Global Times

China's party paper turned on by Hillary Clinton's 'bisexuality'

17 May 2013

In the wake of its apparent aversion to virgins - as expressed in its recent article "Never Sleep With a Virgin", China’s nationalist newspaper, the Global Times, seems enthusiastic about lesbians...

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Party papers remark on Hong Kong quake donation furore

7 May 2013

Two Communist Party mouthpieces yesterday reported the controversy in Hong Kong over the HK$100 million donation to earthquake victims in Sichuan - pointing the finger at the Red Cross Society of...

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Global Times blasts social media's 'excessive' supervision of luxury military vehicles

3 May 2013

After China’s online community posted startling photos of luxury cars bearing military licence plates - flouting new restrictions that came into effect on Wednesday, Chi

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Group says state-newspaper has got it wrong on PLA berth issue

26 Apr 2013

The newspaper also said the Civic Party was trying to remove the People's Liberation Army from the Central pier to prevent possible army intervention in the brewing "Occupy Central" pro-democracy...

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'Intense' farming in China's developed areas blamed in bird flu risk

7 Apr 2013

“Normally, diseases are likely to break out in poor areas. Why is it the other way around in China?” a Global Times editorial said. “In China’s southern and eastern coastal areas, agriculture,...

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Bow to populism on milk powder

9 Mar 2013

Why do mainland mothers so desperately want to buy baby milk powder in Hong Kong, even at vastly inflated prices? We all know why. They don't trust what's sold on the mainland. So what does the...

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Opinion

Worrying economic parallels between China and India

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Howard Winn

Elsie Leung caught up in Rusal's byzantine politics

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Life is not meant to be a bed of roses. You can't run away, you need to remain upbeat

Former lawmaker Audrey Eu on staying in politics after a tumour was found close to her brain

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China hints at ‘heavy price’ for North Korea nuclear test

China should exact a “heavy price” from North Korea if an imminent nuclear test goes ahead, state-run media said on Wednesday in their strongest call yet.

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Global Times attacked over editorial on Southern Weekly

The Global Times, a nationalist tabloid newspaper on the mainland, has come under unprecedented criticism from internet users and journalists following its publication of an editorial on Monday...

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I think we all understand the incursions being made by China … do pose a threat to the stability of the region

Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario on tensions in the South China...

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Chinese netizens turn to metaphors to condemn, evade censorship

If you think an ability to read Chinese is the prime skill required to understand China, you are wrong. Living in a country with harsh online censorship, you also need to understand Chinese...

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