- Mon
- Aug 25, 2014
- Updated: 10:13am
Two
leaders of an unofficial "referendum" on Macau's chief executive
election and three other activists were detained yesterday as police
shut down polling stations.
Updated 25 Aug 2014 - 10:13am
The
government's top economic planning body has discussed controversial
plans to build a dam on the mainland's biggest freshwater lake,
suggesting that the scheme might be closer to approval.
25 Aug 2014 - 9:06am
State
television yesterday aired new videos reportedly found on the computers
and mobile phones of attackers behind last year's car crash in
Tiananmen Square that killed two tourists and injured...
25 Aug 2014 - 4:35am
Asia
is already outpacing European towns that started the bike-sharing boom
in the last decade, with the Chinese cities of Hangzhou and Wuhan now
the global leaders.
25 Aug 2014 - 9:10am
The
chief of the Taiyuan public security bureau, Liu Suiji, was held last
night, hours after the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
announced investigations into two other top officials...
24 Aug 2014 - 10:30am
China
has moved a step closer to creating a supersonic submarine that could
travel from Shanghai to San Francisco in less than two hours.
24 Aug 2014 - 5:22am
Whenever
Liu Huilan and her friends in Shenzhen need retail therapy, household
essentials or even just a girls' night out, there's no question where
they'll go - Hong Kong.
24 Aug 2014 - 11:56am
24 Aug 2014 - 5:22am
24 Aug 2014 - 12:11pm
Today's Poll
- 73
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Total number of votes recorded: 228
Five
years' experience in the green sector has given Wang Zhongming a better
understanding of how waste is fortune in the wrong place. Last year
Wang, an environmental expert by training, decided...
24 Aug 2014 - 5:22am
Canada
has banned journalists with China’s official news agency and the
Communist Party newspaper from joining Prime Minister Stephen Harper on
an Arctic trip, prompting Chinese reporters to...
23 Aug 2014 - 10:03pm
Mainland
authorities shut down an independent film festival on its opening day
on Saturday, a rare venue for the showing of films that may be critical
of the government in a country with tight...
24 Aug 2014 - 10:25am
It
would be difficult for China to mediate in the Gaza conflict even
though Beijing enjoys good relationships with both Israel and the Arab
world, the Israeli ambassador to China has told the...
23 Aug 2014 - 2:40am
President
Xi Jinping said China respected the independence and integrity of
Mongolia as he wrapped up a two-day trip to the resource-rich but
sometimes suspicious neighbour.
23 Aug 2014 - 3:08pm
Chinese
censors are more worried about online discussion of protests and other
"collective action events" than posts on senior leaders, government
policies and other sensitive issues, research by...
23 Aug 2014 - 9:54am
The
illicit trade in black bears between northeastern China and Russia is a
growing problem, a wildlife body warns, with demand for bear parts
persisting despite efforts to stamp it out.
23 Aug 2014 - 2:36am
A
man who spent eight years on death row in China has gone into hiding
after a landmark court decision cleared him of the murder of two
children.
23 Aug 2014 - 2:12am
Power
in modern China accrues at various speeds. For most leaders, it grows
at a steady pace, while for a few others, it hurtles forward like a
freight train with blinding speed.
23 Aug 2014 - 2:37am
A
Chinese fighter jet flew perilously close to a US military aircraft
this week in a “very dangerous” incident in international air space east
of Hainan Island, the Pentagon said.
24 Aug 2014 - 10:36am
Fifteen
people involved in the black-market organ trade - including doctors -
have been sentenced to prison by a Beijing court for harvesting and
selling 51 kidneys, the largest haul in recent...
23 Aug 2014 - 2:38am
A
former top Taiwanese negotiator on China policy has rejected
allegations he was spying for mainland China, after he was forced to
step down over suspicions of leaking secrets.
22 Aug 2014 - 5:15pm
A
low-ranking official accused in Guangzhou’s biggest-ever corruption
case – involving some 400 million yuan (HK$503 million) – is now on
trial.
22 Aug 2014 - 5:17pm
A
Chinese retailer is offering insurance to customers who buy infant milk
powder, highlighting the lengths to which companies are going to
address concerns about food safety in China.
22 Aug 2014 - 7:47pm
State
media have started to lambast the luxurious lives of senior executives
at state-owned enterprises - an indication that President Xi will make
them the next target of his anti-graft campaign...
22 Aug 2014 - 9:06am
The
PLA has carried out a second, albeit unsuccessful test of a hypersonic
vehicle, as China attempts to find a way to deliver nuclear weapons at
immense speed to evade defence systems.
22 Aug 2014 - 5:10pm
President
Xi Jinping and his Mongolian counterpart, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, signed
a joint declaration yesterday to upgrade the bilateral ties of the two
countries to a comprehensive strategic...
22 Aug 2014 - 6:02pm
Five
members of a banned religious group went on trial yesterday for
allegedly beating a woman to death at a McDonald's restaurant.
22 Aug 2014 - 8:35am
The
brother-in-law of Ling Jihua, once a senior aide to Hu Jintao, showed
up at a meeting in Shanxi, providing an interesting twist to the
possibility that Ling is under investigation for graft....
22 Aug 2014 - 7:49pm
President
Xi Jinping's efforts to exert China's influence on the world stage
mirror those of the former paramount leader, who would be 110 today.
22 Aug 2014 - 9:36am
News
19 Aug 2014
Two killed in Tibet after police open fire on protesters, rights…
News
04 Aug 2014
‘I like to show off’: Chinese celebrity Guo Meimei confesses to…
News
11 Aug 2014
Xi Jinping's wider ambitions in rooting out graft
News
23 Aug 2014
Chinese jet ‘flew within 10 metres of US plane’
Business
23 Aug 2014
Cutting salaries of SOEs' big bosses a mere populist move
Comment
12 Aug 2014
Why investigators spread titillating gossip about China's corrupt…
Lifestyle
22 Aug 2014
The sweets at Papabubble are popular with adults as well as children
Lifestyle
04 Aug 2014
Thousands of Hongkongers join sex club to fulfil their X-rated…
Lifestyle
03 Aug 2014
Museum of Sex show turns on New Yorkers
Lifestyle
27 Jul 2014
Death is mercifully quick when a rocket hits an airliner mid-flight
Comment
01 Aug 2014
Fall of Zhou Yongkang no cause for hope of change
Comment
31 Jul 2014
Graft probe of Zhou Yongkang clears Xi Jinping's path to wider reform
Comment
13 Aug 2014
Government attacked the hopes of citizens wanting fair society
Property
30 Jul 2014
Mainland China towers scraping the sky in a green and modern way
Business
07 Aug 2014
Swiss coffee machine maker is Starbucks' 'secret weapon'
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