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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Hong Kong police fired tear gas, water cannon and pepper balls at different groups amounting to countless people who came out in demonstration at strategies by the judgment Chinese Communist Party in Beijing to enforce oppressive national security legislation and punish dissent in the city. Police made 120 arrests in numerous clashes in the shopping […]

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A law enforcement officer fired pepper spray at a group of people in a Hong Kong mall on Wednesday amid renewed anti-government and pro-democracy protests, as the city’s federal government stated it would rake ahead with a questionable law prohibiting ‘insults’ to the Chinese national anthem. The undercover officer, who determined himself prior to spraying […]

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China on Wednesday stepped up its usage of anti-terrorism rhetoric relating to the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong, calling it a “political virus” and a “dark, destructive force.” The Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office (HKMAO) under China’s cabinet, the State Council, struck out at the city’s black- outfitted protesters for going back to streets […]

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A Hong Kong court on Tuesday slapped a travel ban on pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, who is waiting for trial on charges of participating in an “illegal assembly” throughout in 2015’s demonstrations, along with claims of “intimidation.” Lai appeared in court together with veteran democrats Lee Cheuk-yan and Yeung Amount, and was bought not […]

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Former colonial governor Chris Patten has actually gotten in touch with the U.K. to reassess its ties with China’s judgment Communist Party, warning of additional escalation of political persecution by authorities in Hong Kong. Lord Patten of Barnes stated Beijing seems breaking an international, lawfully binding treaty governing the status of Hong Kong, which was […]

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Hong Kong’s Court of Appeal has actually dismissed an appeal by an imprisoned Hong Kong political leader who promoted “separation” in between the former British nest and mainland China, maintaining his six-year prison term for “rioting” throughout the 2016 “fishball revolution” in Mong Kok. Edward Leung, who is extensively considered the “spiritual leader” of the […]

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A bookstore that shut down in Hong Kong after 5 booksellers were apprehended by China has actually resumed in democratic Taiwan in spite of hazards and attacks. Causeway Bay Books Taiwan, established by banished Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kei, opened its doors to crowds of clients on Saturday, with a congratulatory arrangement sent out by […]

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Authorities in Sweden are to shut down the last Confucius class run by a branch of the judgment Chinese Communist Party in Beijing, making the nation the first in Europe to closed down a crucial location of China’s soft power, according to media reports. Sweden’s Radio Kaliber reported that the Confucius class at Falkenberg’s high […]

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