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Falling prices for wineries lure investors

The dream of producing their own wine makes buying in a prestigious region attractive to investors, including many from China

SGH warns against evangelising

Christian volunteer told to leave after complaint by a Taoist patient’s son

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Crossing the legal divide with the mainland

Fai Hung Cheung, a litigation partner at Allen & Overy, discusses the nuts and bolts of civil litigation on the mainland

Another blow for mainland web users

Popular internet tool used to get round the ‘Great Firewall’ censor is being disrupted

Cut US voting share on IMF, says PBOC adviser

Emerging markets should have more say on who is next boss, urges policy committee member

China set to unearth shale power

But China may have more energy riches under its own soil than policy makers in the world's second-largest economy ever dared imagine.

Beijing wary as new US military strategy emerges

PLA officer warns of response to Pentagon plan to integrate forces

For Many Chinese, New Wealth and a Fresh Face

Even in a blue-striped hospital bathrobe, her face wiped clean of makeup and marked with purple lines by her surgeon, the young woman who called herself Devil embodied an image of beauty widely admired in China: large, luminous eyes, a delicate nose and softly sculpted cheekbones.

Qi Baishi's painting sold for record 425.5m yuan at auction

The painting was intended as a gift to China's former leader, Chiang Kai-shek

Hong Kong’s dangerous mainland liaisons

Increasing integration with Beijing carries risks

Big pay cuts on the cards

PMO calls for ‘significant discount’ in ministers’ pay relative to private sector

Flying shark jet ready for its next challenge

Flight tests for new carrier plane

Beijing unlikely to listen in US lecture on human rights

“It used to be that raising these issues would get you a lecture about how China has made huge improvements and needs to make more progress,” said the diplomat.

“But now the lecture is much more about, ‘Who are you to criticise me? What right have you to criticise China?’”

Foreigners attracted to Thai ‘rose of the north’

Cooler, more affordable Chiang Mai appeals to investors and retirees

China should stop trying to silence its people’s voice

‘They feel they are sitting on a volcano,’ said a prominent Chinese academic when explaining why the government is cracking down on its critics.

Flagship of cultural heritage tarnished

It’s seen as a sacred place by millions, but the theft of artefacts, inept management and greed at the Palace Museum in the Forbidden City has stunned a nation

Apocalypse not: doomsday prediction falls flat

The prophecy of the end of the world ended with a whimper, not a bang, Saturday as life went on as usual despite warnings of Judgment Day by a US preacher which provoked panic in some quarters and parties in others.

Apocalypse almost: World waits for Rapture

Warnings by a US fundamentalist preacher that Saturday is Judgment Day have sent some people into hiding or scrambling to repent, while others are planning parties to wave off good Christians.

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Dealing with Difficult People - Ajahn Brahm

Qingdao aims to harness the sea for its growth

Shandong city wants to be shipping hub and marine industry centre

Sichuan police apologise for beating teacher

Sichuan police have apologised to a middle school after one of its teachers was severely beaten by seven policemen who mistook him for a fugitive, even though students and teachers tried to intervene.

In China, Fear of Fake Eggs and ‘Recycled’ Buns

But a stomach-turning string of food-safety scandals this spring, from recycled buns to contaminated pork, makes it clear that official efforts are falling short. Despite efforts to create a modern food-safety regimen, oversight remains utterly haphazard, in the hands of ill-trained, ill-equipped and outnumbered enforcers whose quick fixes are even more quickly undone.

US in new push to break ‘Great Firewall’

The United States plans to pump millions of dollars into new technology to break through internet censorship overseas amid a heightened crackdown on dissent in China, officials said on Tuesday.

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Can China keep it up?

Economic, political and environmental challenges are bound to slow the country down

Casino rivals watch closely as Galaxy Macau opens

Rivals in the world’s largest casino market are watching closely as Macau’s biggest casino in two years opens its doors today.

China’s aircraft carrier may be out of its depth

Varyag could be unsuited to blue-water role

Chickens fed mineral salts to boost weight

Market regulators found hundreds of chickens bound for market in Chongqing stuffed with high-density mineral salts, added to boost their weight and sale price.

China developers struggle as govt tightens property market

Property developers from China are facing stagnant sales and increased losses in the midst of Beijing’s efforts to cool the hot real estate market.

KhattarWong lawyers split to start new firm

Heavyweight law firm KhattarWong is set to lose its high-profile criminal lawyer Subhas Anandan and three of its top partners when they move to a new firm next month.

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Tin Pei Ling Music Video "I don't know what to say"

PAP's future member of parliment would be paid $15,000 a month to "don't know what to say" and behaving like an immature kid.



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Watchdog probes disappearance of 40,000 files after Chen resigned

The office of Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou yesterday revealed that nearly 40,000 official documents, including more than 25,000 diplomatic secrets, went missing when Ma’s predecessor Chen Shui-bian stepped down in 2008.

Custody battle auction, bid to lose custody

In Beijing, a couple who is getting divorced is in a custody battle, instead of fighting to win the custody of their 4 year-old son, they fight to lose it.

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Forgotten benefactor helped hide the movement’s leaders

The man who set up the revolutionary base at Castle Peak Farm is largely forgotten, just like the history of the site he owned.

Peter Lim gives $2m for Hwa Chong scholarship

Former remisier Peter Lim has donated $2 million to Hwa Chong International School’s (HCIS) scholarship fund, one of the largest donations he has made to a school so far.

Casino stake of Ho’s wife rises to HK$8.6b

Angela Leong On-kei, the fourth wife of Macau gaming magnate Stanley Ho Hung-sun, has emerged from the prolonged family fight for control of Ho’s assets with an effective 12 per cent stake in SJM Holdings, worth HK$8.64 billion based on the casino operator’s share price.

Elizabeth Taylor, last of the old-Hollywood screen sirens

Elizabeth Taylor, the violet-eyed film goddess whose sultry screen persona, stormy personal life and enduring fame and glamour made her one of the last of the old-fashioned movie stars, died yesterday at age 79.

The Chinese consumer fails to live up to the world’s hopes

The world is pinning its hopes on the great Chinese consumer.

Smoking ban on way for indoor public places

New regulations on tobacco use to come into effect from May 1

Gaoxian trading halts: a poser

China Gaoxian has joined the string of S-chips that have seen trading of their shares either halted or suspended. While investors are still anxiously awaiting news from the company, speculation is rife on what could have possibly happened. Investor fears stem from accounting irregularities at some China-based firms listed in Singapore.

Hong Kong inquest faults Manila police for hostage slaughter

Philippine police officers contributed to the deaths of eight hostages in the Manila bus bloodbath an inquest jury said yesterday, ruling that they were unlawful killings.

Crucial questions that were never answered

Investigation was impeded by poor handling of evidence and limits on jurisdiction

China can overtake US in 20 years with 8% growth

China could overtake the United States as the world’s largest economy if it maintains annual growth of 8 per cent over the next 20 years, the World Bank’s chief economist said yesterday.

A green pipe dream

Step forward the South-North Water Diversion Project, the much-vaunted, long-awaited silver bullet that is supposed to cure Beijing’s parched state. A relic of the Maoist era - it was Mao Zedong who in 1952 first suggested transferring water from the south of China to the arid north - the scheme called for three routes to funnel water north from the Yangtze River. But, almost 60 years on, none of the routes are close to completion, while the costs continue to rise inexorably.

China’s Shrinking Labour Pool Creating ‘Spoilt’ Workers

“Mama Mia,” the GM of an Italian company lamented to me over lunch in Shanghai, “The corruption I can deal with, but human resource issues are driving me insane. Workers are too short-term focused – 50 percent leave within two months no matter how much money and training we give.”

Man jailed for spreading radiation rumours

Police in eastern China have jailed a man for 10 days and fined him 500 yuan ($76.13) for spreading rumours online that a blast at a quake-damaged Japanese nuclear plant had contaminated Chinese waters, state media said.

US ‘must adjust to China’s rise at World Bank’

The rise of China’s influence in international institutions including the International Monetary Fund and World Bank is inevitable and must be accepted by the United States, according to a US security review of Sino-US ties.

China displays a bold face to world

In the past few weeks, the world has witnessed a more confident and decisive China, evidenced by its large-scale operations to protect its citizens abroad, from the evacuation of 35,860 workers from strife-torn Libya three weeks ago, to the withdrawal of thousands of Chinese nationals from the worst-hit disaster zones in Japan last week.

Amitav Gosh, Indian author’s take on Opium Wars

While the industrial revolution in Britain is hailed for the advent of capitalism, Ghosh, an anthropologist and an historian from Oxford University, says "much of the industrial revolution itself was funded by the opium trade."

Poisoned workers at Suzhou plant demand compensation from Apple

Angry workers suffering from chemical poisoning at a factory that supplies components for Apple iPads say they are taking their demands for compensation and medical care to the central government and Apple chief executive Steve Jobs.

Renault bosses apologise to wronged execs

Top Renault bosses made a public apology to three executives falsely accused of industrial espionage and pledged to forgo their bonuses after the Paris prosecutor said the case was unfounded.

Sleeping disorder affects 15% of Singaporeans

An estimated 15 per cent of the population in Singapore is affected by obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), one of the most common sleeping disorders.

Fears of health risks rise amid Japan crisis

Fears about health risks rose dramatically in Japan Tuesday with news of a greater radiation release and renewed warnings to remaining residents within 20 miles to stay indoors.

China flexed its muscles using U.S. Treasuries

Confidential diplomatic cables from the U.S. embassies in Beijing and Hong Kong lay bare China’s growing influence as America’s largest creditor.

Beijing lowers the bar for judges to make up shortfall

A desperate shortage of judges for grass roots level courts means Beijing is going to be more flexible when considering applications, the Supreme People’s Court said yesterday.

BHP offered to trade China info: Wikileaks

US cables showed CEO made offer to American diplomat

After Egypt’s uprising, China likely to step up control

China, which has been obsessed with political stability ever since it called out its army to crush a massive albeit peaceful protest in Beijing 22 years ago, is likely to step up repressive tactics against its population in the wake of the toppling of Egypt’s president Hosni Mubarak after 18 days of demonstrations.

Wedding bells ringing for money rather than love

Finding the ideal partner is rarely easy but on the mainland - where an estimated 260 million are hunting for a spouse - the process is often more about economics and pragmatism than a desire for romance, a major survey finds.

SingPost to launch digital mailbox in H2

It also announced the sale of its pawn broking business

Rising food prices will spark next big Asian crisis

Forget Egypt for a moment. Skip the water crisis in China. Look past angst on the streets of Bangladesh. If you want to see how extreme the effects of surging food prices are becoming, look to wealthy Japan. So big are the increases that economists are talking about them pushing deflationary Japan toward inflation. Yes, rising costs for commodities such as wheat, corn and coffee might do what trillions of dollars of central bank liquidity couldn’t.

Lim Hock Siew sues “Chronicle of Singapore” editor and related parties for defamation

Former political detainee Dr. Lim Hock Siew, who was detained for close to twenty years, has sued the editor, publisher and printer of “1959-2009: Chronicle of Singapore - Fifty Years of Headline News” for defamation. He has requested for compensation from the respondents and demanded that they desist from repeating false information relating to him.

Railway chief pledges war on corruption

The new party chief of the railways ministry, Sheng Guangzu, has pledged his new team will not become personally involved in the ministry’s lucrative construction contracts, a hotbed for corruption that allegedly led to the downfall of his predecessor.

Court dismisses Tony Chan’s ‘totally dishonest’ appeal

Tony Chan Chun-chuen yesterday lost a second round in his “totally dishonest case” to wrest the fortune of the late Nina Wang Kung Yu-sum from the Chinachem Charitable Foundation.

Average incomes tell a different story

News that China had officially surpassed Japan as the world’s No. 2 economy was greeted with neither surprise nor much cheer by most Chinese people yesterday.

Mainlanders shun Japan amid simmering Diaoyus row

Tourism industry feels the impact of a collision at sea

Renault managers in police custody over spy probe

Carmaker says it may have been duped into paying 250,000 euros for false information

Chinese property ‘bubble’ fuels hard landing fears

The world business elite raised concerns over China’s property prices at its annual get-together in Davos, with some worrying that if the bubble bursts it could hurt growth.

China’s investment makes big imprint on Portuguese world

Risks grow as Chinese companies expand role in Africa, Brazil

‘My father is Li Gang’ case a cue for reform

If anything ought to convince Beijing of the urgency of pursuing justice reforms, it is public scepticism about the administration of the law. This sentiment is finding increasing expression in internet forums. Without respect for the law, the official goal of stability and harmony will be harder to achieve.

China policeman’s son gets 6 years for hit-and-run

A Chinese court sentenced a man who attempted to exploit his father’s senior police rank to flee a fatal road accident to six years in jail on Sunday, state media reported.

Chinese boost prices in world’s auction houses

A Chinese face or two in the crowd at the world’s auction houses often means one thing: the gavel will fall on a price far beyond the seller’s wildest dreams.

China’s first property taxes kick in

China on Friday launched a long-awaited property tax in two of the country’s biggest cities, but the mayor of Chongqing in the southwest warned the measure was not a cure-all for soaring prices.

Carrefour faces fines over mainland prices

Mainland regulators want to fine French retail giant Carrefour 2.5 million yuan (HK$2.95 million), the maximum for overcharging customers, state media reported yesterday.

Carrefour faces fines and refunds over price fraud

French retailer Carrefour says it will refund customers five times the difference between the stated price and the actual amount charged after the authorities said on Wednesday that they had uncovered fraudulent pricing in 11 of its mainland supermarkets.

Profit bliss in wedded splits

New measures aimed at cooling an overheated mainland property market appear to have done the opposite as couples fake marriage or divorce to defeat the rules and buy

China is deep in a hole, but Beijing won’t stop digging

When you’re in a hole, stop digging.

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Wu Jieping, the doctor who tended leaders, dies

The man who looked after the health of the mainland’s paramount leaders for years, Dr. Wu Jieping, died in Beijing on Wednesday night at the age of 94.

Beijing to track all mobile phone users’ movements

Government to monitor 20m people

China to revamp growth model in next 5 years

If successful, the overhaul could see a slowdown in the country’s economy

Home supply to spike in next few years

Prices and rents may drop in 2013 and 2014 as a result

Moscow turns its military gaze east

New world order has Russia considering China as the enemy, writes Thomas Grove

Property controls distort the market

After several unsuccessful attempts to rein in runaway housing prices, the central government has resorted to restricting home purchases in the hope of dealing the “killer blow” to cool the market.

The flowering of an unconventional revolution

There are no slogans, no banners and no petitions. In fact, to the uninitiated, it is difficult to spot the demonstrations at all.

China’s population now stands at 1.34b

China’s population grew to 1.341 billion by the end of 2010, the National Bureau of Statistics has announced.

Secrets of the last emperor

Pu Yi in a work unit after the revolution


Pu Yi at his marriage ceremony when he was still a teenager.


Pu Yi before his arrest at the end of the war, dressed to impress in uniform and medals.

The famed memoirs of Pu Yi were a lie, its publishers reveal as the real autobiography goes on sale

China to evacuate 30,000 from Libya

China will attempt to evacuate more than 30,000 of its nationals trapped in violence-torn Libya, with the first chartered jet taking off for the North African country yesterday.

Deportation of 14 Taiwanese not about sovereignty

The Philippines’ deportation of 14 Taiwanese to mainland China along with 10 mainlanders, who were believed to be involved in an international fraud scheme, has stirred up a hornet’s nest in Taiwan, with politicians claiming violation of the nation’s sovereignty.

Cannon wants Chinese fugitives returned

Chinese fugitives in Canada should be “repatriated,” Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon said Wednesday, despite fears over their fate if forcibly returned.

Japan probes WWII prisoner experiment site

The site is linked to Unit 731 of the Japanese Imperial Army, which carried out experiments in germ warfare on prisoners.

The excavation was ordered after former nurse Toyo Ishii spoke out

Oral sex linked to cancer risk

US scientists said on Sunday there is strong evidence linking oral sex to cancer, and urged more study of how human papilloma viruses may be to blame for a rise in oral cancer among white men.