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Beijing shrouded in worst smog in months – as photo apps which mask pollution take off
The capital choked in the worst smog in months on Thursday with
weather forecasters warning pollution would continue to plague the city
into the weekend, the Beijing Morning Post reported.Friday, 4 July, 2014, 6:27pm
President Xi Jinping highlights Japan’s ‘barbarous’ militarist past in Seoul speech
Update
President Xi Jinping stressed the joint suffering of China and
South Korea under Japanese militarism during a speech in Seoul on Friday
that came days after Tokyo announced a landmark shift in military
policy.4 Jul 2014 - 5:26pm 25 comments More on Xi Jinping
German chancellor Angela Merkel aims to expand trade ties on visit to China
German Chancellor Dr Angela Merkel heads to China this weekend for
her seventh visit, eager to deepen trade and investment ties between the
export powerhouses of Europe and Asia.5 Jul 2014 - 2:19am 7 comments
People’s Daily defends Hong Kong white paper for the third time in a week
The Communist Party’s mouthpiece People’s Daily published the third
editorial in a week that claimed Beijing’s policy on Hong Kong had not
changed since issues were first raised in the 1980s.4 Jul 2014 - 6:18pm 3 comments More on Beijing White Paper 2014
Does Xi Jinping look like South Korean TV star? Chinese first lady makes allusion on Seoul visit
China’s first lady has compared the looks of her husband –
President Xi Jinping in his younger years to that of popular South
Korean actor Kim Soo-hyun.4 Jul 2014 - 7:27pm 3 comments
Xinjiang tells Uygur Muslims to ignore religious customs during Ramadan
Officials in China’s restive western region of Xinjiang have told
Muslims to ignore religious customs during the holy month of Ramadan, an
indication of what rights groups say is discrimination targeting the
Uygur minority group.4 Jul 2014 - 7:20pm
‘Go back to China’: Australian police charge woman for racist train rant
Update
Australian police have charged a woman for racially abusing
passengers on a train after a video recording her tirade was posted
online and went viral, sparking a social media backlash.4 Jul 2014 - 3:05pm 95 comments
Organisers of July 1 democracy rally claim their arrests are 'political persecution'
Five members of July 1 march organiser the Civil Human Rights Front
arrested yesterday for leading the democracy rally at a snail's pace
denounced the police action as "political persecution".5 Jul 2014 - 4:17am 42 comments More on July 1 march
- France 0 Germany 1: Mats Hummels sends Germans into semi-finals
- Argentina v Belgium: Time for Eden Hazard to deliver, says coach Wilmots
- Argentina v Belgium: There's more to this team than just Lionel Messi, says coach
- World Cup diary: Will it be Abkhazia, Kosovo or Barcelona for Luis Suarez, the face of nipple clamps?
- Netherlands v Costa Rica: Los Ticos hoping to write another chapter in their fairy tale
Six Vietnamese fishermen arrested by Chinese navy near disputed islands
New Six Vietnamese fishermen were arrested by Chinese naval ships in disputed waters, Vietnam’s state media reported, renewing tensions over a two-month territorial stand-off in the South China Sea.4 Jul 2014 - 5:31pm 2 comments
Top Chinese space scientist hopes to send rover ‘better than Jade Rabbit’ to Mars
The man who designed China's Jade Rabbit moon rover hopes a more advanced version of his creation will be sent to Mars, state media reported, underscoring Beijing's increasingly ambitious space programme.4 Jul 2014 - 5:38pm
SCMP study puts July 1 protest number at 140,000, well below organiser estimates
4 Jul 2014 - 11:22am 128 comments
China approves DNA-sequencing devices to detect genetic defects in unborn babies
4 Jul 2014 - 5:35pm
Transformers: Age of Extinction is a terrible film, but hilarious to watch as a Hongkonger
4 Jul 2014 - 5:07pm 4 comments
China's graft watchdog drops euphemisms and uses 'adultery' as charge against officials
4 Jul 2014 - 11:22am
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Leader
Executive and legislature must restore an orderly working relationship
5 Jul 2014 - 4:01am 1 comment
Today's Poll
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Opinion
Ming Pao editorial director had to make tough call on July 1 protest
4 Jul 2014 - 6:50pm 11 commentsInsight
Apec will benefit from a free-trade agreement of its own
China is hosting this year's Apec meetings and is working hard to
ensure their success, given the importance of the Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation forum to the future of the region.5 Jul 2014 - 3:56am
Focus
Beijing making a counterplay to Washington's Asia-Pacific pivot
The Silk Road, an obscure Kazakh-inspired security forum, and a
US$50 billion Asian infrastructure bank are just some of the disparate
elements in an evolving Chinese strategy to try to counter Washington's
"pivot" to the region.5 Jul 2014 - 4:02am
Harry's View
4 Jul 2014
Hong Kong
POLITICS
Organisers of July 1 democracy rally claim their arrests are 'political persecution'
Five members of July 1 march organiser the Civil Human Rights Front arrested yesterday for leading the democracy rally at a snail's pace denounced the police action as "political persecution".5 Jul 2014 - 4:17am 42 comments More on July 1 march
POLITICS
5 Jul 2014 - 4:14am 16 comments
Lawmaker Wong Yuk-man arrested for throwing glass at Chief Executive CY Leung
Independent lawmaker Wong Yuk-man was arrested tonight for hurling a glass in the direction of Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying during a Legislative Council meeting on Thursday.5 Jul 2014 - 4:14am 16 comments
JUSTICE
Talks on Hong Kong-Macau deal over fugitive transfers at 'mature' stage: Rimsky Yuen
5 Jul 2014 1 commentMore Hong Kong news
- CY Leung’s wife Regina hits out at ‘cold-blooded’ coverage of daughter’s plight
- Lawmakers expelled after waving red cards at Finance Committee chairman
- Hong Kong authorities seek to tighten rules on guest houses
- Walter Kwok became suspicious and made false accusations, witness tells Hong Kong court
- Backlash against Beijing's white paper 'wholly reasonable', says Chris Patten
China
DIPLOMACY
Xi Jinping, in Seoul speech, denounces Japan for wartime suffering it inflicted
President Xi Jinping denounced Japan's "barbaric" wartime aggression for creating enormous suffering in China and South Korea in a speech in Seoul yesterday.5 Jul 2014 - 4:20am More on Xi Jinping
BOOKS
5 Jul 2014 - 4:02am
People's Daily review of Li Peng memoir hails his 'Yanan spirit'
The People's Daily rolled out a lengthy review of former premier Li Peng's autobiography yesterday, saying his children were taught to be self-disciplined and had inherited the virtues of "revolutionary" heroes.5 Jul 2014 - 4:02am
More China news
- Student workers at Dongguan factory were under-age, state media claim
- Retired Guangdong official Li Ruohong under investigation for 'discipline violations'
- Beijing making a counterplay to Washington's Asia-Pacific pivot
- Xi Jinping's visit to Seoul sends a message to Washington, not just Pyongyang
- Does Xi Jinping look like South Korean TV star? Chinese first lady makes allusion on Seoul visit
Asia
MARITIME DISPUTES
Chinese patrol ships arrest six Vietnam crew
Chinese patrol ships arrested six Vietnamese fishermen in waters off Hainan Island, officials said yesterday, an incident likely to heighten tensions between the nations as they spar over a territorial dispute.5 Jul 2014 - 1:49am
MYANMAR
4 Jul 2014 - 11:36pm
Police patrol tense Mandalay amid fears sectarian riots may spread across Myanmar
Police patrolled tense streets yesterday in Mandalay, Myanmar's second-largest city, after deadly Buddhist-Muslim clashes raised fears of further unrest.4 Jul 2014 - 11:36pm
More Asia news
- Indonesia presidential candidate Joko Widodo announces plan to allow foreigners to buy property
- Pakistan’s new terror law ‘green light for abuse’, says HRW
- Making bouquets last longer: Japanese scientists slow flower ageing
- Six Vietnamese fishermen arrested by Chinese navy near disputed islands
- Plenty of mud thrown ahead of Indonesian election, and some of it’s sticking
World
BRITAIN
Ex-Cameron aide Andy Coulson gets 18 months’ jail for phone hacking
Update British Prime Minister David Cameron’s ex-media chief Andy Coulson was jailed for 18 months for being complicit in phone-hacking by journalists at the Murdoch tabloid he edited.4 Jul 2014 - 9:18pm
BRITAIN
4 Jul 2014 - 9:11pm
Veteran entertainer Rolf Harris jailed for five years over sexual assaults
Veteran Australian entertainer Rolf Harris, a mainstay of family entertainment in Britain and Australia, was jailed for five years and nine months on Friday for assaulting young girls over two decades.4 Jul 2014 - 9:11pm
2014 SOCCER WORLD CUP
Two killed as flyover collapses in Brazilian World Cup city of Belo Horizonte
5 Jul 2014More World news
- French primary school teacher stabbed to death in front of pupils
- Militants free Indian nurses trapped by offensive in Iraq
- Former TV star Rolf Harris gets five years in prison for abusing girls
- Surge in Oklahoma earthquakes linked to fracking for oil and gas
- Anger over New Zealand court leniency on Maori king’s son draws fire
China Insider
RELIGION
Hong Kong's Cardinal Joseph Zen asks Pope Francis not to visit China
4 Jul 2014 24 comments
TAIWAN
Women's groups criticise Taiwanese advert for 'promoting large breasts as a beauty standard'
3 Jul 2014
CENSORSHIP
Weibo more heavily censored during Hong Kong's July 1 march than on Tiananmen anniversary
4 Jul 2014
ENVIRONMENT
Let it breathe: Beijing considers 'wind tunnels' design for the city to combat smog
2 Jul 2014 3 comments
HUMAN RIGHTS
Rights lawyers publicly shamed by China's national bar association
1 Jul 2014 4 comments
EDUCATION
Thousands of students at Liaoning university rage against dormitory 'evictions'
1 Jul 2014
HUMAN RIGHTS
Woman finds an SOS note in her trousers from a 'Chinese prisoner'
2 Jul 2014 9 comments
Business
PENSION FUNDS
Hong Kong loses shine in MPF report card
Funds in the Mandatory Provident Fund scheme returned an average of 2 per cent in the first half. However, while most fund types in the scheme registered positive returns, the most common funds, such as mainland Chinese, Hong Kong and Japan equities, were in the red.5 Jul 2014 - 1:51am
MINING
5 Jul 2014 - 1:51am
China Resources ignores calls from activist over mine 'irregularities'
China Resources Holdings has refused to accept an open letter from former journalist and self-declared shareholder activist Li Jianjun calling for the state-backed conglomerate's new chairman Fu Yuning to cancel its power unit's three coal investment deals5 Jul 2014 - 1:51am
Property
Bids for Tin Shui Wai sites come in from range of developers
Tenders yesterday for two residential sites in Tin Shui Wai attracted eight bids from big and medium-sized developers. Each site received four bids, a Lands Department spokesman said.5 Jul 2014 - 1:52am
Far East Consortium returns to Hong Kong to market with HK$20b to spend
Far East Consortium International has amassed HK$20 billion for its return to the Hong Kong property market as an increase in land supply for housing provides more opportunities for the mid-sized developer.4 Jul 2014 - 1:42am
More Property news
- Leung Chun-ying's housing push puts industrial sector out
- Chinese developer Landsea targets high-end upgraders with green homes
- Britain's cooling measures to hit property price growth
- Harsh realities of market stymie Leung Chun-ying's housing goals
- Ghost buildings haunt Tianjin's 'Manhattan' project
It's our right, say New Territories leaders fighting to keep small-house policy
Leung Fuk-yuen, chief of Tai Tong village in Yuen Long, hadn't been to the cinema in 10 years, but local thriller Overheard 3 was a film he had to see.4 Jul 2014 - 12:38am 3 comments
Premium vodka tasting in Hong Kong separates the wheat from the chaff
Is it possible, without looking at the fancy bottles, to make any meaningful distinction between different premium vodkas, or even between those spirits and much cheaper house pouring brands? We thought we'd find out.4 Jul 2014 - 5:19pm 1 comment
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