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In Pictures: Hongkongers stage ‘blank placard’ demo in solidarity with China Covid protests
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In Pictures: Hongkongers stage ‘blank placard’ demo in solidarity with China Covid protests
Over two dozen people gathered in Central on Monday in solidarity with protests in mainland China against Covid-19 regulations. Most of the demonstrators, who had assembled during evening rush hour, were carrying blank placards – a symbol of the protests…
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Explainer: How China’s Covid-19 protests were sparked by a deadly fire
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Explainer: How China’s ‘blank placard’ Covid protests were sparked by a deadly fire
In recent days, nationwide protests have exploded in China, as hundreds of demonstrators gathered on the streets of major cities and university campuses to rally against the government’s stringent Covid-19 measures. Videos circulating online show many cheering…
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‘Golden era’ over: China a ‘systemic challenge’ to UK values, says PM Sunak after Shanghai journalist beating
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‘Golden era’ over: China a ‘systemic challenge’ to UK values, says PM Sunak after Shanghai journalist beating
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak warned Monday that China posed a “systemic challenge” to UK “values and interests” as his government condemned Beijing after a BBC journal…
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Hong Kong gov’t to seek to adjourn Jimmy Lai’s collusion trial 2 days ahead of scheduled start date
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/11/29/hong-kong-govt-to-seek-to-adjourn-jimmy-lais-collusion-trial-2-days-ahead-of-scheduled-start-date/
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Hong Kong gov’t to seek to adjourn Jimmy Lai’s collusion trial 2 days ahead of scheduled start date
Hong Kong’s secretary for justice will on Tuesday seek to adjourn a national security trial involving pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai – two days before it was slated to begin ̵…
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Beijing’s power to interpret the national security law should be used ‘sparingly,’ says top Hong Kong lawyer
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Beijing’s power to interpret the national security law should be used ‘sparingly,’ says top Hong Kong lawyer
Beijing’s power to interpret the national security law “can be used sparingly,” the head of the Hong Kong Bar Association (HKBA) has said. Chairperson of the HKBA, Senior Counsel …
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Hong Kong gov’t asks top court to overturn photographer’s quashed unlawful assembly conviction
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Hong Kong gov’t asks top court to overturn photographer’s quashed unlawful assembly conviction
Hong Kong’s top court has been asked by government lawyers to overturn a lower court ruling that quashed a photographer’s unlawful assembly conviction. They said the previous judge made…
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Video: ‘It’s unimaginable’ – Mainland students in Hong Kong share hopes and fears for China’s Covid demos
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Video: ‘It’s unimaginable’ – Mainland students in Hong Kong share hopes and fears for China’s Covid demos
About 50 people gathered for a vigil at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) on Monday night to mourn those who died in a Xinjiang fire after it was locked down amid Covid restrictions. As the protests against strict Covid-19 rules escalated in China…
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In Pictures: Mainland Chinese in Hong Kong gather in solidarity with nationwide demos against zero-Covid
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In Pictures: Mainland Chinese in Hong Kong gather in solidarity with nationwide demos against zero-Covid
About 50 people gathered for a vigil at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) on Monday night to mourn those who died in a Xinjiang fire after it was locked down amid Covid restrictions. Beijing has said that those linking the incident to its zero-Covid…
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Timeline: Key dates in China’s ‘blank placard’ zero-Covid protests
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Timeline: Key dates in China’s ‘blank placard’ zero-Covid protests
Unprecedented protests in multiple Chinese cities and on university campuses have swept across the country in recent days, openly defying China’s stringent zero-Covid measures. Public anger was ignited by a deadly fire in Urumqi and swiftly spread. However…
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BREAKING: Hong Kong Democratic Party chair Lo Kin-hei cleared of unlawful assembly charge linked to 2019 PolyU siege
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/11/30/breaking-hong-kong-democratic-party-chair-lo-kin-hei-cleared-of-unlawful-assembly-charge-linked-to-2019-polyu-siege/
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Hong Kong Democratic Party chair Lo Kin-hei cleared of unlawful assembly charge linked to 2019 PolyU siege
Lo Kin-hei, the chairperson of Hong Kong’s Democratic Party, has been acquitted of participating in an unlawful assembly close to The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) when it was under police siege during the 2019 protests and unrest. The democrat…
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Landmark Hong Kong appeal ruling confirms minimum sentences for ‘serious’ national security offences
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Landmark Hong Kong appeal ruling confirms minimum sentences for ‘serious’ national security offences
A university student in Hong Kong will remain jailed for five years under the national security law, after a local court ruled that the Beijing-enacted legislation mandates a minimum sentence for t…
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BREAKING: Ex-Chinese leader Jiang Zemin dies at 96
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Ex-Chinese leader Jiang Zemin dies at 96
China’s former leader Jiang Zemin, who steered the country through a transformational era from the late 1980s and into the new millennium, died Wednesday at the age of 96, state news agency X…
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Rallies for China’s Covid-19 protests a sign of ‘fledgling colour revolution,’ Hong Kong security chief says
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Rallies for China’s Covid-19 protests a sign of ‘fledgling colour revolution,’ Hong Kong security chief says
Small rallies held in Hong Kong this week in solidarity with demonstrations in mainland China against Covid-19 curbs amounted to the “fledging of another colour revolution,” the city…
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Hong Kong court to hear gov’t application to adjourn media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s national security trial
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Hong Kong court to hear gov’t application to adjourn media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s national security trial
Hong Kong’s High Court will hear an application from the Department of Justice (DoJ) to adjourn the national security trial against media tycoon Jimmy Lai on Thursday, the day it is set to be…