Boycott

25 Apr 2013

Students of Somerville College, Oxford, whose alumni include Margaret Thatcher, plan to boycott a college ball next month if plans go ahead to display a live shark in a tank as entertainment at...

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Gay rights campaigners give up on forum flop

10 Mar 2013

Gay rights activists are boycotting a government initiative that they say has done nothing to help their cause since it was launched more than eight years ago and is merely being used as a...

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Chinese tourists boycott Maldives resort amid claims of discrimination

8 Mar 2013

Cup noodle fans should think twice when booking holidays in the Maldives, according to several Chinese travel agencies. Some luxury resorts have stopped providing Chinese guests with hot water to...

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Japanese car sales slump in China amid row

8 Jan 2013

Japan's top three carmakers said yesterday that sales in mainland China slumped last year as a consumer boycott sparked by a territorial row took a heavy toll.

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Egypt judges up political stakes with referendum boycott

3 Dec 2012

Egyptian judges refused on Sunday to oversee a referendum due in less than two weeks on a controversial new constitution drafted by an Islamist-dominated panel, sharply upping the stakes of a...

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Shiite minority main victors in Kuwait parliamentary poll hit by boycott

3 Dec 2012

The Shiite minority emerged the main victors in Kuwait's parliamentary polls - boycotted by the opposition which considered the new assembly illegitimate - amid poor voter turnout.

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Opinion

Alex Lo

Survey exposes racism's shameful face

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Alice Wu

Security chief's remarks on rape are illogical and misguided

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Australian Open officials confident despite reports of player boycott

Tennis Australia said yesterday it was confident players would not boycott the Australian Open over a prize money disagreement, but it was taking the threat seriously.

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Hong Kong class boycotts over Moral and National Education plan averted

Schools are unlikely to introduce classes in moral and national education in the next three years, making a threat by teachers to boycott such classes next month moot, a leading opponent of the...

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Principals' group calls for online forum to discuss national education

A leading group of school principals has called on the government to set up an internet forum to consult the public on national education teaching materials related to sensitive historic events,...

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Boycott 'will not work'

Joshua Wong Chi-fung, the convenor of Scholarism, said the teachers' union's call on educators to stay away from classes in September in protest at a new national-education curriculum has little...

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Slice of Life

From the South China Morning Post this week in: 1973

Hongkong, April 13

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Hypocritical call

The so-called orgy arranged by Japanese tourists in Zhuhai last month has understandably caused a furore in the local, Chinese and Japanese media.

Scandalous behaviour no doubt, but...

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