Singapore will outpace Hong Kong in growth in the ranks of millionaires over the next five years, with about one in 30 people qualifying as high net worth by 2020,
The violence swirling out from Syria in recent weeks is pressuring China to step off the sidelines and take a more active role in international efforts to stem the conflict. The
Chinese scientists have signed a deal to establish a commercial animal cloning center in the northern port city of Tianjin, edging the controversial science closer to mainstream acceptance. The plant in
U.S. and Chinese trade envoys yesterday promised to work together to protect business secrets and Beijing appeared to give ground in a dispute over proposed technology security rules for its
Chinese authorities are trying to register an estimated 13 million people who are without documents, most of whom were babies born in violation of the country’s strict family-size rules. China
Chinese billionaire Liu Yiqian, who doesn’t exactly struggle to afford a plane ticket, can now likely fly free, in first class, with his whole family, anywhere in the world, for
In its ongoing quest for glory and global influence, China appears to have won a notable victory. The International Monetary Fund is set to anoint the renminbi - the “people’s
China refuted claims it is militarizing the disputed South China Sea, saying it needs to build facilities on artificial islands and reefs to protect them. “As the islands and reefs are
The results of Hong Kong’s fifth District Council election were unveiled yesterday. The South China Morning Post reported that a pair of pro-democracy heavyweights were marginally unseated in a District Council
After being tricked into selling her Singapore home and traveling to China to invest the proceeds, Mary Seow eventually found herself homeless in Hong Kong, having lost touch with her family. Nearly five
According to the South China Morning Post, as of 9.30pm yesterday, the turnout rate hit 43.65 per cent, higher than the rate of 38.54 per cent at the same time
Snowstorms swept across a vast area of north China yesterday, disrupting traffic, grounding flights and slowing down bullet trains in Beijing, Tianjin and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Six highways passing through
China yesterday told other countries not to “deliberately stir up trouble” in the disputed South China Sea, while insisting it has no intention of militarizing the strategically vital area even
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang pledged an additional USD14.5 million to fund the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 that disappeared more than a year ago with 239 people aboard. Li
China, the world’s biggest carbon emitter, wants a legally binding agreement to be reached at a world climate summit in Paris that begins on Nov. 30. China hopes the summit will
Australia blocked the sale of the nation’s largest private landowner to an overseas buyer, saying the location of one of the company’s 10 cattle ranches in a weapons testing area
President Xi Jinping condemned the Islamic State’s execution of a Chinese national, an act that raises pressure on China to take a greater role in resolving Syria’s civil war. Xi issued
A wealthy Chinese businessman told police that kidnappers forced him to kill a woman and then tried to blackmail him about it, officials and news reports said. Police in Yibin city in Sichuan
The Islamic State group said yesterday that it has killed Chinese and Norwegian captives after earlier demanding ransoms for the two men. The extremist group published two images of the men
McDonald’s has opened an outlet in a historic residence in east China’s Zhejiang Province, sparking heated debate about whether such sites should be used for commercial purposes. The burger chain began
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