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Hong Kong
- Hong Kong clinic reduces risk factors for those recovering from strokes
- Convenor of Hong Kong’s Executive Council hopes to ‘limit impact’ of Beijing Basic Law interpretation
- Xi Jinping sends anti-independence warning to Hong Kong
- Hong Kong cabbie arrested for hoax 999 calls on murder, robbery, exploding air-conditioner and more
- Too early to ‘grade’ CY Leung’s performance, engineer group contesting Election Committee polls says
- Mong Kok residents, investors give thumbs down to plan for legal food bazaar
- How a hearing-impaired Hong Kong youth made it to college and now aspires to be a legislator
- Joseph Lau’s ex-girlfriend says she doesn’t want court battle as tycoon prepares for estate fight
- Hong Kong Legco president and two more lawmakers’ oaths under legal challenge by ex-civil servant
- Beijing ruling a victory for pragmatism, but there may be a silver lining
- Hong Kong’s history-making football manager Chan Yuen-ting and activist singer Denise Ho named among BBC’s ‘100 Women of 2016’
- Toppled truck on flyover scatters bricks and halts traffic, rerouting more than 20 bus services
- Thieves make off with HK$200,000 of cash and valuables from luxury Hong Kong home
China
- No toilets, water or heating ... China’s migrants still living on margins despite promise of reform
- Why China’s biggest online nut vendor Three Squirrels takes management lessons from Mao
- China’s Xi Jinping casts net wider in search for top Communist talent
- Malaysia’s economy just got a US$33 billion boost from China... so why the unhappiness?
- Chinese watchdogs team up to track forex flows in race to close tax loopholes
- What Asia-Pacific trade pacts could replace the TPP?
- Xi Jinping, Abe meet briefly on Apec sidelines ... but China and Japan give differing accounts of it
- Flights cancelled as snow hits Beijing, with forecasts warning winter’s chill ‘coldest in 30 years’
- Chinese villager finds ‘cultural seal’ ... that turns out to be rare spider first recorded 1,000 years ago
- This is what stalled the Shenzhen-HK trading link
- As TPP falters, China steps up charm offensive to woo Asian nations on board Beijing-led trade pact
- China takes in fleeing Myanmese as it calls for end to conflict in border area
- Chinese driver’s GPS leaves him stranded in muddy ditch
World
- Lessons for Mosul: Libyan forces in Sirte on the cusp of victory against Islamic State
- Drought-hit women forced to resort to eating less or selling sex for food, climate conference told
- Sarkozy crashes out of French presidential race after courting far-right with rhetoric on Muslims
- Thatcher fan Francois Fillon, surprise frontrunner in France's presidential battle
- Trump explains why wife Melania won’t be moving to the White House with him, for now
- Asia-Pacific summit closes with call to work for free trade and push back against protectionism
- Pet monkey incident triggers Libya clashes, leaving 20 people dead and 50 injured
- Famed food critic A.A. Gill reveals cancer diagnosis with gusto: ‘There is barely a morsel of offal that is not included...’
- From bling to bust: the broken dreams of Nicolas Sarkozy, France’s divisive ex-president
- Britain’s Royal Navy no longer rules the waves, thanks to ‘pathetically low’ number of ships, MPs warn
- British navy fires flares to warn off Spanish ship near Gibraltar
- James Mattis, touted by Trump as possible Pentagon chief, is a ‘mad dog’ with a cerebral side
- Obama’s farewell foreign tour turns sombre, as Trump’s election puts his legacy in jeopardy
- WHO convention and Korea’s tobacco control policy
Asia
- Malaysia’s economy just got a US$33 billion boost from China... so why the unhappiness?
- A cold snap: Snow, the South Korean Snapchat clone that’s got China covered
- Asia-Pacific summit closes with call to work for free trade and push back against protectionism
- Chong: Peaceful assemblies are proof of reforms in Malaysia
- India crash raises concerns of underinvestment in railway as toll hits 142
- Fresh clampdown on Malaysian activists reveals Najib’s ‘failed governance’, critics say
- Frustrated by search efforts, MH370 families will launch own hunt for aircraft debris in Africa
- Russia’s Vladimir Putin pours cold water on Japan’s hopes for an easy resolution to islands dispute
- Japan, Vietnam reiterate joint efforts to peacefully resolve South China Sea disputes
- WHO convention and Korea’s tobacco control policy
- Samsung and Panasonic accused over supply chain labour abuses in Malaysia
Business
Companies
- Alibaba transforms wealthy shopaholics into an online marketing squad
- Tencent-backed Hollywood studio STX Entertainment eyes Hong Kong IPO
- China Overseas Land reassures investors after CEO’s sudden resignation
- Chinese consumers are making a major pivot as the falling yuan dampens appetite for overseas shopping holidays
- Blockbusters and virtual reality could help IMAX China turn its fortunes around, say analysts
Global Economy
Comment
Insight & Opinion
- Get creative with underground space
- Meng Hongwei’s election as head of Interpol can act as a bridge
- Some day, we might miss the world’s policeman
- Don’t expect US, Russia and China’s emerging superpower club to help global recovery
- In can-do Hong Kong, a can’t-do government calls the shots
- We stick labels on China – or the US – at our own peril
- Hong Kong needs a data revolution at the very top
- Beijing ruling a victory for pragmatism, but there may be a silver lining
Lifestyle
Sport
Soccer
- No bookings since September and 10 goals in 12 games – no wonder Antonio Conte says Diego Costa is ‘one of best strikers in the world’
- Leicester’s Jamie Vardy won’t regain magic touch by sulking, says Alan Shearer
- Hong Kong’s history-making football manager Chan Yuen-ting and activist singer Denise Ho named among BBC’s ‘100 Women of 2016’
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An extremely rare Pokemon trading card -- the “Pikachu Illustrator” -- was purchased for a record US$54,970 at auction, organisers of the sale said Monday.
Updated 22 Nov 2016 - 7:29am






