One person, one vote - to decide who will be Hong Kong's new Chief Executive. But the reform plan must first be endorsed by two-thirds of the members in the 70-seat Legislative Council. When introducing the plan on Wednesday, Carrie Lam told council...
The 100 people on the list are mostly accused of crimes involving corruption. The latest move is part of the Sky Net campaign to repatriate corruption suspects. Fu Kui is with the Communist Party of China's Central Commission for Discipline Inspectio...
It seems that Audi is working on cleaning up the rap sheet of the most polluting car fuel. After building a research center for e-diesel (a renewable resource created artificially) last November, the Ingolstadt firm has announced that the very first...
PENTAGONU.S. military officials say the decision to strengthen their naval presence in the Gulf of Aden is designed to preserve options as Yemens security situation continues to worsen. They add that the presence of an Iranian convoy in waters near Y...
Together with the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone, the four zones have now all been assigned different areas of specialization. The one in Guangdong will focus on promoting economic cooperation with Hong Kong and Macao, while at the same time spearhea...
The draft amendment to the Seed Law calls for stricter supervision on the use of GM plant seeds. It also stipulates that information on GM seeds should be publicized in a timely manner. Enterprises that produce seeds of GM plants are also required to...
A humble wooden deckchair recovered from the doomed Titanic has sold for ?100,350 at auction. 上周举行的一场拍卖会上，泰坦尼克号上的一张沙滩椅以以100350（约合93.1万元人民币）英镑的高价成交。 The Nantucket wo...
In its earnings call, chip maker AMD revealed that Windows 10 will launch at the end of July, as blog Tweaktown first noticed. 芯片制造商AMD在电话会议中透露Windows 10将于7月底发布。博客Tweaktown第一个发现此事。 Here's wh...
Chinese tech giant Baidu has shut down the Japanese search engine that it first launched in 2007. The Baidu.jp site, which used to feature a Japanese-language search engine that hoped to rival Google and Yahoo in the country, now just features a miss...
A 20-minute video, filmed by a U.S. Allies representative, has made its debut in a museum in Hunan Province. Serving as an important testimony of the Chinese People's victory, the video footage demonstrates the signing of a surrender memorandum by th...
The European Union has laid-out a series of new measures to deal with the massive influx of migrants from north Africa trying to enter European territory through a dangerous voyage through the Mediterranean. The 10-point package calls for a strengthe...
Microsoft Corp emanated an air of quiet satisfaction on Wednesday as European antitrust regulators readied charges against rival Google Inc for abusing its monopoly power in the online search business. 周三，欧盟反垄断机构准备对谷歌进行...
China's central bank is to cut its bank reserve requirement ratio by one percentage point. 中国央行将把银行存款准备金率下调一个百分点（简称降准）。 The People's Bank of China said that the new reserve requirement would tak...
The Golden Era dominated the 34th Hong Kong Film Awards with five wins, including best film, best director, best cinematography and best art direction. 《黄金时代》获第34届香港电影金像奖最佳影片、最佳导演、最佳摄影和最佳...
The White House has condemned in the strongest terms the mass murder of 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya claimed by Islamic State. A spokeswoman said Sunday, That these terrorists killed these men solely because of their faith lays bare the terrorist...
