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Xi urges Japan to take cautious approach on military and security issues
President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held
their first meeting in two years in Beijing, making a symbolic move to
break the ice between the world's second and third-largest economies.Tuesday, 11 November, 2014, 7:55am 39 comments More on Apec summit 2014
Mystery of Mexico's president, a luxury mansion and cancelled US$3.7b bullet-train contract
Questions are being asked in Mexico over a mansion owned by
President Enrique Pena Nieto's wife after the cancellation of a
high-speed railway contract awarded to a Chinese-led consortium.11 Nov 2014 - 9:06am More on Apec summit 2014
China unveils first Mars rover and exploration system for red planet
China's main contractor supplying its space programme has unveiled details of a prototype Mars rover.11 Nov 2014 - 4:44am 2 comments
Lack of China expertise puts Obama administration on the back foot
Three years after US President Barack Obama vowed to shift his
focus toward Asia in response to China's growing power, the advisers
behind that policy are gone. So is their expertise.11 Nov 2014 - 4:58am 6 comments More on Apec summit 2014
Beijing and Seoul wrap up free trade talks to remove tariffs on goods
China and South Korea signed an outline free-trade agreement that
it is hoped will remove tariffs on more than 90 per cent of goods sold
between the two countries over the next two decades.11 Nov 2014 - 8:03am 2 comments More on Apec summit 2014
Australia considers anti-corruption extradition treaty with China
Australia is considering an extradition treaty with China to assist
Beijing in repatriating corrupt officials, a report said, as
Asia-Pacific ministers backed attempts to deepen anti-graft efforts.11 Nov 2014 - 7:50am More on Apec summit 2014
'Tis the season to be giving as Operation Santa Claus kicks off
The city's largest year-end charity campaign has kicked off to
raise funds for the less fortunate, heighten awareness of sharing and
salute those who give.11 Nov 2014 - 7:22am More on Operation Santa Claus
Former chief Tung Chee-hwa looks to future with launch of his think tank
Former chief executive Tung Chee-hwa, now a vice-chairman of the
Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, urged Occupy Central
protesters to end their campaign.11 Nov 2014 - 4:31am 49 comments More on Occupy Central
Japan targets its expat tax-dodgers with ‘big apartments and yachts’ in Hong Kong
Tokyo is planning to target the assets of expatriate citizens
squirrelling wealth abroad - their "big apartments and yachts in Hong
Kong", as one expert put it - as they avoid taxes at home.11 Nov 2014 - 9:00am
Barack Obama announces new visa deal in bid to improve ties with China
US president announced deal to extend visas for Chinese visitors to the US for up to a decade, insisting he wants China "to do well" despite tensions between the world's two largest economies.11 Nov 2014 - 9:01am More on Apec summit 2014
Markets steam ahead as date set for Hong Kong-Shanghai cross-border share trading
Update Share prices rallied after regulators in Shanghai and Hong Kong confirmed that the widely anticipated 550 billion yuan (HK$700 billion) scheme to directly link stock trading in the two cities would start next Monday.11 Nov 2014 - 8:08am 15 comments
Police can arrest protesters who obstruct bailiffs, Hong Kong's High Court rules
11 Nov 2014 - 9:07am 72 comments
Green light for through train after Leung's pledge to Xi Jinping on handling protests
11 Nov 2014 - 4:49am 1 comment
Rival US power brokers Haim Saban and Sheldon Adelson issue warnings to their parties
11 Nov 2014 - 4:54am
Boko Haram suspected of killing 47 schoolboys in Nigerian suicide bombing
11 Nov 2014 - 4:25am 1 commentMore Headlines
- Buck stops with me over midterm poll losses, admits Obama
- Ebola cases in Sierra Leone show sharp increase; Band Aid to help
- New York's biggest subway hub - the US$1.4b Fulton Centre - opens
- Ex-French premier Francois Fillon complains of 'plot' against him
- Tanks, cannons pour into Donetsk, raising fears of more violence
- 298 candles lit in Amsterdam at memorial to victims of flight MH17
- Indian PM appoints minister for yoga amid push to revive economy
- Pakistanis hope to get ahead with hair transplants
- Secret life of hummingbird revealed
- Shanghai investors cool on Hong Kong stocks
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Leader
All sides of the political divide must adhere to the law to move forward
11 Nov 2014 - 5:13am 1 comment
Today's Poll
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Total number of votes recorded: 106
Insight
Health of the Sino-US relations must top global agenda
If our future is not to be dulled by the dead weight of the past,
then a clear-headed prioritisation of the issues of the 21st century
needs to be undertaken. This means keeping Asia – and thus China – in
the top spot of the global conversation.11 Nov 2014 - 4:55am 1 comment
Focus
Love lost in the fight for democracy: Is Occupy still a non-violent civil disobedience movement?
Six weeks into its struggle for democracy, the once-carefully
planned Occupy movement has grown and shifted in ways beyond the
imagination of organisers. And that raises a question: is the protest
still a civil disobedience campaign?10 Nov 2014 - 5:17pm 64 comments
Harry's View
11 Nov 2014
Hong Kong
POLITICS
Former chief Tung Chee-hwa looks to future with launch of his think tank
Former chief executive Tung Chee-hwa, now a vice-chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, urged Occupy Central protesters to end their campaign.11 Nov 2014 - 4:31am 49 comments More on Occupy Central
OCCUPY CENTRAL - DAY 44
11 Nov 2014 - 9:07am 71 comments More on Occupy Central
Police can arrest protesters who obstruct bailiffs, Hong Kong's High Court rules
Police can now arrest Occupy Central protesters who defy bailiffs trying to clear their sit-in sites in Mong Kok and Admiralty, the High Court has ruled.11 Nov 2014 - 9:07am 71 comments More on Occupy Central
FINANCE
Green light for through train after Leung's pledge to Xi Jinping on handling protests
11 Nov 2014 1 commentMore Hong Kong news
- 'Tis the season to be giving as Operation Santa Claus kicks off
- Hong Kong double murder suspect Rurik Jutting to undergo psychiatric assessment
- Young people urged to form their own political party
- Rainbow Project helps autistic children break out of their shells
- Tung Chee-hwa says his grey-haired think tank is still "very sharp"
China
DIPLOMACY
Barack Obama announces new visa deal in bid to improve ties with China
US president announced deal to extend visas for Chinese visitors to the US for up to a decade, insisting he wants China "to do well" despite tensions between the world's two largest economies.11 Nov 2014 - 9:01am More on Apec summit 2014
APEC SUMMIT
11 Nov 2014 - 7:55am 39 comments More on Apec summit 2014
Xi urges Japan to take cautious approach on military and security issues
President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held their first meeting in two years in Beijing, making a symbolic move to break the ice between the world's second and third-largest economies.11 Nov 2014 - 7:55am 39 comments More on Apec summit 2014
More China news
- Beijing and Seoul wrap up free trade talks to remove tariffs on goods
- Mystery of Mexico's president, a luxury mansion and cancelled US$3.7b bullet-train contract
- Apec leaders treated to colourful spectacle as Beijing plays host
- US official says Apec forum is chance to further trade deal that shuns China
- China unveils first Mars rover and exploration system for red planet
Asia
WEALTH
Japan targets its expat tax-dodgers with ‘big apartments and yachts’ in Hong Kong
Tokyo is planning to target the assets of expatriate citizens squirrelling wealth abroad - their "big apartments and yachts in Hong Kong", as one expert put it - as they avoid taxes at home.11 Nov 2014 - 9:00am
MALAYSIA
11 Nov 2014 - 3:47am
Legal ruling offers hope for transgenders in Malaysia
Malaysian transgender woman Nisha Ayub was just 21 when she was stopped by religious officials on the streets of her hometown of Melaka.11 Nov 2014 - 3:47am
More Asia news
- Pakistanis hope to get ahead with hair transplants
- Police in Thailand to push suspected Rohingya boatpeople back out to sea
- China and Vietnam agree to handle maritime issues through dialogue
- North Korea frees American detainees Bae, Miller 'after secret US mission'
- India’s Modi expands cabinet to speed up economic reforms
World
G20: ANALYSIS
G20 faces credibility test at Brisbane meeting
Cool in a crisis, good when the going gets tough, at its best when the world's economic back is against the wall.11 Nov 2014 - 4:08am More on G20
GERMANY
11 Nov 2014 - 4:21am
25th anniversary party-time in Berlin after sombre Wall commemoration
A day that began in mournful contemplation ended in a raucous street party for hundreds of thousands as Germany marked the 25th anniversary of the collapse of the Berlin Wall.11 Nov 2014 - 4:21am
NIGERIA
Boko Haram suspected of killing 47 schoolboys in Nigerian suicide bombing
11 Nov 2014 1 commentMore World news
- Rival US power brokers Haim Saban and Sheldon Adelson issue warnings to their parties
- Catalans back split from Spain in symbolic vote
- Reeva Steenkamp's death no accident, writes grieving mother in book
- Buck stops with me over midterm poll losses, admits Obama
- New York's biggest subway hub - the US$1.4b Fulton Centre - opens
China Insider
CHINA DIGEST
More bikes for rent in Hefei; a couple in Nanjing stands trial over cancer drugs
11 Nov 2014
power supply
Henan power supply officials plunge county into darkness after drunken KTV brawl
10 Nov 2014 6 comments
CHINA DIGEST
School uniforms fail acid test in Wuhan; Sichuan Opera gets degree of university recognition; Fossil hunters told not to help themselves to dinosaur bones
10 Nov 2014
CHINA DIGEST
Mystery of boy tied to lamp post; Daughter helped dad in bid to kill mum with bomb
8 Nov 2014
CHINA DIGEST
Dad held over scissor stabbing; man swallows pricey watch; quarrel over dinner bill turns fatal
7 Nov 2014 1 comment
E-COMMERCE
Under pressure over trademark, Alibaba says it won’t monopolise ‘Double Eleven’ brand
7 Nov 2014
FISHING
Era of cheap fish is over, says expert, as industry forced to tackle slavery and overfishing
6 Nov 2014
SOCIETY
Chinese hit-and-run driver caught after 30km chase as radio listeners join police manhunt
6 Nov 2014 3 comments
CHINA DIGEST
Resident raises a stink over landfill; we'll have what Xi's having
6 Nov 2014 1 comment
Business
TRADING
Shanghai investors cool on Hong Kong stocks
Despite hype over so-called through train scheme, fewer than 1 per cent of retail brokerage clients in Shanghai have registered to set up H-share accounts to trade directly in Hong Kong equities.11 Nov 2014 - 9:02am
AVIATION
11 Nov 2014 - 5:33am
Avic plane sale to US a first for mainland China
A mainland-made utility plane is to be sold to the United States for the first time, aerospace manufacturing giant Aviation Industry Corp of China (Avic) said before the 10th Zhuhai Airshow.11 Nov 2014 - 5:33am
Property
COMMERCIAL
Hui Xian agrees to buy complex in Chongqing from Cheung Kong and Hutchison Whampoa
Hui Xian Real Estate Investment Trust is buying a commercial complex in Chongqing from its parent firms Cheung Kong (Holdings) and Hutchison Whampoa for 3.91 billion yuan (HK$4.92 billion).11 Nov 2014 - 5:37am
INVESTMENT
11 Nov 2014 - 6:06am 2 comments
Sunny Greece offers three-generation visa for HK$2.4m
Tired of your shoebox in Tin Shui Wai? Here is a chance to upgrade to a plush home in Athens.11 Nov 2014 - 6:06am 2 comments
More Property news
- BlackRock, KKR buy majority stake in US home rental company
- Small, medium-sized flat prices up for the sixth month, but rise seen slowing
- Wanda faces numerous challenges in first London project
- UK group keen on tie-ups with Asian developers
- Ex-EAA chief Vivien Chan wants higher standards for property agents
Artist sketches umbrella movement protests
Sitting on Harcourt Road in Admiralty with a pencil in hand, Luis Simoes starts sketching the scene before him in quick, rough strokes.10 Nov 2014 - 6:27pm
Home brewing enthusiasts open a shop to advance the hobby
Hong Kong accountant Chris Wong See-wai caught his first whiff of home-made beer seven years ago as he was leaving a restaurant in San Francisco.10 Nov 2014 - 6:54pm 1 comment
Moment of truth for Rosetta mission's comet chasers as landing nears
Dr Matt Taylor is in charge of the science being done by the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission to put a lander called Philae on a comet for the first time and hopefully reveal secrets about how life began on earth.9 Nov 2014 - 5:20am
Sport
BOXING
Rex Tso 'far away' from world title, says boxing expert Wai Kee-shun
"Wonder Kid" Rex Tso Sing-yu is still "far away" from landing a world title, respected local commentator Wai Kee-shun has warned, with the unbeaten fighter's career hampered by opponents withdrawing at the last minute.11 Nov 2014 - 1:06am More on Rex Tso Sing-yu
ATHLETICS
11 Nov 2014 - 12:50am 1 comment
Occupy protests may force plan B for Hong Kong Marathon
Organisers of the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon are keeping a wary eye on the Occupy protests, worried they may have to introduce a "plan B" route.11 Nov 2014 - 12:50am 1 comment
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Magazines
Who are you, Mr Loo?
Admired abroad and loathed at home, little was known about this secretive, cunning Chinese art dealer until a surprising find was made in 2006, writes Kate Whitehead.8 Nov 2014 - 10:10pm 1 comment
Officials 'out of touch' in dispute over future of Hong Kong's country park enclaves
The future of Hong Kong's country park enclaves is being fought over by crusty rural leaders, rapacious developers, green groups and out-of-touch government officials, much to the bafflement of villagers.10 Nov 2014 - 10:20am 2 comments
Green dreams
8 Nov 2014More Magazines news
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