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China tells 'aunties' to dance away from cemeteries
Nov 15, 2017 (AFP)
The dancers are known to blare old-school music from portable speakers, often taking over entire blocks in vibrant matching outfits. In a set of guidelines rele...
Activists renew push for Hong Kong independence
Nov 14, 2017 (AFP)
Demonstrators handed out thousands of leaflets bearing the message "only independence can defend Hong Kong and protect its people" at about a dozen campuses. Ch...
Trump praises China's 'highly respected' Xi
Nov 10, 2017 (AFP)
Trump showered his host with accolades during two days of meetings during which the US leader sought to convince Xi to do more to reduce a trade deficit with Ch...
Gay Chinese tourists flock to Thailand for fun, acceptance
Nov 10, 2017 (AFP)
While the song, "The Moon Represents My Heart", is a hit with the patrons, the transgender singer is just the warm up act. "We're waiting for the go-go boys!" s...
Chinese dissident writer dies on medical parole
Nov 08, 2017 (AFP)
Writer Yang Tongyan died on Tuesday, nearly three months after an August 23 surgery to remove a brain tumour, Amnesty International said in a statement, citing ...
Hong Kong pro-democracy activists allowed to appeal jail terms
Nov 07, 2017 (AFP)
Joshua Wong and Nathan Law were imprisoned in August after Hong Kong's government pushed for harsher sentences -- rather than the initial community service orde...
China calls on France to ensure security of its citizens
Nov 06, 2017 (AFP)
According to French media, 40 tourists were mugged by individuals who sprayed tear gas on them when they were on their way back to their suburban hotel last Thu...
Disrespecting China's anthem can now cost 3 years jail
Nov 04, 2017 (AFP)
The changes to China's criminal law were approved during a committee meeting of the country's rubberstamp parliament, the National People's Congress (NPC), acco...
Philippine Everest conqueror sets sail for China
Nov 02, 2017 (AFP)
Dayondon is planning to sail from Manila to southern China early next year, recreating trade and migration voyages made before Spaniards colonised the Philippin...
Hong Kong government under fire in LGBT row
Nov 02, 2017 (AFP)
The ruling by the Court of Appeal in September sparked hopes that hurdles for same-sex couples might be reduced in the socially conservative southern Chinese ci...
Majority of Chinese newborns are second children: state media
Oct 31, 2017 (AFP)
The number of parents choosing to have a second child has surged since Beijing loosened strict caps on family size in January 2016 to try to rejuvenate the agei...
China mulls three years' jail for anthem disrespect
Oct 31, 2017 (AFP)
It was unclear if the maximum penalty would apply in the two semi-autonomous southern cities. But any move to punish anthem insults could trigger a backlash in ...
Hong Kong democracy activist found guilty; Disrespect the national anthem and go to jail
Oct 31, 2017 (AFP)
Ng, 40, chairman of political party the League of Social Democrats, was sentenced to three weeks in jail but released on bail pending an appeal. It was the late...
Chinese universities start 'Xi Thought' institutes
Oct 30, 2017 (AFP)
At least twenty universities have established research institutes for Xi's ideology, which was enshrined in the Communist Party's constitution during its 19th n...
Activists fear more crackdowns in Xi's 'new era'
Oct 27, 2017 (AFP)
Xi has increasingly stifled civil society since taking office in 2012, targeting everyone from activists to human rights lawyers and teachers to celebrity gossi...
China accuses Xi rivals of vote rigging
Oct 27, 2017 (AFP)
The senior figures were removed from office over the last few years as part of Xi's sweeping corruption crackdown, which some analysts have called a political p...
Chinese court orders would-be divorcees to 'cool off'
Oct 26, 2017 (AFP)
Court officials said husbands and wives are too readily seeking a final dissolution when they should be working through their disagreements, and have ordered wo...
Xi takes short cut to China's Communist pantheon
Oct 26, 2017 (AFP)
The Communist Party this week amended its constitution to canonise President Xi's political "thought", the highest honour a Chinese leader can achieve and somew...
Hong Kong schools in 'brainwashing' row over China speech
Oct 26, 2017 (AFP)
It comes as concern grows that Chinese authorities are squeezing semi-autonomous Hong Kong's freedoms in a range of areas, from politics to media and education....
China releases activist who supported HK democracy
Oct 26, 2017 (AFP)
Su Changlan, a 47-year-old primary school teacher was first detained in southern Guangdong province on October 26, 2014 after making comments on social media in...
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