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Hopes for reprieve after Chinese death sentence outcry
Oct 24, 2016 (AFP)
A Chinese man condemned to death for killing a village official after his home was forcibly demolished could avoid execution following a public outcry, his sist...
Hong Kong pro-independence lawmakers blocked from taking oath
Oct 19, 2016 (AFP)
Hong Kong's legislature again descended into chaos on Wednesday as the pro-Beijing camp blocked the swearing in of two new lawmakers who want the city to split ...
Hong Kong leader in court battle with pro-independence lawmakers
Oct 18, 2016 (AFP)
Hong Kong's leader sparked fury Tuesday after he launched a court bid against two pro-independence lawmakers which could block them from taking up their parliam...
Tibet's thangkas find new fans across China
Oct 17, 2016 (AFP)
Her eyes riveted to the canvas, Wulan meticulously applies colour to an image of the Buddha, using pigments made of crushed pearls, turquoise and agate. The 34-...
Crown shares plunge after China detains high-roller chief
Oct 17, 2016 (AFP)
Shares in billionaire James Packer's Crown Resorts slumped Monday after 18 sales and marketing staff were detained in China, including an executive in charge of...
Unwanted gods find new home in Hong Kong
Oct 14, 2016 (AFP)
Tucked away on a coastal Hong Kong hillside is a different type of recycling point -- here, thousands of unwanted statues of deities look out to sea, gathered a...
No quick fix from China's 'two-child' policy: study
Oct 13, 2016 (AFP)
The end of China's one-child-per-couple limit last year will not provide the population boost sought by Chinese leaders in the near term, according to a study r...
Jailed Chinese activist wins top rights prize
Oct 11, 2016 (AFP)
A jailed Chinese scholar defending the country's mostly-Muslim Uighur minority won a leading human rights honour on Tuesday, a move swiftly condemned by Beijing...
China jails provincial boss over $36 million in bribes
Oct 09, 2016 (AFP)
A Chinese court on Sunday handed a former top provincial official a suspended death sentence for bribery, it said, the latest senior politician to be jailed in ...
As China rises, top-selling painter looks to his roots
Oct 06, 2016 (AFP)
Blue-chip Chinese artist Zeng Fanzhi built up a lucrative career by looking to the West for inspiration and buyers, but a new retrospective in Beijing reveals a...
Hong Kong jails protester over anti-China riots
Oct 06, 2016 (AFP)
A Hong Kong court jailed a protester Thursday in the first sentence handed down over a riot that erupted in February and saw violent clashes in the city fuelled...
Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong held in Thailand
Oct 05, 2016 (AFP)
Hong Kong democracy campaigner Joshua Wong was stopped from entering junta-run Thailand, where he was due at events commemorating a massacre of student activist...
Hong Kong activist deported from Thailand 'at China's request'
Oct 05, 2016 (AFP)
Hong Kong democracy campaigner Joshua Wong returned home Wednesday after being deported from junta-run Thailand, where he was due at events commemorating a mass...
Hong Kong leader calls for unity with China as protesters gather
Oct 01, 2016 (AFP)
Hong Kong's leader called on the city to unite behind its current political system Saturday in the face of increasing calls for independence from China, as prot...
The rebel Hong Kong lawmakers challenging Beijing
Sep 28, 2016 (AFP)
As Hong Kong marks the second anniversary of the pro-democracy "Umbrella Revolution", former protesters prepare to take office for the first time when the city'...
Hong Kong marks 2nd anniversary of 'Umbrella Revolution'
Sep 28, 2016 (AFP)
Hundreds of Hong Kong pro-democracy supporters holding yellow umbrellas held three minutes' silence outside the city's government offices Wednesday to mark the ...
Tibet's first football club aims at unity, struggles for Chinese players
Sep 28, 2016 (AFP)
Green jersey soaked with sweat, midfielder Luosang Sanzhu practises his passing on the manicured pitch of Lhasa FC, Tibet's first football club -- the latest ga...
China sentences activists for 'disturbing social order'
Sep 27, 2016 (AFP)
A Chinese court has given suspended prison sentences to three prominent labour activists, citing their involvement with "overseas organisations hostile to China...
Reshaping the future? Hong Kong's face readers
Sep 27, 2016 (AFP)
Want to improve your performance at work, or solve relationship problems? Li Chau-jing has the solution -- plucking your eyebrows to help achieve those life goa...
China sentences activists for 'disturbing social order': Xinhua
Sep 27, 2016 (AFP)
Three labour activists were given suspended sentences of two to four years, Chinese state media said Tuesday, citing their involvement with "overseas organisati...
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