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Foreign businesses in China rattled by 'hostage diplomacy'
Sep 30, 2021 (AFP)
That dread was based on the part of the story Chinese state media were largely silent about -- just as flag-waving crowds prepared to welcome Meng at Shenzhen a...
Former top China security official sacked for corruption
Sep 30, 2021 (AFP)
Sun Lijun, who oversaw security in Hong Kong during months of unrest, had been under investigation since last year. The 52-year-old was found to have "received ...
Blinken denounces jailings after China frees Canadians
Sep 30, 2021 (AFP)
Ex-diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor had been seized days after Canada arrested Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou at Vancouver's airport on a U...
China clamps down on pop culture in bid to 'control' youth
Sep 29, 2021 (AFP)
In a series of sweeping measures, Beijing has moved to check what it considers the excesses of modern entertainment, and urged social media platforms to promote...
Four refugees who sheltered Snowden find sanctuary in Canada
Sep 29, 2021 (AFP)
Supun Thilina Kellapatha and Nadeeka Dilrukshi Nonis touched down in Toronto with their children Sethumdi and Dinath and were due to go on to Montreal to "start...
Four asylum-seekers who sheltered Snowden find new home in Canada
Sep 28, 2021 (AFP)
The four -- Supun Thilina Kellapatha, Nadeeka Dilrukshi Nonis and their children Sethumdi and Dinath -- landed in Toronto in the afternoon and were due to go on...
UK warship makes rare transit through Taiwan Strait
Sep 27, 2021 (AFP)
"After a busy period working with partners and allies in the East China Sea, we are now en route through the Taiwan Strait to visit Vietnam and the Vietnam Peop...
Ex-head of Chinese liquor giant Moutai jailed for life for bribery
Sep 24, 2021 (AFP)
Yuan Renguo, 64, was found guilty of accepting cash and properties worth more than 112.9 million yuan ($17.5 million) while working at Kweichow Moutai between 1...
Meng Wanzhou: Huawei's 'princess' on the rebound
Sep 24, 2021 (AFP)
Now, after reaching a "deferred prosecution" deal with the US Department of Justice, the 49-year-old chief financial officer may be able to reclaim her throne. ...
Chinese label pulls clothing line over designs; Ex liquor giant head jailed
Sep 24, 2021 (AFP)
The designs by JNBY, widely shared on Chinese microblogging platform Weibo, prompted outrage and criticism among users who said that the designs were unsuitable...
UK warned Hong Kong critics to avoid China extradition nations
Sep 23, 2021 (AFP)
China is remoulding Hong Kong in its own authoritarian image, armed with a national security law that has outlawed much dissent and crushed its democracy moveme...
Iron curtain falls on Hong Kong cinema as censors demand cuts
Sep 21, 2021 (AFP)
Filmmaker Mok Kwan-ling's heart sank when the email from the government censors dropped. In June, authorities announced all films would now be scrutinised for "...
Hong Kong elite selects powerful new 'patriots only' committee
Sep 19, 2021 (AFP)
The financial hub has never been a democracy -- the source of years of protests -- but a small and vocal opposition was tolerated after the city's 1997 handover...
Living with Alzheimer's: China's health time bomb
Sep 19, 2021 (AFP)
When he disappeared a second time, they realised he was deeply unwell -- but it was already too late. "We missed the early signs," daughter Chen Yuanyuan explai...
CORRECTED: Hong Kong elite selects powerful new 'patriots only' committee
Sep 19, 2021 (AFP)
The financial hub has never been a democracy -- the source of years of protests -- but a small and vocal opposition was tolerated after the city's 1997 handover...
China hosts first multinational peacekeeping exercise
Sep 15, 2021 (AFP)
China's defence spending is the second largest in the world after the US, and tensions have dramatically increased between rival powers as Beijing has poured tr...
Men in China go under the knife to boost life chances
Sep 15, 2021 (AFP)
The 27-year-old researcher wanted medical procedures to transform his look from "engineering geek" to something he thinks will boost his life chances. Beauty st...
EU to ban forced-labour products in tougher China stance
Sep 15, 2021 (AFP)
The announcement was one of several made by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in her annual State of the European Union speech that signalled a...
Nine Hong Kong activists given jail terms for joining Tiananmen vigil
Sep 15, 2021 (AFP)
Three others were handed suspended sentences on the same charges of joining an unlawful assembly or inciting others to join. The sentencing came one week after ...
Hong Kong to create more national security offences: official
Sep 14, 2021 (AFP)
Chris Tang, a former police chief promoted to security secretary this year, said officials had started working on local legislation that would define new crimes...
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