Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong have actually apprehended a rights activist who revealed online opposition to Beijing’s prepare for a drastic national security law in Hong Kong. Xiao Yuhui was drawn from his home by police in Guangdong’s Huizhou city after he retweeted a social media post opposing the strategy to straight […]

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President Tsai Ing-wen checked out banished Causeway Bay bookseller Lam Wing-kei in his new book shop on the democratic island of Taiwan on Friday, sending a strong message of uniformity with anti-government protesters in Hong Kong. Lam left to Taiwan after being apprehended by mainland China’s state security authorities along with 4 colleagues for selling […]

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The Trump administration will begin the procedure of removing the unique trade and financial investment status it grants Hong Kong, in reaction to China’s decision to enforce a national security law that end the city’s status as a different legal jurisdiction, U.S. President Donald Trump stated Friday. In a quick speech, Trump likewise stated he […]

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China-invested banana plantations in Laos are sickening Lao villagers exposed to farming chemicals, however likewise provide an earnings for the neighborhoods in which the farms are positioned, according to sources in the one-party communist state. Villagers dealing with the farms end up being worn out and weak after just 2 or 3 years dealing with […]

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Indonesia added its weight to current diplomatic relocations by ASEAN members opposing Beijing’s claims in the South China Sea, sending out an unusual diplomatic note to the head of the United Nations previously today. The letter, sent out to U.N. Secretary- General António Guterres on Tuesday, defined the Indonesian federal government’s assistance for a 2016 […]

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China states it is nearing conclusion of a 450- foot-long search and rescue ship, the biggest such vessel in its fleet, that will get in service with the Ministry of Transportation’s South China Sea Rescue Bureau. The ship will overshadow coastguard vessels from other countries in those contested waters, where mishaps at sea are progressively […]

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The U.S. Congress passed the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 on Wednesday, marking the first legislation by any federal government to target China for its persecution of Uyghurs in the Xinjiang Uyghur Self-governing Area (XUAR), regardless of dangers of retaliation from Beijing. The passage comes as the U.S. House of Representatives voted 413 […]

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A 26- year-old Indonesian passed away aboard a Pakistani boat recently, 2 months after being eliminated from a Chinese ship after suffering illness a sign of required labor, activists and authorities stated, giving 6 the number of deaths linked to Chinese fishing boats given that December. On Tuesday, Indonesia’s foreign office stated it was collaborating […]

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Chinese authorities are carefully seeing civil servant and students in Tibet’s local capital Lhasa throughout the Buddhist holy month of Legend Dawa, prohibiting them from taking part in standard religious events, according to sources in Tibet. Legend Dawa, which falls on the 4th month of the Tibetan lunar calendar and started this year on Might […]

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The judgment Chinese Communist Party on Monday stated it would perform its strategy to enforce a draconian sedition and subversion law on Hong Kong, bypassing the city’s legislature, declaring that anti-government protesters had actually taken part in “terrorist activities” in current months. China’s National People’s Congress (NPC)– which generally passes any federal government proposal put […]

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