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Trans woman puts Chinese law to the test in landmark case
Dec 10, 2019 (AFP)
The reason given for her dismissal was chronic tardiness, but Yang smelled a rat and sued her former employer in what LGBT activists are calling a landmark test...
China's diplomatic push in Asia sees mixed results: study
Dec 10, 2019 (AFP)
President Xi Jinping doubled China's foreign affairs budget in six years from 30 billion to 60 billion yuan ($8.5 billion) to bolster its global diplomacy, acco...
Detained Canadians in China cut off from the world
Dec 08, 2019 (AFP)
Former diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor, have been languishing in China's opaque legal system since they were apprehended on December 10, ...
Hong Kongers mark half a year of protest with mammoth rally
Dec 08, 2019 (AFP)
Organisers estimated some 800,000 people snaked for hours through the financial hub's main island as the protests marked six months, a vivid illustration of the...
Hong Kong AmCham chairman and president denied entry to Macau
Dec 07, 2019 (AFP)
Chairman Robert Grieves and president Tara Joseph were separately prevented from entering the neighbouring semi-autonomous city on their way to the American Cha...
AI judges and the brave new world of China's digital courts
Dec 06, 2019 (AFP)
China is encouraging digitisation to streamline case-handling within its sprawling court system using cyberspace and technologies like blockchain and cloud comp...
Six months of sacrifice: Hong Kong's protesters take stock
Dec 06, 2019 (AFP)
The unprecedented movement was born on June 9, when an estimated million people took to the streets to protest a proposed bill allowing extradition to mainland ...
China's single women seek sperm donors overseas
Dec 06, 2019 (AFP)
But she was not admiring her lover's family album, she was browsing a catalogue of potential sperm donors -- the 39-year-old is one of an increasing number of a...
Virtual boyfriends a match for China's single women
Dec 06, 2019 (AFP)
The 19-year-old pre-medical student has spent more than 1,000 yuan ($150) speaking to "virtual boyfriends". These aren't seedy sex-chat lines but men who charge...
Maldives seeks to restructure China debt after years of heavy borrowing
Dec 06, 2019 (AFP)
Former strongman president Abdulla Yameen relied heavily on Beijing to provide financial support during his five year term and his successor's party has accused...
Former Chinese rights lawyer arrested for 'inciting subversion'
Dec 04, 2019 (AFP)
Tan Yongpei, 50, who often criticised Beijing on social media including Twitter, was arrested on Tuesday in southern China, according to an arrest notice seen b...
US House passes Uighur bill urging sanctions on Chinese officials
Dec 04, 2019 (AFP)
The legislation adds to tensions between the two superpowers just as they are locked in negotiations to finalize a "phase one" deal to resolve their protracted ...
Protests test sympathies of Chinese mainlanders in Hong Kong
Dec 03, 2019 (AFP)
Christine Wang moved to Hong Kong from the mainland seven years ago, and sympathised with the initial demands of protesters opposed to legislation allowing extr...
Australia slams China's 'unacceptable' treatment of jailed writer
Dec 02, 2019 (AFP)
In an unusually frank statement, Marise Payne said she was "very concerned by reports from a recent consular visit to Australian citizen Dr Yang Hengjun". Yang ...
Australia launches anti-espionage task force amid China spy concerns
Dec 02, 2019 (AFP)
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the new force would involve all the country's top intelligence agencies "to disrupt and deter anyone attempting to undermine ...
China retaliates against US over Hong Kong unrest
Dec 02, 2019 (AFP)
The financial hub has been rocked by nearly six months of increasingly violent unrest demanding greater autonomy, which Beijing has frequently blamed on foreign...
China accuses UN rights chief of 'inappropriate' interference
Dec 01, 2019 (AFP)
China's mission to the UN in Geneva said an op-ed written by Bachelet in the South China Morning Post was "erroneous" and "violates the purposes and principles ...
'Still angry': Hong Kong protesters return to the streets
Dec 01, 2019 (AFP)
The rally heralded an end to a rare lull and a return to the large-scale demonstrations that Hong Kongers have staged for nearly six months, fuelled by growing ...
Hotpot vs bread: the culinary symbols of Hong Kong's political divide
Nov 29, 2019 (AFP)
Activists have begun bringing loaves of "Life Bread" -- a local brand beloved by Hong Kongers -- to demonstrations, or leaving them next to protest walls after ...
Hong Kong police enter ransacked campus after protest siege
Nov 28, 2019 (AFP)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University became the epicentre of the territory's increasingly violent protest movement when clashes broke out on November 17 between...
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