Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen approaches her second inauguration later on this month amidst malware attacks on 2 of the island’s significant petrochemical business that are thought to have actually originated from China. Security authorities on the democratic island, which China has actually threatened to annex by force, state current malware attacks on state-owned oil refiner […]

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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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Authorities in the Chinese capital have actually officially detained a retired professor who called COVID-19 a “Chinese Communist Party (CCP) virus,” as advocates of the ruling party let loose a political reaction versus its critics and the authorities examine advocates of Wuhan Journal author Fang Fang. Beijing police officially detained Chen Zhaozhi on April 14 […]

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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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Unlawful migrants from North Korea hiding in northeastern China fear violent and instant reprisals if they are repatriated, according to missionaries dealing with the neighborhood. Regardless of ever-tightening border controls in current years, an unidentified number of North Koreans still handle to live, research study, and deal with the Chinese side of the border, mainly […]

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Authorities in the Chinese capital are holding three people in connection with the online storage of material censored by the judgment Chinese Communist Party, consisting of posts and articles about the early days of the coronavirus epidemic, on a page hosted by the coding website GitHub. Chen Wei, Cai Wei, and a female surnamed Tang […]

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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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