State Media

Media urges Beijing to get tough with North Korea

7 Feb 2013

China should exact a heavy price from North Korea if it carries out a planned nuclear test, state-run media said yesterday in an unusually strongly worded call for action by Pyongyang's closest...

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State media report Wang Lijun charges carefully

9 Sep 2012

The state media handle few issues with more sensitivity than a high-profile criminal case with political implications for some of the nation's top leaders.

10:56AM

The good old days may be long gone

22 Sep 2011

'Respect for the old and care for the young are traditional virtues of the Chinese people'.

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The good old days of Good Samaritans are gone for good

12 Sep 2011

Respect for the old and care for the young are traditional virtues of the Chinese people'. For centuries, mainlanders have been brought up with that tenet instilled in their minds, through...

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At last, a ray of sunshine for the embattled SMEs

5 Sep 2011

These days, the mainland's toiling entrepreneurs of small and medium-sized enterprises are a wretched lot.

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The danger of muzzling the media

9 Aug 2011

Over and over since the high-speed rail crash at Wenzhou , the central government has stressed that it is committed to transparency. Premier Wen Jiabao has made the pledge and so, too, has the...

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Opinion

Hari Kumar

Workers pay the price for our bargains

5:20AM

Howard Winn

Barry Cheung makes waves in Moscow

3:47AM

On the whole, attitudes easing towards gays

We intended to welcome signs of increasing tolerance by mainland authorities. That was before Beijing police forced organisers of the mainland's first gay pageant to cancel it, just an hour...

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Where following safe-sex guidelines can be anything but safe

Safe sex on the mainland can make you sick, kill you or get your girlfriend pregnant. That's because up to a third of the prophylactics may be fake in some areas.

6:43PM

Henan punter wins 360m yuan

A lucky punter in Henan province has won the mainland's biggest lottery payout yet with a jackpot of almost 360 million yuan (HK$409 million).

7:52AM

Former justice chief had his own 'Fort Knox'

The former justice bureau chief who fell in the Chongqing organised-crime investigation apparently had his own version of Fort Knox.

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Luke Johnson

How long have you lived in Beijing?

Nine months.

Why did you come?

It was a chance pretty much unprecedented in my lifetime to be able to have a front row seat...

8:39PM

Journalists welcome revision of rules on reporting emergencies

Mainland journalists have cautiously welcomed a revision to the draft law on emergency management which has dropped a controversial clause prohibiting unauthorised media reports on emergencies.

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