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A Chinese-born chemist who worked for a decade for one of America's biggest pharmaceutical companies was a cold, calculating murderer who poisoned her husband with an obscure and toxic metal rather than let him divorce her, a judge said as he sentenced her to life in prison.
Updated Wednesday, 2 October, 2013, 4:51am 1 commentChinese ships sailed into Tokyo-controlled waters on Tuesday as Beijing celebrated its National Day and as Japan and the United States prepare for talks on their defence pact.
1 Oct 2013 - 12:57pm 1 comment More on Diaoyu IslandsMillions of Americans will learn on Tuesday what President Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare law actually means for them, as the administration opens new insurance marketplaces in 50 states despite a government shutdown.
1 Oct 2013 - 9:30pm 8 commentsPresident Xi Jinping believes China is losing its moral compass and he wants the ruling Communist Party to be more tolerant of traditional faiths in the hope these will help fill a vacuum created by the country’s breakneck growth and rush to get rich, sources said.
1 Oct 2013 - 10:33am 15 comments More on Xi JinpingAs Chinese infrastructure projects are making inroads into the Democractic Republic of Congo, there are no statistics about Chinese migrants moving to the central African nation.
1 Oct 2013 - 10:51amFormer Communist Party senior leader Zhou Yongkang made a rare public appearance on Tuesday when he paid a visit to the China University of Petroleum on the school’s 60th anniversary.
1 Oct 2013 - 9:21pm More on Zhou YongkangA poll showed that seventy per cent of the elderly in China believe that the cut-off amount for a prospective inheritance tax should be at least 10 million yuan (HK$12.6 million), during a time when death and taxes have been debated more fiercely than ever in China.
1 Oct 2013 - 5:37pm“Welcome to Taiwan,” was how Taiwanese bloggers, with a note of sympathy, hailed a 25-year-old American woman who quit a job at her former Taiwanese employer - Next Media Animation- in a viral “interpretive dance” video that has brought Taiwan’s work culture under the global spotlight.
1 Oct 2013 - 7:26pm 2 commentsQianhai first, Hong Kong next? While Hong Kong officials have been concerned about the impact of Shanghai's free-trade zone, it seems it is already stealing business from Qianhai.
1 Oct 2013 - 10:58am More on Shanghai Free-trade Zone
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The criticism of mainland Chinese tourists has now spread well beyond Hong Kong, with stories about their apparent bad behaviour coming from Vancouver, Paris, Seoul and the Maldives, just to name a few.
Monday, 30 September, 2013, 11:06pm 15 commentsThe visible effect of pollution in China is undeniable. I recently spent two weeks in Beijing, where I grew up, with my family. For the first seven days, the sun did not shine. A hazy layer of greyish-white smog hung over us.
2 Oct 2013 - 2:25amThe night of October 1 last year taught Hebe Cheng Yuen-ki the true meaning of the biblical verse that says it is more blessed to give than to receive.
Updated 2 Oct 2013 - 4:01amIn recent months, a government-sponsored campaign has cropped up on bus shelters and billboards. On one poster, an alien-like creature tosses piles of food into the bin. “Don’t be a big waster. If you can’t finish your food, don’t waste it”, reads the slogan beneath.
Professional letter writers were once a common sight on Hong Kong’s streets, but today only a few survive. In the latest episode of our Uniquely Hong Kong series, we talk to Pun Tse-ching about the dying art
A year after a ferry collision off Lamma Island claimed 39 lives, the government has set no timetable for completing its investigation of the disaster, the deputy transport minister said.
The work needed to be carried out thoroughly, Yau Shing-mu said.
2 Oct 2013 - 3:57am More on Lamma ferry disasterHong Kong universities have been warned to prepare for stiffer challenges from elite mainland institutions that have more money and bigger pools of talent.
2 Oct 2013 - 2:58am 1 commentA new mainland law that bans "forced shopping" has prompted sharp rises in prices for outbound tours. A five-day tour to South Korea organised by the China International Travel Service a year ago cost 4,000 yuan. This year the price is more than 7,000 yuan (HK$8,800).
2 Oct 2013 - 3:46amFormer security tsar Zhou Yongkang voiced strong support for President Xi Jinping yesterday as he re-emerged on the public stage for the first time since being investigated for corruption in August.
2 Oct 2013 - 3:46am More on Zhou YongkangSouth Korea displayed its longest-range missile capable of striking all of North Korea, and other sophisticated weapons, at a military parade yesterday, a display of force meant to show Pyongyang that any provocation would be met with strong retaliation.
2 Oct 2013 - 3:30am More on South KoreaBuddhist mobs killed a 94-year-old Muslim woman and torched more than 70 homes yesterday as sectarian violence again gripped Myanmar's Rakhine state despite a visit by President Thein Sein, officials and residents said.
2 Oct 2013 - 3:30am More on MyanmarUS President Barack Obama slammed Republicans for shutting down the government as part of an "ideological crusade" designed to kill his signature health care law.
Updated 2 Oct 2013 - 4:35am 1 commentUN experts charged with starting the process of verifying and eliminating chemical weapons arrived in Syria on Tuesday for the mission endorsed by the UN Security Council.
1 Oct 2013 - 9:08pm More on Syrian conflictDevelopers may have left themselves very little room for profits by paying high prices for sites on the mainland in recent months, say analysts.
Updated 2 Oct 2013 - 4:30amAustralia's central bank kept its cash rate at a record low of 2.5 per cent yesterday as a report showed past interest rate reductions had lifted home prices to historic highs, although there was little guidance on the chance of further cuts.
Updated 2 Oct 2013 - 4:30amHouse prices in England and Wales posted their biggest month-on-month gain in more than six years in September, but talk of a price bubble is overdone, property analysis firm Hometrack said in a survey on Monday.
1 Oct 2013 - 5:38pmHong Kong developer K Wah International has jumped on the bandwagon of the free-trade zone in Shanghai, hoping its upcoming residential project near the zone may anchor its expansion plans in the mainland's commercial hub.
30 Sep 2013 - 5:02am 2 comments More on K Wah InternationalIn this production, three City Contemporary Dance Company members - Bruce Wong, Lai Tak-wai and Lam Po - were joined by independent choreographer Rebecca Wong.
1 Oct 2013 - 9:15amWith melons that sell for the price of a new car and grapes that go for more than US$100 a pop, Japan is a country where perfectly-formed fruit can fetch a fortune.
1 Oct 2013 - 4:57pmDelta Air Lines plans to buy 11,000 Microsoft Surface 2 tablets for its pilots to replace the heavy bundles of books and maps they haul around now.
Other airlines, including American and United, have been buying Apple’s iPad for that purpose.
1 Oct 2013 - 11:37amCoco Lee is back in the spotlight and telling modern women they can have it all
National Day has always been a launchpad for some of the stars of a season still spread out ahead at this early stage and Gold-Fun and Go Baby Go threw down their credentials for the big league as a race-starved populace cheered.
2 Oct 2013 - 3:45amA severed underground power cable near the rugby pitch at Happy Valley has put further strain on the Hong Kong Rugby Football Union's bid to provide its ever-increasing membership with sufficient facilities on which to train and play.
2 Oct 2013 - 3:47amA remote, ramshackle Henan school is teaching its dwindling student body that only the Great Helmsman himself can save the People's Republic. Xu Donghuan meets a principal who dances to his own, old tune. Pictures by Simon Song.
1 Oct 2013 - 9:54am 2 commentsCeramic artists from all over the mainland are descending on Jingdezhen as the Jiangxi city, famed for its pottery tradition, enjoys a creative renaissance, writes Violet Law.
29 Sep 2013 - 12:48amThe heavens opened on a smog-choked Beijing yesterday, a grey start to National Day.
Snooker is child’s play for Wang Wuka. To know more about his practice on the green baize each day and the highlights of this week.
Selected works by SCMP's veteran political cartoonist Harry Harrison from October 2013.
Xingchaung Tower, 84 meters high, is pictured at Daxing District in Beijing. Due to its special twisted shape, people nicknamed it as "Large Intestine Tower".
The government introduced a minimum wage of HK$28 in May 2011. It was raised in May this year to HK$30. Labour activists say it is far from enough and suggest HK$35 would be more equitable.
The heavens opened on a smog-choked Beijing yesterday, a grey start to National Da
Selected works by SCMP's veteran political cartoonist Harry Harrison from October
