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Hong Kong lawmaker photographed with Xi Jinping tests positive for COVID-1
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 4 (ANI): A Hong Kong lawmaker, who posed for a group photo with Xi Jinping during the Chinese President's visit to the former British colony on June 30 has tested positive for COVID-19, media reported.
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Days after Xi's visit, China's Palace Museum opens in Hong Kong
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 3 (ANI): Established in 1925, China's famed Palace Museum opened a branch in Hong Kong on Sunday, days after Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the former British colony on June 30.
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John Lee sworn in as Hong Kong's new chief executive
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 1 (ANI): John Lee was sworn in on Friday as the sixth-term chief executive of Hong Kong, in the presence of Chinese President Xi Jinping, a move meant to signal that Beijing has the former British colony well under its control 25 years after taking over.
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New school books say Hong Kong was never British colony: Report
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 25 (ANI): New school textbooks in Hong Kong have become a subject of controversy after the learning materials stated the city was an "occupied territory rather than a British colony", the media report stated.
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Plenty yet to be done on security law in Hong Kong, says Chinese officials
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 7 (ANI): Claiming that the national security law imposed by Beijing on Hong Kong was a success, Chinese officials have vowed to continue to remake the former British colony stating "there is still plenty of work to be done."
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China demands love as it represses Hong Kong
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, March 15 (ANI): If you can believe the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), then the former British colony of Hong Kong is thriving because of the former's magnanimity. The truth is that Beijing is determinedly stifling Hong Kong and turning it into a mimeograph of the rest of authorita
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Democracy, respect for fundamental freedoms best paths for stability in Ho
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], September 8 (ANI): Taking a dig at Beijing over its authoritarian policies in Hong Kong, US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo on Tuesday said Democracy, respect for fundamental freedoms, and government accountability to the people are the best paths to stability in the er
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France not to ratify extradition treaty signed with Hong Kong
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Paris [France], Aug 4 (ANI): France on Monday said it will not ratify the extradition agreement it signed on May 4, 2017 with Hong Kong following the implementation of draconian national security law in the erstwhile British colony.
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Hong Kong police seeking 6 people including Nathan Law on suspicion of bre
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Aug 1 (ANI): Continuing with the ruthless suppression of the dissenting voices in the erstwhile British colony, six people including activist Nathan Law Kwun-chung and former British consulate employee Simon Cheng Man-kit are being sought by Hong Kong police on suspicion of breaki
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Germany suspends extradition agreement with Hong Kong
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], Aug 1 (ANI): Germany has decided to suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong, Foreign Minister, Heiko Mass, said on Friday (local time) after the erstwhile British colony decided to postpone legislative council elections.
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Britain ready to welcome Hong Kong refugees
Updated : 6 years ago IST
London [UK], May 28 (ANI): Boris Johnson has a secret plan to allow hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong citizens to come to Britain if China clamps down further on the former British colony, according to Sunday Express.
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Hong Kong: Hundreds take part in teachers' rally braving downpour
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Aug 17 (ANI): Hundreds of Hong Kong teachers and supporters on Saturday braved heavy downpour as they took to the streets to begin yet another weekend of anti-government protests in the former British colony.
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