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Zhou Yongkang, China's former security chief and Politburo member, has been stripped of his Communist Party membership and will face prosecution, Xinhua reported early on Saturday.
Saturday, 6 December, 2014, 5:01pm 14 comments More on Zhou YongkangOver half a million Filipinos fled their homes as differing forecasts about the path of a dangerously erratic typhoon prompted a wide swath of the country to prepare for a weekend of destructive winds and rain.
6 Dec 2014 - 3:41pmTen of the 15 members of the UN Security Council pushed to put North Korea on the official agenda for the first time to discuss the reclusive country’s human rights situation.
6 Dec 2014 - 3:03pmChina has provided the US with a list of alleged fugitives from justice amid a campaign to track down corrupt officials and others who have fled abroad, an American official said yesterday.
6 Dec 2014 - 2:35pmThailand's ailing king cancelled plans to hold a public annual audience marking his 87th birthday yesterday on his doctors' advice, heightening anxiety in the deeply divided kingdom over the leader's health.
6 Dec 2014 - 11:19amThe People's Liberation Army conducted a third flight test of a new hypersonic missile this week after the weapon's second test failed in August, according to a US report.
6 Dec 2014 - 2:40am 4 commentsRita Fan Hsu Lai-tai tipped ex-financial secretary Antony Leung Kam-chung and lawmaker Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee as candidates for chief executive in 2017.
6 Dec 2014 - 12:06am 48 commentsLate last month, the National Copyright Administration suspended the website of one of the largest fansub groups, YYeTs, and blocked several of its servers.
6 Dec 2014 - 8:09pm 2 commentsAt least a dozen university students have fallen seriously ill after moving into a women's dormitory building that parents have labelled a "gas chamber".
6 Dec 2014 - 2:40amMainland equity markets saw turnover surge above 1 trillion yuan (HK$1.26 trillion) for the first time on record yesterday.
6 Dec 2014 - 2:58amChief Executive Leung Chun-ying gave a lukewarm response to calls from pro-establishment lawmakers to speak to five teenage Scholarism members who began a hunger strike this week.
6 Dec 2014 - 3:37pm 59 comments More on Occupy CentralTo access the SCMP ePaper Edition you will need a Digital Premium Subscription.
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If there is one domestic policy that has epitomised Xi Jinping's time in office so thus far, it is his attempts to tackle corruption.
5 Dec 2014 - 7:05pm 3 commentsOyster Bar built a thriving business serving molluscs to well-heeled Muscovites. Then came Western sanctions, and the restaurant was forced to rechristen itself this autumn.
5 Dec 2014 - 9:18am 1 commentHong Kong student activist Joshua Wong stopped his hunger strike at noon today over health concerns, but may return and consider resuming the fast to press for universal suffrage.
6 Dec 2014 - 5:03pm 37 comments More on Occupy CentralBailiffs could take action to clear a section of the main Occupy site next week after a High Court judge rejected a bid to stall an injunction.
6 Dec 2014 - 11:16am 23 comments More on Occupy CentralHow the Communist Party leadership and judiciary treat the case of former security tsar Zhou Yongkang will be the first real test of President Xi Jinping’s ambition to promote government accountability and rule by law, analysts say.
6 Dec 2014 - 2:22am More on Zhou YongkangA Chinese man accused of smuggling “highly sensitive” parts for nuclear production to Iran was extradited to Boston on Friday where he will face federal charges.
6 Dec 2014 - 4:46pmA Swiss man kidnapped by Islamic militants in the southern Philippines nearly three years ago was rescued on Saturday as soldiers attacked his abductors in a remote jungle, the military said.
6 Dec 2014 - 3:35pmTen of the 15 members of the UN Security Council pushed to put North Korea on the official agenda for the first time to discuss the reclusive country’s human rights situation.
6 Dec 2014 - 3:03pmProtesters in New York and other cities rallied for a third night on Friday denouncing the use of deadly force by police against minorities, even as prosecutors said they would consider charges against an officer in the fatal shooting of a unarmed black man in November.
6 Dec 2014 - 5:24pmA man wielding a knife went on a stabbing spree aboard a US passenger train on Friday, wounding four people including a train employee.
6 Dec 2014 - 2:15pmChina State Grid Corp will spend about 400 billion yuan (HK$504 billion) this year on its electricity networks as the country, which last month reached a deal with the United States to curtail fossil fuels, copes with an unprecedented influx of clean energy and higher demand.
6 Dec 2014 - 11:28amThe mainland’s top leaders vowed to keep the economy growing steadily next year, in a policy statement that laid out the twin priorities of stabilising the pace of expansion while improving the quality of growth through innovation and structural reforms.
6 Dec 2014 - 9:28amWhile policy stimulus is likely to slow the decline in mainland home prices, more supportive moves are needed for market, researchers say.
3 Dec 2014 - 7:34am 2 commentsAn omni-channel strategy is the solution for global retailers facing the rising threat of fast-growing online shopping sales in China, according to Robert Welanetz, the chairman of the International Council of Shopping Centres.
3 Dec 2014 - 8:00amNew York-based pop revivalists have reconvened as a duo, and they're all the better for it.
3 Dec 2014 - 11:32pmThe wine-speak term "alternative" is fairly neutral - unlike its counterpart "interesting", usually a wine-speak euphemism for "faulty", "bizarre", or "borderline undrinkable".
4 Dec 2014 - 4:27pm More on LIFEFirst came the websites. Then, with the spread of smartphones, came a slew of mobile dating apps, from Blendr a couple of years ago to Tinder and Paktor, which were all the rage this year.
5 Dec 2014 - 9:55am 1 comment More on LIFEThe late art dealer C.T. Loo is loved and loathed for having sold Chinese treasures to the West
Cate Blanchett on her love for theatre and her challenges with Blue Jasmine
A scintillating array of this season's most coveted fashion and jewellery
Alfresco dining is gaining popularity among busy Hongkongers who want to unwind
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Joey Chan Ho-ping stunned world number five Alison Waters but the result was still not good enough to send Hong Kong through as they were narrowly beaten by England 2-1 in the Women's World Team Squash Championships semi-finals in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada.
6 Dec 2014 - 1:00pmRob Heathcote has beaten the rush for the big international show and the five-times champion trainer of Brisbane liked what he saw of Longines Hong Kong Sprint contender Buffering yesterday.
6 Dec 2014 - 12:18amWhether indoors or out, wild or sophisticated, here's our guide to throwing the best party in town.
5 Dec 2014 - 3:06pmAs Hong Kong dresses up to get down this festive season, here are some of the coolest events in the city.
3 Dec 2014 - 10:35pmTwo 14-year-old Nepalese students use their sandals to paddle across the Trishuli River, while French motorcyclist Julien Dupont performs stunts in the Montana Rusa roller coaster, and more ...
Volunteers attempt to shop blindfolded to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, while Britain's Prince Harry speaks on a telephone, and more ...
Former Ukrainian prime minister Yuliya Tymoshenko vote during a parliamentary session in Kiev, while Magician Andrew Basso performs a magic show in New York, and more ...
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Volunteers attempt to shop blindfolded to mark the International Day of Persons wi
Former Ukrainian prime minister Yuliya Tymoshenko vote during a parliamentary sess
Amazon.com has installed more than 15,000 robots across 10 US warehouses, a move t
