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Hong Kong media mogul appears in court on national security charge
Dec 12, 2020 (AFP)
He is accused of colluding with foreign countries by calling on overseas governments to sanction Hong Kong and China in response to the crackdown on pro-democra...
Swiss deny China deal posed threat to dissidents
Dec 12, 2020 (AFP)
Switzerland entered into a so-called re-admission agreement with China back in 2015. The deal expired on Monday. The agreement, which remained a secret until Sw...
Hong Kong teen found guilty in China flag insult case
Dec 11, 2020 (AFP)
Pro-Beijing authorities have increasingly targeted the most prominent activists in the finance hub, including young leaders such as Joshua Wong and Agnes Chow, ...
Steps, songs and books keep detained Canadian going, says his wife
Dec 11, 2020 (AFP)
Kovrig, a former diplomat working as a senior advisor for the International Crisis Group, was detained along with Canadian businessman Michael Spavor on Decembe...
China's trailblazing female comedians tackle taboos
Dec 11, 2020 (AFP)
Her jokes were met with roars of laughter from the well-heeled young professionals watching in a packed Beijing theatre. "I've always liked making people laugh ...
Police say runaway Hong Kong politician probed for security crime
Dec 06, 2020 (AFP)
The revelation comes as international banks in the semi-autonomous city become increasingly tangled up in political tensions as the US threatens to sanction bus...
US ends China-funded exchange programs, calls them 'propaganda tools'
Dec 05, 2020 (AFP)
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement that these programs, conducted under a US law called the MECEA that permits American government employees to ...
Norway central bank deputy denied security clearance over Chinese wife
Dec 04, 2020 (AFP)
"The Norwegian Civil Security Clearance Authority informs me that the reason that I will not receive a renewed security clearance is that my wife is a Chinese c...
Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon charged with fraud
Dec 03, 2020 (AFP)
Lai, 73, is the owner of Hong Kong's best-selling Apple Daily, a popular tabloid that is unashamedly pro-democracy and fiercely critical of authorities. On Thur...
Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon remanded into custody on fraud charge
Dec 03, 2020 (AFP)
Lai, 73, is the owner of Hong Kong's best-selling Apple Daily, a popular tabloid that is unashamedly pro-democracy and fiercely critical of authorities. Lai and...
China's #MeToo movement gets its moment in court
Dec 02, 2020 (AFP)
Zhou Xiaoxuan, now 27, sparked a social media storm in 2018 after accusing prominent television host Zhu Jun of groping and forcibly kissing her when she was an...
Joshua Wong leads young Hong Kong trio jailed for protests
Dec 02, 2020 (AFP)
Wong, 24, was prosecuted alongside his close friends and fellow campaigners Ivan Lam and Agnes Chow over a rally outside the police headquarters. "The days ahea...
Beijing's growing crackdown on dissent in Hong Kong
Dec 02, 2020 (AFP)
On Wednesday three prominent young dissidents were jailed for their part in the protests. Here are the key developments from recent months in Beijing's crackdow...
Petrol bombs hurled at Hong Kong police club
Dec 01, 2020 (AFP)
Police said they received a report of three men dressed in black hurling Molotov cocktails into the car park of the Police Sports and Recreation Club in Mongkok...
Cash and Carrie: US sanctioned Hong Kong leader has no bank account
Nov 28, 2020 (AFP)
Lam was targeted, along with 14 other senior city officials, in the toughest US action on Hong Kong since Beijing imposed the new law on the territory in late J...
Detained Huawei exec's team accuses Canada police of 'cover up'
Nov 27, 2020 (AFP)
Meng, chief financial officer of the Chinese tech giant, has been fighting extradition from Canada to the US, where she faces fraud and conspiracy charges relat...
Hong Kong prison wrong to cut 'Long Hair' locks: court
Nov 27, 2020 (AFP)
The decision comes as pro-establishment voices call for an overhaul of the judiciary -- something opponents fear could muzzle the Hong Kong legal system's vaunt...
Hong Kong leader vows to restore political order in key speech
Nov 25, 2020 (AFP)
Chief executive Carrie Lam's annual policy address to the Legislative Council -- postponed for more than a month after she was ordered to travel to mainland Chi...
Balloon messages for Hong Kongers held in mainland China
Nov 21, 2020 (AFP)
It has been 90 days since the 12 were arrested by the Chinese coast guard in late August when fleeing their city for Taiwan by boat. Most of those aboard the ve...
Australian PM rebuffs Chinese grievance list
Nov 19, 2020 (AFP)
A Chinese official gave a dossier to Australian media containing 14 grievances, highlighting the increasingly fractious relationship between the two nations. "I...
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