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France and US lead calls for urgent action on climate change

France and the United States led a chorus of alarm yesterday after a major UN report on climate change warned that the earth was on track for potentially disastrous global warming.
Monday, 3 November, 2014, 8:21am 10 comments

Virgin spacecraft crash probe could take a year, says investigator

Authorities who carried out their first full day of investigation into a US spacecraft crash that killed one pilot and seriously injured another said probing the incident could take a year.
3 Nov 2014 - 8:36am

Carrie Lam dismisses Occupy camp's proposals for ending impasse

The government and political heavyweights have dismissed suggestions of dissolving the legislature or triggering a de facto referendum with by-elections as solutions to the political impasse.
3 Nov 2014 - 7:44am 14 comments More on Occupy Central

Jail escapee found a day later not from dilapidated prison in Shouguan

A man who broke out of a Guangdong jail on Saturday was captured near the prison 29 hours later, mainland media reported.
3 Nov 2014 - 8:49am 1 comment

Think tanks face hurdle in answering Xi Jinping's call

In calling for a new type of Chinese think tank, President Xi Jinping wants institutions that can compete with American ones in spreading soft power abroad and help refine policies at home, analysts say.
3 Nov 2014 - 8:44am 4 comments More on Xi Jinping

Smart walking cane could soon stand the test of time

The old gentlemen's walking cane may go "smart", under a new research project funded by the central government, and be able to catch a person before they stumble.
3 Nov 2014 - 5:35am 1 comment

Protesters build makeshift communities at Occupy sites

In the early days of the Occupy movement, elegantly dressed office ladies in Admiralty wishing to join protesters had a problem.
3 Nov 2014 - 9:46am 6 comments More on Occupy Central

Hong Kong's old trees suffer the unkindest cut of all: felling accelerates despite creation of management office

Heritage trees are being felled at a faster rate today than they were before the 2010 launch of a tree management office, the Post has found, a situation one expert called unacceptable.
3 Nov 2014 - 9:58am 2 comments

Young innovators scoop awards in national contest

Simple inventions that can reduce the use of formaldehyde in wood products or help anyone test drinking water for pollutants have helped four high school scientists claim top prizes at a national competition.
3 Nov 2014 - 8:05am

Tigers and Flies: the Chinese Communist Party's anti-corruption campaign

Interactive Two years into President Xi Jinping's massive anti-corruption campaign in China, we have collected all the Communist Party's announcements of graft probes since Xi's rise to power.
The data show how graft probes have spread across the nation and intensified since early 2014.
3 Nov 2014 - 8:51am 1 comment More on Xi Jinping's anti-graft campaign

Wan Chai double murder suspect charged, to appear in court on Monday

New In the early hours of Monday, Hong Kong Police said they have decided to charge a 29 year-old man arrested on Saturday in connection with the murder of two women in Wan Chai.
3 Nov 2014 - 7:33am

Portuguese town of Sao Joao da Madeira makes Putonghua lessons compulsory

3 Nov 2014 - 9:54am 1 comment

Hole in ozone layer still the size of North America

3 Nov 2014 - 4:50am

US defender of Japan's past makes dubious claims about bullying

3 Nov 2014 - 8:55am 3 comments

Time for South Korea to face up to ugly obsession with plastic surgery

3 Nov 2014 - 8:29am

Pentagon scales down its plans for new spy agency

3 Nov 2014 - 8:57am

Republicans set to grab control of Congress in US mid-term elections

3 Nov 2014 - 4:31am

Videogamers battle villain Kevin Spacey in new 'Call of Duty' version

3 Nov 2014 - 4:31am

Ebola nurse and spaniel reunited after pet clears virus quarantine

3 Nov 2014 - 6:54am

Religious leaders bring faith to bear on saving earth at climate change forum today

3 Nov 2014 - 6:13am 1 comment

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Leader

Consumers benefit from welcome fall in commodity prices

3 Nov 2014 - 9:11am

Reduction in number of crimes carrying death penalty a step forward

3 Nov 2014 - 9:05am

Focus

Protesters build makeshift communities at Occupy sites

JEFFIE LAM In the early days of the Occupy movement, elegantly dressed office ladies in Admiralty wishing to join protesters had a problem.
3 Nov 2014 - 9:46am 6 comments

Harry's View

China

CRIME

Jail escapee found a day later not from dilapidated prison in Shouguan

A man who broke out of a Guangdong jail on Saturday was captured near the prison 29 hours later, mainland media reported.
3 Nov 2014 - 8:49am 1 comment

Asia

SOUTH KOREA

Time for South Korea to face up to ugly obsession with plastic surgery

Kim Bok-soon disliked her nose and fantasised about changing it after learning of the Korean superstition that an upturned nose makes it harder to hold on to riches.
3 Nov 2014 - 8:29am

China Insider

Anti-corruption

Tigers and Flies: the Chinese Communist Party's anti-corruption campaign

3 Nov 2014 1 comment
CHINA DIGEST

Police return lost train tickets; 'Punishment' for buffet glutton; Temple thieves die in freak crash

3 Nov 2014
APEC

No new weddings, start-ups registered or milk delivered in Beijing during APEC summit

3 Nov 2014
CHINA DIGEST

Hotpot academy opens in Chongqing; deputy mayor apologises after son threatens flight attendant

1 Nov 2014
Ban

Disgraced entertainers banned from CCTV’s annual Spring Festival Gala

31 Oct 2014
CHINA DIGEST

Rare cat rescued; Man threatens to jump from building - 25 times

31 Oct 2014
COURTS

Retrial may start for man wrongly executed for murder, rape

31 Oct 2014
SOCIETY

11 arrested for tomb-raiding and selling women's corpses for 'ghost marriage' rituals

30 Oct 2014 6 comments
EDUCATION

SAT scores delayed in China and South Korea amid fraud allegations

30 Oct 2014 1 comment
CHINA DIGEST

Dad foils kidnappers; Wonder woman foils robber; Woman asks police to make her younger

30 Oct 2014
AVIATION

Emergency on smog-diverted Chinese plane as two airports refuse landing: report

29 Oct 2014 6 comments
DEFENCE

New Chinese J-31 stealth fighter spotted in Zhuhai ahead of air show

30 Oct 2014 36 comments
Anti-corruption

Shanxi orders restoration of ancient official’s tomb to promote anti-corruption drive

29 Oct 2014
CHINA DIGEST

Maid thought expensive watches were trash; honesty pays at shop with no staff; boy runs away after iPhone refusal

29 Oct 2014

Business

SERVICES

China services sector shows signs of slowdown

New China’s services sector grew at its slowest pace in nine months in October as a cooling property sector weighed on demand, a survey showed on Monday, adding to signs of fragility in the world’s second-largest economy.
3 Nov 2014 - 9:58am More on Chinese Economy
SHADOW BANKING

China's shadow banking too profitable to stop

Analysis Returns from the mainland's shadow banking industry have been too good for too long - and it is still default-proofed by the central government.
3 Nov 2014 - 9:15am

Property

HOUSING

2,160 cheap flats to go on sale next month

Some 2,160 new subsidised flats will go on the market at the end of next month at prices of as little as HK$1.9 million, sources with knowledge of the plan said.
1 Nov 2014 - 6:26am 13 comments

Comedy looks behind first day of the week

In less than two hours, Black Monday raises the questions of a lifetime. Through six short tales, this dark comedy delves deep into the psyche of the multitude on the meaning of the first day of the week.
3 Nov 2014 - 6:13am

Wei Haimin awe-inspiring in ambitious project

2 Nov 2014

Cultural evolution

1 Nov 2014

Burgundy buyer seaches China for the best vintages

Jasper Morris, master of wine, is the Burgundy buyer for Berry Bros & Rudd, and the author of Inside Burgundy, an authoritative and critically acclaimed in depth study of the region.
31 Oct 2014 - 11:05am

Hawaiian dishes are new arrivals on the local dining scene

31 Oct 2014

Life after the goose feud: brothers open new restaurants in wake of Yung Kee battle

28 Oct 2014 1 comment

Smart walking cane could soon stand the test of time

The old gentlemen's walking cane may go "smart", under a new research project funded by the central government, and be able to catch a person before they stumble.
3 Nov 2014 - 5:35am 1 comment

New BBC series offers a peek into the world of cybercrime

2 Nov 2014

The dangers of being too clean

2 Nov 2014

Magazines

Sport

FORMULA ONE

Lewis Hamilton takes chequered flag at US Grand Prix to edge closer to drivers' title

Race by race and point by point, Lewis Hamilton is tightening his grip on the Formula One world championship and squeezing out Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg.
But not so far as to eliminate his rival as a title threat. Not yet.
3 Nov 2014 - 9:53am More on Formula One 2014

Magazines

The little touches

Luxury facilities in Chiang Mai are taking in Western Alzheimer’s sufferers whose families cannot find, or afford, adequate care at home, writes Carol Isoux. Pictures by Dario Pignatelli.
1 Nov 2014 - 10:27pm

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