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Modern and professional - China's goals for the PLA
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, March 29 (ANI): In official Chinese pronouncements regarding the People's Liberation Army (PLA), two buzzwords that keep cropping up are "modern" and "professional". That might well be the case, because for decades the PLA was a dated and unwieldy military marked by dire levels of
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Artists fear censorship as China tightens grip on Hong Kong
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, March 22 (ANI): in order to tighten control over Hong Kong and purge dissent, Beijing may pressure a new museum in the city to remove exhibits that displease China in the opening exhibition.
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Tibetans, Uyghurs and Hong Kongers launch protest ahead of US-China Alaska
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 18 (ANI): The first face-to-face meeting of senior US and China officials--under the Biden administration--in Alaska is being marked by vociferous protests by representatives of Tibetan, Uyghur communities and Hong Kongers based in the United States.
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US sanctions 24 Chinese, Hong Kong officials ahead of Blinken's Alaska mee
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 18 (ANI): Ahead of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's meeting with top Chinese diplomats in Alaska later this week, Washington has imposed sanctions on 24 Chinese and Hong Kong officials over Beijing's ongoing crackdown on the city.
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By overhauling Hong Kong's electoral system, China rejecting 'one country,
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, March 18 (ANI): As China's national legislature plans to rewrite election rules in Hong Kong to ensure that the city is run by 'patriots', the most lingering question of this move is over the concern that Beijing might be rejecting the 'one country two systems' made to Hong Kong i
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US, Japan should stop interfering in our internal affairs: China
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 17 (ANI): China on Wednesday firmly opposed the recent US-Japan joint statement and asked the two nations to immediately stop interfering in its internal affairs, Chinese state media Xinhua reported.
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US sanctions 24 Hong Kong and Chinese officials ahead of Alaska meet
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 17 (ANI): The United States has sanctioned an additional 24 Chinese and Hong Kong officials over Beijing's ongoing crackdown on the city, ahead of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's meeting with top Chinese diplomats in Alaska later this week.
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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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China non-compliant with joint declaration on Hong Kong: UK
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], March 13 (ANI): The United Kingdom on Saturday said it considers China to be in a "state of ongoing non-compliance" with the Sino-British joint declaration after Beijing approved sweeping changes for tighter control over Hong Kong.
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Despite international criticism, China approves resolution to overhaul Hon
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 11 (ANI): Despite fierce international condemnation, China's national legislature has approved a resolution to drastically overhaul Hong Kong's electoral system to ensure only 'patriots' can rule the city, a move which is feared to further smother opposition voices in
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'Totally constitutional', China justifies altering Hong Kong's electoral r
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 8 (ANI): Despite worldwide condemnation of China for altering Hong Kong's electoral reforms, Beijing has justified its moves as "totally constitutional, lawful and justified".
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US condemns China's move to alter Hong Kong's electoral system
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 6 (ANI): As China prepares to alter Hong Kong's electoral system, the United States has condemned the continued assaults on the city's democratic institutions.
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