Liberal Democracies

19 Sep 2012

Hongkongers have grown even more pessimistic about the city's future after fewer than three months under Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying's leadership than they were in the aftermath of a 500,000-...

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Diplomacy, not nationalism is way forward in island disputes

16 Aug 2012

Nationalism has no place where territorial disputes are concerned. Sovereignty claims have to be resolved through diplomacy.

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Down, not out

12 Jul 2012

Sixty-one years ago, a perceptive ambassador to the US and UN from Lebanon, Charles Malik, told an American college audience: 'The challenges confronting the Western world are basically three: the...

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Thinking things through

24 Dec 2011

Chinese people have better environmental awareness than the Japanese, a recent survey indicates.

Hong Kong China News Agency reported that a research firm in Tokyo had surveyed 300...

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Talking points

16 Nov 2011

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

New Greek government faces confidence vote

12:45AM

Mending the euro's cracks

8 Nov 2011

The Greek tragedy continues with no easy end in sight, threatening to trigger a crisis in the euro, which could smash the European Union and deal a cruel blow to global growth, which in turn could...

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Opinion

Wang Xiangwei

Placating graduates a work in progress

5:24AM

George Chen

For HSBC, the first love is apparently not the deepest

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Talking points

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

Mainland office on Taiwan affairs meets media

11:00PM

Greenheart shares go in the red

Greenheart Group, the Hong Kong-listed unit of beleaguered logging company Sino-Forest, lost a third of its value yesterday after a trading halt on its shares was lifted and...

8:40PM

Distant forests hide shady deals

The deeper one looks into Sino-Forest Corp, the Toronto-listed Chinese logging firm that has been engulfed by allegations of fraud, the more questions emerge.

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Japan accelerates expansion in China

A strengthening yen and a shrinking population is driving Japanese companies to accelerate their expansion into the China market.

5:07PM

Corrections & clarifications

An article on B1 yesterday, 'Fraud claims pulp Greenheart stock', incorrectly said Greenheart Group owns tree plantations in New Zealand, Suriname, Guyana and French Guiana. It should have said...

12:03PM

Carmakers yet to feel full impact of Japan crisis

The crisis in Japan might take a heavy toll on China's vehicle industry in May, as automobile component exports from Japan fall and mainland companies use up existing stocks.

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