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China poised to trim growth ambitions in five-year plan

China poised to trim growth ambitions in five-year plan

Analysts expect Premier Li Qiang to announce a growth target of between 4.5 per cent and 5 per cent in China's 15th five-year plan.

China releases HK national security policy paper

China releases HK national security policy paper

China releases HK national security policy paper

China releases HK national security policy paper

A day after pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai was sentenced to 20 years' jail, China has released a policy white paper on Hong Kong's national ‍security.

HK media tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years' jail

HK media tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years' jail

HK media tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years' jail

HK media tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years' jail

A Hong Kong court has sentenced media tycoon and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison, in a China-imposed national security case.

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Muscat's Chinese champs punished after corruption probe

Muscat's Chinese champs punished after corruption probe

Australian Kevin Muscat's champions Shanghai Port are among Chinese Super League teams hit with a points deduction after an investigation into corruption.

Aussie snowboard ace Lambert takes first World Cup gold

Aussie snowboard ace Lambert takes first World Cup gold

Adam Lambert has completed another tremendous weekend for Australia's Winter Olympic hopes by racing to his first snowboard cross World Cup win.

Ex-Mariners boss joins fellow Aussie coaches in China

Ex-Mariners boss joins fellow Aussie coaches in China

There are now four Australian coaches in the Chinese Super League with Nick Montgomery the latest to make the move.

Taiwan vows to defend itself after China military drill

Taiwan vows to defend itself after China military drill

Taiwan remains on high alert after China's massive military drills as President Lai Ching-te declares the island is determined to defend its sovereignty.

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China launches live-fire war games around Taiwan

China launches live-fire war games around Taiwan

China launches live-fire war games around Taiwan

China launches live-fire war games around Taiwan

Taiwan is vowing to "defend democracy" as is condemns Chinese war games around the island that include live-fire drills.

China hits US with sanctions over Taiwan arms sales

China hits US with sanctions over Taiwan arms sales

China hits US with sanctions over Taiwan arms sales

China hits US with sanctions over Taiwan arms sales

China has announced economic sanctions on 20 US defence firms after Washington's announcement of $US11.1 billion in arms sales to Taiwan.

Hong Kong court finds tycoon guilty in landmark trial

Hong Kong court finds tycoon guilty in landmark trial

Hong Kong court finds tycoon guilty in landmark trial

Hong Kong court finds tycoon guilty in landmark trial

Jimmy Lai, the former Hong Kong media mogul and outspoken critic of Beijing, has been convicted in a landmark national security trial.

Aussie teenager creates history in World Cup debut

Aussie teenager creates history in World Cup debut

Aussie teenager creates history in World Cup debut

Aussie teenager creates history in World Cup debut

Indra Brown is edging closer to Olympic qualification after the 15-year-old claimed a podium finish in the freeski halfpipe at Secret Garden.

Rare World Cup miss for Australian snowboard superstar

Rare World Cup miss for Australian snowboard superstar

Rare World Cup miss for Australian snowboard superstar

Rare World Cup miss for Australian snowboard superstar

Scotty James has had an uncharacteristically poor showing at the halfpipe World Cup in China with the Aussie great well off an all-Japanese podium.

Aussie star James swamped by Japanese snowboard threats

Aussie star James swamped by Japanese snowboard threats

Aussie star James swamped by Japanese snowboard threats

Aussie star James swamped by Japanese snowboard threats

Australia's Scotty James must beat seven Japanese snowboarders to win the halfpipe World Cup in China while Melbourne ski teen Indra Brown has stunned on debut.

HK races to remove mesh blamed for fuelling deadly fire

HK races to remove mesh blamed for fuelling deadly fire

HK races to remove mesh blamed for fuelling deadly fire

HK races to remove mesh blamed for fuelling deadly fire

Hong Kong is stripping scaffolding nets off all buildings undergoing renovation after the material was suspected of powering an inferno that killed 159 people.

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HK fire toll rises to 159 as authorities arrest six

Hong Kong police have completed a search for bodies inside all seven of the eight high-rise residential towers as the death toll from a fire rises to 159.

Baby among dead as Hong Kong fire toll hits 159

More bodies have been found at a Hong Kong apartment complex following the city's deadliest fire in decades, including an infant and a 97-year-old.

Hong Kong leader orders probe into deadly inferno

Authorities have set up an independent inquiry to investigate a horrific fire in Hong Kong that burned seven apartment buildings and killed at least 156 people.

HK arrests more suspects in fire probe as deaths rise

The netting on apartment buildings that caught fire in a horrific inferno in Hong Kong wasn't up to code, authorities say, as the death toll rises to 151.

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Anger over deadly HK blaze as Beijing issues warning

Anger is growing over the fire that tore through seven high-rise blocks in Hong Kong, amid calls for accountability as China warns against disrupting the city.

Snowboard ace return rocked by Aussie teammate injury

Snowboard star Tess Coady has made a promising return from injury, but Australian freeskier Daisy Thomas is out of the Winter Olympics after injury.

Hong Kong mourns victims of blaze that killed 128

Crews in Hong Kong have found dozens more bodies in a high-rise complex after a massive fire, as the city pays tribute to the scores who died in the tragedy.

HK fire toll rises to 128, rescuers make final search

The death toll from a fire in a Hong Kong residential complex has risen to 128 after more bodies were found in the blackened towers, authorities say.

‘Negligent’ builders blamed for HK blaze that killed 55

Police have revealed that unsafe materials might be behind a Hong Kong apartment inferno, as the blaze was brought under control and the death toll rose to 55.

Four dead as fire rages through Hong Kong high-rise

At least four people are dead and an unknown number are trapped after a massive fire engulfed high-rise residential towers in Hong Kong.

Kevin Muscat adds another trophy to eye-catching resume

Kevin Muscat has won a second Chinese Super League title with Shanghai Port FC, yet another trophy in his growing coaching resume.

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