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China blasts critics of new Hong Kong security law
Mar 20, 2024 (AFP)
Hong Kong, a former colony of Britain before the 1997 handover back to China, on Tuesday passed a security law commonly referred to as Article 23 to punish five...
Taiwan, China in joint search for two missing fishermen
Mar 14, 2024 (AFP)
The coast guard dispatched patrol vessels after it received a report around 6 am Thursday (2200 GMT Wednesday) that a fishing boat carrying six people had sunk ...
'Shen Yun' slides anti-Beijing message into colourful dance
Mar 12, 2024 (AFP)
The Shen Yun Performing Arts company has slipped the beliefs of a spiritual movement called Falun Gong in between its technicoloured visuals and leaping dancers...
China vows to 'safeguard' national security with new laws at conclave
Mar 08, 2024 (AFP)
The "Two Sessions" -- parallel meetings of China's rubber-stamp parliament and political consultative body -- offer a rare glimpse into the strategy of the Comm...
Hong Kong unveils new national security law with tough penalties
Mar 08, 2024 (AFP)
The homegrown legislation is set to become the city's second national security law, following the one Beijing imposed in 2020 after quashing huge and sometimes ...
Exiled Tibetans guard heritage from 'cultural genocide'
Mar 08, 2024 (AFP)
Crouched over a minutely detailed devotional "thangka" painting depicting Buddha, artist Lobsang Tenzin teaches students in northern India. "It is important to ...
What we learned from Chinese foreign minister's press briefing
Mar 07, 2024 (AFP)
Here is a breakdown of Wang Yi's key points: - Gaza - China has historically been sympathetic to the Palestinian cause and supportive of a two-state solution to...
Tibetans fear for future as they recall failed uprising
Mar 07, 2024 (AFP)
"Being a good human being is everybody's responsibility," he said, weeks ahead of Sunday's commemorations of the failed Tibetan uprising against China that saw ...
China calls war in Gaza 'a disgrace to civilisation'
Mar 07, 2024 (AFP)
US President Joe Biden has urged Hamas to accept a ceasefire plan with Israel before the Muslim fasting month begins, which could be as early as Sunday dependin...
Hong Kong court lowers bar for sedition convictions
Mar 07, 2024 (AFP)
The sedition offence, formerly a little-used relic of Hong Kong's British colonial era, was dusted off as Beijing launched a crackdown on dissent in the financi...
Chinese legislators kick off annual gathering in chilly, grey Beijing
Mar 05, 2024 (AFP)
Nearly 3,000 representatives from around the country -- including rural Communist Party members and university professors -- are converging on Beijing this week...
What to know about China's annual parliamentary meeting
Mar 01, 2024 (AFP)
The tightly controlled voting on legislation already pre-approved by the ruling Communist Party means there will be no major changes. But the meetings do provid...
China's ex-foreign minister Qin Gang resigns as lawmaker
Feb 28, 2024 (AFP)
Qin's resignation as a representative for the port city of Tianjin to China's 14th National People's Congress was accepted on Tuesday, state news agency Xinhua ...
Rare Hong Kong protest sounds alarm on new security law
Feb 27, 2024 (AFP)
Public demonstrations have all but vanished in the Chinese finance hub since Beijing quelled huge, sometimes violent pro-democracy protests in 2019 and imposed ...
China's former richest person Zong Qinghou dead at 79: company
Feb 25, 2024 (AFP)
Zong was the founder of the Wahaha conglomerate, which specialises in bottled water, soft drinks, tea and other products. He died Sunday morning after "treatmen...
Australian writer will not appeal suspended China death sentence
Feb 21, 2024 (AFP)
Yang was handed a suspended death sentence earlier this month after a court found him guilty of opaque "espionage" charges, which the Australian citizen has for...
Trial starts for 14 accused of Hong Kong protest bomb plot
Feb 19, 2024 (AFP)
The defendants, allegedly members of a radical protest group called "Dragon Slayers", were arrested after police accused them of planning to carry out a bomb at...
Terminally ill Hong Kong activist jailed again for sedition
Feb 16, 2024 (AFP)
Koo Sze-yiu, 78, is among the handful of outspoken government critics still remaining in the city after Beijing crushed Hong Kong's huge and sometimes violent d...
Australia says China's suspended death sentence for writer will 'impact' ties
Feb 15, 2024 (AFP)
"Decisions of this nature will have an impact on the relationship," Foreign Minister Penny Wong told lawmakers, addressing the sentence imposed on Chinese-Austr...
AI game trains young Chinese to face nosy relatives at New Year
Feb 09, 2024 (AFP)
The annual inquisition as extended families gather for China's biggest festival is a cultural touchstone across the country, portrayed in films, books and artic...
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