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China announces corruption probe into former security chief Zhou Yongkang
Update
Beijing yesterday announced an official investigation into former
security chief Zhou Yongkang, shattering the decades-old political taboo
of not prosecuting the highest ranking Communist Party officials for
corruption.Wednesday, 30 July, 2014, 9:52am 13 comments More on Zhou Yongkang
Dozens of axe-wielding attackers shot dead by police during attacks in Xinjiang
Dozens of people, ethnic Han and Uygur, were killed or injured in
at least one terror attack in the restive Xinjiang region early on
Monday, state media reported late last night.30 Jul 2014 - 8:59am 7 comments
Macau gambling kingpin facing charges in the US was an envoy for San Marino
Asian gambling kingpin Paul Phua Wei-seng was San Marino's
ambassador to Montenegro for more than three years until the tiny city
state revoked his diplomatic status shortly after his arrest in Las
Vegas.30 Jul 2014 - 9:49am
Canada blames Chinese hackers for attack on National Research Council
Canada yesterday took the unusual step of singling out Chinese
hackers for attacking a key computer network and lodged a protest with
Beijing, raising tensions at a time when Ottawa wants to boost oil sales
to China.30 Jul 2014 - 1:36am
Globetrotting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seeks to outdo Chinese diplomacy
By this time next week Shinzo Abe will have visited 47 nations
since taking office in 2012, after an itinerary encompassing six Latin
American and Caribbean cities in nine days.30 Jul 2014 - 9:30am 1 comment
Ebola death prompts fears disease could spread through air travel
Unsettling questions face health workers in the challenge to
prevent the spread of one of the deadliest diseases known to man as it
grips West Africa.30 Jul 2014 - 9:08am
Travellers turn to trains as military drills delay flights
Together with another airport in Pudong, at least 71 flights from
the two Shanghai airports were cancelled as the People's Liberation Army
began an exercise on the southeast coast.30 Jul 2014 - 8:32am 1 comment
The rise and fall of Zhou Yongkang: From rural Jiangsu to the corridors of power
For nearly a decade, the burly son of a poor family in rural
Jiangsu was one of the most powerful men in China, but now he is just a
detainee at the mercy of the party’s anti-graft agency.30 Jul 2014 - 9:10am More on Zhou Yongkang
Xi Jinping strengthens his grip with Zhou Yongkang takedown... but what next?
Analysis With the launch of the formal investigation into former Politburo Standing Committee member Zhou Yongkang, President Xi Jinping has consolidated power in a way that eluded his predecessors.30 Jul 2014 - 9:07am 2 comments More on Focus
Zhou Yongkang's son made fortune through father's connections, not business acumen
The photo in the corporate records of a Beijing energy investment firm shows Zhou Bin looking solemn and not unlike his father, former security tsar Zhou Yongkang.30 Jul 2014 - 9:09am More on Zhou Yongkang
China confirms Microsoft under investigation for breach of antitrust regulations
29 Jul 2014 - 10:14pm
PLA's drills may help Shinzo Abe's cause to lift ban on army, expert says
30 Jul 2014 - 7:55am 1 comment
More Headlines
- Tourist litter blamed for invasion of rats in famous Paris garden
- South Korean driver of Sewol owner gives himself up to prosecutors
- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s approval rating falls to less than 50pc
- Japanese murder suspect, 16, says she ‘wanted to dissect’ someone
- US pushes back against Israeli media’s ‘misinformation campaign’ against Kerry
- Israeli army asks residents to leave Gaza City as attacks resume
- 'Talk to me' badges aimed at making London less lonely
- Lizard love space test back from brink as Russia contacts lost satellite
- Fist bumps more hygienic than shaking hands, says researcher
- Pangolins are being 'eaten to extinction': conservationists
- US gun maker Smith & Wesson fined US$2m for bribery overseas
- Red alert for China flights as airports axe landings, restrict services during PLA exercises
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Insight
Limiting mainland visitors counters Hong Kong's open doors policy
Few places in the world are so confident and so well positioned for
the future as to be able to seriously consider deliberately damaging
nearly 5 per cent of the economy.30 Jul 2014 - 4:41am 5 comments
Focus
Xi Jinping strengthens his grip with Zhou Yongkang takedown... but what next?
Analysis
With the launch of the formal investigation into former Politburo
Standing Committee member Zhou Yongkang, President Xi Jinping has
consolidated power in a way that eluded his predecessors.30 Jul 2014 - 9:07am 2 comments
Harry's View
30 Jul 2014
Hong Kong
POLITICS
Carrie Lam tells Occupy democracy ‘will never be achieved’ through civil disobedience
Organisers of the pro-democracy Occupy Central movement expressed disappointment on Tuesday after the city’s No 2 official told them their goal would “never be achieved” through civil disobedience.30 Jul 2014 - 9:18am 29 comments More on Occupy Central
POLITICS
30 Jul 2014 - 8:36am
'Thrash out the issues in subcommittees'
The beleaguered chairman of the Legislative Council Finance Committee has urged lawmakers to settle their disputes before bringing contentious matters to the committee for a vote.30 Jul 2014 - 8:36am
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- Mainland tourists’ satisfaction with Hong Kong hits four-year record, study finds
- Anti-Occupy Central campaign plans march in protest of sit-in threat
- First review: Jamie Oliver opens doors to Hong Kong restaurant Jamie's Italian
- Dead man's family says hospital ignored him
- Antique vase snatched in raid on shipping magnate's home
China
zhou yongkang
Xi Jinping strengthens his grip with Zhou Yongkang takedown... but what next?
Analysis With the launch of the formal investigation into former Politburo Standing Committee member Zhou Yongkang, President Xi Jinping has consolidated power in a way that eluded his predecessors.30 Jul 2014 - 9:07am 2 comments More on Focus
CORRUPTION
30 Jul 2014 - 9:29am 13 comments More on Zhou Yongkang
China announces corruption probe into former security chief Zhou Yongkang
Update Beijing yesterday announced an official investigation into former security chief Zhou Yongkang, shattering the decades-old political taboo of not prosecuting the highest ranking Communist Party officials for corruption.30 Jul 2014 - 9:29am 13 comments More on Zhou Yongkang
SECURITY
Dozens of axe-wielding attackers shot dead by police during attacks in Xinjiang
30 Jul 2014 7 commentsMore China news
- Travellers turn to trains as military drills delay flights
- The rise and fall of Zhou Yongkang: From rural Jiangsu to the corridors of power
- Targeted measures to spur growth
- Zhou Yongkang's son made fortune through father's connections, not business acumen
- PLA's drills may help Shinzo Abe's cause to lift ban on army, expert says
Asia
DIPLOMACY: ANALYSIS
Globetrotting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seeks to outdo Chinese diplomacy
By this time next week Shinzo Abe will have visited 47 nations since taking office in 2012, after an itinerary encompassing six Latin American and Caribbean cities in nine days.30 Jul 2014 - 9:30am 1 comment
AFGHANISTAN
29 Jul 2014 - 5:13pm
Karzai’s cousin and Ghani ally killed in Afghan suicide attack
President Hamid Karzai’s powerful cousin, a close ally of presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani, was killed on Tuesday in a suicide bomb attack at his home in the southern province of Kandahar.29 Jul 2014 - 5:13pm
More Asia news
- Japanese murder suspect, 16, says she ‘wanted to dissect’ someone
- US gun maker Smith & Wesson fined US$2m for bribery overseas
- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s approval rating falls to less than 50pc
- Malaysia mourns MH17 and MH370, even as it celebrates end of Ramadan
- 19 heading home for Eid gunned down by Abu Sayyaf in southern Philippines
World
MIDDLE EAST
Israel hits Gaza power plant and destroys home of Hamas leader
Israel knocked out Gaza's only power plant, flattened the home of a Hamas leader and pounded dozens of other high-profile targets in the enclave yesterday.30 Jul 2014 - 1:16am
DISEASE
30 Jul 2014 - 9:08am
Ebola death prompts fears disease could spread through air travel
Unsettling questions face health workers in the challenge to prevent the spread of one of the deadliest diseases known to man as it grips West Africa.30 Jul 2014 - 9:08am
More World news
- Pussy Riot members suing Moscow in European Court of Human Rights
- Canada blames Chinese hackers for attack on National Research Council
- Gaza’s sole power plant knocked out by Israeli strike
- Israeli army asks residents to leave Gaza City as attacks resume
- US accuses Russia of violating nuclear treaty with mid-range missile tests
China Insider
EDUCATION
Peking University students win bittersweet victory against ‘elitist’ academy
29 Jul 2014 1 comment
E-COMMERCE
China’s top online cosmetics seller apologises for fake goods sold on its website
29 Jul 2014 1 comment
HEALTH
Chinese prostitutes as young as 15 suffering high STD and abortion rates, study reveals
29 Jul 2014
LEGAL
Chinese judge probed after marrying woman he granted almost everything to in divorce case
29 Jul 2014
MUSIC
Terrible rendition of China's national anthem makes Venezuelan military band a laughing stock
24 Jul 2014 4 comments
TECHNOLOGY
Look familiar? Xiaomi reveals its newest answer to the iPhone - the Mi4
23 Jul 2014 2 comments
VIDEO GAMING
Chinese gamers win US$5m top prize in international video game tournament
24 Jul 2014 1 comment
ENTERTAINMENT
Chinese farmer who makes giant Transformers from car parts cashes in on success of film
22 Jul 2014 4 comments
Business
ACQUISITIONS
Singapore's OCBC wraps up takeover of Wing Hang Bank
Singapore's Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp completed its buyout of Wing Hang Bank yesterday for HK$38.4 billion and now plans to take the Hong Kong lender private.30 Jul 2014 - 1:25am
CURRENCIES
30 Jul 2014 - 8:42am More on Renminbi
Singapore beats London as offshore yuan hubs jostle for new positions
Singapore, the US, Australia and South Korea emerged as the offshore hubs that saw their shares of the renminbi payments market grow the most in the past year.30 Jul 2014 - 8:42am More on Renminbi
More Business news
- Stricter emissions control in China to drive palladium prices higher
- Citic Resources sues Qingdao Port for US$108m compensation
- What the minimum wage failed to do
- Storage the missing link in China's strategy for renewable energy
- Every penny of HK$3 trillion Exchange Fund needed for ‘crises’, says HKMA chief
Property
HOUSING
Trend towards tinier flats seen as prices, rents rise
Developers are expected to produce more tiny flats in their future projects given the frenetic buying spree for shoe-box homes by young homebuyers and investors, industry observers said.30 Jul 2014 - 3:05am 1 comment
RESIDENTIAL
30 Jul 2014 - 3:12am
Investors returning to new projects, lured by stamp duty subsidies
New residential projects where discounts and subsidies for extra stamp duty are being offered have revived buying interest from investors who stayed on the sidelines.30 Jul 2014 - 3:12am
More Property news
The Chung Brothers and Bossa Negra try to change it up in the local music scene
Hong Kong has always been an internationally minded city, and that fact is increasingly reflected not just in the way local musicians think, but also in the way they record.29 Jul 2014 - 10:41am More on LIFE
Review: Mozart's Requiem
29 Jul 2014
First review: Jamie Oliver opens doors to Hong Kong restaurant Jamie's Italian
Review Highly anticipated Jamie’s Italian officially opens its doors after months of anticipation, as British celebrity chef attempts to capture mid-range market with inexpensive Italian cuisine. So was the food any good?30 Jul 2014 - 9:29am
Hong Kong-based inventor's breakthrough robotic boat aims to clean-up oceans
Inventor hopes fleet of automated boats will one day patrol the oceans, performing clean-up and data-collection tasks, such as radioactivity sensing, coral reef imaging and fish counting.29 Jul 2014 - 1:29pm 2 comments More on LIFE
Sport
SOCCER
Classy Zlatan Ibrahimovic lights up Hong Kong Stadium
Paris Saint-Germain star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic said World Cup fans missed out on watching him in action after Sweden failed to qualify for Brazil.30 Jul 2014 - 9:41am 1 comment
'I'm ready to jump in deep end': Nash Rawiller joins riding greats in Hong Kong
Three-time Sydney champion Nash Rawiller will join the riding ranks for a four-month-stint in Hong Kong from September 21.29 Jul 2014 - 3:40pm
BASKETBALL
Court approves sale of Los Angeles Clippers to Steve Ballmer as Donald Sterling plans appeal
29 Jul 2014More Sport news
- Nicol David hopes her Commonwealth Games squash gold medal helps lift Malaysian spirits
- Lam Ka-wai hopes to conjure moment against PSG
- Mercedes to revise tactics after driver duel in Hungary Grand Prix
- Mission accomplished for Italian Vincenzo Nibali who left home at 15 to pursue his dream on two wheels
Magazines
In India, caste system ensures you are what you eat
As new genre of caste-based cookbooks reveals, India's culinary customs not only denote class and region, but symbolise faith, dictate who you marry and can be a barrier to social mobility.27 Jul 2014 - 5:48pm 6 comments
When an investment fund goes bad
Thousands of people saw their life savings wiped out when the "low-risk" fund into which they had put their nest eggs imploded last year. Benjamin Robertson looks into the murky world of LM Investment Management and what its collapse should signal to the investing public.27 Jul 2014 - 12:05am 8 comments
More Magazines news
- It's a bun fight! Who sells the best burger in Hong Kong?
- Now dig this: a new crop of organic farms and workshops
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- Fleeing Uygurs caught using Rohingya trafficking networks are stuck in limbo
- Through the keyhole: the homes modern China forgot
Infographics
The forgotten army of the first world war: How Chinese labourers helped shape...
27 Jul 2014 Interactive
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21 Jul 2014 Interactive
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