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Hong Kong anti-mask law 'unconstitutional': High court
Nov 18, 2019 (AFP)
"The restrictions it imposes on fundamental rights... go further than is reasonably necessary... and therefore fail to meet the proportionality test," the court...
HK activist urges Germany to halt Chinese army training
Nov 17, 2019 (AFP)
Speaking to the top-selling Bild newspaper, Wong said: "It makes me furious that the German Bundeswehr is apparently helping to train Chinese soldiers. Given th...
Chinese soldiers leave Hong Kong barracks in rare clean-up cameo
Nov 16, 2019 (AFP)
The action saw scores of soldiers from the garrison, which is confined to the barracks under Hong Kong's mini-constitution, with crewcuts and identical gym kits...
Hong Kong protesters defy Xi with pro-democracy rallies
Nov 15, 2019 (AFP)
Protests have swept Hong Kong since June as many in the city of 7.5 million people have vented fury at eroding freedoms under Chinese rule. Violence has escalat...
Two German students arrested for 'unlawful assembly' over Hong Kong protests
Nov 15, 2019 (AFP)
The students, aged 22 and 23, were arrested on Thursday for suspected participation in an illegal assembly, police said. Police did not release their identities...
Anger, guilt stir Hong Kong's white collar rebels; 500 Govt supporters march
Nov 15, 2019 (AFP)
Every day this week thousands of office workers have downed tools for a few hours, responding to a call to strike in a cheekily named "Lunch With You" rally. Fa...
'Depressed and unemployed': China's rights lawyers battle disbarment
Nov 14, 2019 (AFP)
"I have been unemployed at home," the 55-year-old told AFP, adding that it is especially hard to find work given his age. "I am totally dependent on savings." L...
Tears as hit film shines rare light on China school bullying
Nov 14, 2019 (AFP)
"Better Days" shines a spotlight on what the state-run China Daily called "a nationwide problem which has existed for years" but is rarely broached in Chinese f...
China's Xi warns Hong Kong protesters jeopardise 'one country, two systems'
Nov 14, 2019 (AFP)
Hong Kong has been ruled by a unique system guaranteeing greater freedoms than on the mainland since its handover from British rule to China in 1997. But protes...
Hong Kong protesters fire arrows at cops and choke city for fourth day
Nov 14, 2019 (AFP)
The territory has entered its sixth month of protests, which have morphed from mass rallies into a "blossom everywhere" campaign of debilitating disruption by g...
Mainland China students flee Hong Kong over protest violence fears
Nov 13, 2019 (AFP)
The most intense clashes on Tuesday occurred at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, where pitched battles were fought with the police firing tear gas, water ca...
Fear stoked by Chinese-funded port and SEZ in Myanmar's Rakhine
Nov 13, 2019 (AFP)
Myanmar has declared Rakhine state, associated by many worldwide with the military's 2017 bloody crackdown on Rohingya Muslims, open for busines but locals fear...
'Blossom everywhere': Hong Kong protesters evolve tactics
Nov 13, 2019 (AFP)
The campaign of massive disruption has seen small groups of protesters emerge all across the city of 7.5 million people from Monday to block intersections, vand...
Hong Kong protests hit universities, business district
Nov 12, 2019 (AFP)
The confrontations followed a particularly brutal day on Monday, when police shot a protester and a man was set on fire, prompting calls from western powers for...
Protesters hit Hong Kong commute as western powers urge restraint
Nov 12, 2019 (AFP)
The flare-up is the latest in the 24 straight weeks of increasingly violent rallies in Hong Kong, aimed at securing greater democratic freedoms from China. Smal...
Police shoot protester, man set alight in day of Hong Kong fury
Nov 11, 2019 (AFP)
Protesters, who had already begun a city-wide day of action aimed at paralysing the international financial hub, reacted to the morning shooting by rampaging th...
China accuses US of using UN to 'meddle' in Tibet
Nov 11, 2019 (AFP)
Last week, Sam Brownback, the United States' ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, said the US wanted the UN to take up the succession issue ...
Hong Kong police watchdog unequipped to probe own force: experts
Nov 10, 2019 (AFP)
The embarrassing verdict came as fresh unrest broke out on Sunday with activists and police clashing in multiple neighbourhoods after protesters held flashmob p...
China's hottest investment: overpriced sneakers
Nov 10, 2019 (AFP)
Enthusiasts worldwide have fuelled an expanding bubble in high-priced sneakers, often limited-edition collaborations between big names in sportswear and fashion...
Huge Hong Kong rally after student dies and lawmakers arrested
Nov 09, 2019 (AFP)
The international finance hub has been upended by five months of huge and increasingly violent pro-democracy protests, but Beijing has refused to give in to mos...
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