Individualism

Europe has only itself to blame

26 Jul 2012

Capitalism in the West is not only deficient and diseased but is not working.

Kevin Rafferty

SCMP Business, July 25

10:18PM

Time to triumph

2 Mar 2012

1 Baking creme brulee

Creme brulee is delicious. I like to make a lot of them and just ... gobble.

Wong Kai-to

2 Clay sculpture

8:52AM

Darling of DIY designs

17 Feb 2012

Many of the clothes in Geneva Vanderzeil's colourful closet appear to have come straight from the runways. There are striking statement pieces that seem bang on trend and expensive.

7:36AM

Don't throw baby out with bathwater

17 Oct 2011

Anger against bankers and the financial sector is understandable in the present climate. But calling for the death of capitalism, as many Occupy Central protesters were chanting yesterday, seems...

10:21PM

Whose side is Civic Party on, Liberals ask

11 Aug 2011

The Liberal Party is ratcheting up its challenge to the Civic Party over its stance on foreign domestic helpers' rights to permanent residency.

4:45PM

Cautionary lesson in human rights

13 Jun 2011

Since the subject of liberal studies was introduced for the diploma of secondary education two years ago it has been taught under rather liberal guidelines without a fixed syllabus.

12:19PM

Opinion

The last straw for Terry Wong?

2:53PM

Alex Lo

We need a sober view of sexual violence

3 comments

4:10AM

Do it yourself

Listen to five people talking about the do's and don'ts of DIY and then answer the questions.

1 What does Jenny think about people who do DIY as a hobby?

a. she...

8:08AM

An open market will herald wider freedoms

Despite continuing negative press in recent human rights reports, including the Freedom House survey, China is on a path likely to lead to democracy - eventually.

7:10AM

Unaccountable leaders can never deliver 'good' governance

Alex Lo is right to note that democracy is a concept with numerous connotations ('Unbalanced minds', January 28) and Western nations can learn much from the willingness of pre-1980s-born Chinese...

10:24AM

China cannot move forward from a jail cell

Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo faces 15 years in jail for inciting subversion. The indictment cites as evidence a document he co-authored known as Charter 08 and articles published on the internet,...

2:42PM

Craze for DIY plumbs new depths

It started well for amateur submariner Tao Xiangli , as his home-made underwater craft slid below the surface of an idyllic rural lake, watched by an entire village.

1:54PM

Letters

Students can aid their own development

Your editorial ('A valuable learning experience for students', August 14) rightly welcomed the introduction of compulsory internships as part...

2:43PM