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Washington backs off from pressing Beijing on Hong Kong political reform

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Oscar Pistorius, convicted of culpable homicide, may face more than 10 years in jail

13 Sep 2014 - 3:57am More on Oscar Pistorius
Murdered businessman Neil Heywood's case 'still under negotiation', lawyer says

13 Sep 2014 - 9:38am 8 comments
Apple fans in China left guessing over when they will get hands on iPhone 6

13 Sep 2014 - 7:56am More on Apple
Yahoo reveals threat of US$250,000 daily fines over internet data

13 Sep 2014 - 3:58am 1 comment More on Yahoo!
Ebola epidemic is overwhelming health resources, WHO admits

13 Sep 2014 - 3:31am More on Ebola Virus
Northern Ireland's Dr No who said 'yes' to peace

13 Sep 2014 - 7:38am
China backs bigger role, membership for Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

13 Sep 2014 - 4:14am 2 comments
Three given death penalty over Kunming rail station attack

13 Sep 2014 - 3:15am More on Kunming railway station attack
Vancouver mayoral candidate Meena Wong proposes tax on vacant homes
Exclusive Hong Kong emigrant Meena Wong, who is striving to become Vancouver's first ethnic Chinese mayor, has called for part-time residents to pay for the privilege of leaving their expensive homes vacant in the city.13 Sep 2014 - 3:12am 12 comments
Hong Kong, Taiwan ban 'gutter oil' firm's products and food made with them
Hong Kong will prohibit the sale of all products made with lard or cooking oil supplied by Taiwanese company Chang Guann - accused of selling tainted edible oil.13 Sep 2014 - 9:25am 1 comment

Christine Lagarde backs Shinzo Abe’s plan for women to lift Japan economy
12 Sep 2014 - 9:51pm 1 comment
Chinese teenager abducted by Islamist militants, say Philippine police
12 Sep 2014 - 3:09pm 2 comments
Japan’s Asahi daily accused of ‘media terrorism’ after retracting Fukushima report
12 Sep 2014 - 10:28pmMore Headlines
- Scottish vote on independence causes growing alarm in Western capitals
- Labour voters flock to ‘Yes’ campaign as support for independence surges
- Nasa spacecraft, designed to take man to Mars, rolled out ahead of debut test flight
- Thai PM to visit Myanmar on first official trip
- Another British Columbia serial killer: crack user, 23, murdered four females
- Floods threaten Pakistan’s cotton fields, Srinagar ‘drowned completely’
- Shaman dancers, coolies and suffragettes: rare photos of 1900s Beijing discovered from Austrian archive
- Shanghai kindergarten punished for playing Japanese war song at graduation
- Taiwan orders complete pullout of products linked to ‘gutter oil’ firm
- Japan’s Pacific claims fuelled by search for resources, Chinese expansionism
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SFC action hands ex-Citic Pacific directors a get-out-of-jail-free card
13 Sep 2014 - 8:32am 2 comments
Canny developers exploiting loophole at the expense of minority owners
13 Sep 2014 - 5:03am 3 commentsInsight
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13 Sep 2014 - 3:09am
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Scottish vote on independence causes growing alarm in Western capitals

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong trio detained for fraud in gutter oil investigation
Two men and a woman were arrested for fraud yesterday in a police investigation into a trading company suspected of supplying a Taiwan firm with industrial lard oil that was labelled as fit for human consumption.13 Sep 2014 - 9:24am
COURTS
13 Sep 2014 - 9:30am
Paul Chan's accusations of exam cheating 'still hurt', student says
The defamation trial of Development Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po and his wife yesterday heard from the young woman they allegedly falsely accused, along with her twin brother, of cheating in an exam at their daughter's school.13 Sep 2014 - 9:30am
More Hong Kong news
- Cardinal Joseph Zen wants lawmakers to veto 'meaningless' election reform package
- Electoral reform row could hit a sour note for Hong Kong Philharmonic
- Beijing could rein in Hong Kong if Occupy Central goes ahead, says mainland academic
- Washington backs off from pressing Beijing on Hong Kong political reform
- Sold out in two hours: Hong Kong buyers jam Apple website in bid to snatch iPhone 6
China

China backs bigger role, membership for Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
China signalled yesterday that it was seeking to expand the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to strengthen the regional group's security and economic role in Asia.13 Sep 2014 - 4:14am 2 comments
COURTS
13 Sep 2014 - 9:38am 8 comments
Murdered businessman Neil Heywood's case 'still under negotiation', lawyer says
A lawyer representing the widow of a British businessman whose murder in 2011 led to the downfall of Communist Party heavyweight Bo Xilai said negotiations to settle the case were continuing.13 Sep 2014 - 9:38am 8 comments
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- Apple fans in China left guessing over when they will get hands on iPhone 6
- Taiwan orders complete pullout of products linked to ‘gutter oil’ firm
- Singapore's prime minister, Lee, tours hi-tech facilities in Guangzhou and Shenzhen
- Shanxi to hold emergency meeting over leadership vacancies
- Mainlanders miffed that they will have to keep waiting for iPhone 6
Asia

Christine Lagarde backs Shinzo Abe’s plan for women to lift Japan economy
IMF chief Christine Lagarde yesterday backed Tokyo's efforts to boost the Japanese economy by increasing women's participation in the workforce, and called for even more action, including loosening immigration rules.12 Sep 2014 - 9:51pm 1 comment More on Shinzo Abe
WEATHER
13 Sep 2014 - 2:54am
Floods threaten Pakistan’s cotton fields, Srinagar ‘drowned completely’
The main city in Indian Kashmir has "drowned completely" under water, a senior official said yesterday, with the floods now affecting about two million people in neighbouring Pakistan and threatening its cotton industry.13 Sep 2014 - 2:54am
JAPAN
Japan’s Asahi daily accused of ‘media terrorism’ after retracting Fukushima report
12 Sep 2014More Asia news
- Chinese teenager abducted by Islamist militants, say Philippine police
- Japan’s Pacific claims fuelled by search for resources, Chinese expansionism
- Australia raises terror threat level over domestic Islamic State supporters
- Thai PM to visit Myanmar on first official trip
- New curbs on trade in threatened sharks come into force
World

Vancouver mayoral candidate Meena Wong proposes tax on vacant homes
Exclusive Hong Kong emigrant Meena Wong, who is striving to become Vancouver's first ethnic Chinese mayor, has called for part-time residents to pay for the privilege of leaving their expensive homes vacant in the city.13 Sep 2014 - 3:12am 12 comments
SOUTH AFRICA
13 Sep 2014 - 3:57am More on Oscar Pistorius
Oscar Pistorius, convicted of culpable homicide, may face more than 10 years in jail
Update Oscar Pistorius was yesterday found guilty of culpable homicide for shooting dead his girlfriend and could face a lengthy jail term, in a case that has brought the Paralympian's career to a shuddering halt.13 Sep 2014 - 3:57am More on Oscar Pistorius
More World news
- Northern Ireland's Dr No who said 'yes' to peace
- Yahoo reveals threat of US$250,000 daily fines over internet data
- Scottish vote on independence causes growing alarm in Western capitals
- Labour voters flock to ‘Yes’ campaign as support for independence surges
- Apple Watch features leave health professionals unimpressed
China Insider

Shaman dancers, coolies and suffragettes: rare photos of 1900s Beijing discovered from Austrian archive
12 Sep 2014 13 comments
CCTV graft scandal forces international film forum to move venue to Hong Kong
10 Sep 2014 2 comments
Back on track: Chinese star hurdler Liu Xiang rumoured to have married in Shanghai
10 Sep 2014
Chinese telecoms giant Huawei probes over 100 staff in internal graft crackdown
10 Sep 2014Business

Under-fire Citic takes legal advice on SFC writ as analyst call for action
State-backed conglomerate Citic is seeking legal advice on a HK$1.9 billion lawsuit brought by the SFC against it and five former directors for their failure to disclose massive forex losses in 2008.13 Sep 2014 - 4:28am 1 comment More on Citic Pacific
INDICES
13 Sep 2014 - 4:48am More on Alibaba
Alibaba expected to join global stock indices
S&P Dow Jones Indices says mainland e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding, which is gearing up for a New York listing next Friday, will be eligible for inclusion in its global benchmarks that include Chinese stocks.13 Sep 2014 - 4:48am More on Alibaba
Property

SHKP sees tough times ahead for property developers in Hong Kong
Sun Hung Kai Properties expects competition to heat up next year, with heavy subsidies on stamp duties to cut profit margins, after it reported a 14.99 per cent increase in full-year core profit.13 Sep 2014 - 7:17am More on SHKP
PROPERTY
13 Sep 2014 - 3:53am
Socam Development leads with 30pc price cuts to woo homebuyers in Chengdu
Hong Kong-listed Socam Development has slashed prices at a residential project in Chengdu, Sichuan province, by 30 per cent to speed up sales.13 Sep 2014 - 3:53am
More Property news

Urban planner marks Hong Kong down
Peter Cookson Smith has been working as an architect and urban planner in Hong Kong since 1977, but it wasn't until 10 years ago that he discovered a sad deficiency in how urban planners are taught."I realised that nearly all the textbooks we use are Western textbooks," he says.
12 Sep 2014 - 10:36am 1 comment

Culinary incubators rent out professional kitchens
Before Claire Cheung, a co-founder of Churro's Twist, opened her new dessert outlet last Saturday, she developed and tested her recipes at Kitchen Sync.11 Sep 2014 - 5:24pm

Apple Watch features leave health professionals unimpressed
Technology pundits were quick to predict the demise of most rival fitness wristbands and watches when Apple launched its Apple Watch, but health-care professionals and fitness addicts have been left wanting more.13 Sep 2014 - 3:19am More on Apple
Sport

New tennis stadium on the cards, says senior official
A new purpose-built tennis stadium that can seat 6,000 spectators - and avoid rain delays like at yesterday's quarter-finals at the Prudential Hong Kong Open - is on the drawing board, says Jonathan McKinley, a senior government official in charge of sport.13 Sep 2014 - 8:58am
SOCCER
13 Sep 2014 - 12:57am
Kitchee too slick for new boys in opener
The gulf in class between last season's champions Kitchee and promoted Wofoo Tai Po was exposed in the opening match of the new BOCG Life Hong Kong Premier League on Friday night.13 Sep 2014 - 12:57am
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Magazines

6 Things You Need for A Royal Castle Stay
New Have you read our story on the Royal Castles Stay? http://bit.ly/1quDTAiHere are six things you’ll need to travel like a folklore princess.
12 Sep 2014 - 10:52am
FILM
10 Sep 2014 - 11:07pm
Kick Ass actress keeps on kicking
Chloe Grace Moretz has her say on hormones, homeschooling and why she hates Hollywood parties.10 Sep 2014 - 11:07pm
ARTS
Magnum photographer Elliott Erwitt says he is 'serious about not being serious'
10 Sep 2014 2 commentsMore Magazines news
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