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China moves to overhaul Hong Kong's electoral system: Report
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Beijing [China], March 4 (ANI): Less than a year after imposing the draconian national Security Law, China on Thursday launched a legislative process for drastic electoral system reform in Hong Kong, which could benefit the pro-establishment camp and further smother the political opposition
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Uyghur body calls for boycott of 2022 Winter Olympics in China, cites huma
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Munich [Germany], March 4 (ANI): Citing grave human rights abuses, a pro-Uyghur body on Thursday called on the international community to boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics scheduled to be held in China.
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32 pro-democracy activists jailed in Hong Kong as bail denied by judge
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Hong Kong, March 4 (ANI): A Hong Kong court on Thursday denied bail to 32 out of 47 pro-democracy activists charged under a Beijing draconian national security law (NSL) after a four-day marathon court hearing.
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Teen sentenced to 6 months in detention centre for rioting during 2019 ant
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Hong Kong, March 3 (ANI): A 16-year-old student has been sentenced to up to six months in a detention centre becoming the first confessed rioter to avoid actual prison time since the 2019 social unrest.
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Microsoft alleges China-based cyber attackers of having accessed its email
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Hong Kong, March 3 (ANI): Microsoft on Tuesday said a sophisticated group of hackers linked to China has hacked into its popular email service that allowed them to gain access to computers.
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Hong Kong probes death of 63-year-old who received Chinese Sinovac jab
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Hong Kong, March 3 (ANI): Hong Kong health authorities on Tuesday night revealed that they are investigating the death of a chronically ill man after he received China's Sinovac vaccine.
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Taiwanese govt urged to take steps to protect Hong Kong dissidents
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], March 3 (ANI): Taiwanese students on Tuesday (local time) urged President Tsai Ing-wen's government to take concrete actions to protect Hong Kong political dissidents after 47 pro-democracy figures in the semi-autonomous region were charged last weekend under a new Chinese n
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China to impose more institutional changes to curb democracy in Hong Kong
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Hong Kong, March 2 (ANI): Eight months since Beijing imposed the draconian national security law to curb the pro-democracy movement, authorities have used the legislation to stamp out street protests, ban activists from lobbying foreign governments, gut the legislature and arrest most of the
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47 dissidents in Hong Kong booked for 'conspiring to subvert state power'
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Hong Kong, March 2 (ANI): Hong Kong police has charged 47 former opposition lawmakers and activists for conspiring to subvert state power under the draconian national security law in the region.
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China marches on to militarism and totalitarianism
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Hong Kong, March 2 (ANI): There is growing alarm at the inexorable rise of China, both of its military prowess and its aggressive bullying of other countries plus its subjugation of whole portions of its own population.
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China asks Australia to abandon its interference in Hong Kong's affairs
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Beijing [China], March 2 (ANI): China has condemned Australia for granting protection visas to Hong Kong passport holders in December and asked Canberra to abandon its interference in Hong Kong's affairs.
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Xinjiang records sharp drop in birth rate amid growing focus on Uyghur gen
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Hong Kong, March 1 (ANI): Amid growing criticism over human right abuses by the Beijing, population statistics published by the Chinese government shows a significant drop in birth rates in Xinjiang province.
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