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Nine missing as speedboat carrying illegal immigrants capsizes off Macau

The speedboat capsized before dawn. Photo: SCMP PicturesUPDATE
At least nine people are believed to be missing after a speedboat allegedly used to transport illegal immigrants from mainland China capsized off Macau on Friday.
Friday, 27 February, 2015, 7:58pm

China in ‘aggressive’ effort to expand its South China Sea outposts, says US

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington. Photo: AP
China is expanding its outposts in the South China Sea to include stationing for ships and potential airfields as part of its “aggressive” effort to exert sovereignty, the US intelligence chief said on Thursday.
27 Feb 2015 - 7:55pm 1 comment

Rogue trader Nick Leeson: There will be more financial scandals while people go unpunished

'The reality is if they can get away with it then some people will still do whatever they think will make them money', says Nick Leeson. Photo: Handout
But, unlike the UK and USA, Leeson believes both Hong Kong and Singapore are better placed than other markets to avoid such wrongdoing.
27 Feb 2015 - 2:52pm

Taiwan says it may fly military planes in civil airspace set by China

Taipei is concerned that four new mainland Chinese air routes beside Taiwanese airspace could pose a danger to the island's aircraft operating from its airports. Photo: AFP
A ranking Taiwan transport official on Thursday reiterated opposition to China’s planned corridors for commercial flights above the Taiwan Strait, suggesting the use of military planes for interception after the new airspace is implemented. 
27 Feb 2015 - 6:16pm

Beijing commits to maritime cooperation with Sri Lanka amid fears over port deal

The development deal with Sri Lanka in the port of Colombo is part of Beijing’s efforts to create a 'Maritime Silk Road', an initiative to expand sea trade routes, but which could also serve strategic purposes. Photo: AFP
Beijing is committed to launching maritime cooperation with Sri Lanka amid concerns over the cancellation of a port development project in Colombo led by a Chinese company.
27 Feb 2015 - 6:17pm

Apple Watch to debut on March 9, with China in the company's sights

In September, Apple unveiled three watch collections - the basic model, the Sport model and the Edition model. Photo: Bloomberg
Apple is due to enter China's hugely lucrative luxury watch market with the launch of the Apple Watch, which will debut at an event on March 9, the company announced this week. 
27 Feb 2015 - 1:59pmMore on Apple

Chinese Tesla owner turns power line into illegal personal charging station

Green lights on the Tesla's display show that the vehicle is charging. Photo: Weibo
The owner of a Tesla electric car in China's Sichuan province came up with an innovative way of charging his vehicle: plug it directly into a power line.
27 Feb 2015 - 6:39pm 2 commentsMore on Tesla

Half-naked ‘mentally ill’ young woman rescued after family locks her up for five years

Zhang Qi, 24, lies inside the room where she had been locked for five years by her Chinese family in Xiaochang county, Hubei province. Photo: cnhubei.com BREAKING
A half-naked "mentally ill" young woman was rescued by internet activists after being locked in a room for five years by her Chinese family after a dispute with her mother.
27 Feb 2015 - 6:21pm 2 comments

China’s toilet ‘revo-loo-tion’ scraps luxury public conveniences in tourist spots

Plans to build luxury toilets in China's tourist areas are to be scrapped in favour of cleaner, more practical facilities, says Li Jinzao, director of China National Tourism Administration. Photo: AP
China is to scrap its controversial plan to build luxury public conveniences in tourist spots and instead will replace them with cleaner, more practical facilities as part of its “toilet revo-loo-tion”, the Beijing News reports.
27 Feb 2015 - 6:20pm

Hong Kong industries urged to embrace China’s New Silk Road

Hong Kong manufacturers have been urged to consider relocating to cheaper bases, such as Cambodia. Photo: Denise Tsang
The national “one-belt-one-road” export policy will offer opportunities for Hong Kong manufacturers in the Pearl River Delta and the city’s financial services sector, industry insiders said.
27 Feb 2015 - 2:01pm 1 commentMore on Hong Kong Budget 2015

China’s top climate negotiator removed from leadership list

The move, which appears to confirm Xie Zhenhua has retired, means it is unclear who will lead the Chinese team at crucial climate talks in Paris at the end of the year
27 Feb 2015 - 6:30pm

Taiwan prison warden ‘lied about heroic offer to be hostage’ in deadly siege

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Chen Shih-chih became a hostage by accident – bumping into armed inmates at Kaohsiung Prison on February 11 as he belatedly ran to the scene 30 minutes after siege began
27 Feb 2015 - 7:48pm
Armed Chinese police patrol near the exit of Urumqi's South Railway Station after last May's bomb and knife attack in Xinjiang, which left three people dead. Photo: Reuters

China narrows terrorism definition by deleting ‘thought’ from list of crimes

27 Feb 2015 - 8:15am 5 comments
Members of the China People's Liberation Army march beside a navy submarine during a ceremony. Photo: Robert Ng

China building ‘amazing submarines’ ... although not as good as ours, says US admiral

26 Feb 2015 - 4:27pm 11 comments
Argentina successfully launched a geostationary communications satellite that was built at home with local technology, a first for Latin America. The ARSAT-1, the product of seven years of work by a team of 400 specialists, launched from the launch pad at the ESA base in Kourou, French Guiana in October, 2014. Photo: ARSAT

China gets approval to build Argentina satellite tracking station for moon missions

27 Feb 2015 - 3:20am 1 comment
Erwiana meets her supporters outside Wan Chai District Court following the sentencing of her former employer Law Wan-tung. Photo: Dickson Lee

Erwiana’s former boss jailed for six years as judge calls her behaviour ‘contemptible’

27 Feb 2015 - 6:58pm 43 comments
Pansy Ho Chiu-king, the managing director of Shun Tak Holdings, made the Forbes list of the 50 most powerful businesswomen in Asia. Photo: Nora Tam

Mainland Chinese, Hongkongers lead way in Forbes powerful women in Asia list

27 Feb 2015 - 9:42am
The Li Ka-shing controlled Tom Group runs an e-commerce joint venture on the mainland called Ule with China Post. Photos: Felix Wong, Reuters

Li Ka-shing’s Tom Group bares plans for ambitious internet finance venture in China

26 Feb 2015 - 1:49pm
Xi Jinping's political theory is called the 'four comprehensives'. Photo: Xinhua

Rise of China's middle class will not challenge Communist Party: state media

27 Feb 2015 - 3:32am 5 comments
Fears case against obstetrician whose patient died after delivery will set China precedent

Fears case against obstetrician whose patient died after delivery will set China precedent

27 Feb 2015 - 9:49am 1 comment
Workers destroy illegal ivory in Dongguan, southern Guangdong province. Ivory imports have been banned on the mainland for a year. Photo: AP

China bans ivory imports for a year ahead of Prince William's visit

27 Feb 2015 - 11:35am 4 comments
US Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler gestures near the end of a hearing for the vote on net neutrality on Thursday. Photo: AP

Landmark US rules enforce ‘net neutrality', banning preferential treatment for websites

27 Feb 2015 - 10:45am

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Leader

Currently, buildings account for 90 per cent of total electricity consumption in Hong Kong and contribute more than 60 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions. Photo: K.Y. Cheng

Reducing consumption of energy is a task for all Hongkongers

27 Feb 2015 - 10:31am 4 comments
Philippine President Benigno Aquino arrives during the 29th anniversary celebration of the revolt known as People Power revolution at the People's Power Monument in suburban Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines. Photo: AP

Philippine President Benigno Aquino walking a tightrope

27 Feb 2015 - 9:07am 3 comments

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Opinion

MIKE ROWSEMike Rowse

Naked truth behind quitting cigarettes

27 Feb 2015 - 12:30pm 3 comments
ALEX LOAlex Lo

Singapore-style budget reforms far too taxing for Hongkongers

27 Feb 2015 - 1:04am 5 comments
HOWARD WINNHoward Winn

Hopewell seeks to delay scrutiny of hotel project again

26 Feb 2015 - 11:04pm 2 comments
ALBERT CHENGAlbert Cheng

From financing issues to manpower shortages, Hong Kong's third runway plan is doomed to fail

26 Feb 2015 - 12:43pm 3 comments

Insight

With war commemoration, China and Russia seek a historical narrative distinct from the West's

By 1945, both nations had suffered to an extent many even in occupied Western Europe - let alone more remote America - could only struggle to comprehend.PAUL LETTERS
Last week, China and Russia announced their intention to plan joint commemorations for the 70th anniversary of the end of the second world war. Such cuddling up on the world stage may appear merely a modern political convenience against Western antipathy.
27 Feb 2015 - 4:22pm 1 comment

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Blogs

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Focus

John Tsang's budget giveaways fuelled by government's huge surplus

The budget included handouts for welfare recipients as well as the middle class and small businesses. Photo: K.Y. ChengDENISE TSANG
The government's more generous than expected budget sweeteners have cheered the middle class, the poor, small businesses and even property developers.
27 Feb 2015 - 9:55am

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Hong Kong

Norman Chan Tak-lam, chief executive of Hong Kong Monetary Authority. Photo: SCMPBUDGET

New property cooling measures will see higher down payments for Hong Kong buyers

Norman Chan Tak-Lam today announced measures to cool Hong Kong's property market after the city's house prices had reached what he called an historical high.
27 Feb 2015 - 5:58pm 7 commentsMore on Hong Kong Budget 2015
COURTS

Erwiana’s former boss jailed for six years as judge calls her behaviour ‘contemptible’

UPDATE
The abusive former employer of Indonesian domestic worker Erwiana Sulistyaningsih was sentenced to six years in prison and fined HK$15,000 at the District Court this morning.
27 Feb 2015 - 6:58pm 43 comments More on Erwiana Sulistyaningsih
COURTS

Chopped-up bodies of elderly couple in Hong Kong flat a terrifying scene, court hears

27 Feb 2015

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China

Armed police stand guard outside Kaohsiung Prison, in southern Taiwan, during the siege on February 11. Photo: ReutersTAIWAN

Taiwan prison warden ‘lied about heroic offer to be hostage’ in deadly siege

UPDATE
Chen Shih-chih became a hostage by accident – bumping into armed inmates at Kaohsiung Prison on February 11 as he belatedly ran to the scene 30 minutes after siege began
27 Feb 2015 - 7:48pm

China in ‘aggressive’ effort to expand its South China Sea outposts, says US

China is expanding its outposts in the South China Sea to include stationing for ships and potential airfields as part of its “aggressive” effort to exert sovereignty, the US intelligence chief said on Thursday.
27 Feb 2015 - 7:55pm 1 comment
RETAIL

Tax cuts won’t stop China’s flush of enthusiasm for buying toilet seats in Japan: finance official

27 Feb 2015

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Asia

Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration against joint US-South Korea military exercises outside the ministry of national defence in Seoul. Photo: EPA KOREAN PENINSULA

Pyongyang steps up verbal threats ahead of US-South Korea military drills

North Korea ramped up its threatening language against the United States on Friday, days before the start of annual joint US-South Korean military exercises that often trigger an angry response from Pyongyang.
27 Feb 2015 - 6:10pm
BANGLADESH

Protests in Bangladeshi capital after atheist blogger killed in machete attack

Machete-wielding assailants hacked to death a blogger in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka, in the latest of a series of attacks on writers who support freethinking values in the Muslim-majority nation.
27 Feb 2015 - 7:09pm
DIVERSITY

Mainland Chinese, Hongkongers lead way in Forbes powerful women in Asia list

27 Feb 2015

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World

Ozcan Mutlu, Parliamentary Group member of the German Green party Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen holds a poster reading "Yes to Europe" at the lower house of Parliament Bundestag in Berlin before Germany's parliament vote on Greek bailout extension. Photo: AFP GREECE

German parliament backs four-month extension of Greek bailout programme

The parliament in Germany, Europe’s largest economy and effective paymaster, on Friday overwhelmingly backed a four-month extension of Greece’s bailout programme by international creditors.
27 Feb 2015 - 6:41pm
ISLAMIC STATE

‘Jihadi John’ from Islamic State beheading videos unmasked as Londoner

UPDATE
Investigators believe that the “Jihadi John” masked fighter who fronted Islamic State beheading videos is a British man named Mohammed Emwazi, two US government sources said on Thursday.
26 Feb 2015 - 10:40pm 1 comment
MEDICINE

Chinese herbal extract hailed as possible new treatment for Ebola

27 Feb 2015

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China Insider

Workers at Wuhan's Guiyuan Temple in Wuhan don helmets as worshippers showered coins on the God of Wealth. Photo: SCMP PicturesCHINADIGEST

Around the nation: Temple staff don helmets as it rains pennies to the God of Wealth

26 Feb 2015
Worshippers at a Buddhist temple near Wenzhou were surprised when a pig turned up during a New Year ceremony and refused to move until a monk read it scriptures, according to witnesses. PHOTO: SCMP PicturesCHINA DIGEST

Around the nation: Pig 'prays' at temple

25 Feb 2015
Chinese 'dough master' Liu Gang crafts historical Chinese characters from dough. Photo: e23.cnCHINA DIGEST

Around the nation: Lunar New Year has Chinese figurine-maker rolling in dough

23 Feb 2015
A worker at the petrol station in Henan, China, found the crying boy wandering alone after his mother and uncle accidentally left without him. Photo: Dahe.cnCHINA DIGEST

Around the nation: Chinese boy left behind after toilet stop at gas station

22 Feb 2015
Septuagenarian Zhuang Xuejie is the local hero in Dezhou, Shandong after he saved three children who fell through broken ice on a local river. Photo: SCMP Pictures CHINA DIGEST

Around the nation: 70-year-old saves children from icy river

20 Feb 2015
Cai Jianping, pictured at this year's Dapeng marathon in Shenzhen, took five days to run nearly 350km to his hometown, Shantou, for the Lunar New Year holiday. Photo: SCMP PicturesCHINA DIGEST

Around the nation: Man runs 350km home for Lunar New Year

17 Feb 2015
The owner of a Sichuan-style hotpot restuarant in Huangzhou, Hubei, invited 400 of the city's cleaners to dinner. Photo: SCMP PicturesCHINA DIGEST

Around the nation: Restaurant owner treats 400 street cleaners to Lunar New Year Banquet

15 Feb 2015
Chasing ghosts: Where is China’s next wave of empty ‘new towns’?URBANISATION

Chasing ghosts: Where is China’s next wave of empty ‘new towns’?

22 Feb 2015 8 comments
Staff at a Kunming hotel spa show the tab for a 14-year-old boy's four day spending binge to get even with his "negligent" dad. Photo: SCMP PicturesCHINA DIGEST

Around the nation: Son runs up hug tab at hotel spa to take revenge on Dad

13 Feb 2015
The 18-year-old college student visits the two sanitary workers whose lives he saved by pulling them out of a sewer and giving them CPR. Photo: Rednet.cnCHINA DIGEST

Around the nation: Chinese teen saves lives of two workers trapped in sewer

12 Feb 2015
Police officers carry a man out of a Beijing hospital where he has been staying for more than three years. The man claimed doctors had injured his left leg during an operation in 2011 and refused to leave. Photo: ReutersCHINA DIGEST

Around the nation: Man hauled out of hospital after overstaying his welcome...by three years

12 Feb 2015
A woman driver who ran into a 5-million-yuan Rolls Royce Ghost faces a repair bill of 100,000 yuan. Photo: SCMP PicturesCHINA DIGEST

Around the nation: Woman driver faces 100,000 bill for dinging $5m Rolls Royce

10 Feb 2015 1 comment
A panda looks out of his cage at Beijing zoo. A fourth panda has died of canine distemper at a wildlife breeding centre in Shaanxi. Photo: EPA CHINA DIGEST

Around the nation: Fourth panda dies of canine distemper in Shaanxi

6 Feb 2015
The owner spent years cutting and polishing a 53-tonne bloodstone boulder to its present size. Photo: SCMP PicturesCHINA DIGEST

Around the nation: 18-tonne gem goes on display in Guangxi

5 Feb 2015

Business

The first train carrying containers pulls out of a logistics terminal jointly built by China and Kazakhstan in Lianyungang City, east China's Jiangsu Province. Photo: Xinhua

China to sign New Silk Road investment deals next month, state media report

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China will sign a series of flagship agreements with countries including Kazakhstan and Pakistan next month as part of Beijing’s plan to revive economic development along the ancient Silk Road, the Shanghai Securities News reported on Friday.
27 Feb 2015 - 9:36am
PROPERTY

New World Development upbeat on HK market after posting 5pc gain in core profit

New World Development is optimistic on the outlook of the Hong Kong property market, after posting a modest 5 per cent gain in underlying profit to HK$4.41 billion for the six months to December.
27 Feb 2015 - 1:31pmMore on New World Development Co

MARKETS

DOUG YOUNGDoug Young

Red envelope wars in China, Xiaomi eyes US

17 Feb 2015 - 9:26am

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Property

The volume of sales of luxury apartments in Shanghai worth more than 10 million yuan fell 34 per cent last year to 2,246 units from 2013. Photo: AFPRESIDENTIAL

Chinese developers to raise luxury home prices in prime cities

Some Chinese developers are planning to raise prices for new luxury projects in prime areas this year, in a rare sign of improving sentiment in a market that saw new home prices fall for the last eight months of 2014.
24 Feb 2015 - 6:22pmMore on China Property
INTERNET

Greenland to diversify into internet finance

Greenland Hong Kong, the Hong Kong-listed unit of the mainland’s largest developer by sales, announced it would diversify into internet finance this year, hoping to capitalise on the cyber world to offer financial services to cash-strapped mainland developers.
11 Feb 2015 - 6:11amMore on China Property
STRATEGY

Golden Wheel Tiandi on a roll with metro projects

11 Feb 2015

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Lifestyle

ARTS & CULTURE
The moment before the two characters' lips meet.

First lesbian kiss on Korean TV drama sparks debate

An unprecedented lesbian kiss between two high school students on a popular South Korean TV drama has fuelled a debate about portrayals of sexuality in a rapidly modernising society with deeply conservative roots.
27 Feb 2015 - 2:50pm

Benedict Cumberbatch on Alan Turing's legacy and the challenge it presented for The Imitation Game crew

25 Feb 2015

Exhibition: street photographer Sarah Choi's first solo show opens

27 Feb 2015
FOOD & WINE
Former model Helena Rizzo of Mani restaurant in Sao Paulo, Brazil, was named top female chef in the world by Restaurant magazine.

Ex-models take on new careers in the kitchen

Food and models are not an obvious pairing. Yet increasingly they are moving from catwalk to kitchen - among them Hong Kong's Amanda Strang, supermodels Jourdan Dunn and Karlie Kloss, and Helena Rizzo, named world's best woman chef.
27 Feb 2015 - 10:13am

Hong Kong hawkers find finance chief’s food truck plan unappetising

26 Feb 2015 15 comments

Restaurant review: New-look Pawn wins with starters

26 Feb 2015
TECHNOLOGY
Green lights on the Tesla's display show that the vehicle is charging. Photo: Weibo

Chinese Tesla owner turns power line into illegal personal charging station

The owner of a Tesla electric car in China's Sichuan province came up with an innovative way of charging his vehicle: plug it directly into a power line.
27 Feb 2015 - 6:39pm 2 commentsMore on Tesla

Apple Watch to debut on March 9, with China in the company's sights

27 Feb 2015

WTO rules make it difficult for Cisco and Apple to challenge Chinese government 'black list'

27 Feb 2015
FASHION
Fendi models on the catwalk for the brand's Milan autumn-winter 2015 show. Photo: EPA

Fendi's sumptuous Milan autumn-winter show has fans drooling

27 Feb 2015

Snakes inspire Bulgari and Boucheron jewellery collections

27 Feb 2015
BOOKS
Author Michael Meyer's best writing is in the town of Wasteland, where he always has good stories to tell.

Book review: In Manchuria by Michael Meyer

21 Feb 2015

Book review: Made in Hong Kong - a history of advertising

21 Feb 2015
HEALTH
XYZ indoor cycling studio

Where a night out meets a workout in Hong Kong

25 Feb 2015

New test for Ebola dramatically cuts diagnosis time

25 Feb 2015
BEAUTY
EightyEight, a nail art salon where you'll get serious fashion treatment

EightyEight, a nail art salon where you'll get serious fashion treatment

25 Feb 2015

Seven stunning lipsticks for your Valentine's Day date

11 Feb 2015
FAMILY & EDUCATION
Photo: Jonathan Wong

Kenyan lawyer in Hong Kong helps his poverty-ravaged village through power of education

24 Feb 2015

Sibling devotion: How to foster love between brothers and sisters

24 Feb 2015
INTERIORS & LIVING
Hong Kong design professional Julie Progin's fashion and décor choices

Hong Kong design professional Julie Progin's fashion and décor choices

25 Feb 2015

A Hong Kong flat where the kitchen takes centre stage

14 Feb 2015

Magazines

Sport

Marcello Lippi is thrown into the air by his players as Guangzhou Evergrande celebrate beating South Korea's FC Seoul in the 2013 Asian Champions League final. Photo: AP SOCCER

Tributes pour in for Marcello Lippi as he parts ways with Guangzhou Evergrande

Fans and media heaped praise on Italy’s World Cup winning-coach Marcello Lippi on Friday, after he resigned from Chinese club Guangzhou Evergrande following three trophy-laden years.
27 Feb 2015 - 1:22pm
SAILING

Dongfeng holds slim lead nearing finish of Volvo Ocean Race fourth leg

Chinese pace-setters Dongfeng Race Team clung to a slim lead yesterday as the Volvo Ocean Race's fourth leg looked set for a grandstand finish.
27 Feb 2015 - 11:39am
SOCCER

Liverpool lead British exodus in Europa League

27 Feb 2015

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Magazines

"[Alan Turing's] importance is massive compared to how people know him," says Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays the code-breaking scientist in The Imitation Game. FILM

Benedict Cumberbatch on Alan Turing's legacy and the challenge it presented for The Imitation Game crew

The British actor delivers a nuanced turn as the riddle-solving father of computer science with a brilliant mind and a tortured soul.
25 Feb 2015 - 10:30pm

Roy Ayers, the most sampled man in pop, back in Hong Kong

You know Roy Ayers' music, even if you don't know you know it. He has more than 90 albums to his name, and claims to be the most sampled musician in history.
25 Feb 2015 - 11:09pmMore on Hong Kong gigs

Where a night out meets a workout in Hong Kong

25 Feb 2015

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Blogs

THE HONGCOUVERIan Young

Chrome Ferraris and camo Lamborghinis: A wild ride through the streets of Vancouver

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Moreira's magic missing from Hong Kong's busiest raceday, but records still under threat

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Dougie's Derby dilemma - Luger or Giant Treasure?

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Red envelope wars in China, Xiaomi eyes US

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Canada's millionaire migrants earn less than refugees, so why bother with wealth migration?

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CORPORATE CHINADoug Young

BYD seeks jump-start with asset sale, finance JV

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THE GRIFFINANDREW HAWKINS

A walk down memory lane: historical pictures of Hong Kong racing

ANDREW HAWKINS14 Feb 2015 - 4:36pm 1 comment

In Pictures

Fur & furious, February 27

Fur & furious, February 27

This week Hong Kong plays host to the world’s biggest gathering of fur traders at the International Fur and Fashion Fair in Wan Chai.
27 Feb 2015
In over her head - Polar bear Milk hams it up with a gas pipe over her head as she climbs out of her pool at Kushiro City Zoo in Hokkaido, northern Japan. Milk has become a popular attraction at the zoo, where she sometimes delights onlookers by walking upright like a human. Photo: Kyodo

Today in Photos, February 27

Polar bear Milk hams it up with a gas pipe over her head as she climbs out of her pool at Kushiro City Zoo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, a tiger cub jumped to its death from a building in Shandong p
27 Feb 2015
This four-storey building at a privately owned school collapsed in the middle of the night in Longguang district, Shenzhen. A school spokesperson said the building had already been identified as a danger and was closed for repairs and reinforcement when it disintegrated. Fortunately, no one was nearby due to the Lunar New Year holiday. Photo: Imaginechina

Today in Photos, February 26

A four-storey building at a privately owned school collapsed in Shenzhen, while Filipino soldiers and policemen link arms as they march in  the Philippines, and more ...
26 Feb 2015
A citizen rides bicycle on snow-covered road in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jinlin. Photo:

White fleece for the Year of the Goat, February 25

Snowfall during the Lunar New Year period in many northern parts of the mainland brought not only fun and games for vacationers and traditional hopes for a fruitful year ahead, but also travel disr
25 Feb 2015
Stunt planes get the annual Australian International Airshow off to an explosive start, kicking off several days of aerial acrobatics and displays featuring aircraft through the ages from vintage biplanes to the latest in hi-tech military hardware. The show, in the southern state of Victoria, will also have a trade exposition with some 600 companies and 36 international military delegations. Some 180,000 people are expected to attend the public events, which will also feature mock dogfights, parachute landings and recreations of battles in Australian military history. Photo: AFP

Today in Photos, February 25

Stunt planes get the annual Australian International Airshow off to an explosive start, while doctors work to separate 10-month-old conjoined twin girls in Houston, and more ...
25 Feb 2015
Fur & furious, February 27
PHOTOS
This week Hong Kong plays host to the world’s biggest gathering of fur traders at
27 Feb 2015
In over her head - Polar bear Milk hams it up with a gas pipe over her head as she climbs out of her pool at Kushiro City Zoo in Hokkaido, northern Japan. Milk has become a popular attraction at the zoo, where she sometimes delights onlookers by walking upright like a human. Photo: Kyodo
PHOTOS
Polar bear Milk hams it up with a gas pipe over her head as she climbs out of her
27 Feb 2015
This four-storey building at a privately owned school collapsed in the middle of the night in Longguang district, Shenzhen. A school spokesperson said the building had already been identified as a danger and was closed for repairs and reinforcement when it disintegrated. Fortunately, no one was nearby due to the Lunar New Year holiday. Photo: Imaginechina
PHOTOS
A four-storey building at a privately owned school collapsed in Shenzhen, while Fi
26 Feb 2015
A citizen rides bicycle on snow-covered road in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jinlin. Photo:
PHOTOS
Snowfall during the Lunar New Year period in many northern parts of the mainland b
25 Feb 2015
Stunt planes get the annual Australian International Airshow off to an explosive start, kicking off several days of aerial acrobatics and displays featuring aircraft through the ages from vintage biplanes to the latest in hi-tech military hardware. The show, in the southern state of Victoria, will also have a trade exposition with some 600 companies and 36 international military delegations. Some 180,000 people are expected to attend the public events, which will also feature mock dogfights, parachute landings and recreations of battles in Australian military history. Photo: AFP
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