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- August 28, 2014
- Last updated: 9:46am
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Foreign-funded hospitals planned in seven Chinese cities or provinces
Update
A pilot project to set up wholly foreign-funded hospitals will be
launched in seven mainland cities or provinces as part of reforms to
improve services and introduce more competition in the tightly regulated
health sector.Wednesday, 27 August, 2014, 11:44pm 4 comments
US spy plane may have triggered Chinese jet interception by dropping sonar buoy: state media
New
A Chinese fighter jet’s interception of a US Navy sub-hunter
aircraft was possibly triggered when the US plane dropped a sonar
surveillance buoy into the South China Sea, state media said.28 Aug 2014 - 9:39am 7 comments
Outsider from Tianjin breaks 33-year tradition to become Guangzhou party chief
For the first time in 33 years, someone from outside the ranks of
Guangdong cadres has been named the Communist Party secretary of its
biggest city, Guangzhou.28 Aug 2014 - 4:45am 1 comment
‘Correct political decisions’ must be made to overcome disputes, Xi tells Vietnamese envoy
President Xi Jinping said China and Vietnam should take appropriate
steps to address their conflicts as he held talks with a senior
Vietnamese politician amid strained ties between the two nations over
territorial disputes.28 Aug 2014 - 9:33am
Despite the iPhone's popularity, Android remains king in China
New data released by Chinese search engine Baidu reveals that the
Android platform is dominant in China, while Apple’s iOS is only used by
a small number of mobile users.28 Aug 2014 - 9:13am
China considers 'Martyrs' Day' to honour those who died for independence
China is considering a proposal to set September 30 as 'Martyrs’
Day' in an attempt to promote patriotism at a time when people’s belief
in communism seems to be fading.28 Aug 2014 - 4:40am 7 comments
Guangdong talks up role in ‘maritime Silk Road’ to boost trade with Asean
Guangdong is seeking to expand business links with Southeast Asian
countries as part of a national initiative to forge new trade ties with
nations in the region, says the chief of the province's economic
planning agency.28 Aug 2014 - 7:20am
Accused Japanese politician's lawyer goes on the offensive in meth trial
Two phone calls between a 70-year-old Japanese politician accused
of carrying illegal drugs and a business associate who handed him the
suitcase in which the drugs were found were part of the evidence
presented by the politician’s lawyer.28 Aug 2014 - 5:29am 2 comments
California adapting to rising tide of tourists from China - now 1.8m a year
Orange county is doing what it can to attract buses filled with
Chinese tourists. To make them feel at home, it accepts China's UnionPay
card and provides Putonghua-speaking salespeople.28 Aug 2014 - 3:26am More on Chinese tourists
IMF chief Christine Lagarde placed under investigation in French fraud case
IMF chief Christine Lagarde has been put under formal investigation by French magistrates for negligence in a political fraud affair dating from 2008 when she was finance minister.28 Aug 2014 - 2:35am
UN bid to boost air safety backed after downing of Malaysia Airlines flight
Hong Kong's aviation community has welcomed moves by the UN to improve safety in the skies after a passenger jet was shot down over Ukraine last month.28 Aug 2014 - 4:56am
Islamic State's self-financing model poses additional challenges for anti-terror operations
28 Aug 2014 - 2:46am
Girl, 9, with Uzi kills instructor at US shooting range after losing control
28 Aug 2014 - 3:03am 3 comments
Woman fighting for right to keep placenta has baby; disputed organ ‘chilling’ in fridge
28 Aug 2014 - 3:37am 3 comments
How English town let Asian sexual predators rape 1,400 children over 16 years
28 Aug 2014 - 3:20am 1 commentMore Headlines
- Gadget that stops the passenger in front from reclining their seat sees soaring sales
- Burning rubbish worse for us and the planet than thought, study shows
- Teenager contracts dengue fever in Japan, in first such case in 70 years
- Potential life-saver takes risk from nuts
- US fears for life of woman aid worker held by Islamic State in Syria
- I’m going nowhere, defiant PM Nawaz Sharif tells Pakistanis demanding he quit
- UN accuses Islamic State, Syrian government of committing war crimes
- Feels like defeat: US air force bombs US-made army kit to foil Islamic State
- Erdogan, Turkish president-elect, vows AK party will keep on reshaping nation
- Spanish police catch mafia gang stealing luxury watches on Ibiza
- Random serial killings suspect held by Los Angeles police
- Anger as hit man for drug lord Pablo Escobar freed from a Colombian jail
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Leader
Near-collision evidence of testing times for Sino-US military relations
28 Aug 2014 - 4:01am 1 comment
Today's Poll
- 46
- 54
Total number of votes recorded: 63
Opinion
Our minds are preoccupied with tiny risks, ignoring the real challenges
28 Aug 2014 - 4:57am 2 comments
Insight
Hong Kong should help vulnerable mainland immigrants, not denigrate them
A recent 12-episode TVB drama titled Shades of Life included a
story about a new mainland immigrant who faces ill treatment and
discrimination in Hong Kong. On arrival, she was accused of smuggling
milk powder.28 Aug 2014 - 4:01am 1 comment
Focus
Islamic State's self-financing model poses additional challenges for anti-terror operations
Islamic State, which now controls an area of Iraq and Syria larger
than Britain, may be raising more than US$2 million a day in revenue
from oil sales, extortion, taxes and smuggling.28 Aug 2014 - 2:46am
Harry's View
28 Aug 2014
Hong Kong
ACCIDENT
Overloaded power sockets may have started blaze that killed mother and sons
A predawn blaze in a Kwun Tong flat yesterday that killed three members of a family of five may have been caused by overloaded power sockets.28 Aug 2014 - 9:28am
POLITICS
28 Aug 2014 - 9:02am 18 comments
Pan-democrats vow to fight 'more stringent than expected' NPC 2017 poll plan
Central government has moved a step closer to a showdown with pan-democrats after the nation's top legislative body hammered out a tougher-than-expected framework for electing Hong Kong's chief executive in 2017.28 Aug 2014 - 9:02am 18 comments
More Hong Kong news
- Hongkongers left flat by ever-rising apartment prices, survey says
- HKTV asks High Court to quash government’s rejection of bid for broadcast licence
- Cyber queue-jumper snapped up HK$100 Cathay tickets while 150,000 waited in line
- UN bid to boost air safety backed after downing of Malaysia Airlines flight
- Airline Hong Kong Express criticised after scrapping Kota Kinabalu flights
China
HEALTH CARE
Foreign-funded hospitals planned in seven Chinese cities or provinces
Update A pilot project to set up wholly foreign-funded hospitals will be launched in seven mainland cities or provinces as part of reforms to improve services and introduce more competition in the tightly regulated health sector.27 Aug 2014 - 11:44pm 4 comments
POLITICS
28 Aug 2014 - 4:45am 1 comment
Outsider from Tianjin breaks 33-year tradition to become Guangzhou party chief
For the first time in 33 years, someone from outside the ranks of Guangdong cadres has been named the Communist Party secretary of its biggest city, Guangzhou.28 Aug 2014 - 4:45am 1 comment
DIPLOMACY
‘Correct political decisions’ must be made to overcome disputes, Xi tells Vietnamese envoy
28 Aug 2014More China news
- China considers 'Martyrs' Day' to honour those who died for independence
- Guangdong talks up role in ‘maritime Silk Road’ to boost trade with Asean
- Accused Japanese politician's lawyer goes on the offensive in meth trial
- New China food scandal as 30,000 tonnes of chicken feet found soaking in hydrogen peroxide
- Students' brawl and suicide cast harsh light on China's school military training
Asia
ENVIRONMENT
Burning rubbish worse for us and the planet than thought, study shows
Rampant burning of rubbish is throwing more pollution and toxic particles into the air than governments are reporting, according to a scientific study estimating more than 40 per cent of the world's refuse is burned.28 Aug 2014 - 2:56am
JAPAN
28 Aug 2014 - 5:49am 16 comments More on Shinzo Abe
Shinzo Abe sends condolences for martyrs, including war criminals
Update Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a condolence message to a ceremony honouring "martyrs", including some convicted as war criminals after the second world war, news that could snarl efforts to thaw chilly ties with China.28 Aug 2014 - 5:49am 16 comments More on Shinzo Abe
More Asia news
- Armed only with a sickle, Indian widow, 56, fights and kills leopard
- Teenager contracts dengue fever in Japan, in first such case in 70 years
- Afghan election in crisis as candidate Abdullah Abdullah pulls out of audit
- Australia deploys new counterterrorism units at airports
- Vietnam activists sentenced to up to three years after one-day trial
World
FRANCE
IMF chief Christine Lagarde placed under investigation in French fraud case
IMF chief Christine Lagarde has been put under formal investigation by French magistrates for negligence in a political fraud affair dating from 2008 when she was finance minister.28 Aug 2014 - 2:35am
TOURISM
28 Aug 2014 - 3:26am More on Chinese tourists
California adapting to rising tide of tourists from China - now 1.8m a year
Orange county is doing what it can to attract buses filled with Chinese tourists. To make them feel at home, it accepts China's UnionPay card and provides Putonghua-speaking salespeople.28 Aug 2014 - 3:26am More on Chinese tourists
More World news
- How English town let Asian sexual predators rape 1,400 children over 16 years
- US fears for life of woman aid worker held by Islamic State in Syria
- Girl, 9, with Uzi kills instructor at US shooting range after losing control
- Islamic State's self-financing model poses additional challenges for anti-terror operations
- Gadget that stops the passenger in front from reclining their seat sees soaring sales
China Insider
DEFENCE
US spy plane may have triggered Chinese jet interception by dropping sonar buoy: state media
28 Aug 2014 7 comments
MARTIAL ARTS
Chinese kung fu masters battle over inheritance of Yip Man's Wing Chun legacy
27 Aug 2014
ADVERTISING
An end to men selling sanitary pads? China’s celebrities may soon have to try products they endorse
27 Aug 2014 3 comments
NEW MEDIA
New political news website scolded by party propaganda officials for 'incorrect practices'
26 Aug 2014
SURVEILLANCE
China police say 'giant marijuana plantation' spotted by satellite may be legal hemp farm
26 Aug 2014
SOCIAL MEDIA
Will the Chinese Communist Party become social media’s ‘most followed’?
26 Aug 2014 2 comments
JUSTICE
Hawker Nian Bin in hiding after Chinese court overturns death sentence
25 Aug 2014 1 comment
GAMING
Microsoft's Xbox One is coming to mainland China, but still much cheaper in Taiwan
26 Aug 2014 3 comments
Business
LAWSUITS
Citic subsidiary faces more legal action over metals stored in Qingdao
New Another company has joined the race to file lawsuits to secure rights to metals stored at Qingdao port, which has been at the centre of a fraud scandal.28 Aug 2014 - 9:39am
SHIPPING
28 Aug 2014 - 9:05am
China Merchants Bank gives Cosco 300m yuan credit line
New China Merchants Bank is granting a 300 million yuan (HK$378 million) credit line to its second-largest shareholder, China Ocean Shipping (Group) Co (Cosco), the lender said in a statement to the Shanghai Stock Exchange.28 Aug 2014 - 9:05am
Property
INVESTMENT
Shui On Land buys remaining stake in Foshan development project
Shui On Land sold two hotels in Shanghai for 2.69 billion yuan (HK$3.38 billion) to hotel operator and landlord Great Eagle - a company controlled by Lo's brother Lo Ka-shui - to reduce debt as it reported a 24 per cent drop in first-half profit.28 Aug 2014 - 4:42am
EARNINGS
28 Aug 2014 - 5:03am More on Sino Land Co
Sino Land's core earnings decline 24pc for year
Sino Land said its underlying profit slid 24.3 per cent to HK$5.02 billion for the year to June as the lack of completed new projects weighed on its results.28 Aug 2014 - 5:03am More on Sino Land Co
More Property news
The cast and crew of Mamma Mia! are ready to bring the hit show to Hong Kong
After another hit summer run in England, Mamma Mia! is returning to our shores.28 Aug 2014 - 12:00am
Healthy eating: vegetarian and raw food options
Have all those food scandals put you off eating meat? Fear not, vegetarian and raw cuisine has never been more exciting. Here are someold favourites and a few newcomers worth stepping out for.28 Aug 2014 - 12:25am
Burning rubbish worse for us and the planet than thought, study shows
Rampant burning of rubbish is throwing more pollution and toxic particles into the air than governments are reporting, according to a scientific study estimating more than 40 per cent of the world's refuse is burned.28 Aug 2014 - 2:56am
Ukulele gains popularity in schools
26 Aug 2014
Settling in
24 Aug 2014
Sport
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Alexis Sanchez fires Arsenal into Champions League group stage
A goal by Chilean star Alexis Sanchez saw Arsenal scrape into the Champions League group stages on Wednesday as they beat a plucky Turkish outfit Besiktas 1-0 in their play-off second leg clash for a 1-0 aggregate victory.28 Aug 2014 - 9:37am
SOCCER
28 Aug 2014 - 9:12am
Short-lived dynasty: Guangzhou Evergrande bow out as Asian champions
Guangzhou Evergrande’s reign as Asian champions came to an end on Wednesday, with a 2-1 win over Western Sydney Wanderers not enough to keep the Chinese Super League leaders alive in the 2014 edition of the AFC Champions League.28 Aug 2014 - 9:12am
More Sport news
Magazines
FOOD & WINE
Healthy eating: vegetarian and raw food options
Have all those food scandals put you off eating meat? Fear not, vegetarian and raw cuisine has never been more exciting. Here are someold favourites and a few newcomers worth stepping out for.28 Aug 2014 - 12:25am
The cast and crew of Mamma Mia! are ready to bring the hit show to Hong Kong
After another hit summer run in England, Mamma Mia! is returning to our shores.28 Aug 2014 - 12:00am
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- When China and France went to war: 130 years since forgotten conflict
- Genesis of a New York Chinatown
- Trouble in paradise: Langkawi struggles to hold onto Unesco geopark status
- A violent Sin City sequel gives Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller fans what they want
- Handmade desserts are the coolest things
Blogs
The Hongcouver
The rule of thirds: New evidence of the Chinese role in Vancouver’s housing market
27 Aug 2014 - 10:07am 1 comment
As I see it
In political activism, good things come in small packages
20 Aug 2014 - 10:26pm 1 comment
Infographics
In the eye of the storm: How deadly typhoons have changed the face of Hong Ko...
21 Aug 2014 Interactive
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