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China birth rate hits lowest level since 1949
Jan 17, 2020 (AFP)
To avoid a demographic crisis, the government relaxed its one-child policy in 2016 to allow people to have two children, but the change has not resulted in more...
Hong Kong teachers living in fear over protest support
Jan 16, 2020 (AFP)
The education sector has always been at the vanguard of the financial hub's pro-democracy fight, with teachers and students taking to the streets in 2012 to opp...
Lam says Hong Kong can keep freedoms if 'stays loyal'; Medic arrested on mainland
Jan 16, 2020 (AFP)
Chief executive Carrie Lam, a pro-Beijing appointee, made the comments during a fiery session in the city's legislature, where she was frequently interrupted by...
Hong Kong protest shoppers show their true colours
Jan 15, 2020 (AFP)
In contrast, "blue" pro-government and pro-China businesses are frequent targets for vandalism or boycotts. At Fu Kee Noodles in Wan Chai, diners slurp wonton u...
China conducting 'intense' global attack on rights: HRW
Jan 14, 2020 (AFP)
Human Rights Watch made the allegation in its annual report, launched at the United Nations headquarters in New York two days after executive director Kenneth R...
'LOL!': China's informal, confrontational Twitter diplomacy
Jan 14, 2020 (AFP)
The communist government has recently embraced the social media platform -- despite blocking it within China -- deploying its foreign ministry and a growing arm...
China defends barring Human Rights Watch head from Hong Kong
Jan 13, 2020 (AFP)
Kenneth Roth was supposed to give a press conference in Hong Kong this week to unveil the New York-based rights group's latest global survey, which accuses Chin...
Human Rights Watch chief says barred from entering Hong Kong
Jan 12, 2020 (AFP)
Hong Kong has been battered by nearly seven months of occasionally violent protests, its biggest political crisis in decades. Millions have turned out on the st...
Curtain falls on Chinese film festival as censorship intensifies
Jan 11, 2020 (AFP)
The China International Film Festival (CIFF) made the announcement in a post Thursday on its official WeChat social media account. "We believe that under curren...
Protest-hit Hong Kong sees surge in depression, PTSD: study
Jan 10, 2020 (AFP)
And around one in 10 had symptoms of probable depression, figures comparable to those seen in areas of armed conflict or following terrorist attacks, the decade...
Ex-UK consulate staffer cuts ties with HK family to avoid 'harassment'
Jan 10, 2020 (AFP)
Simon Cheng's case triggered a diplomatic row between London and Beijing at a time when relations were already strained by the massive pro-democracy protests th...
US lawmakers urge action on 'crimes against humanity' in China
Jan 08, 2020 (AFP)
In a wide-ranging annual report, the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, which tracks human rights in the Asian power, voiced alarm at Beijing's incarc...
Indonesia deploys fighter jets, warships to disputed waters in China spat
Jan 08, 2020 (AFP)
President Joko Widodo also headed Wednesday to the fishing-rich waters around the Natuna islands, which border the South China Sea, most of which is claimed by ...
'Return to right path' Beijing's new envoy tells Hong Kong
Jan 06, 2020 (AFP)
Luo Huining replaced Wang Zhimin as head of Beijing's Liaison Office in Hong Kong -- the most significant personnel change by China since violent pro-democracy ...
Dozens held at Hong Kong border town over protests, As Beijing sends new envoy
Jan 05, 2020 (AFP)
The Democratic Party said about 10,000 people marched peacefully in Sheung Shui district, but violence erupted after police ordered protesters to disperse. Seve...
China replaces top envoy to crisis-hit Hong Kong
Jan 04, 2020 (AFP)
The removal of the head of the Liaison Office, which represents the central government in semi-autonomous Hong Kong, comes as the city grapples with its biggest...
China detains activists in year-end crackdown
Jan 02, 2020 (AFP)
The Chinese government has severely reduced the space for civil liberties since President Xi Jinping took power in 2012, rounding up rights lawyers, labour acti...
Massive Hong Kong pro-democracy rally ends in police clashes
Jan 01, 2020 (AFP)
Hong Kong has been battered by nearly seven months of unrest -- its biggest political crisis in decades -- which has seen millions come out on the streets deman...
China jails Protestant pastor for 9 years for 'inciting' subversion
Dec 30, 2019 (AFP)
Pastor Wang Yi, whose Early Rain Covenant Church was the target of a government crackdown last year, was also found guilty of "illegal business operation" by a ...
Hong Kong police arrest 15 in fresh shopping mall protests
Dec 28, 2019 (AFP)
The fresh unrest ended a brief calm after protestors had battled riot police in shopping malls and streets of commercial districts across the city for three day...
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