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Young activists take on China in key Hong Kong election
Aug 31, 2016 (AFP)
When Hong Kong goes to the polls on Sunday a new brand of politician pushing for a complete break from Beijing will be fighting for votes in a frustrated and di...
UN expert slams China on human rights
Aug 23, 2016 (AFP)
A UN expert accused China Monday of staging a "pincer movement" to curb the influence of lawyers, activists and non-governmental organisations and limit their a...
Protest over election ban on Hong Kong pro-independence activists
Aug 21, 2016 (AFP)
Hundreds of protesters marched through Hong Kong's main streets on Sunday against a ban on pro-independence candidates from running in an upcoming legislative e...
Concrete beach lures Chinese to world's largest building
Aug 19, 2016 (AFP)
Claiming to be the world's largest building by floor space, the 1,760,000 square metres of the New Century Global Center are a monument to growing Chinese consu...
Hong Kong pro-democracy leaders escape jail on protest charges
Aug 15, 2016 (AFP)
Three leaders of Hong Kong's "Umbrella Revolution" avoided jail Monday over 2014 pro-democracy protests as a court said political tension would not sway its jud...
Top China official slams foreign influence on Tibetan Buddhism
Aug 14, 2016 (AFP)
A senior Chinese official has called on Tibetans to resist foreign influence on their Buddhist religion, state media said Sunday, in the latest comments apparen...
Chinese ID mix-up leaves dead man walking
Aug 09, 2016 (AFP)
A Chinese man applying for a certificate of no criminal record had his request denied when police told him he was in fact dead, having been executed a decade ag...
Tradition faces modernity at Tibetan horse festival
Aug 05, 2016 (AFP)
As Tibetan riders waved rifles and dug cowboy-booted feet into their horses' flanks, hanging sideways from their mounts, tourists and locals cheered and snapped...
China activist tried for subversion, 4th case in 4 days
Aug 05, 2016 (AFP)
A Chinese human rights activist was on Friday given a three year suspended prison sentence for subversion, a court said, in the fourth such case this week as au...
Banned election candidates lead Hong Kong independence rally
Aug 05, 2016 (AFP)
Candidates banned from standing for election in Hong Kong because they are advocating a split from mainland China led the city's first pro-independence rally Fr...
China jails rights lawyer for seven years: Xinhua
Aug 04, 2016 (AFP)
A prominent Chinese human rights lawyer was convicted of subversion and sentenced to seven years in prison Thursday, state media reported -- the third such tria...
China activist jailed for more than seven years
Aug 03, 2016 (AFP)
A Chinese human rights activist was convicted of subverting state power and jailed for seven and a half years on Wednesday, a court said, the latest step in a s...
Hong Kong student leader blasted in China govt video
Aug 03, 2016 (AFP)
A key figure in Hong Kong's "Umbrella Revolution" has been blasted as a US-backed agent intent on sowing dissent and discord in a new propaganda video from the ...
Anger as Hong Kong pro-independence leader barred from polls
Aug 02, 2016 (AFP)
A high-profile Hong Kong pro-independence leader said Tuesday he had been barred from standing in upcoming parliamentary elections -- the latest candidate backi...
Riders on the plateau: Tibetans gather for horse festival
Aug 01, 2016 (AFP)
Thundering across the vast Himalayan plateau in their traditional finery, Tibetan horsemen gather for an annual riding festival which is a colourful feast for t...
Prominent Chinese rights lawyer released on bail: report
Aug 01, 2016 (AFP)
A prominent Chinese human rights lawyer detained over a year ago in a sweeping crackdown has been released on bail, Hong Kong media said Monday, as it showed he...
Pro-independence activist banned from Hong Kong elections
Jul 30, 2016 (AFP)
A leading pro-independence politician was Saturday disqualified from standing in Hong Kong's upcoming legislative election, his party said. Andy Chan, who found...
Hong Kong activists in court over new election rules
Jul 27, 2016 (AFP)
Hong Kong pro-democracy activists challenged controversial new election rules in court Wednesday after candidates for an upcoming vote were asked to sign a form...
Hong Kong journalists jailed on mainland: lawyer
Jul 26, 2016 (AFP)
Two Hong Kong journalists have been jailed in China for running an "illegal business" that sent political magazines to the mainland, one of their lawyers said T...
China to chart Communist Party future amid crackdowns
Jul 26, 2016 (AFP)
China's Communist rulers will gather in October to discuss their party's future, state media said Tuesday, as President Xi Jinping tightens controls over the im...
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