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China bans harsh punishments in schools
Mar 01, 2021 (AFP)
New rules issued by the Ministry of Education that take effect Monday forbid punishments at schools that humiliate students, as well as reinforcing the existing...
Chinese blogger charged with 'defaming martyrs' after border-clash posts
Mar 01, 2021 (AFP)
The blogger, listed in the indictment by his surname Qiu, was charged under a newly added provision to China's criminal law that bans the "defamation of martyrs...
China using Covid-19 to obstruct foreign journalists: media group
Mar 01, 2021 (AFP)
As the country has largely brought the coronavirus outbreak under control since it emerged in late 2019, Beijing has raced to promote an official narrative of h...
'Grandma Wong' leads brief reminder of Hong Kong's protest past
Mar 01, 2021 (AFP)
But that did not deter her from joining protesters outside Hong Kong's West Kowloon court on Monday as many of the democracy movement's key leaders appeared in ...
US consulate completes Hong Kong property sale after Beijing greenlight
Feb 25, 2021 (AFP)
The deal for six luxury pads in a swanky part of the island will see the US State Department pocket some US$330 million. The sale was previously announced last ...
Xi boasts of Chinese 'miracle' in tackling poverty
Feb 25, 2021 (AFP)
In a glitzy ceremony in Beijing, Xi bestowed medals on officials from rural communities, some wearing traditional ethnic-minority attire, and promised to share ...
China's poverty eradication: what has been achieved?
Feb 24, 2021 (AFP)
President Xi Jinping heralded a "major victory" that the Chinese Communist Party had wanted to achieve before the centenary of its founding in 2021. But what do...
Top Chinese official outlines plan to ensure 'patriots' run Hong Kong
Feb 22, 2021 (AFP)
The landmark speech by Xia Baolong, head of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, came just two weeks ahead of the annual meeting of China's rubber-stamp legi...
China confirms four died in June clash on India border
Feb 19, 2021 (AFP)
The Chinese soldiers "sacrificed themselves" during the June confrontation in the contested Galwan Valley border area with Indian troops, the ministry said. Ind...
Hong Kong media tycoon Lai arrested over speedboat fugitives: reports
Feb 17, 2021 (AFP)
Apple Daily, which is owned by Lai, reported that the 73-year-old was arrested inside Stanley Prison on Tuesday. Lai is already in custody, having been charged ...
Myanmar coup and unrest 'not what China wants to see': ambassador
Feb 16, 2021 (AFP)
Envoy Chen Hai's comments come as anti-coup protests escalate in Myanmar and the military steps up efforts to stifle opposition, with hundreds arrested since th...
Concern over proposed Hong Kong law that could bar anyone from leaving
Feb 12, 2021 (AFP)
Hong Kong's influential Bar Association (HKBA) submitted a paper to the city's legislative council expressing alarm over the law, which could bar any individual...
Tears, guilt and hope for Hong Kongers seeking new life in Britain
Feb 11, 2021 (AFP)
Over the past few years, the 36-year-old mum of two has looked on as authorities dismissed successive waves of pro-democracy protests and then went after those ...
'Not the city I used to know': Why some Hong Kongers are leaving
Feb 11, 2021 (AFP)
Authorities responded to huge and often violent pro-democracy protests in 2019 with mass arrests and the imposition of a sweeping national security law. As Beij...
Jailed Chinese lawyer wins top human rights prize
Feb 11, 2021 (AFP)
Yu Wensheng was hailed by the award jury for his "bravery", with Philippe Currat, the head of the Martin Ennals Foundation, voicing hope that shining a light on...
China pulls BBC World News off air
Feb 11, 2021 (AFP)
The decision came just days after Britain's own regulator revoked the licence of Chinese broadcaster CGTN for breaking UK law on state-backed ownership, and pro...
No baby boom in China as births fall by nearly a third in 2020
Feb 09, 2021 (AFP)
After decades of a "one-child policy", Beijing changed the rules in 2016 to allow families to have two children as fears grew about China's fast-ageing populati...
Hong Kong's top court denies bail to media tycoon Jimmy Lai
Feb 09, 2021 (AFP)
The landmark case cements the dramatic changes the security law has begun making to semi-autonomous Hong Kong's common law traditions as Beijing seeks to snuff ...
No jury for Hong Kong's first national security trial: source
Feb 08, 2021 (AFP)
Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng informed the defendant's legal team in early February, citing "the personal safety of jurors and their family members", the s...
Hong Kong leader confirms no consular protection for dual nationals
Feb 08, 2021 (AFP)
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