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Hong Kong reports 17 new COVID-19 cases, 8 new Omicron infections
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 1 (ANI): Hong Kong reported 17 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, taking the total tally of confirmed cases to 12,667, data from the Center for Health Protection showed, according to Xinhua News Agency.
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Chinese stakes in 2022 high, but success is by no means guaranteed
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 1 (ANI): The stakes of China in 2022 are undoubtedly high - from the Beijing Winter Olympics to the 20th Communist Party Congress in the fall, but success is by no means guaranteed. And numerous questions abound.
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As China intensifies crackdown on dissents, Taiwan sees rise in immigratio
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], January 1 (ANI): Taiwan is witnessing a rise in immigration from Hong Kong where China has intensified its crackdown under controversial national security law, a media report said.
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Xi calls for reunification of motherland, claims it's an aspiration shared
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 1 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for the complete reunification of their motherland that is an aspiration shared by people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, a media report said.
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Ex-editors of Hong Kong's news outlet charged under anti-sedition law, den
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 31 (ANI): The two editors of now-defunct Hong Kong's non-profit news outlet Stand News have been denied bail by the court here and ordered to remain in custody after they were officially charged with allegedly conspiring to publish seditious publications, a media report s
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China sanctions 5 US individuals for meddling in Hong Kong affairs
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 30 (ANI): China on Thursday imposed countermeasures on five US individuals including former US commerce minister Wilbur Ross and USCC president Carolyn Bartholomew in accordance with China's Anti-Sanction Law in response to US sanctions on Chinese officials over Hon
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HK Chief Executive slams Blinken's remark on pro-democracy media outlet
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 30 (ANI): Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Thursday slammed the remarks on independent media Stand News made by some Western government officials including one by US State Secretary Anthony Blinken.
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US deeply concerned over Hong Kong news outlet closure, calls for release
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 30 (ANI): Expressing concern over the closure of Hong Kong offices of pro-democracy media outlet Stand News, the United States on Wednesday (local time) called on authorities to release all those unjustly detained.
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Taiwan President condemns China for police raid on Hong Kong news outlet
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan] December 30 (ANI): Taiwanese President Tsai-Ing-wen has condemned China for police raids on the Hong Kong offices of pro-democracy media outlet Stand News and arrest of six for "conspiracy to publish seditious publications".
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Over 60,000 vacancies at Hong Kong public primary, secondary schools: Repo
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Hongkong, December 29 (ANI): Hong Kong public primary and secondary schools have over 60,000 vacancies as reported recently by Hong Kong's public primary and secondary schools records.
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Chief Executive Carrie Lam terminating press freedom in Hong Kong: NGO aft
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Paris [France], December 29 (ANI): Condemning the recent raid on the office of Hong Kong independent media Stand News, Paris-based NGO Reporters Without Borders said that Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam is terminating press freedom in the territory and called on authorities to release a
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After Apple Daily, another Hong Kong media company shuts down following po
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 29 (ANI): Months after the closure of the pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, another Hong Kong-based media company-- Stand News-- has announced that it is halting operation after seven years and removing all contents.
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