Taiwan on Friday grieved the death of its former president Lee Teng-hui, extensively considered as the guy who caused the island’s democratic shift. Flags were flown at half- mast to mark Lee’s death at the age of 97 on Thursday night, while homages gathered to honor a practiced political leader who commanded Taiwan’s shift from […]

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Authorities in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan have actually evicted dissident and 1989 pro-democracy motion veteran Chen Yunfei from his home after he slammed an exorbitant brand-new security law just recently troubled Hong Kong, RFA has actually discovered. Chen had actually relocated to the Sichuan town of Pixian previously this month in addition to […]

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Issues are growing for jailed Xinjiang dissident Zhang Haitao, who has actually just been permitted 3 family gos to in the past 5 years of his sentence at a jail in the northwestern area of Xinjiang. Zhang, an outspoken critic of the judgment Chinese Communist Party’s treatment of the mainly Muslim Uyghur ethnic group, is […]

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A local of the eastern Chinese province of Shandong who was being pushed by the authorities to sign up with a questionable resettlement plan was sent out to medical facility after trying suicide by consuming pesticide at the weekend, RFA has actually found out. The local of Shandong’s Lanling county, who was determined just by […]

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Issues are growing over the fate of human rights lawyer Ding Jiaxi, with his wife raising issues that he might have been tortured throughout his time in the Linshi Detention Center in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong. Ding has actually been rejected consent to consult with either family members or a lawyer because his […]

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The judgment Chinese Communist Party has actually taken control of a financial investment corporation run by abducted billionaire Xiao Jianhua amidst accusations of unapproved financing, as General Secretary Xi Jinping revealed transfer to enhance the domestic economy. Xiao is thought to have actually been abducted by mainland Chinese state security cops from his home in […]

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More than half a million people ended up in Hong Kong over the weekend to vote in main elections to choose pro-democracy prospects for September’s basic election. Around 580,000 people had actually cast mainly electronic votes by the end of ballot on 9.00 p.m. regional time on Sunday in spite of warning keeps in mind […]

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The judgment Chinese Communist Party on Friday selected a former mayor who punished the rebel town of Wukan to head its national security office in Hong Kong. China’s cabinet, the State Council selected Zheng Yanxiong, former mayor and Communist Party secretary of Guangdong’s Shanwei city at the time of the Wukan demonstrations, head of its […]

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Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen stated Beijing had actually stopped working Hong Kong with the imposition on Tuesday of a sweeping national security law on the city prohibiting a multitude of offenses targeting anybody who challenges the judgment Communist Party’s ideological and political supremacy. ” I feel exceptionally dissatisfied [over the law’s passage], which suggests China […]

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China on Tuesday authorized draconian brand-new security legislation for Hong Kong prohibiting activities considered secessionist or subversive, paving the method for its feared state security authorities to run in the city. The law’s approval by the National People’s Congress (NPC) standing committee after months of mass public demonstration was instantly condemned by Brussels as remaining […]

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