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'Till prison we part': Hong Kong crackdown pushes veteran activists to wed
Apr 22, 2021 (AFP)
But when China's crackdown on Hong Kong dissidents came for Leung, 63, they finally tied the knot. The couple have been together for 45 years and are two of the...
Hong Kong journalist convicted over database search for mob attack probe
Apr 22, 2021 (AFP)
The conviction of Bao Choy, a producer with public broadcaster RTHK, comes at a time of deepening concerns over press freedom in the international business hub ...
Hong Kong marks 'national security day' with goose-steps and mascots
Apr 15, 2021 (AFP)
Beijing blanketed Hong Kong in a sweeping national security law last year in response to months of huge and often violent democracy protests that convulsed the ...
'Violent' ducks? Hong Kong clothing brand cartoons rile China
Apr 14, 2021 (AFP)
But owner Herbert Chow is now struggling to get his designs made in China, where his avian characters have been seized by authorities for "advocating violence"....
Oscars set to flop in China as Hollywood, politics collide
Apr 14, 2021 (AFP)
Beijing-born filmmaker Chloe Zhao, who is touted to win big for her acclaimed American road movie "Nomadland", has also faced criticism back home after some que...
'Heed the warning': Beijing summons 34 tech firms after record Alibaba fine
Apr 13, 2021 (AFP)
The move suggests Beijing's scrutiny of its most powerful tech firms is far from over, with regulators warning they will continue to eradicate monopoly practice...
Epoch Times defiant after Hong Kong printing press attacked
Apr 13, 2021 (AFP)
The assault on the Epoch Times was captured on CCTV and comes as China oversees a sweeping crackdown against critics in Hong Kong following huge and often viole...
'Stand tall': Lai writes letter from jail; Gang ransacks newspaper office
Apr 12, 2021 (AFP)
Lai, the owner of pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, is the highest-profile figure detained under the sweeping new law which Beijing imposed on the restless c...
'Forced confession' victims urge Chinese TV channels ban
Apr 11, 2021 (AFP)
The letter published by human rights watchdog Safeguard Defenders details a list of violations that the signatories say China is guilty of using to extort confe...
China says UK sheltering 'wanted criminals' after HK asylum ruling
Apr 08, 2021 (AFP)
London and Beijing are at bitter odds over the fate of Hong Kong, with Britain accusing China of tearing up its promise to maintain key liberties in the former ...
US 'not discussing' joint boycott of Beijing Olympics: W.House
Apr 07, 2021 (AFP)
"We have not discussed and are not discussing any joint boycott with allies and partners," President Joe Biden's press secretary, Jen Psaki, said. Psaki said th...
Hong Kong to vet political candidates' past to ensure loyalty to China
Apr 03, 2021 (AFP)
Beijing imposed sweeping changes on Hong Kong's electoral system on Tuesday, the latest step in an ongoing crackdown on the city's democracy movement after mass...
Veteran Hong Kong activists convicted over huge democracy rally
Apr 01, 2021 (AFP)
The defendants included some of the city's most prominent pro-democracy campaigners, many of whom are non-violence advocates who have spent decades campaigning ...
US criticizes China, affirms Hong Kong lost special status
Mar 31, 2021 (AFP)
A day after China approved a radical overhaul of Hong Kong's political system, Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a required report to Congress found that the...
BBC reporter leaves China, says 'too risky to carry on'
Mar 31, 2021 (AFP)
John Sudworth told BBC Radio 4 in an interview that he had relocated to Taiwan after nine years in Beijing as it was "too risky to carry on". Threats from Chine...
Ai Weiwei mourns Hong Kong freedoms but 'proud' of Tiananmen photo furore
Mar 30, 2021 (AFP)
But he never thought that picture would be at the heart of rising censorship fears in Hong Kong 26 years later. The former British colony's reputation as a cult...
China approves radical overhaul of Hong Kong's political system
Mar 30, 2021 (AFP)
The new measures, which bypassed Hong Kong's legislature and were imposed directly by Beijing, are the latest move aimed at quashing the city's democracy moveme...
HK journalist on trial over DB search for mob attack probe; Speedboat fugitive charged with security crime
Mar 24, 2021 (AFP)
The prosecution of Bao Choy, a producer with public broadcaster RTHK, has deepened concerns over press freedoms as Beijing moves to stamp out dissent in the wak...
US will not push allies into 'us-or-them choice' on China: Blinken
Mar 24, 2021 (AFP)
"The United States won't force our allies into an 'us-or-them' choice with China," he was to say, according to excerpts of a speech to be delivered at NATO head...
Love on the rocks: Inside China's marriage counselling boom
Mar 23, 2021 (AFP)
On his wall hangs the mantra: "Let there be no bad marriages under heaven." But in the earthly realities of modern China, divorce rates are surging, and Zhu's s...
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