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Hong Kong jails five for sedition over children's books
Sep 10, 2022 (AFP)
They join a growing list of residents jailed under a colonial-era sedition offence which authorities have deployed alongside a national security law introduced ...
Hong Kong court convicts five of sedition over children's books
Sep 07, 2022 (AFP)
The convictions are the latest using a colonial-era sedition offence which authorities have deployed alongside a new national security law to stamp out dissent....
Head of Hong Kong journalist union arrested
Sep 07, 2022 (AFP)
Ronson Chan, chairman of the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA), was arrested for allegedly obstructing a police officer and disorderly conduct in a publi...
Pandas and Trump teach Hong Kong kids about national security crimes
Sep 02, 2022 (AFP)
The TV was surrounded by dozens of stuffed panda toys, which the children were assured they could play with later if they listened attentively. The screening wa...
Beijing expels ex-national security official from Communist Party
Sep 01, 2022 (AFP)
Liu Yanping, previously a key player in the secretive Ministry of State Security, was found guilty of corruption, the party's top anti-graft watchdog said. His ...
'Submit or quit': Teacher, student brain drain hits Hong Kong schools
Sep 01, 2022 (AFP)
Wong, 34, fears he will soon join the exodus of teachers and students triggered by Beijing's tightening grip on Hong Kong, which has started transforming local ...
China's Communist Party Congress to open October 16
Aug 30, 2022 (AFP)
The meeting in the capital Beijing is widely expected to see Xi reinstated as president for an unprecedented third term. It will also see the unveiling of a new...
China's Communist Party to hold Congress set to cement Xi's rule
Aug 30, 2022 (AFP)
The congress in the capital Beijing comes as Xi faces significant political headwinds, including an ailing economy, deteriorating relations with the United Stat...
China's jobless youth left in the lurch
Aug 28, 2022 (AFP)
Official data released this month showed one in five young people in Chinese cities was out of work in July -- more than three times the national average and th...
Peak Tram back on track in tourist-devoid Hong Kong
Aug 27, 2022 (AFP)
The historic funicular, which dates back to 1888 and offers panoramic views of Hong Kong Island's famous skyline as it ascends to Victoria Peak, used to draw ov...
China upholds death sentence for US citizen over murder
Aug 25, 2022 (AFP)
Shadeed Abdulmateen had been found guilty in April of stabbing the 21-year-old woman in the face and neck multiple times when they met to talk about disagreemen...
China probes state property firm execs for 'serious violations'
Aug 24, 2022 (AFP)
Authorities said in separate notices on Tuesday that they were investigating Zhuang Yuekai, chairman of C&D Real Estate, and Shi Zhen, chairman of C&D Urban Ser...
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai to face no-jury trial
Aug 22, 2022 (AFP)
Hong Kong Secretary for Justice Paul Lam has ordered the trial to be heard by three judges handpicked by the government to try national security cases in the la...
Missing Chinese-Canadian tycoon jailed for 13 years
Aug 19, 2022 (AFP)
Xiao Jianhua, one of China's richest people when he was allegedly abducted in 2017, reportedly had close connections to the upper echelons of the ruling Communi...
Restrictions lifted on Hong Kong's largest security trial
Aug 18, 2022 (AFP)
Beijing imposed a sweeping security law on Hong Kong after huge and sometimes violent democracy protests. The law has criminalised most dissent and transformed ...
Hong Kong leader exempted from penalty after breaching election rules
Aug 18, 2022 (AFP)
Lee, 64, a former security chief who oversaw the crackdown on Hong Kong's democracy movement, was chosen as the finance hub's leader in May after winning 99 per...
China use of psychiatric hospitals to punish activists 'widespread': report
Aug 17, 2022 (AFP)
Beijing authorities for decades used the country's system of psychiatric hospitals, known as Ankang, to punish political prisoners. A report released Tuesday by...
Non-jury trial ordered for Hong Kong's largest security case
Aug 16, 2022 (AFP)
Trial by jury has been used by Hong Kong's common law legal system for 177 years but legislation imposed by China in 2020 to curb dissent allows cases to be hea...
China unveils new perks aimed at boosting slowing birth rate
Aug 16, 2022 (AFP)
The world's most populous country has been grappling with a looming demographic crisis as it faces a rapidly ageing workforce, slowing economy and its weakest p...
Former Hong Kong teacher who lost an eye in protests jailed
Aug 15, 2022 (AFP)
Raymond Yeung Tsz-chun, 32, lost 95 percent of sight in his right eye after it was hit by a police projectile during one of the first protests in what would bec...
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