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'White terror': Hong Kong's China critics beaten in targeted attacks
Oct 24, 2019 (AFP)
Since late August, eight well-known pro-democracy figures have been beaten by unknown assailants as fear swirls that some "triad" crime networks have flocked to...
se billionaire claims Australia 'deep state' plot
Oct 23, 2019 (AFP)
Prolific political donor Huang Xiangmo is embroiled in a series of scandals relating to undeclared earnings and millions of dollars he gave to politicians from ...
China plans to replace Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam: FT
Oct 23, 2019 (AFP)
The pro-Beijing leader has faced sustained criticism from protesters in the semi-autonomous city. So far, the Chinese central government has given its support t...
China foreign minister slams 'unacceptable' violence in Hong Kong
Oct 22, 2019 (AFP)
The comments, in an exclusive interview with AFP, were the most direct condemnation from a top Chinese official of the protests that erupted five months ago and...
Hands tied and paralysed: Hong Kong leader struggles to end crisis
Oct 21, 2019 (AFP)
The semi-autonomous international hub has been riven by increasingly violent protests for more than four months, with demonstrators demanding greater democracy ...
Hong Kong leader visits mosque struck by blue water-cannon dye
Oct 21, 2019 (AFP)
The entrance to the Kowloon Mosque, the international hub's largest, was sprayed by a water cannon truck on Sunday, causing anger among both local Muslims and p...
Hong Kong's domestic workers dodge tear gas and clashes
Oct 18, 2019 (AFP)
The 35-year-old is one of more than 370,000 domestic workers, overwhelmingly women from Indonesia and the Philippines, who keep Hong Kong ticking, often toiling...
Ousted Communist leader Zhao Ziyang is buried: family
Oct 18, 2019 (AFP)
Zhao, who is a revered figure among Chinese human rights defenders, is still a sensitive topic in the country, where commemorations of his death are held under ...
Two Americans detained in east China
Oct 17, 2019 (AFP)
Jacob Harlan, a father of five, and Alyssa Petersen were nabbed in Jiangsu province last month, their Idaho-based company China Horizons said on its Facebook pa...
Angry emojis flood Hong Kong leader's Facebook Live chat
Oct 17, 2019 (AFP)
Carrie Lam -- the city's unelected chief executive -- currently boasts record low approval ratings as the financial hub convulses with more than four months of ...
Lam abandons policy speech after lawmakers heckle; US House pass 'Democracy Act'
Oct 16, 2019 (AFP)
The speech by chief executive Carrie Lam was billed as an attempt to win hearts and minds after four months of seething pro-democracy protests. But it instead l...
Hong Kong leader slams US senator for 'police state' remark
Oct 15, 2019 (AFP)
The territory has been battered by more than four months of pro-democracy protests -- and increasingly violent clashes with the police -- with Beijing-backed Ch...
US senator warns Hong Kong becoming 'police state' as thousands rally
Oct 14, 2019 (AFP)
The international finance hub was battered by another weekend of unrest as hardcore pro-democracy protesters and police fought running battles with officers war...
Hong Kong violence prompts debate; as Xi threatens 'smashed' bodies
Oct 14, 2019 (AFP)
Even by the standards of Hong Kong's summer of rage, the last fortnight has been brutal. After months of focusing their anger towards police, local government a...
China's Xi promises aid, development in Nepal visit
Oct 13, 2019 (AFP)
Xi -- in the first state visit by a Chinese leader in 23 years -- announced 3.5 billion RMB ($493 million) of aid between 2020-2022 "to uplift the living standa...
Kazakhstan jails China expert for 10 years for treason
Oct 10, 2019 (AFP)
Konstantin Syroezhkin, 63, was an employee of the state-run Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies when his detention was reported earlier this year. Althou...
NBA's sheer dominance could limit damage from China backlash
Oct 09, 2019 (AFP)
Tweets last week by a Houston Rockets executive in support of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong have imperilled NBA profits in one of its biggest markets, wit...
'South Park' creators issue mock apology over China censorship
Oct 08, 2019 (AFP)
The tongue-in-cheek statement, skewering Beijing's demands that western brands conform to its world view, came with officials apparently annoyed about an episod...
'No regrets' for Hong Kong gamer kicked out of eSports tournament
Oct 08, 2019 (AFP)
Ng Wai Chung, who represents the Asia-Pacific region under the name Blitzchung, had just won a crucial match at the Hearthstone Grandmasters tournament when he ...
First Hong Kongers appear in court for defying mask ban
Oct 07, 2019 (AFP)
The international finance hub convulsed with three straight days of rallies and riots after the city's pro-Beijing leader invoked colonial-era emergency powers ...
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