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Talking Points

2 Oct 2012

Record attempt marks 15 years since handover

2:57AM

Who said it?

2 Jun 2012

We may have our differences politically, but the presidency transcends those differences

U.S. President Barack Obama, welcomes predecessor George W. Bush (above) back to the White...

4:26PM

Who said it?

25 Mar 2012

If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon

U.S. President Barack Obama on Trayvon Martin, a black Florida teenager shot dead on February 26 by neighbourhood watch volunteer George...

11:06AM

How Irish eyes smiled on Xi

29 Feb 2012

What a study in contrasts it was when leader-in-waiting Vice-President Xi Jinping went travelling this month.

8:43AM

Who said it?

17 Dec 2011

Kids do make mistakes ... the next thing the club will do is to give him a helping hand

Sapling team manager Philip Lee Fai-lap on player Iu Wai (pictured) confessing to match-...

3:29AM

Who's really working the system to their advantage?

9 Oct 2011

'What is also true is that China has been very aggressive in gaming the trading system to its advantage.'

US President Barack Obama
SCMP, October 7

9:30PM

Opinion

Worrying economic parallels between China and India

Updated 3:33AM

Howard Winn

Elsie Leung caught up in Rusal's byzantine politics

Updated 3:35AM

Events

Today: Austrian Chamber of Commerce lunch: 'Outlook on Austrian business'. Kee Club, Central.

American Chamber of Commerce event: 'Opportunities and challenges in...

8:17PM

Talking points

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Security Bureau meeting over Manila tragedy claims

5:07PM

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Our editors will be looking ahead to these stories today ...

Civil servants await pay fate

10:23AM

Ask what Asia can do for the US and Obama

The agreement on free trade concluded this month between the United States and South Korea is important not only for the two countries; there are wider implications for the US and Asia.

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7:10AM

Signs of good leadership

After Barack Obama's recent visit to the mainland, many people have been comparing the American leader with President Hu Jintao . I am not very familiar with politics so I cannot comment on their...

2:56PM

Obama choice threatens credibility of Nobel Prize

The Nobel Peace Prize elevates US President Barack Obama to the company of icons of his race such as Martin Luther King, Bishop Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela. The question is why, and why now...

7:52AM