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Microsoft confirms China probe, reportedly over antitrust, after four offices visited

Mainland business authorities are investigating Microsoft, the US technology giant confirmed yesterday, with reports that the focus was on antitrust behaviour.
Tuesday, 29 July, 2014, 9:31am 13 comments More on Microsoft

Xinjiang militants being trained in Syria and Iraq, says special Chinese envoy

Deteriorating security in Syria and Iraq poses a severe risk to China, with the two countries becoming a training ground for "terrorists" from Xinjiang, a senior Chinese diplomat said.
29 Jul 2014 - 8:36am

Ukrainian troops advance on flight MH17 crash site amid fight with rebels

Ukraine said its troops had taken more territory from pro-Russian rebels near the site where Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was brought down.
29 Jul 2014 - 7:54am 2 comments More on Malaysia Airlines flight 17

Alarm rises over Ebola outbreak’s spread in west Africa with doctors infected

Alarm has risen further in west Africa over the deadliest outbreak yet of the Ebola virus, with a top Liberian doctor succumbing to the disease, and an American doctor and a missionary in the country contracting it.
29 Jul 2014 - 9:03am 1 comment

UN chief says ‘political will’ the main obstacle to ending Gaza conflict

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday that the obstacle to ending fighting between Israel, Islamist Hamas militants and Palestinians in Gaza Strip was “political will.”
28 Jul 2014 - 11:56pm 2 comments

Hundreds of police dismantle cross at Wenzhou church, while fire guts Ningbo cathedral

Hundreds of police took down a church's cross yesterday in Wenzhou, known as "China's Jerusalem" because of its many houses of worship, amid a crackdown on church buildings.
29 Jul 2014 - 9:04am

Yukos shareholders awarded US$51 billion from Russia by Hague arbitration court

The Hague's arbitration court has ruled that Russia must pay a group of shareholders in oil giant Yukos US$51.6 billion for expropriating its assets, a big hit for a country teetering on the brink of recession.
29 Jul 2014 - 4:22am

Comic-Con superheroes face a new foe: sexual harassment

Amid the costumes and fantasy of Comic-Con, a group of young women drew widespread attention to a very real issue - allegations of sexual harassment at America's annual pop-culture festival.
29 Jul 2014 - 1:33am

Hacker takes control of hundreds of rooms in hi-tech 5-star Shenzhen hotel

A San Francisco-based cybersecurity expert claims he has hacked and taken control of hundreds of highly automated rooms at a five-star Shenzhen hotel.
29 Jul 2014 - 8:13am 1 comment

Company at centre of rotten meat scandal promises China division shake-up

A United States-based meat supplier whose Shanghai subsidiary is at the centre of a food safety scandal has promised sweeping changes to its management structure.
29 Jul 2014 - 8:27am More on China Food Scandals

Malaysia mourns MH17 and MH370, even as it celebrates end of Ramadan

28 Jul 2014 - 11:27pm

Increasing food imports will ease water and energy shortages, environment official says

29 Jul 2014 - 9:10am

Xi Jinping most mentioned in People's Daily since Mao, researchers find

29 Jul 2014 - 4:42am

If force can't win the day, diplomacy won't either, PLA Daily says

29 Jul 2014 - 3:46am 1 comment

Japanese issued with anti-radiation pills ahead of nuclear restart

28 Jul 2014 - 11:20pm

Russia questions US 'evidence' it fired into Ukraine

29 Jul 2014 - 1:29am

19 heading home for Eid gunned down by Abu Sayyaf in southern Philippines

28 Jul 2014 - 11:19pm

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Review of food safety needed

29 Jul 2014 - 9:22am

New-energy cars on the right road

29 Jul 2014 - 9:31am

China Insider

HEALTH

Chinese prostitutes as young as 15 years old suffering high STD and abortion rates, study reveals

28 Jul 2014
LEGAL

Chinese judge probed after marrying woman he granted almost everything to in divorce case

24 Jul 2014
NATURE

World's largest aquatic insect discovered in China's Sichuan province

24 Jul 2014
ENTERTAINMENT

Chinese park sues Paramount for 20.8m yuan over latest Transformers film

24 Jul 2014
MUSIC

Terrible rendition of China's national anthem makes Venezuelan military band a laughing stock

24 Jul 2014 4 comments
TECHNOLOGY

Look familiar? Xiaomi reveals its newest answer to the iPhone - the Mi4

23 Jul 2014 2 comments
VIDEO GAMING

Chinese gamers win US$5m top prize in international video game tournament

24 Jul 2014 1 comment
ENTERTAINMENT

Chinese farmer who makes giant Transformers from car parts cashes in on success of film

22 Jul 2014 4 comments
FOOD SAFETY

Starbucks, Dicos withdraw sandwiches as China launches nationwide probe into 'rotten meat' firm

22 Jul 2014 58 comments
sino-russian

Russians love their Chinese neighbours, Gallup poll shows

18 Jul 2014 3 comments
INTERNET

China web giant Baidu launches search engine in Brazil

21 Jul 2014 1 comment
TRANSPORT

Uber taxis: they may be luxurious, but not everyone's hailing them

18 Jul 2014 16 comments
FOOD

No more cheap breakfasts? Street food hawkers banned from Beijing's Haidian district

17 Jul 2014 1 comment
CULTURE

Mainland Chinese buyers contribute significantly to global art sales: report

17 Jul 2014

Business

FINANCE

Every penny of HK$3 trillion Exchange Fund needed for ‘crises’, says HKMA chief

The head of Hong Kong's de facto central bank has rejected calls from some lawmakers to use part of the city's HK$3 trillion Exchange Fund to pay for infrastructure projects or welfare.
29 Jul 2014 - 2:55am 1 comment
CURRENCIES

Thai payment link-up boosts Hong Kong hub role

A cross-border payment system linking the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the Bank of Thailand will bolster regional financial stability and trim risks by allowing Asian players to settle transactions without having to wait hours for the United States market to open.
29 Jul 2014 - 4:19am

Turning junk into gold: Business booms for Hong Kong vintage goods collectors

From old old cinema seats to period clocks and well-thumbed maps, local collectors are turning their passion for vintage goods and curios into thriving businesses.
28 Jul 2014 - 7:00pm 1 comment More on LIFE

Plunging comic sales in Hong Kong force artists to find a new perspective

27 Jul 2014

London celebrates century of Chinese cinema

27 Jul 2014

Bruno Menard weaves his Michelin magic in Asia

Tattooed on the left forearm of chef Bruno Menard are three Michelin stars, an indelible souvenir of his culinary achievement at L'Osier, a restaurant opened by cosmetics maker Shiseido in Tokyo.
25 Jul 2014 - 1:49am

Tasmanian whisky making its mark on the international scene

25 Jul 2014

It's a bun fight! Who sells the best burger in Hong Kong?

24 Jul 2014 16 comments

Disease research lab mishaps rattle scientists and regulators

For the danger they posed, the lapses were appalling. They put lives at risk, that much is clear. But they were shocking, too, due to where they happened. The US government's high-security disease-control laboratories, which house samples of the most harmful germs in the world, cannot afford to screw up.
27 Jul 2014 - 3:47am

Gene for salt-tolerant soybeans discovered by Hong Kong professor

27 Jul 2014

Death is mercifully quick when a rocket hits an airliner mid-flight

27 Jul 2014 4 comments

Magazines

Sport

SOCCER

Lam Ka-wai hopes to conjure moment against PSG

Midfield powerhouse Lam Ka-wai is determined to produce another moment of magic when he leads Kitchee against Paris Saint-Germain in the "Meeting of Champions" at Hong Kong Stadium tonight.
29 Jul 2014 - 12:27am

Magazines

In India, caste system ensures you are what you eat

As new genre of caste-based cookbooks reveals, India's culinary customs not only denote class and region, but symbolise faith, dictate who you marry and can be a barrier to social mobility.
27 Jul 2014 - 5:48pm 6 comments

When an investment fund goes bad

Thousands of people saw their life savings wiped out when the "low-risk" fund into which they had put their nest eggs imploded last year. Benjamin Robertson looks into the murky world of LM Investment Management and what its collapse should signal to the investing public.
27 Jul 2014 - 12:05am 6 comments

Tracing roots: illustrating Hong Kong’s botanical beauty

27 Jul 2014

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