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Over 50 Hong Kong opposition lawmakers, activists arrested under national
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 6 (ANI): Over 50 opposition lawmakers and activists were arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of violating the national security law, for their part in a primary election run-off last July.
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China has been waging 'cognitive warfare' against Taiwan, warns think tank
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 5 (ANI): China has been waging "cognitive warfare" against Taiwan by using misinformation and an army of online trolls as weapons to sway public opinion in Beijing's favour, a local think tank reported.
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Amid protest and pandemic, experts warn Hong Kong govt of social unrest am
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Honk Kong, January 5 (ANI): Experts have raised alarm over Hong Kong youths simmering grievances and frustration over COVID-19, which may turn into social unrest.
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Xi wrests greater control over China's military
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 5 (ANI): On December 26, 2020, the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress rubber-stamped a revised National Defense Law, and it passed into legislation on the first day of this year. The casual observer might consider this yet another piece of meaning
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China asks US to stop interfering with Hong-Kong related issues
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 4 (ANI): In a sharp rebuke, China has asked the United States to stop interfering with its internal affairs and judicial sovereignty on Hong Kong-related issues, Chinese state media Xinhua reported.
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Licence revocation threat for Chinese lawyer who helped HK activist
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 4 (ANI): In another instance of China's growing crackdown on dissent in the country, a mainland Chinese lawyer, who helped one of the 10 Hong Kong activists for crossing the border has been informed by authorities that his licence could be revoked for 'making inappro
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Hong Kong rights group stage protest for release of 'political prisoners'
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 2 (ANI): A prominent rights group staged an act of defiance on New Year's Day for the first time in 12 months -- on a much smaller scale -- calling for release of "political prisoners" who were arrested for demonstrations against the draconian National Security Law imposed
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NYSE to delist 3 Chinese telcos to comply with US executive order
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], January 1 (ANI): Amid growing concerns of security, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) said on Friday that it will delist three Chinese companies to comply with a US executive order that imposed restrictions on companies that were identified as affiliated with the Chinese mili
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US lambasts China over poor treatment of 'Hong Kong 12', demands immediate
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 1 (ANI): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, on Thursday, while lambasting the Chinese Communist Party for the treatment to a group of 12 pro-democracy protestors who tried to flee Taiwan in wake of Beijing's imposition of the draconian National Security Law, ca
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China - a year in review and preview
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 1 (ANI): 2020 will go down as a year of infamy, headlined by the COVID-19 pandemic. As much as it tries, China cannot evade culpability for initially mishandling the spread of the virus from its Wuhan epicenter. This ongoing health crisis is inextricably linked to China
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Yearender 2020: Clampdown in Hong Kong, treatment of Uyghurs worsen China
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New Delhi [India], December 31 (ANI): It was a year that worsened China's global image. While COVID-19, which emerged in its city of Wuhan, was a factor, China's coercive tactics with countries in its neighbourhood and beyond, its clampdown on people in Hong Kong in breach of "one governme
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ORRA launches new designs in Astra collection with 0% interest EMI options
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] December 31 (ANI/Mediawire): ORRA, India's leading and trusted brand of diamond jewellery has come a long way since its inception in 1888. From sculpting and manufacturing diamonds to crafting and retailing the finest diamond and gold jewellery, today, ORRA is on
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