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Hong Kong police embrace China's security law plan
May 25, 2020 (AFP)
Beijing plans to write a new security law for Hong Kong that bans treason, subversion and sedition after months of massive, often-violent pro-democracy protests...
China threatens US counter measures if punished for Hong Kong law
May 25, 2020 (AFP)
Beijing plans to pass the new security law for Hong Kong that bans treason, subversion and sedition after months of massive, often-violent pro-democracy protest...
Thousands protest in Hong Kong; As Beijing media seize on violent video
May 24, 2020 (AFP)
As the demonstrators and police were facing off in the semi-autonomous financial hub, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi insisted in Beijing that the proposed law...
Hong Kong security law could mean 'joint' probes with mainland
May 23, 2020 (AFP)
China's rubber-stamp parliament will vote next week on the proposal, following massive democracy protests that rocked the city last year and infuriated Beijing....
China draws Western rebuke over move to tighten grip on Hong Kong
May 22, 2020 (AFP)
The 3,000-member National People's Congress (NPC) began with a minute of silence for China's victims of the coronavirus before Premier Li Keqiang delivered his ...
China's top political meetings open with minute silence over virus, threat to US
May 21, 2020 (AFP)
Delayed by two months because of the outbreak, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) -- a largely ceremonial advisory body -- began its...
'This is the end of Hong Kong': China pushes security law after unrest
May 21, 2020 (AFP)
The announcement late Thursday was quickly decried by pro-democracy lawmakers and activists as "the end of Hong Kong", with fears it will stoke unrest and tight...
Divorce, harassment and organ donors: China to debate new civil code
May 20, 2020 (AFP)
The rubber-stamp legislature rarely rejects bills, and this law has been in the works since 2017. If adopted, many laws currently regulating aspects of life in ...
Haunted by virus, China gears up for annual congress
May 20, 2020 (AFP)
The 3,000 members of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's legislature, will gather in Beijing this week in highly choreographed meetings to rubber-stam...
Hong Kong extends gathering ban to Tiananmen anniversary
May 19, 2020 (AFP)
The candlelight vigil usually attracts huge crowds and is the only place on Chinese soil where such a major commemoration of the anniversary is still allowed. L...
Top Tibetan official caught in China's graft net
May 18, 2020 (AFP)
Tashi Gyatso, deputy secretary general of the regional government in Tibet, is under investigation for "suspected severe violations of discipline and law", the ...
Hong Kong activists charged as clashes erupt in legislature
May 18, 2020 (AFP)
Four months of calm imposed by mass arrests and the coronavirus pandemic has unravelled in recent weeks as tensions soar in a city still marbled by divisions. A...
Tibetan exile govt urges China to reveal whereabouts of Panchen Lama
May 17, 2020 (AFP)
The whereabouts of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima -- the boy recognised as the reincarnation of the Panchen Lama by the Dalai Lama on May 14, 1995 -- have not been known ...
Hong Kong history exam questions sparks China rebuke
May 15, 2020 (AFP)
The criticism comes as Hong Kong's schools and universities -- some of the best in Asia -- become the latest ideological battleground in a city convulsed by pol...
Hong Kong police watchdog clears force over protest response
May 15, 2020 (AFP)
The report by the Independent Police Complaints Council (IPCC) into the protests said accusations of brutality against police had become "a weapon of political ...
Green or red light: China virus app is ticket to everywhere
May 13, 2020 (AFP)
There is often a moment of tension before opening the app on arriving at a location. A green light lets you in anywhere. A yellow light could send you into home...
Ex-shipbuilding boss in China faces corruption probe
May 13, 2020 (AFP)
Hu Wenming, who retired as chairman of the state-owned China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) in August 2019, is suspected of "serious violations of law...
Hong Kong risks new unrest with China anthem bill: opposition
May 12, 2020 (AFP)
Pro-democracy lawmakers warned history was repeating itself, noting that the fast-tracking of a bill last year to allow extraditions to the authoritarian mainla...
Macau bans Tiananmen exhibition for first time in 30 years: activists
May 12, 2020 (AFP)
The semi-autonomous city's dwindling community of democracy supporters have marked the June 4 anniversary of Beijing's bloody crackdown against protesting stude...
230 arrested in Hong Kong's first major protests since virus began
May 11, 2020 (AFP)
The disclosure came as the financial hub's pro-Beijing leader Carrie Lam vowed to overhaul the city's education system, arguing its liberal studies curriculum h...
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