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Jimmy Lai among three Hong Kong activists convicted over Tiananmen vigil
Dec 09, 2021 (AFP)
Lai, the 74-year-old owner of the now-shuttered pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper, was found guilty of unlawful assembly charges alongside former journalist G...
UK's Johnson announces 'diplomatic boycott' of Beijing Olympics
Dec 08, 2021 (AFP)
"There will be effectively a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing," Johnson told MPs when asked about the issue in parliament. Johnson said he t...
France seeking EU response after US Olympics boycott
Dec 07, 2021 (AFP)
The decision, which stopped short of preventing athletes from attending, comes after Washington spent months wrangling over what position to take on the Games, ...
Hong Kong warns WSJ of 'incitement' in editorial
Dec 06, 2021 (AFP)
The warning letter, which the US media outlet published on Monday, comes as China's ruling Communist Party transforms the business hub into something more close...
Asia's biggest flower market makes stars out of influencers
Dec 06, 2021 (AFP)
E-commerce is big business in China and influencers and livestreamers have made their fortunes showcasing products for luxury brands and cosmetics firms. Now th...
Beijing's Macau envoy given new 'national security' role: state media
Dec 03, 2021 (AFP)
State-run Xinhua news agency said Liaison Office chief Fu Ziying would be in charge of "supervising, guiding, coordinating, and supporting Macau in safeguarding...
Macau junket firm closes VIP salons after boss arrest
Dec 01, 2021 (AFP)
Chau was arrested over the weekend and remanded into custody accused of leading a criminal group, money laundering and illegal gambling, charges that can carry ...
'Simpsons' Tiananmen episode missing from Disney+ in Hong Kong
Nov 29, 2021 (AFP)
It comes at a time when authorities are clamping down on dissent, with curbs on speech becoming a norm in the international business hub and ensnaring global me...
Macau junket boss questioned over China arrest warrant
Nov 27, 2021 (AFP)
Alvin Chau, head of Suncity Group, is wanted by prosecutors in China's Wenzhou city on alleged cross-border gambling activities and causing "severe damage to th...
China extends maternity leave to boost births
Nov 26, 2021 (AFP)
The changes follow the relaxation of strict family planning rules this year to allow families to have a third child -- as officials grapple with a rapidly agein...
Nationalistic war film smashes Chinese box office records
Nov 25, 2021 (AFP)
"The Battle at Changjin Lake", a chest-thumping war epic, is the latest entry in a new era of Chinese action films with explicitly patriotic themes that reflect...
Taiwan's Golden Horse a holdout for uncensored Chinese cinema
Nov 25, 2021 (AFP)
Long dubbed the Chinese-language "Oscars", the Golden Horse Film Awards will kick off in Taipei on Saturday -- again without the legion of Chinese filmmakers an...
Lithuania shows world way to withstand China, FM says
Nov 24, 2021 (AFP)
One of the smallest EU nations, Lithuania has been punching above its weight diplomatically by letting Taiwan open an office in its own name and, separately, we...
China's birthrate plummets to lowest figure in decades
Nov 24, 2021 (AFP)
China relaxed its "one-child policy" -- one of the world's strictest family planning regulations -- in 2016, allowing couples to have two children. Earlier this...
EU calls for 'verifiable proof' from China on Peng Shuai
Nov 24, 2021 (AFP)
"We urge a full and transparent investigation" into the accusations, a spokeswoman for the EU's diplomatic service told AFP on Wednesday. Peng, a 35-year-old Wi...
Bach's call with Peng exposes IOC's limits, analysts say
Nov 23, 2021 (AFP)
Peng, a Wimbledon and French Open doubles champion, disappeared from public view for more than two weeks after she made sexual assault claims against former vic...
Hong Kong independence activist jailed for secession
Nov 23, 2021 (AFP)
Tony Chung, 20, is the youngest person to be convicted under the new law, which has crushed dissent in Hong Kong and transformed the once outspoken internationa...
The passengers on the bus go ZZZ on Hong Kong nowhere route
Nov 23, 2021 (AFP)
That's the idea behind a novel tour bus business in Hong Kong billing itself as a possible cure for insomnia. On a recent sunny Sunday afternoon about 70 passen...
Philippines' Duterte condemns South China Sea flare-up
Nov 22, 2021 (AFP)
Duterte made the remarks at an Asian regional summit hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping, who vowed his country would "never seek hegemony, and certainly not...
Chinese tennis star Peng reappears, speaks by video with IOC president
Nov 21, 2021 (AFP)
At the beginning of a 30-minute call with IOC President Thomas Bach, "Peng Shuai thanked the IOC for its concern about her well-being," the organisation said in...
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