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Ma Jian is the highest-ranking national security official to be investigated since the downfall of security tsar Zhou Yongkang. Photo: Handout

China begins prosecuting former top spy

7 Feb 2017 - 12:03am
A recruiter hands out a flyer at an employment fair for college graduates in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province. Photo: Reuters

China wants 50 million new urban jobs in latest five-year plan

7 Feb 2017 - 12:53am
The Comac C919 is China’s answer to Airbus A320 and Boeing B737 planes. Photo: Imaginechina

In pictures: China’s Comac C919 set to make its debut flight

6 Feb 2017 - 9:35pm 3
The median estimate in a survey by Bloomberg was for a forex drop of just US$7 billion, a sharp deceleration from December’s fall of US$41 billion, which left US$3.01 trillion in reserves. Photo: Reuters

China’s capital flight likely to have eased in January, say analysts

6 Feb 2017 - 11:22pm
Dr Huang Jiefu, a former deputy health minister who has been the public face of China's changes in organ transplant supply, will attend a Vatican summit on organ trafficking. Photo: AP

Chinese official to attend Vatican summit on organ trafficking

7 Feb 2017 - 12:55am 2
A Madagascar hissing cockroach. Photo: Shutterstock

Man sprays insecticide in ear to remove trapped cockroach

6 Feb 2017 - 6:04pm 1
A file picture of a missile test in Iran released by an Iranian news agency last month. The US imposed fresh sanctions on Iran last week over a ballistic missile test. Photo: AP

China protests over US sanctions on Chinese firms ‘linked to Iran’

6 Feb 2017 - 11:10pm 10
DF-16 missiles, pictured during a 2015 parade, were featured in a video posted by Beijing’s Defence Ministry last week, which showed them being deployed during exercises over the Lunar New Year holiday. File photo: AP

Chinese missile capable of threat in Asia makes latest appearance

6 Feb 2017 - 4:34pm 3
The Laotian bride, pictured with her husband, fled only a few days after their arranged marriage. Photo: Handout

Runaway Laotian bride flees Chinese groom after wedding payment

6 Feb 2017 - 6:51pm 2
The guided missile destroyer Harbin (left) was part of the Chinese navy task force that left Kuwait on Sunday after visits to four Persian Gulf states. Photo: AP

Chinese navy ends visits to four Persian Gulf states

6 Feb 2017 - 3:33pm
Passengers check in at Nanchang Railway Station in Nanchang, capital of east China's Jiangxi Province. Photo: Xinhua

Photo essay: millions return to work across China

6 Feb 2017 - 12:33pm
Firefighters battle the blaze in Tiantai county in Zhejiang province. Photo: Handout

18 die in fire at massage parlour in China

6 Feb 2017 - 6:47pm
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Launching his manifesto, former financial secretary also vows to revisit national security bill which saw half a million take to streets in 2003

John Tsang pledges to reboot city’s political reform debate

7 Feb 2017 - 12:59am
The Bao and Buns food truck at Golden Bauhinia Square, Wan Chai. Photo: Dickson Lee

Hong Kong food trucks see mixed sales after holiday stretch

6 Feb 2017 - 11:14pm 3
CE candidate John Tsang Chun-wah at a press conference on his election platform. YMCA North Tower in Tsim Sha Tsui. 06FEB17 SCMP/ Sam Tsang

John Tsang walking a fine line in trying to please all

6 Feb 2017 - 11:55pm
Police stand guard against protesters during the Mong Kok riot. Photo: AP Photo/Vincent Yu

Police purchase 400 new tactical suits in wake of Mong Kok riot

6 Feb 2017 - 11:01pm
Chief executive candidate John Tsang Chun-wah. Photo: K. Y. Cheng

John Tsang touts tax breaks for SMEs, allowances for low-income families

6 Feb 2017 - 11:29pm 9
Cheung Kwai-yeung has held various news positions in Hong Kong since the 1980s. Photo: May Tse

Veteran local journalist arrested over indecent assault

7 Feb 2017 - 12:42am
The waterfront along Central. Photo: Sam Tsang

Hong Kong government hopes two new fishing zones will catch on

6 Feb 2017 - 10:04pm 3
The Nigerian consulate is in Victoria Garden, Victoria Road, in Pok Fu Lam. Photo: Sam Tsang

Nigerian consulate sued over unpaid rent at flat linked to late tycoon Nina Wang

6 Feb 2017 - 11:01pm
Housing minister Professor Anthony Cheung says it would have taken a magician to put things right in the property market. Photo: K. Y. Cheng

Housing minister under fire for failing to resolve property woes

6 Feb 2017 - 7:19pm 3
ICAC commissioner Simon Peh Yun-lu has emphasised the importance of constructing “a watertight prevention system to deprive the crime of its breeding ground”. Photo: Felix Wong

A law criminalising failure to prevent bribery could prove an effective tool

6 Feb 2017 - 10:04pm 5
Neil Mitchell, who suffered injuries to his left cornea, ear and cheek from the 2009 attack, has since recovered. Photo: David Wong

Seven years on, suspect in prosecutor acid attack in custody

6 Feb 2017 - 10:04pm
The two children were sent to the Tuen Mum Hospital for examination after the incident. Photo: David Wong

Man accused of trying to murder his children with rat poison

6 Feb 2017 - 11:01pm
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Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen addresses a dinner with Chinese community in Phnom Penh. Photo: Xinhua

Cambodian PM , citing ‘One-China’ policy, bans Taiwan flag

6 Feb 2017 - 11:24pm
Duterte said the end of the ceasefire will come into force urging soldiers to prepare themselves for renewed hostilities with the group. Photo: EPA

Philippine army arrests communist rebel leader after peace bid collapses

6 Feb 2017 - 5:25pm
Police on the street leading to the Afghan consulate in Karachi. Photo: Reuters

Guard ‘with grudge’ kills Afghan diplomat in Pakistan

6 Feb 2017 - 10:19pm 1
Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha arrives at a weekly cabinet meeting at the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, January 17, 2017. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom

Royal insult suspects made ‘death threats’ against Thai PM

6 Feb 2017 - 5:30pm
A prominent member of Australia’s government is set to defect to form his own conservative party, further evidence of a shift towards the right that is weakening Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s already tenuous grip on power. File photo: AP

Why a party defector could spell trouble for Australia’s PM

6 Feb 2017 - 10:19pm
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s HTV6, an unmanned cargo spacecraft Kounotori, or stork in Japanese, being assembled at the Tanegashima Space Centre in Tanegashima island, Kagoshima prefecture. Photo: AFP

Japanese ‘space junk’ clearing mission fails

6 Feb 2017 - 10:19pm 1
Former head of the Catholic Church in Australia Cardinal George Pell patting a wallaby with former pope Benedict XVI in Sydney in July, 2008. Photo: Reuters

Seven per cent of Australian Catholic priests accused of abuse

6 Feb 2017 - 10:19pm 1
The yacht from which the cocaine was seized. Photo: AFP

Australia’s biggest ever cocaine haul was found on this yacht

6 Feb 2017 - 1:16pm
A policeman holds a rifle at a location where a suspected supporter of Islamic State attacked policemen in Tangerang, Indonesia's Banten province. Photo: Reuters.

Why Trump’s travel ban makes Macau target for Islamic State

6 Feb 2017 - 12:05pm 14
Emily Collie, aged 20, was killed in a jet ski crash after she collided with her partner, reports said. Photo: Facebook

Australian woman dies in jet ski crash on Phuket holiday

6 Feb 2017 - 12:49pm
Tourists pose for photos in front of a snow statue of US President Donald Trump in Sapporo. Photo: Kyodo

Sapporo snow festival opens, features Trump sculpture

6 Feb 2017 - 12:38pm
Chinese residents in Japan march at a protest against the Japanese hotel chain APA in Tokyo. Photo: Kyodo

Nanking Massacre-denying Japanese hotel boss sparks Tokyo protest

6 Feb 2017 - 11:58am
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US President Donald Trump and US Vice-President Mike Pence. Photo: EPA

Tech companies, former secretaries of state slam Trump travel ban

6 Feb 2017 - 11:35pm
In this January 20 photo, US President Donald Trump, flanked by Vice President Mike Pence (left) and Chief of Staff Reince Priebus (right), signs his first executive order on health care in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Photo: AP

Trump, like Obama, learns limits of go-it-alone strategy

6 Feb 2017 - 10:34pm 2
In this framegrab from video released by the United States Courts, US District Judge James Robart on Friday rules on the travel ban imposed by US President Donald Trump. Photo: AFP

Blame judge who halted travel ban if US is attacked: Trump

6 Feb 2017 - 12:31pm 4
Qatar Airways’ first flight to New Zealand flies over the city of Auckland on its final approach to the airport. Photo: Qatar Airways

At 17-plus hours, this flight from New Zealand is the world's longest

6 Feb 2017 - 10:34pm
Queen Elizabeth II becomes first British monarch to reach sapphire jubilee, with 65 years on throne

Queen Elizabeth marks 65 years on throne

6 Feb 2017 - 10:34pm
Cody Duane Scott Herrera, who was convicted of statutory rape of a 14-year-old girl in Idaho. Photo: Handout

Judge orders rapist not to have sex until marriage

6 Feb 2017 - 10:34pm
Visitors and residents from seven Muslim-majority nations enter US to see loved ones, study, go to work and watch Super Bowl

Joyous travellers arrive in US as Trump’s ban is lifted

6 Feb 2017 - 8:06am 1
Melissa McCarthy as White House press secretary Sean Spicer, on Saturday Night Live. Photo: Saturday Night Live

Watch: Melissa McCarthy channels Trump spokesman Spicer

6 Feb 2017 - 10:30am
A hologram of far-left presidential candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon is displayed on stage as audience members look on, during a campaign rally in Saint-Denis, outside Paris, on Sunday. Melenchon gave the speech in person at a rally in Lyon. Photo: EPA

Candidate launches presidential campaign with hologram

6 Feb 2017 - 10:05pm
Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, now in his late 60s, is seen in 2015 in a video flmed at an undisclosed location. The United Nations has removed his name from a sanctions list. Photo: AP

Afghan warlord wins removal from UN blacklist

6 Feb 2017 - 10:05pm
Rescuers struggle to reach stricken Afghan villages after avalanches  kill at least 100

100 dead as heavy snow triggers Afghan avalanches

6 Feb 2017 - 10:05pm
US President Donald Trump has long been effusive in his praise for Russian President Vladimir Putin, despite criticism from Republicans and Democrats alike. In an interview with Fox News’s Bill O’Reilly, which will air ahead of the Super Bowl on Sunday, Photo: Fox News

Trump defends Putin: ‘You think our country’s so innocent?’

6 Feb 2017 - 9:58am 12
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CE candidate John Tsang Chun-wah promised to ­restart the political reform ­process and revisit a controversial national security bill if he were elected. Photo: K. Y. Cheng

John Tsang’s empty words on political reform

7 Feb 2017 - 1:35am
Jerome A. Cohen and Edward J. Baker urge the US and other stakeholders to work on a peace treaty with the North to formally end the Korean War and avoid any dire fallout of Kim Jong-un’s rising nuclear rhetoric

Why Trump should give North Korea a shot at peace

6 Feb 2017 - 6:06pm 2
A newspaper headline highlights the phone conversation between US President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, in central Sydney on February 3. Photo: Reuters

Trump’s White House out of touch on South China Sea realities

6 Feb 2017 - 6:06pm 10
President Xi Jinping delivers a speech during the first day of the World Economic Forum. Photo: AFP

Hong Kong depends on free trade

6 Feb 2017 - 11:19pm
President Donald Trump’s promised reforms could hit Hong Kong’s economy. Photo: AP

Letters page, February 6, 2017

6 Feb 2017 - 4:20pm
ICAC commissioner Simon Peh Yun-lu has emphasised the importance of constructing “a watertight prevention system to deprive the crime of its breeding ground”. Photo: Felix Wong

A law criminalising failure to prevent bribery could prove an effective tool

6 Feb 2017 - 10:04pm 5
Regina Ip and Carrie Lam shake hands after running into each other following Lam’s meeting with Election Committee members from the agricultural and fisheries subsector in Aberdeen on January 30. Photo: Jonathan Wong

HK’s chief executive hopefuls must bow to sectional pressures

6 Feb 2017 - 6:06pm 1
Odion Ighalo is the latest player to go to China for an eyebrow-raising fee. Photo: Reuters

How China’s football policy is grabbing world headlines

6 Feb 2017 - 3:30pm 2
A young boy holds up a “fai chun” saying “cancel TSA”, at a protest against Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying’s performance, outside Government House on January 30. Photo: Nora Tam

Don’t judge parents over ‘smart pills’ for ADHD kids

6 Feb 2017 - 6:06pm
Protesters threw red paint on a European Union flag in protest against the European policy on refugees at Madrid's landmark Puerta del Sol square in Spain in March last year, and 2017 is unlikely to be any easier. Photo: Reuters

Explosive times for Europe, and Trump’s fanning the flames

6 Feb 2017 - 10:41pm
Gerard A. Postiglione says Trump’s policies are already causing disruptions on campuses in the US, an opportunity competing Chinese universities could seize to get ahead. Overall, however, a deteriorating bilateral relationship will bring more harm than good

Why Trump may be good news for Chinese universities

5 Feb 2017 - 6:36pm 2
Hong Kong people throng the Victoria Park New Year flower market on January 27, on the eve of the Lunar New Year holiday. Victoria Park already offers a comfortable pedestrian path network and an abundance of sports and recreational facilities. Photo: AFP

Hong Kong must not rush into underground development

5 Feb 2017 - 6:36pm 5
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ECB believes Trump’s bank deregulation sowing seeds of next crisis

Trump’s loosening of bank rules to cause next financial crisis

7 Feb 2017 - 2:48am
Toyota faces heat from Trump and flagging US demand

Toyota under fire from both Trump and weakening US demand

7 Feb 2017 - 1:58am
Henderson’s strategy is to dispose of non core properties and cash in for new acquisitions. Photo: Edward Wong

Henderson Land to sell Kwun Tong hotel for HK$2.3bn

6 Feb 2017 - 10:40pm
Meitu confident of global success despite bumps in the road

Meitu confident of global success despite bumps in the road

6 Feb 2017 - 11:00pm
Gareth Kung, executive vice-president of SMIC. A national semiconductor policy set a target of 20 per cent compound annual growth by 2020. Photo: Dickson Lee

Chinese firms on the lookout for more semiconductor deals

6 Feb 2017 - 10:55pm
China Overseas Land & Investment's One Kai Tak located at Muk Ning Street in Kai Tak. 11JAN17 SCMP/Edward Wong

Hong Kong home sales defy cooling measures

6 Feb 2017 - 11:06pm 4
Wu Wenhui, CEO of China Reading. Photo: Simon Song

Tencent-backed China Reading plans Hong Kong IPO

6 Feb 2017 - 7:55pm
China’s ICBC overtakes Wells Fargo as world’s most valuable bank brand, says survey

ICBC overtakes Wells Fargo as world’s most valuable bank brand

6 Feb 2017 - 11:06pm 1
Two young women using their smartphones in Beijing. Photo: AFP

Apple iPhone loses market share in China

6 Feb 2017 - 11:00pm 10
Bautou Tomorrow Technology suspended from trading after hitting daily-fall limit again; Xishui Strong Year briefly fell by 9.5 per cent

Key stocks tied to missing billionaire hit by 4.3bn yuan sell-off

6 Feb 2017 - 11:06pm 2
Some consumers said the offbeat insurance products changed their perspective on financial institutions

Chinese consumers shrug off ban on insurance gimmicks

6 Feb 2017 - 11:00pm
Base metal prices, including copper nickel and zinc, have been hit hard by China’s surprise interest rate rise, but analysts have mixed views on whether prices will rise later in the year as the country continues down its route of supply side reform. Photo: Reuters

Base metal prices fall on PBOC rate rise

6 Feb 2017 - 10:36pm
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Meitu confident of global success despite bumps in the road

Meitu confident of global success despite bumps in the road

6 Feb 2017 - 11:00pm
Gareth Kung, executive vice-president of SMIC. A national semiconductor policy set a target of 20 per cent compound annual growth by 2020. Photo: Dickson Lee

Chinese firms on the lookout for more semiconductor deals

6 Feb 2017 - 10:55pm
A Normal Lost Phone throws you into the middle of someone else’s life as you navigate their texts and apps.

A Normal Lost Phone – a teen’s mobile reveals a mysterious story

6 Feb 2017 - 6:00pm
People walk past an advertising hoarding outside a Fendi luxury leather goods store, in Hong Kong.

Taiwan, Singapore surpass Hong Kong in digital ad spending

6 Feb 2017 - 9:32am
A Changhong 8K TV at CES 2017.

8K TVs at the CES show in Las Vegas: a new year’s resolution

5 Feb 2017 - 7:02am
The 'Anti-establishment Firebrand', one of seven types of Australian identified in the Political Persona Project, is a direct descendant of 'Jack Outback'. Photo: Matt Davidson/Fairfax

Meet Jack Outback, the ‘most interesting’ Australian

6 Feb 2017 - 12:41pm
Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari speaking on his book "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind"

‘AI to make unification of Koreas more difficult,’ says author

6 Feb 2017 - 11:53am
ZTE Axon 7 smartphone.

Tech review: ZTE Axon 7 – hi-def phone, half the price of an iPhone

4 Feb 2017 - 7:03am
Beijing smartphone vendor 8848phone, a company owned by Beijing Ereneben Information Technology, sells some of its limited-edition phones for 19,999 yuan. Photo: Handout

Smartphones that come with ludicrous price tags

3 Feb 2017 - 10:38pm 1
Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks about the company's computers during an Apple event in San Francisco, California March 9, 2015. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS)

Apple must learn some new tricks before it’s too late

3 Feb 2017 - 9:14pm 1
A screen grab from Hitman. Photo: IO Interactive

Game review: Hitman takes stealth and invention to new heights

3 Feb 2017 - 12:02pm
Microsoft asks Trump for exceptions on immigration ban

Microsoft asks Trump for exceptions to travel ban

3 Feb 2017 - 12:47am 1
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By the age of six girls don’t associate their gender with brilliance.

Why even six-year-old girls think it’s the boys who’ll be brilliant

6 Feb 2017 - 5:30pm
Apps can help you with your sleep.

How your smartphone can actually improve your sleep

6 Feb 2017 - 5:30pm
A Changhong 8K TV at CES 2017.

8K TVs at the CES show in Las Vegas: a new year’s resolution

5 Feb 2017 - 7:02am
ZTE Axon 7 smartphone.

Tech review: ZTE Axon 7 – hi-def phone, half the price of an iPhone

4 Feb 2017 - 7:03am
Marketing says the charcoal-infused bristles offer a deeper, detoxifying clean but are they really any more effective than regular toothbrushes?

Are charcoal toothbrushes better for your teeth than normal ones?

6 Feb 2017 - 5:30pm
Spring-summer debut by a designer without traditional training reveals a free thinker on a mission to  broaden the luxury Italian firm into a full fashion brand with tailoring, accessories and hosiery

Beyond lingerie: a new direction for Italian label La Perla

6 Feb 2017 - 12:43pm
For HK$188,000, you can now indulge your love of all things floral with the Hong Kong-based designer’s striking opal and rubellite ring

Exotic ring by celeb jeweller Payal Shah

6 Feb 2017 - 8:02am
The lion dance troupe attracted large crowds as it moved from the Dispensary to Pekan Cina. Photo: Alan Teh Leam Seng

A Malaysian Hokkien Lunar New Year in the 1950s

6 Feb 2017 - 12:54pm
Whether Louis Vuitton or Penhaligon perfume, Georg Jensen cufflinks, Stuart Weitzman shoes or a Jo Malone candle, your partner should be happy to receive any of these thoughtful choices

A selection of Valentine’s Day gifts sure to impress your loved one

5 Feb 2017 - 4:00pm
Photo: oneinchpunch/Shutterstock

The non-response to exercise idea may be a myth

6 Feb 2017 - 11:41am
Atelier Cologne’s creators and founders, Christophe Cervasel and Sylvie Ganter.

Celebrity perfumes and big brands losing share to artisans and specialists

6 Feb 2017 - 12:08pm
Dare to be different. Get your hands on Saint Laurent’s deconstructed monogram earrings, Tomas Maier’s orange sunglasses and Nina Ricci’s Lily handbag

Five bold and beautiful fashion must-haves

5 Feb 2017 - 9:03am
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Super Bowl ads tout diversity in time of Trump and immigration furore

Super Bowl ads praise diversity in midst of Trump’s immigration ban

7 Feb 2017 - 2:27am
Keanu Reeves reprises his title role in the film John Wick: Chapter 2 (category: IIB), directed by Chad Stahelski.

Film review – John Wick: Chapter 2 is a lean-cut action masterclass

7 Feb 2017 - 1:00am
Third running of event also features actress who played Mrs Kapoor in Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,  a history of Indian cuisine, classical dance, and more

Bollywood’s Rishi Kapoor at Hong Kong’s India By The Bay festival

6 Feb 2017 - 5:01pm
Bruce Willis cameo and other references in blockbuster starring James McAvoy to director’s 2000 thriller Unbreakable open the way to a follow-up, and now director says sequel is under way

It’s Twitter official: there’s a Split sequel

6 Feb 2017 - 4:06pm
Famous Hong Kong export Bruce Lee in Enter the Dragon (1973).

University of Hong Kong launches MOOC on Hong Kong cinema

6 Feb 2017 - 4:44pm
A Normal Lost Phone throws you into the middle of someone else’s life as you navigate their texts and apps.

A Normal Lost Phone – a teen’s mobile reveals a mysterious story

6 Feb 2017 - 6:00pm
A mix of the martial-arts genre and Japanese kaiju movies with giant monsters and robots, the third Lego movie will appeal to kids and adults alike, says Justin Theroux, who voices supervillain Lord Gardamon

After Batman, Lego Ninjago Movie offers kooky take on family strife

6 Feb 2017 - 2:23pm
Damien Chazelle (left), winner of the Best Director in a Feature Film Award for La La Land, poses with last year's winner, director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, at the 69th annual Directors’ Guild Awards on Saturday. Photo: AFP

Chazelle wins top director prize, at awards event filled with political gestures

6 Feb 2017 - 1:03pm
These romances are sometimes extraordinary, sometimes ordinary, but never bland.

The agony and the ecstasy: 10 authentic romances in literature

6 Feb 2017 - 8:02am
Tala Raassi was imprisoned and beaten in Tehran for wearing a miniskirt at her 16th birthday party, and her memoir will have you thinking on the politics of fashion

Iranian designer Tala Raassi on fashion as freedom

5 Feb 2017 - 3:00pm
Foley returns to the big screen after 10 years directing for TV, with the sequel that could prove to be even bigger than Fifty Shades of Grey

Director James Foley talks S&M and shooting Fifty Shades Darker

5 Feb 2017 - 9:31am
A Changhong 8K TV at CES 2017.

8K TVs at the CES show in Las Vegas: a new year’s resolution

5 Feb 2017 - 7:02am
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Super Bowl ads tout diversity in time of Trump and immigration furore

Super Bowl ads praise diversity in midst of Trump’s immigration ban

7 Feb 2017 - 2:27am
South African scrum-half Joost Van Der Westhuizen is tackled by French props Pieter De Villiers and Jean-Jacques Crenca during a rugby test match in 2001 at the Stade de France, Paris. Photo: AFP

World Cup winner Joost van der Westhuizen dies

6 Feb 2017 - 10:01pm
Odion Ighalo is the latest player to go to China for an eyebrow-raising fee. Photo: Reuters

How China’s football policy is grabbing world headlines

6 Feb 2017 - 3:30pm 2
Tom Brady speaks to the media after the Patriots’ Super Bowl victory. Photo: AFP

Brady says Super Bowl game jersey was stolen

6 Feb 2017 - 5:55pm
Alastair Cook is England’s leading Test scorer. Photo: AFP

Alastair Cook quits as England Test captain

6 Feb 2017 - 7:18pm
Kitchee train for their match against Ulsan Hyundai, February 2016. Photo: HKFA.com

Kitchee look to catch Ulsan Hyundai cold

6 Feb 2017 - 10:51pm
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady celebrates during the post-game ceremony for Super Bowl LI. Photo: TNS

Patriots’ Super Bowl win lures rush hour crowd in China

6 Feb 2017 - 9:18pm
Karis Teetan rides Clever Spirit in a recent trial. Photos: Kenneth Chan

Clever Spirit can help keep Fownes’ ‘King of the Valley’ status

6 Feb 2017 - 6:59pm
Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan walks off the field after losing the Super Bowl. Photo: AFP

Falcons’ flop new low for Atlanta’s sad sporting history

6 Feb 2017 - 9:18pm
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and wide receiver Julian Edelman celebrate their Super Bowl 51 win over Atlanta Falcons. Photo: USA Today

Tom Brady leads Patriots to thrilling Super Bowl win

6 Feb 2017 - 11:46am
Hong Kong's Davis Cup team celebrates beating Vietnam in February 2017. Left to right) : Andrew Li Hei-yin, Kevin Wong Chun-hun, Majid Khan (physio), Dr David Ho (team manager & physician), Jack Wong Hong-kit, Michael Walker (captain), Karan Rastogi, Yu Hiu-tung (coach).Photo: Hong Kong Tennis Association

Hong Kong in best Davis Cup win for over a decade

6 Feb 2017 - 10:51pm
Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri looks dejected as Manchester United complete a 3-0 win. Photo: Reuters

Leicester will go down if we don’t improve , says Schmeichel

6 Feb 2017 - 9:20pm
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A policeman holds a rifle at a location where a suspected supporter of Islamic State attacked policemen in Tangerang, Indonesia's Banten province. Photo: Reuters.

Why Trump’s travel ban makes Macau target for Islamic State

6 Feb 2017 - 12:05pm 14
Growth has slowed and macroeconomic risks loom, but experts hope bright spots in health care, IT and manufacturing – and a key government report – are signs the cycle is finally turning

Amid slowdown, glimmers of hope for Singapore’s economy

6 Feb 2017 - 12:24pm 16
Malaysia’s former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad has denied anti-Chinese sentiments. Photo: AFP

In Malaysia, hopes fade for a post-racial politics

5 Feb 2017 - 8:02pm 21
A cyclist in Hanoi rides past an advert for a European football tournament. Illegal gambling, such as on football competitions, is popular in Vietnam. Photo: AFP

Luck turns for Vietnam’s gamblers

6 Feb 2017 - 12:22pm
Demonstrators have lashed out over Trump’s recent executive orders restricting travel from seven Muslim-majority countries. Photo: AFP

The lessons Muslims must learn from anti-Trump protests

6 Feb 2017 - 3:46pm 10
Ethinic Yemenis and supporters in New York protest against US President Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily banning immigrants and refugees from seven Muslim-majority countries. Photo: AFP

Trump’s executive disorder: ‘Muslim ban’ undermines the US in Asia

5 Feb 2017 - 2:04pm 10
Patrialis Akbar, Indonesia’s former justice minister, speaks to the media after being detained for allegedly receiving bribes from a meat importer seeking to influence the Indonesian Constitutional Court. Photo: AFP

Indonesian judge’s arrest raises constitutional crisis fears

6 Feb 2017 - 12:12pm 4
For Tokyo’s work-hard, play-hard corporate elders, a new vice-free generation of men is a sobering thought for bottom lines

Japan’s millennials don’t drink, don’t drive – what do they do?

4 Feb 2017 - 7:02pm 9
Workers unload coal at a storage site along a railway station in Hefei, Anhui province, China. Photo: Reuters

Beijing seeks to enhance ‘soft power’ with climate U-turn

4 Feb 2017 - 11:01am 2
Ho is accused of more than 1,500 counts of corruption, fraud, money laundering, nepotism and other crimes

Bags of cash, secret rooms: the case against Macau prosecutor

4 Feb 2017 - 11:39am 5
Mourners hold the casket of U Ko Ni during his funeral in Myanmar. Photo: The Irrawaddy

What the murder of a Suu Kyi ally means for Myanmar’s Muslims

6 Feb 2017 - 12:09pm 2
Shaken by scenes of detainees at US airports, skilled tech-industry workers around the world are shopping around for more foreign-friendly places to contribute

If U.S. travel ban crushes Silicon Valley, can Asia pick up the pieces?

3 Feb 2017 - 10:32pm 13
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A cargo plane carrying Mexican bullion and gold worth millions today was downed on Mount Parker in 1947

Missing plane-crash gold on a Hong Kong hillside?

3 Feb 2017 - 12:53pm 7
Jacqueline Lai at a practice session ahead of the Longines Masters of Hong Kong 2016 at AsiaWorld-Expo, in February 2016. Picture: Nora Tam

Meet the people behind the Grand Slam of Indoor Showjumping

3 Feb 2017 - 7:00am
For HK$188,000, you can now indulge your love of all things floral with the Hong Kong-based designer’s striking opal and rubellite ring

Exotic ring by celeb jeweller Payal Shah

6 Feb 2017 - 8:02am
A scene from The Summer Is Gone by Zhang Dalei.

Chinese directors asked to explain state of the nation at Dutch film fest

3 Feb 2017 - 9:02pm
Tala Raassi was imprisoned and beaten in Tehran for wearing a miniskirt at her 16th birthday party, and her memoir will have you thinking on the politics of fashion

Iranian designer Tala Raassi on fashion as freedom

5 Feb 2017 - 3:00pm
King George VI with his wife, Elizabeth, in London, on June 26, 1938. Picture: AFP

From the Post archives: the death of King George VI

5 Feb 2017 - 7:30am
SLPers at the Sleeep capsule hotel, in Sheung Wan.

For some R&R, check in to Sleeep in Hong Kong

4 Feb 2017 - 9:00am
The food writer, who moved from the United States to Taiwan in the 1970s, reveals how she discovered real Chinese food. In her book, she gives recipes that cover the country’s five major gastronomic regions and 35 unique cuisines

The Chinese cookbook you need in your kitchen

4 Feb 2017 - 12:03pm
Pair bought their dream home in city’s Mid-Levels then were able to get the flat below, and combined them into a warm space with plenty of storage for their keepsakes and room for their young daughter

How couple turned two average Hong Kong flats into family duplex

1 Feb 2017 - 3:43pm 1
Irene Rich (left) and May McAvoy in Lady Windermere’s Fan, directed by Ernst Lubitsch.

Flashback: Lady Windermere’s Fan – Ernst Lubitsch’s 1925 classic

4 Feb 2017 - 9:02pm
Now you can stay cool or warm by mixing and layering prints and textures

Six looks from the resort collections

4 Feb 2017 - 8:03am
Olivier Bernard, owner of Domaine du Chevalier. Picture: Domaine du Chevalier

Three great value wines from Bordeaux’s Domaine de Chevalier

3 Feb 2017 - 5:02pm
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Juan-Carlos Torres, CEO of Vacheron Constantin

Luxury CEOs play musical chairs again

6 Feb 2017 - 5:19pm
The Reflections yacht has four cabins with private bathrooms, a jacuzzi, jet skis and a crew of four, including a chef.

Yachting to Cuba: A new option for luxury travellers

6 Feb 2017 - 2:32pm
Lady Gaga performs at the Super Bowl’s halftime show. Gaga has been chosen to introduce a new Tiffany jewellery line. Photo: EPA

Tiffany goes Gaga for Super Bowl ad as CEO resigns

6 Feb 2017 - 11:57am
Nouri, who worked at Cartier before joining Piaget, has had a strong impact on the brand’s jewellery business

Chabi Nouri takes over as Piaget CEO

6 Feb 2017 - 10:51am
Phantom VII prepares to leave the world stage

Rolls-Royce’s last Phantom VII is an exquisite creation

3 Feb 2017 - 3:33pm 1
The Slice couch Pierre Charpin designed for the Cinna division of Ligne Roset

Designer of the year is ‘an explorer at heart’

6 Feb 2017 - 10:58am
Check out these bags, eyewear, fur charm and boots from Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, fendi, Gucci, Jimmy Choo and Louis Vuitton

Six metallic accessories to spice up your wardrobe

5 Feb 2017 - 5:11pm
Play music while you train – or take golf and kayaking to a luxurious level

Seven smart tools to make your workout more hi-tech

1 Feb 2017 - 5:28pm
As far as women are concerned, the best topic for conversation with strangers is shoes

How do women break the ice? Shoes!

31 Jan 2017 - 9:00am
Bulgari, Cartier, John Hardy, Mikimoto, Nirav Modi and De Grisogono use layering to its maximum effect

Six layered jewellery pieces that make eyecatching statements

30 Jan 2017 - 9:00am
Panerai, Chopard, Dior, Juvenia, Jaquet Droz, Bovet 1822 and Vacheron Constantin release models to celebrate the season

Let luxury rooster watches help you celebrate Lunar New Year

27 Jan 2017 - 11:52am
Van Cleef & Arpels’ Noah’s Ark-inspired exhibition comes to Hong Kong in March

Van Cleef & Arpels stages exhibition in HK

27 Jan 2017 - 10:30am
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John Tsang pledges to revisit Article 23 in election manifesto Hong Kong

John Tsang pledges to revisit Article 23 in election manifesto

6 Feb 2017 - 6:51pm
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Meet Kowloon Park’s flamingo caretaker Hong Kong

Meet Kowloon Park’s flamingo caretaker

5 Feb 2017 - 5:30pm
01:53
Markets mull China surprise, euro zone PMIs World

Markets mull China surprise, euro zone PMIs

5 Feb 2017 - 1:04pm
01:41
Former Walled City heroin addict now helps teens quit drugs Hong Kong

Former Walled City heroin addict now helps teens quit drugs

4 Feb 2017 - 4:19pm
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Missing Chinese billionaire Xiao Jianhua: the story so far China

Missing Chinese billionaire Xiao Jianhua: the story so far

3 Feb 2017 - 5:20pm
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Soldier shoots machete-wielder at Paris Louvre World

Soldier shoots machete-wielder at Paris Louvre

4 Feb 2017 - 12:50pm
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Hong Kong news veteran: 40 years behind the lens with David Wong Lifestyle

Hong Kong news veteran: 40 years behind the lens with David Wong

2 Feb 2017 - 5:45pm
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Philippines drug killings continue under police ban Asia

Philippines drug killings continue under police ban

3 Feb 2017 - 1:38pm
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Trump on tough phone calls: 'Don't worry' World

Trump on tough phone calls: 'Don't worry'

3 Feb 2017 - 12:30pm
01:43
Antibiotics used on healthy chickens Hong Kong

Antibiotics used on healthy chickens

1 Feb 2017 - 1:52pm
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Food trucks gearing up for Lunar New Year rollout Hong Kong

Food trucks gearing up for Lunar New Year rollout

1 Feb 2017 - 4:06pm
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Wax versions of Trump, Pena Nieto meet in Mexico City World

Wax versions of Trump, Pena Nieto meet in Mexico City

2 Feb 2017 - 9:54am
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