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Mao concerts hit wrong note for Australians – and Chinese soft power

A woman in Melbourne takes a picture of a portrait of Mao Zedong by Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei. Photo: AFP

Chinese credit quality to improve over next two years, says Fitch

Mainland firms to enjoy better cash flow and reduced bank loans, thanks to central government support

China’s shadow banking system now 78pc of GDP and growing, says Moody’s

Mixed opinions on China’s H2 economic outlook

Analysts say private investment and over reliance on state investment to boost growth could add to the ongoing buildup of debt, all of which cast doubt on China hitting its targeted 6.7per cent Q2 growth in GDP. Photo: Xinhua

Online travel firms adapt to cut in air ticket commissions

According to the Civil Aviation of China, international airline passenger numbers grew 34.5 per cent last year, more than triple the growth rate of domestic airline passengers, which was 9.2 per cent. Photo: AP

SUVs, electric cars to drive China’s auto sales in second half

China’s new car sales growth beats global average but online and used car sales lag behind other markets

Property investors readjust their sights away from the UK

The London skyline from Waterloo Bridge. The recent Brexit vote has left potential Chinese buyers of British property sitting on the fence, say agents. With many looking to Canada, Australia and the US as safer alternatives. Photo: Niklas Halle’n, AFP.

Hong Kong residential land prices fall up to 20pc in first half, says JLL

Potential buyers and real estate agents stand in line last month, outside the sales office of Park Yoho Venezia, a residential property developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties. Photo: Anthony Kwan, Bloomberg

Car sales sentiment improves in June, fuelled by government polices

A new gauge of car-buying sentiment in China suggests consumers are still willing to spent on a new vehicle, but it said government incentive schemes continue to play a strong part in maintaining growth in the sector. Photo: Reuters stringer

Exit of P2P lenders from Shanghai office market poses a challenge

Sharp drop in property deals over first post-Brexit weekend

Real estate agents waiting last weekend for potential buyers outside the sales office of Park Yoho Venezia, a residential property developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd in Hong Kong. Anthony Kwan, Bloomberg

Wealthy mainland Chinese eye bargain homes in UK as Brexit delivers ‘10 per cent discount’

While some investors are keen to buy at lower prices brought about by a weaker pound, experts warn that market uncertainties increase short term risk

New Balance loses appeal over copyright violation in China but sees damages slashed

A New Balance store in Zhengzhou in Henan province. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Chinese prodigy gains special offer to study Marxist theory at university

Huang Yibo, a Chinese student who has been given a special offer to enrol at Wuhan University. Photo: Thepaper.cn

Daily ReportHong Kong stocks extend gains as Brexit fears continue easing

The Hang Seng Index edged higher by 0.77 per cent or 158.24 points to close at 20,668.44. Photo: Dickson Lee

Rewards to kill stray dogs in county in northern China sparks fierce debate online

A dogcatcher pictured trying to catch a stray. Photo: Thepaper.cn

Chinese hospital patient ‘attacks boy, 10, with meat cleaver on school bus in retaliation for being pushed by child’s father’

The boy is now recovering from his wounds in hospital. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Daily ReportMainland Chinese stocks cap worst week since May as Brexit concerns linger

The Hang Seng Index closed up 0.7 per cent on Friday. For the week, it sank 4.1 per cent, the biggest decline since early May. Photo: Edward Wong

Uniformed officers in China bash man on the street for failing to produce his ID

Li Gang is wrestled to the ground and beaten by uniformed men in Dongguan late last month. Photo: Information Times

Expectant mother tries to kill herself and unborn child by swallowing 30 razor blades after row with Chinese husband’s parents

Fragments of the razor blades that doctors removed from the stomach of a Vietnamese expectant mother, who swalloêwed them after a row with her Chinese husband’s parents. Photo: SCMP Pictures

The lollipop kids: naked Chinese toddler, 2, leaves home with twin brother and sister, 1, only in diapers – all sucking sweets – as mum sleeps

The three children were spotted by police after their ‘great escape’ - only a block from their home. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Chinese newlyweds discover they were pictured together at wedding as small children, years before they formally met

The couple as children pictured at the wedding in 1996. Photo: News.qq.com

How Chinese boy, 4, got his head stuck in an L-shaped pipe ... and ‘turned into extraterrestrial ET’

The Chinese boy was unable to call for help after getting his head trapped in the pipe. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Round ’em up: New Zealand professor becomes ‘traffic conductor’ in southwest China

New Zealander ‘Bruce’ directs traffic at a busy intersection in Guiyang, Guizhou province. Photo: SCMP Pictures
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Illegal gambling den where poker players can lose millions exposed by undercover reporter in Beijing

Gamblers playing at the illegal poker den. Photo: The Beijing News

Chinese teenager saved as he posts live feed of suicide attempt after being bitten by pet cobra

A photograph from the live online feed showing the wound on the teenager’s thumb caused by the snake bite. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Rainstorm creates havoc for Pearl Delta airports

More than 100 flights departing from and arriving at Guangzhou and Shenzhen were cancelled and almost all others delayed in Saturday’s storm. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Police called after girl, 19, cuts herself to write love notes in blood outside boy’s home

The 19-year-old wrote ‘love notes’ to her crush using her own blood. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Video captures moment Chinese bus driver is killed after flying tyre from truck hits him

A flying tyre killed the bus driver on the spot in eastern China’s Zhejiang province last Friday. Photo: SCMP Pictures
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Adoptive parents wish for social welfare scheme for teenage daughter afflicted with cerebral palsy

Adoptive parents Zhao Yuchun (right) and his wife Li Huanmei with their adopted autistic daughter, Zhao Likun, aged 15. Photo: SCMP Pictures

A job fit for a queen: Chinese ‘empresses’ among 500 candidates seeking jobs as flight attendants

More than 500 people attended interviews for just 40 jobs as Chinese flight attendants. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Huge brawl erupts at train station in China in row over ‘invalid tickets’

A man injured during the fighting. Photo: Sohu.com

China’s ‘little emperors’ vandalise art in Shanghai museum as their mothers film the act

Mothers film their sons vandalise artist Shelly Xue’s creation at Shanghai Museum of Glass. Photo: SCMP Pictures
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Topless, suicidal Chinese disrupts traffic, causes public distress

A video footage shows a topless, suicidal man is jumping from the traffic lamp post in Changsha city, Hunan province. Photo: SCMP Pictures
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Chinese woman poses as 10-yuan-a-throw ‘human dartboard’ to fund sister’s life-saving leukaemia treatment

Pictures of Ji Jiali circulating on social media initially sparked widespread criticism. Photo: Sina.com

Four wildlife smugglers sentenced for trading in wild red pandas in southwest China

Two of the four wildlife smugglers, who have been sentenced up to 10 years, for illegal hunting, transporting and trading of six endangered wild red pandas. Photo: SCMP Pictures

650,000 yuan lost in telecoms scams at single university in China

A man talks on his mobile phone in Beijing. Mainland police have intensified their efforts against telecoms scams in recent months. Photo: Reuters

Two Chinese women pay through their nose for ‘cancer treatment’ on a trip to Thailand

One of the victims show counterfeit beauty products to the investigating authorities. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Chinese girl, 12, survives after knife thrown into the back of her head

The knife lodged in the girl’s skull. Photo: Sina.com

‘I felt like a prisoner on death row’: Chinese farmer who lived with wrong diagnosis of Aids for almost a decade

Hunan farmer Yang Shoufa was abandoned by his family and ostracised by society after the Aids diagnosis. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Chinese thief who pledged to steal a million yuan in a year nabbed by police

The suspects were caught on video breaking into an apartment. Photo: Chongqing Evening News

Pilot whale stranded on beach in southern China

The whale stranded in Hainan. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Return to sender: Chinese customs officers discover delivery of giant cockroaches from Germany in the mail

The four boxes of giant cockroaches from Germany found by customs officers in Chengu. Photo: West China City Daily
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