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Hong Kong police raid top university in security law probe
Jul 16, 2021 (AFP)
Anti-police sentiment has been running high in Hong Kong, a deeply polarised city since huge, often violent pro-democracy protests that took place in 2019. On J...
China becoming 'evil empire, warns US ex-VP Pence
Jul 14, 2021 (AFP)
Former president Donald Trump's deputy, believed to be mulling his own 2024 White House bid, also urged current occupant Joe Biden to confront China more forcef...
Communist Party emerges from shadows during Hong Kong crackdown
Jul 10, 2021 (AFP)
While Hong Kong was returned by colonial Britain in 1997, Beijing has historically been wary about making the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) too visible in a cit...
EU parliament urges officials to skip Beijing Olympics
Jul 09, 2021 (AFP)
The European Parliament vote was another sign of souring ties between the EU and China, already hit by a round of tit-for-tat sanctions over the rights issue th...
Macau bans 21 'disloyal' candidates from election
Jul 09, 2021 (AFP)
Like neighbouring Hong Kong, Macau is a "semi-autonomous" Chinese city, though the central government has in recent years taken an increasingly direct role in t...
Sri Lanka marks Chinese party century with costliest gold coin
Jul 07, 2021 (AFP)
The commemorative 1,000-rupee ($5) coin will be sold for 222,000 rupees from Monday, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka said. "The coins have been issued at the requ...
UK's Johnson set to resist call for Beijing 2022 Games boycott
Jul 07, 2021 (AFP)
The government in London has repeatedly condemned Beijing and demanded the UN be allowed to examine claims that Uyghur Muslims in the western Xinjiang region ar...
Oil prices extend gains after OPEC+ talks fail, equities mixed
Jul 06, 2021 (AFP)
The breakdown of talks between OPEC and other key crude nations raised the possibility of $100 a barrel -- a level not seen since 2014 -- and stoked fresh fears...
Six school kids among nine Hong Kongers arrested for 'bomb plot'
Jul 06, 2021 (AFP)
Five males and four females aged between 15 and 39 were arrested Monday on suspicion of "conspiracy to use explosives for terrorist activities", police said. "T...
Xi hails 'irreversible' rise of China at 100th birthday of Communist Party
Jul 01, 2021 (AFP)
Speaking above the giant portrait of Mao Zedong which dominates Tiananmen Square, from the podium where the famous chairman proclaimed the People's Republic of ...
Secret society: What the Chinese Communist Party doesn't want you to know
Jul 01, 2021 (AFP)
Founded as an illegal Marxist underground movement in Shanghai a century ago, it has subsequently been defined by the strict control of information, surveillanc...
'Unstoppable storm': rights take back seat under Hong Kong security law
Jun 29, 2021 (AFP)
Unlike the Communist Party-controlled courts in mainland China, Hong Kong has an internationally respected common law system that forms the bedrock of its reput...
'Not perfect enough': China's growing problem of eating disorders
Jun 29, 2021 (AFP)
"I knew that I was seriously unwell, but I did not dare go to the doctor," the 23-year-old, now a leading campaigner in China on the issue, told AFP at a landma...
Hong Kong police arrest top writer from shuttered Apple Daily
Jun 28, 2021 (AFP)
Apple Daily, an unapologetic backer of Hong Kong's democracy movement, put out its last edition on Thursday after its top leadership was arrested and its assets...
The demise of China's 'model' village, where cash and communism collide
Jun 28, 2021 (AFP)
But Huaxi's success story has soured, sunk by a pernicious brew of nepotism and political patronage which experts say may hold wider lessons for the pitfalls of...
China's virus response stars at warm-up show for Communist Party 100th
Jun 28, 2021 (AFP)
The event, held under tight security and not broadcast live on television, comes before the July 1 centenary of the party that has shaped the modern history of ...
With propaganda push, China's Communist Party celebrates 100 years
Jun 28, 2021 (AFP)
As the party prepares to mark its 100th anniversary on Thursday, it has put a propaganda campaign into overdrive with movies, history tours and well-timed space...
Furious patriots: China's diplomatic makeover backfires
Jun 27, 2021 (AFP)
Under fire in recent years over issues ranging from human rights abuses to blame for the Covid-19 pandemic, Beijing unleashed a new breed of diplomat that becam...
18 killed, 16 injured in fire at China martial arts school
Jun 25, 2021 (AFP)
Local media reported that most of the victims were boarding pupils aged between seven and 16. The fire had been extinguished and authorities were investigating ...
Why people join the Chinese Communist Party
Jun 25, 2021 (AFP)
But little is known about the inner workings of the secretive organisation, where open criticism is still taboo. As China prepares to celebrate the 100th annive...
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