Xi calls for innovation as economic growth slows 

Rapturous crowds. Beaming workers. Pep talks for the troops. The TV coverage yesterday of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent visit to an eastern province was a tour de force of Communist

Authorities detain artist who posted humorous photo of president 

Authorities have detained an obscure Chinese artist after he posted online a humorous portrait of President Xi Jinping, his wife said yesterday. Judy Zhu said police accused her husband, Dai Jianyong,

Ex-legislator on trial for organizing prostitution 

A former member of China’s national legislature who is accused of running a brothel with 100 prostitutes at a luxury hotel that he ran in southern China has gone on trial on charges of

Rohingya migrant crisis | Boat people talks: Key issues and expectations 

In the past month, more than 3,000 desperate, hungry people have landed on the shores of Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, drawing international attention to a crisis in Southeast Asia. Arrivals of the

India | Heat weary citizens crowd rivers, shady trees as death toll passes 1,400

Eating onions, lying in the shade and splashing into rivers, Indians were doing whatever they could yesterday to stay cool during a brutal heat wave that has killed more than

Corruption | Blatter calls crisis meeting, skips 3rd public appearance

FIFA President Sepp Blatter chaired an emergency meeting with continental soccer bodies yesterday while staying out of public view himself. Blatter called together leaders of FIFA’s six regions as world soccer is rocked by

USA | Nebraska abolishes death penalty in landmark override vote

Nebraska abolished the death penalty on Wednesday (early yesterday, Macau time) in a landmark veto-­override vote backed by an unusual coalition of conservatives who oppose capital punishment. Senators in the one-­house Legislature voted 30-19

This Day in History | 1968 Manchester Utd win European Cup

Ten years after the Munich air crash, which killed eight of Matt Busby’s young team, Manchester United have reached the pinnacle of European football. Celtic became the first Scottish and British

Offbeat | USA: Aerosmith’s Tyler not really doing a strawberry farm show

NJ.com reports (bit.ly/1AymvkV) the rock star and “American Idol” judge was listed on concert websites ReverbNation and Eventful as performing a Saturday morning show at Windsor Farm & Market. Farm owner

Football | Europa League final – Bacca the star as Sevilla beats Dnipro 3-2

  Sevilla won the Europa League for a record fourth time, with two goals from Carlos Bacca steering the Spanish club to a 3-2 win over Ukraine's Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in yesterday's

Kapok | Collective Empowerment

José Pereira Coutinho’s arguments are pretty straightforward: Macao needs a long overdue Trade Union Law for three sets of reasons. First, because this is enshrined in Article 27 of the

Friday, May 29, 2015 – edition no. 2323

* Bangkok conference on boat people | Rohingya migrant crisis far from over * CTM to update internet services * Trailhiker 2015 over half booked * Arts Festival final show this weekend   DOWNLOAD

The reinvention of Macau – Cotai 2.0 starts on Broadway hoping for a happy ending

* Books: Piranha by Clive Cussler and Boyd Morrison * Music: The Purple Album by Whitesnake * Wine: The Wildness of Beauty IV * Food: the Italian Job * Jack Black by Paulo Coutinho *

Times Square by Rodrigo

Jack Black

Tea Leaks by Talkers

Leak in! Well-informed sources have circulated an unprecedented list of top People’s Liberation Army (PLA) officers “who have been booked for corruption” and Talkers screened it with his own eyes

‘Poltergeist’ solid remake of haunted house classic

It’s infrequent and particularly satisfying when the remake of an especially memorable film equals or exceeds the experience of the original. In 1982, “Poltergeist” saw the brilliant pairing of “The

Cussler’s ‘Piranha’ is great book for summer reading

Piranha,” the latest in the Oregon Files series of novels by Clive Cussler, has a new co-author, Boyd Morrison, and proves to be the best entry in the series to

Whitesnake delves deep into Purple past on new album

Who says you can’t go home? David Coverdale delves deep into his Deep Purple background on the new Whitesnake album, which re-does songs from his tenure fronting the legendary classic rock

The Wildness of Beauty IV

(Continued from “The Wildness of Beauty III” on 24 April 2015) In the 16th century, Corsica became a major battleground for Habsburg Spain and Valois France over the control of the

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