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Over a thousand show up for funeral service of Hong Kong singer Ellen Joyce Loo

Nearly a thousand people paid their respects to late Hong Kong singer-songwriter Ellen Joyce Loo on Monday, eight days after she fell to her death at her Happy Valley residence at the age of 32.

SCMP | 2018-08-14 13:46

Which country offers fastest fixed broadband speed?

Singapore beat Hong Kong to top the charts for the fastest fixed broadband speeds globally for the 12th time in a row.

SCMP | 2018-08-14 12:18

QR codes on dog collars bring pet owners to heel

Dog owners who let their pets roam the streets, fail to clean up after their animals or allow other misdemeanours can now be fined by police by scanning a QR code in eastern China.

SCMP | 2018-08-12 11:37

Charges dropped against schoolboys accused of hidden-cam recordings

Two boys from a leading Hong Kong secondary school who pleaded not guilty to using hidden cameras to record girls changing had charges against them dropped on Friday, while a third schoolmate who pleaded guilty was given a one-year protection order.

SCMP | 2018-08-12 11:00

67-year-old pregnant with twins, becomes China's oldest to give birth

A 67-year-old Chinese woman who became pregnant with twins has insisted she will defy doctors' advice to have an abortion despite their fears for her health, according to a local newspaper.

SCMP | 2018-08-09 10:56

Airbnb rejected promotional bid offering lodging at Great Wall of China

Airbnb has been forced to cancel a promotion that offered competition winners the chance to spend a night on Great Wall of China after an official heritage body said it had not approved the plan.

SCMP | 2018-08-09 10:33

Chinese twin girls, 8, drown on day trip to beach with their mother

Police on Monday recovered the bodies of twin eight-year-old girls who are believed to have drowned while swimming in the sea off the east China coast. Pei Yuanjin and Pei Yuantong had been on a trip to a beach in Qingdao, Shandong province, with their mother on Sunday when the tragedy happened, a local television company reported.

SCMP | 2018-08-08 10:53

China's two largest surveillance camera makers take a beating from US ban

Investors on Friday dumped shares of the world’s top two security camera makers - Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology and Zhejian Dahua Technology - after they warned that a move to ban the use of Chinese made surveillance equipment by the US federal government could have wider ramifications on their business.

SCMP | 2018-08-03 15:49

Chinese girl fighting for life after she falls into pool at first birthday celebrations

A toddler in southeastern China has been left in a critical condition after nearly drowning when her mother turned her back for a moment at a swimming pool, local media reported.

SCMP | 2018-08-03 11:43

China won't concede an inch, Xi Jinping tells Mattis on South China Sea and Taiwan

Chinese President Xi Jinping has told visiting US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis that China will make no concession on its core interests, despite calling for stronger ties between the countries’ militaries. “Our attitude is firm and clear in terms of Chinese sovereignty and territorial integrity, that we would not lose a single inch of the lands we inherited from our ancestors...

SCMP | 2018-08-03 11:37

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