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Australia urges release of citizens in China
Dec 20, 2022 (AFP)
Wong is set to be the first top Australian diplomat to visit China in four years, a trip aimed at thawing troubled relations. She will depart Australia on Tuesd...
Hong Kong author Xi Xi dies aged 85
Dec 18, 2022 (AFP)
One of the most beloved names in Sinophone literature, she published more than 30 books of fiction, poetry, non-fiction and screenplays in a career spanning six...
Macau casino giants pledge $15 billion for 10-year licences
Dec 16, 2022 (AFP)
The former Portuguese colony is the only place in China where casinos are allowed, and issues just six operating concessions for a multi-billion-dollar industry...
China recalls six diplomats over Manchester violence: UK
Dec 15, 2022 (AFP)
UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said the six envoys had left the country by a Wednesday deadline imposed by London for them to waive their diplomatic immuni...
Hong Kong police wrong to ban Tiananmen vigil, court rules
Dec 14, 2022 (AFP)
The ruling is a rare rebuke of authorities in a city where the public commemoration of Beijing's deadly 1989 crackdown has been virtually wiped out in recent ye...
The art teacher who showed the world China's protests
Dec 14, 2022 (AFP)
When demonstrations erupted against Beijing's hardline zero-Covid policy, the 30-year-old known on Twitter as "Teacher Li" became the go-to source for videos, s...
Hong Kong leader says Google has 'moral obligation' to remove wrong anthem
Dec 13, 2022 (AFP)
Hong Kong officials have been infuriated by a series of mistakes at international sporting events in recent weeks when a protest song has been played instead of...
China protester detained for nine days: mother
Dec 13, 2022 (AFP)
China last week effectively ended its harsh zero-Covid policy, following years of economic damage and simmering public discontent that erupted in nationwide dem...
China retires major Covid tracking app as virus rules ease
Dec 12, 2022 (AFP)
Beijing has effectively thrown in the towel on zero-Covid, last week announcing an end to large-scale lockdowns, mandatory quarantine in central facilities, and...
Asian markets track Wall St down on inflation fears
Dec 12, 2022 (AFP)
The producer price index reading for November followed data showing the jobs market remained tight, suggesting the central bank would likely need to keep hiking...
Czechs say China shut two 'police stations' in Prague
Dec 08, 2022 (AFP)
Spanish-based NGO Safeguard Defenders said in September that China had set up 54 such police facilities around the world. Critics say they were used to silence ...
Canada police suspend contract with China-linked firm
Dec 08, 2022 (AFP)
The half-million dollar contract for a radio frequency filtering system to prevent eavesdropping had gone to Canada's Sinclair Technologies, which is controlled...
Students protest campus lockdown as China eases Covid curbs
Dec 06, 2022 (AFP)
Some Chinese cities have begun tentatively rolling back mass testing and curbs on movement following nationwide anti-lockdown demonstrations last week. But anal...
China's ruling party lauds late leader Jiang Zemin as Hu reemerges
Dec 06, 2022 (AFP)
China's rulers orchestrated a day of mourning across the country, with security services ensuring there were no large gatherings on the streets following rare p...
China to come to standstill for late leader Jiang's memorial
Dec 05, 2022 (AFP)
Jiang oversaw a transformational era from the late 1980s into the new millennium, taking power in the aftermath of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown and leadi...
Former leader Jiang's body arrives in Beijing as China mourns
Dec 01, 2022 (AFP)
A special flight carrying Jiang's remains from Shanghai, where he died on Wednesday of leukaemia and multiple organ failure, was met at the airport by President...
China protests explode 'harmonious society myth': Tiananmen leader
Dec 01, 2022 (AFP)
Wang Dan, who was jailed and then exiled after the 1989 Tiananmen pro-democracy movement was crushed, told reporters in Japan that the string of protests also p...
China mourns former leader Jiang as funeral preparations begin
Dec 01, 2022 (AFP)
State media said Jiang had died of leukaemia and multiple organ failure in Shanghai on Wednesday at the age of 96 after all medical treatments failed, and that ...
China police deploy high-tech tools to crush protests
Dec 01, 2022 (AFP)
Frustration over prolonged Covid restrictions has boiled over, triggering protests demanding an end to lockdowns and greater political freedoms at a scale unsee...
Fresh clashes in south China as authorities warn of 'crackdown'
Nov 30, 2022 (AFP)
China's top security body warned late on Tuesday night that authorities would "crack down" on the protests, which are the most widespread since pro-democracy ra...
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