Wanda Commercial has opened eight Wanda Plazas across the mainland, bringing the total number to 142. Photo: Imaginechina/Corbis.

Wanda’s first-half property sales decline 17pc

5 Jul 2016 - 10:59pm
Bank of England governor Mark Carney vowed that the central bank would take ‘whatever action is needed’ to aid monetary and fiscal stability in the wake of Brexit. Photo: Reuters

Bank of England boosts bank lending, cuts capital buffers as Brexit risks ‘crystallise’

5 Jul 2016 - 10:24pm
Coal ready for loading at Lianyungang port in Jiangsu province. Inventories have been reduced across the country, resulting in a 4 per cent spike in domestic prices in June. But analysts predict the rise is only temporary. Photo: Reuters

Coal price spike will be fleeting, analysts say

5 Jul 2016 - 10:05pm
The flames take hold at Amoycan Industrial Centre on Ngau Tau Kok Road on June 21. Two firefighters died in the blaze, and more than 200 mini-storage cubicles were destroyed. Photo: Felix Wong, SCMP

Self-storage deals at a standstill in wake of Ngau Tau Kok blaze

5 Jul 2016 - 7:52pm
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The latest figures show total sales values fell 39.2 per cent in the six months to HK$189.5 billion. Photo: Tyrone Siu, Reuters.

Hong Kong property sales plunge nearly 40pc in past six months

5 Jul 2016 - 10:59pm
Property consultants say many businesses are now contemplating a move from Hong Kong island to Kowloon, in search of cheaper office rents. Photo: David Wong, SCMP

Office rental growth expected to grind to a halt by year end

5 Jul 2016 - 10:59pm
Speculators flock to Hangzhou amid quadrupling of land transfer income for city’s government, the highest among all mainland cities in the first half of the year

Hangzhou property prices soar on ‘face lift’ ahead of G20 summit

5 Jul 2016 - 10:58pm
The Wanda Plaza in Yichang city, Hubei province. Wanda Commercial has opened eight Wanda Plazas across the mainland, bringing the total number to 142. Photo: Imaginechina/Corbis.

Wanda’s first-half property sales decline 17pc

5 Jul 2016 - 10:59pm
The flames take hold at Amoycan Industrial Centre on Ngau Tau Kok Road on June 21. Two firefighters died in the blaze, and more than 200 mini-storage cubicles were destroyed. Photo: Felix Wong, SCMP

Self-storage deals at a standstill in wake of Ngau Tau Kok blaze

5 Jul 2016 - 7:52pm
Exit of P2P lenders from Shanghai office market poses a challenge

Exit of P2P lenders from Shanghai office market poses a challenge

5 Jul 2016 - 7:52pm
Rykadan chairman sees himself as a calculated risk taker

Rykadan chairman sees himself as a calculated risk taker

5 Jul 2016 - 5:56pm
How developer Rykadan turned a Hong Kong basketball court into ‘tiny’ flats for big profits

How developer Rykadan turned a Hong Kong basketball court into ‘tiny’ flats for big profits

5 Jul 2016 - 7:52pm 5
Two 1920s-era villas were revamped to house luxury retail and a bar, while an abandoned structure on the site was turned into a contemporary office building. Photo: Courtesy of Kokaistudios

Bringing Shanghai’s historic industrial heart back to life

5 Jul 2016 - 7:51pm
A man exercises in front of the financial district of Lujiazui in Shanghai. Photo: Johannes Eisele, AFP

After a boom decade, Shanghai still needs room to grow

5 Jul 2016 - 7:51pm
A mother and toddler browse a housing fair in Haikou, in southern Hainan Province. Thirty-two of the 35 cities monitored in a latest survey saw rises in house sales during the first half, with second-tier cities leading the way. Photo: EyePress News.

Over 90pc of cities see rally in house sales during first six months

5 Jul 2016 - 10:59pm
The Newton Suites residential complex in Singapore has impressed people with its abundant green features. Photo: Professor Jim Chi-yung

Singapore home prices post longest losing streak on record

5 Jul 2016 - 7:51pm 2
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Hugo Barra, Xiaomi’s vice president of international, launching the company’s latest 6.44-inch Mi Max phablet in Mong Kok. Photo: Felix Wong, SCMP

Xiaomi underlines its future as a premium brand

5 Jul 2016 - 11:01pm
Feiyu’s expected net loss was due to the delay in launching key new mobile and web games. Photo: AFP

Hong Kong-listed Feiyu issues profit warnings as more Chinese tech start-ups run into trouble

5 Jul 2016 - 11:01pm
Chinese developer Greenland takes another step towards diversification with tech incubators

Chinese developer Greenland takes another step towards diversification with tech incubators

5 Jul 2016 - 10:58pm
Fintech start-up leads charge to improve forex payments for China cross-border e-commerce

Fintech start-up leads charge to improve forex payments for China cross-border e-commerce

5 Jul 2016 - 11:01pm
Checks on the quantum satellite have finished and it will soon be sent to the launch centre in Inner Mongolia. Photo: Xinhua

China to launch ‘hack-proof’ quantum satellite next month

5 Jul 2016 - 2:03am 3
Children trying to figure out the way to get into a Breakout EDU box.

How US schools use locked wooden box puzzle to motivate students

5 Jul 2016 - 6:03pm 1
Raven and Kat will return in Gravity Rush 2.

Will Gravity Rush 2 rise to the heights the first instalment did?

5 Jul 2016 - 12:48pm
The Paris Summer Innovation Fellowship received applications from accomplished designers, scientists and specialists all over the world. Photo: iStock/TomasSereda

10-year-old lands PhD-level fellowship in Paris with robot wish

5 Jul 2016 - 11:25am
Scientists examining pine saplings in the AdapTree genotyping program. Photo: Genome BC

Canadian scientists use genomics to design healthier forests

5 Jul 2016 - 5:04pm
The research questions the stereotype that East Asian people are more humble and self-effacing than Westerners. Photo: Shutterstock

Chinese tradition of humility and self-effacement disguises people’s true emotions, research suggests

5 Jul 2016 - 11:00pm 7
Apple claims it has "the most effective security organisation in the world," pointing out that the iPhone hasn't had a virus or malware problem in nine years. Photo: AP

Black market for US$1 million iPhone hacks 'fascinating' says Apple

5 Jul 2016 - 11:25am
Lenovo says it will 'aggressively gain share' in the phone market where only two players have a more than 10 per cent share. Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Bendy Lenovo phones that wrap around wrists could be reality in 5 years

5 Jul 2016 - 12:48pm
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An 8,000-square-metre poster on display in Geneva, Switzerland, ahead of a vote on whether to adopt an unconditional basic income. Picture Reuters

Universal basic income: a grand welfare plan or a charter for shirkers?

5 Jul 2016 - 8:06pm 1
Children trying to figure out the way to get into a Breakout EDU box.

How US schools use locked wooden box puzzle to motivate students

5 Jul 2016 - 6:03pm 1
Interior of Ophelia Lounge in Wan Chai. Photos: Bruce Yan

Bar review: Ophelia in Wan Chai – heavy on the concept, light on the flavours

5 Jul 2016 - 5:31pm
The New York landmark, the arrival point for millions of Europeans,  has been adapted to include the tales of those who have sought a new life in the United States from elsewhere in the world

Ellis Island museum strives to tell the stories of all immigrants - even those from Asia

5 Jul 2016 - 5:31pm
Waste washed ashore at Ma Hang Park, Stanley. Photo: Nicola Taylor

In pictures: the tide of trash swamping Hong Kong beaches, the volunteer cleanup and the hidden island dump causing it

5 Jul 2016 - 2:00pm 9
42nd Davis Street's lechon with truffle rice.

Hong Kong menu specials: pop-up Filipino dinners, summer sakes, Bastille Day celebration

5 Jul 2016 - 1:38pm
The cosy cave at Brighten Development and Therapy Centre in Sha Tin.

How Hong Kong designers help children with special needs cope with school and learn better

5 Jul 2016 - 4:48pm
An 1,109-carat diamond: workers at Lucara’s Karowe diamond mine in Botswana have, to date, found 47 stones weighing 100 carats or more. Photo: Lucara Diamond

No sale for world’s second-largest diamond

5 Jul 2016 - 5:07pm
The efficacy of placebos, that contain no active ingredients, has long posed a scientific mystery. Photo: Shutterstock

Stimulating the brain can boost immunity, finds study that shed light on placebo effect

5 Jul 2016 - 10:29am
A model presents a creation from the haute couture collection by Vetements in Paris. Photo: Reuters

Juicy Couture meets haute couture as fashion rebel Vetements shakes up Paris

4 Jul 2016 - 2:35pm
Swimwear from Bali Boat Shed.

An insider’s guide to Bali luxury – where to rest, eat and shop

5 Jul 2016 - 4:49pm
Melville is a huge fan of vegetarian restaurant Grassroots Pantry and, as a Kennedy Town resident, makes the most of the area’s restaurants. She tells us, too, where she indulges in decadent cocktails and dessert

Favourite Hong Kong restaurants of Nathalie Melville, bespoke jewellery designer

5 Jul 2016 - 5:23pm
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Author Gay Talese.

Book review: was acclaimed journalist Gay Talese taken in by The Voyeur’s Motel?

5 Jul 2016 - 6:02pm
Wayne Wang back in his hometown. Photo: David Wong

Wayne Wang on his seductive film mystery While the Women Are Sleeping

5 Jul 2016 - 4:01pm
Muslims share a light moment as they decorate the Idara Minhaj-ul-Quran mosque in Kwai Chung in preparation for celebrations of the end of Ramadan. Photo: Bruce Yan

Hong Kong Muslims reflect on a long, hot Ramadan ahead of Eid festival

5 Jul 2016 - 1:49pm 1
Author A.S. Byatt.

Book review: Peacock and Vine – A.S. Byatt ponders the values of art

5 Jul 2016 - 1:01pm
Raven and Kat will return in Gravity Rush 2.

Will Gravity Rush 2 rise to the heights the first instalment did?

5 Jul 2016 - 12:48pm
Chris Evans, left, standing with Top Gear’s racing driver, “The Stig”. Evans has announced he is standing aside host of the show. Photo: AP

On the skids: Chris Evans quits as lead host on BBC’s ‘Top Gear’, continuing turmoil at motoring show

5 Jul 2016 - 10:24pm 1
Italian filmmaker Gianfranco Rosi opts for intimacy rather than bombast in telling the story of Mediterranean islanders and their interactions with incoming migrants and refugees

Film review: Fire at Sea – documentary is a searing snapshot of migrant crisis

5 Jul 2016 - 1:26pm
Singer-songwriters Laura Veirs (left), k.d. lang and Neko Case have joined forces to release an album. Photo: AP

Neko Case, k.d. lang and Laura Veirs combine and create, despite their differences

5 Jul 2016 - 5:03pm
By legitimising male sexual entitlement, it teaches men that women’s pleasure is irrelevant to sex, says Kat Banyard.

Book review: Pimp State by Kat Banyard – a feminist on horrors of the sex industry

4 Jul 2016 - 5:02pm
Nate Parker, the star, director and producer of The Birth of a Nation.

Oscars Academy invites more women and minorities to join, but is that enough to change the culture?

4 Jul 2016 - 4:00pm
Cicero Denounces Catiline (1888) by Cesare Maccari.

Book review: Cicero’s How to Grow Old – ancient but timeless wisdom about ageing

4 Jul 2016 - 1:33pm
Carlos Acosta dances sparingly on his farewell tour.

Review: Carlos Acosta’s farewell tour – young dancers to the fore as legend takes final bow

4 Jul 2016 - 12:53pm
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Venus Williams reached the Wimbledon semi-finals for the first time since 2009 by beating Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova. Photo: Reuters

Sister act: Serena and Venus move closer to showdown at Wimbledon

6 Jul 2016 - 12:25am
German sprinter Marcel Kittel celebrates on the podium after winning the fourth stage of the Tour de France. Photo: AP

Another photo-finish on Tour de France

5 Jul 2016 - 11:40pm
Hong Kong’s Wong Chun-ting is seeded sixth in men’s singles at the Rio Olympics and represents a genuine medal chance for the city. Photos: David Wong

Bring home a medal: Hong Kong coach Chan Kong-wah urges players to go for glory in Rio

5 Jul 2016 - 10:53pm
Manchester United's new manager Jose Mourinho with a United scarf as he faced the media for the first time on Tuesday after taking charge. Photo: EPA

Jose Mourinho targets Alex Ferguson’s Champions League trophies at United

5 Jul 2016 - 9:40pm
Guangzhou R&F will receive special treatment if proposals are approved by the Hong Kong Football Association. Photo: Xinhua

Special treatment: Guangzhou R&F will get players’ concessions if they compete in Hong Kong Premier League

5 Jul 2016 - 10:53pm
Brilliant Shine (Alvin Ng Ka-chun) shocks a Class Two field at Sha Tin in January at odds of 122-1, one of only two horses this season to win at cricket-score odds. Photos: Kenneth Chan

Bunch of no-hopers: 12.7 per cent of horses considered uncompetitive in Hong Kong

5 Jul 2016 - 8:32pm
Alex Ferguson chats to Ryan Giggs during a media conference in 2006. The two shared a close relationship during the all-conquering years at Manchester United. Photo: AFP

Time for Ryan Giggs to stand on his own feet, says Alex Ferguson

5 Jul 2016 - 10:30am
Guanabara Bay has been plagued with pollution problems, including this giant stain produced by a sewage run-off at the cove of Botafogo. The bay will stage the sailing competitions at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Photo: EPA

‘Your boat looks like a toilet’: Oil turns white boats to brown in Rio Olympic sailing venue

5 Jul 2016 - 10:14am
Demonstrators are out in force over many issues in Rio de Janeiro ahead of the Olympics. Photo: EPA

'Welcome to Hell': tourists shocked by police protest at Rio airport

5 Jul 2016 - 10:06am
Britain's Mark Cavendish, wearing the best sprinter's green jersey, digs deep to beat Germany's Andre Greipel in the third stage of the Tour de France in Angers. Photo: AP

Losers are bitter, moans Tour de France sprint king Mark Cavendish

5 Jul 2016 - 8:32pm
Australia's Nick Kyrgios fights his demons in a limp defeat to Andy Murray in the fourth round at Wimbledon. Photo: Reuters

'Pretty Pathetic': Nick Kyrgios succumbs to Andy Murray with barely a whimper

5 Jul 2016 - 8:32pm
What a combination: Kevin Durant’s days with the Oklahoma City Thunder are over and he will join Stephen Curry at the Golden State Warriors. Photo: EPA

Now a Warrior: Kevin Durant is off to Golden State

5 Jul 2016 - 1:07am
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An 8,000-square-metre poster on display in Geneva, Switzerland, ahead of a vote on whether to adopt an unconditional basic income. Picture Reuters

Universal basic income: a grand welfare plan or a charter for shirkers?

5 Jul 2016 - 8:06pm 1
The New York landmark, the arrival point for millions of Europeans,  has been adapted to include the tales of those who have sought a new life in the United States from elsewhere in the world

Ellis Island museum strives to tell the stories of all immigrants - even those from Asia

5 Jul 2016 - 5:31pm
A 2,800 sq ft home in Mid-Levels designed by Nicole Cromwell.

A boxy Hong Kong apartment gets a warm, colonial-style makeover

4 Jul 2016 - 11:31pm 1
Slurping up the best noodles in the world at Tsuta, Tokyo

Slurping up the best noodles in the world at Tsuta, Tokyo

30 Jun 2016 - 1:44pm 1
Night Scene of Yau Ma Tei Fruit Market, by Yip Suen-fat.

Sketch Hong Kong exhibition shows how art is flowering in the grassroots

2 Jul 2016 - 10:07pm
The helicopter used for Viator’s tour of Hong Kong, parked on the roof of The Peninsula hotel, in Tsim Sha Tsui. Pictures: Rachael Barker

High on Hong Kong: Viator tours include a helicopter lap of the island

2 Jul 2016 - 11:01am 1
A still from William Kentridge’s video installation Notes Towards a Model Opera.

Can contemporary art help mend the relationship between China and Africa?

2 Jul 2016 - 6:06pm
The powder-white sands at Lariño. Pictures: Tim Pile

A pilgrimage through Galicia, Spain’s Celtic corner

1 Jul 2016 - 5:15pm
The latest wizardry from top independent watchmakers

The latest wizardry from top independent watchmakers

1 Jul 2016 - 5:00pm
The cover of chef Manish Mehrotra’s latest book.

Curry gets a modern twist in the Indian Accent cookbook

1 Jul 2016 - 10:59pm
The cruise ship Silver Shadow.

Travel: classic cruise from Singapore to Myanmar; business-class deal in Manila

30 Jun 2016 - 11:35am
Setsuko Hara (left) with Susumu Fujita in No Regrets for Our Youth.

Art house: No Regrets for Our Youth – Hara Setsuko stars in Akira Kurosawa’s post-war drama

4 Jul 2016 - 10:50am
Attire House, with its best and most stylish labels, opens a gentlemen's fashion store in Hong Kong

Attire House, with its best and most stylish labels, opens a gentlemen's fashion store in Hong Kong

1 Jul 2016 - 12:00pm
Drive de Cartier exhibition shown in Florence.

Drive de Cartier masterpieces draw Pitti Uomo crowd to Florence palace

28 Jun 2016 - 2:07pm
A moment with: Lisa Aiken, Net-A-Porter Fashion Director

A moment with: Lisa Aiken, Net-A-Porter Fashion Director

27 Jun 2016 - 4:56pm
Luxury News Round-Up: 5 Things You Need To Know This Week June 20-24

Luxury News Round-Up: 5 Things You Need To Know This Week June 20-24

30 Jun 2016 - 11:59am
Photo: Enrico Labriola

Pitti Journal Day 4

21 Jun 2016 - 1:12pm
Pitti Journal Day 3

Pitti Journal Day 3

20 Jun 2016 - 12:23pm
Luxury News Round-Up: 5 Things You Need To Know This Week June 13-17

Luxury News Round-Up: 5 Things You Need To Know This Week June 13-17

17 Jun 2016 - 4:24pm
Gosha Rubchinskiy's SS17 menswear collection Photo: Giovanni Giannoni

Pitti Journal Day 2

16 Jun 2016 - 5:33pm
On the road with Vacheron Constantin Overseas: STYLE reports

On the road with Vacheron Constantin Overseas: STYLE reports

24 Jun 2016 - 11:31am
Pitti Journal Day 1

Pitti Journal Day 1

15 Jun 2016 - 5:41pm
Photo: Enrico Labriola

Pitti Uomo 90: preview of the world's most important menswear trade show

15 Jun 2016 - 3:31pm
Shanghai Tang's latest women collection by Raffaele Borriello

Shanghai Tang’s new creative director Raffaele Borriello merges Chinoiserie with Parisienne chic

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Jasper Tsang looks back on his tenure as Hong Kong Legco president Hong Kong

Jasper Tsang looks back on his tenure as Hong Kong Legco president

5 Jul 2016 - 7:50pm
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Chinese authorities release video to ‘prove’ bookseller Lam Wing-kee broke mainland law Hong Kong

Chinese authorities release video to ‘prove’ bookseller Lam Wing-kee broke mainland law

5 Jul 2016 - 6:22pm
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Fido forever? South Korea's dog cloning clinic Asia

Fido forever? South Korea's dog cloning clinic

5 Jul 2016 - 3:36pm
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Third Saudi bomb attack in one day mars end of Ramadan World

Third Saudi bomb attack in one day mars end of Ramadan

5 Jul 2016 - 10:10am
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 Jasper Tsang non-committal on running for Hong Kong Chief Executive election Hong Kong

Jasper Tsang non-committal on running for Hong Kong Chief Executive election

5 Jul 2016 - 12:09pm
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Five years on, Wukan in turmoil again China

Five years on, Wukan in turmoil again

3 Jul 2016 - 7:33am
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Protesters demand FedEx to stop shipping shark fins Hong Kong

Protesters demand FedEx to stop shipping shark fins

4 Jul 2016 - 12:00pm
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North Korea holds a rally to hail its leader with a new title Asia

North Korea holds a rally to hail its leader with a new title

4 Jul 2016 - 11:55am
01:07
Australian election in dead-lock World

Australian election in dead-lock

3 Jul 2016 - 12:36pm
01:20
July 1 march organisers claim turnout of 110,000 Hong Kong

July 1 march organisers claim turnout of 110,000

4 Jul 2016 - 10:21am
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China gets a new cyber censor-in-chief China

China gets a new cyber censor-in-chief

1 Jul 2016 - 1:15pm
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Tesla 'Autopilot' death under investigation World

Tesla 'Autopilot' death under investigation

1 Jul 2016 - 1:02pm
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