Top mainland resorts get back to peasant roots

Once a maligned style, traditional Chinese architecture is making a comeback as hotels and homes follow elegant designs of imperial past

It’s full speed ahead for sgCarMart

Online car portal sgCarMart’s annual turnover is some $5m with over 10,000 listings on its site

Shanghai dialect fights to survive in modern China

When professor Qian Nairong published his dictionary of the Shanghai dialect in 2007, he was in some ways documenting a dying language.

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Pain of integration

Anthony Cheung says the acrimony in Hongkongers’ relations with the mainland can be traced to a loss of local pride and direction as the city grapples with its changing role in a surging Chinese economy

Some retailers worry buyers will abuse law

Consumers welcome move, but some wonder about its effectiveness

‘Lemon law’ to protect consumers

Those stuck with faulty goods can get them repaired or replaced

Chinese snap up Aussie vines in hunt for top drop

The coal-rich hills of Australia’s Hunter Valley have long fed China’s steel furnaces but the winemaking region is riding a fresh boom as the Asian power’s middle classes toast their new wealth.

Rules on expert opinion, hearsay evidence eased

The law was liberalised yesterday to allow greater use of hearsay evidence and expert opinion in court.

Where bitterness reigns

The animosity that has flared over the flood of mainlanders coming to Hong Kong is nasty and worrying but also not surprising, some observers say

Extremists christians in National University of Singapore (NUS)

Christians often accused the Muslims of creating troubles, but the christians are themselves trouble makers too. Only difference is Muslims use guns and the hypocritical christians use pens.

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New China landing vessels point to Pacific rivalry

As looming budget cuts force the Pentagon to plan for a smaller U.S. navy, China is accelerating the launch of new, increasingly capable warships as part of a sustained drive to become a major maritime power.

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Whitney Houston, I will always love you

Singer Whitney Houston dies at 48

Legendary pop singer Whitney Houston was found dead at a Beverly Hills, California, hotel at age 48, officials said Saturday night.

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Singapore warns US on anti-China rhetoric

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USA and Israel are both hypocrites

So much negative western media reporting of China and Russia vetoing the US resolution on Syria. Time for those white trash to look at the mirror on how many times USA veto UN resolutions on Israel.  Why USA has no balls to admit Israel has nuclear bombs? So Bush bombed Iraq because of suspected non existence WMD. Would any US president bomb Israel to cave age because Israel has hidden WMD? Of course not, because Americans has no balls when it come to face with Israel. Why? Because American economy, media and financials are controlled by the Jews. Oh yes, don't forget the Jewish money involved in the presidential campaign funds.

Counterfeit bottles put a dint in China’s lust for Lafite

The international wine industry is casting a nervous eye towards China following reports that the country’s love affair with the finest vintages might be going through somewhat of a rocky patch.

Auction houses outfox Chinese antiquity fakers

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Apple's iPhone hot but Android handsets 'on fire'

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Sales slide after vintage year for bogus Bordeaux

Fears over bootleg booze end three-year boom and send mainland market for fine wines into freefall

Artist with a touch of erotic magic

Painter Liu Yi believes it is an artist's job to "torture" himself when he closes the door to work, yet "startle" others when he opens the door to show off that creation.

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