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Hong Kong political cartoon suspended; bans foreign lawyers from national security cases
May 10, 2023 (AFP)
Cartoonist Wong Kei-kwan, who uses the nom de plume "Zunzi", has been publishing his satirical takes on current affairs and public policies in the city since 19...
Canada 'will not be intimidated' after China expels diplomat: Trudeau
May 09, 2023 (AFP)
The Canadian leader said his administration took the decision to expel the Chinese official "to send a very clear message that we will not accept foreign interf...
Chinese woman appeals in battle for right to freeze her eggs
May 09, 2023 (AFP)
Xu Zaozao took legal action in 2019 after a Beijing hospital refused to freeze her eggs but a Beijing court dismissed her case in July 2022. Her case is widely ...
Australia says 'deep concerns' for reporter held in China since 2020
May 08, 2023 (AFP)
Cheng Lei, a former anchor at Chinese state broadcaster CGTN, disappeared on August 13, 2020, and was later charged with "supplying state secrets overseas". Aus...
Hong Kong police seize dismantled Tiananmen protest statue
May 05, 2023 (AFP)
The eight-metre-high (26-feet) "Pillar of Shame" by Danish artist Jens Galschiot -- featuring anguished faces in a twisted tower -- sat on the University of Hon...
China slams Canada's 'groundless slander' after ambassador summoned
May 05, 2023 (AFP)
"China is strongly dissatisfied with Canada's groundless slander and defamation of the normal performance of duties by the Chinese embassy and consulates in Can...
Canada summons China ambassador, mulls expelling diplomats
May 04, 2023 (AFP)
The developments were revealed during a heated exchange between Foreign Minister Melanie Joly and the parliamentarian who was targeted, Michael Chong, during he...
Hong Kong cuts elected seats on municipal bodies
May 02, 2023 (AFP)
The change is part of a widespread crackdown by Beijing on political freedoms in Hong Kong following massive pro-democracy protests in 2019. The last elections ...
China steps up use of exit bans under Xi: rights group
May 02, 2023 (AFP)
Since 2018, Beijing has passed five new or amended laws expanding its ability to impose so-called exit bans, bringing the total to 15, according to Madrid-based...
China rehabilitation scheme makes morticians of murderers
Apr 28, 2023 (AFP)
It is a rare campaign to help former prisoners, many of whom say a lack of reform programmes, a resultant skills shortage and deep-seated discrimination push th...
China slams UN experts' 'unfounded' concerns over Tibet forced labour
Apr 28, 2023 (AFP)
The panel of six UN special rapporteurs voiced concern in a statement on Thursday that so-called vocational training and labour transfer programmes in China wer...
UN experts say China forcing Tibetans into 'vocational training'
Apr 27, 2023 (AFP)
Six UN special rapporteurs voiced concern over claims that the so-called vocational training and labour transfer programmes were being used as a pretext to unde...
Chinese FM to visit Manila during Philippines-US war games
Apr 21, 2023 (AFP)
Philippine officials said Qin is set to meet President Ferdinand Marcos on Saturday after an initial meeting with his Philippine counterpart Enrique Manalo. Qin...
Macau junket boss jailed for illegal gambling, money laundering
Apr 21, 2023 (AFP)
The high-profile arrests and prosecution of Macau's big junket bosses have coincided with Chinese President Xi Jinping's anti-corruption drive, which includes c...
India population to surpass China mid-year: UN
Apr 19, 2023 (AFP)
The seismic shift will see India's population hit 1.4286 billion -- almost three million more than China's 1.4257 billion -- at mid-year, the United Nations Pop...
'Living gallery': fighting to save Hong Kong's fading neon signs
Apr 18, 2023 (AFP)
Citing safety concerns, city authorities have begun extinguishing the neon signs, which are widely seen as part of Hong Kong's heritage. "It is very heartbreaki...
'United': G7 diplomats offer common front on China
Apr 17, 2023 (AFP)
The two days of talks are taking place under the long shadow cast by controversial remarks from French President Emmanuel Macron, who last week suggested Europe...
Hong Kong tries to show fun side of national security
Apr 15, 2023 (AFP)
Outside the cube-shaped Palace Museum, 14 teams faced off in a quiz game for national security education day. It is a concept borrowed from mainland China, whic...
Brazil's Lula to meet Xi in Beijing after lashing out at US dollar, IMF
Apr 14, 2023 (AFP)
The veteran leftist, whose government recently announced a deal with Beijing to trade in their own currencies -- ditching the dollar as an intermediary -- is in...
UN rights chief 'concerned' as China jails rights lawyers
Apr 10, 2023 (AFP)
Xu Zhiyong and fellow campaigner Ding Jiaxi were convicted of "subversion of state power" following closed-door trials. Both were leading figures in the New Cit...
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