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There's an urgent need to re-evaluate China, CCP over human rights violati
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 15 (ANI): Numerous academics, journalists and politicians have been arrested and detained for 'anti-patriotic activities' since China imposed a national security law in Hong Kong earlier this year, yet the matter has attracted little comment from the international c
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Earthquake of 5.1-magnitude hits Tonga: USGS
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 15 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted 116 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga, at 05:06:31 GMT on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
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Hong Kong is becoming another Chinese-run communist city, says Pompeo
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 15 (ANI): Hong Kong is becoming just another Chinese-run communist city, US State Secretary Michael Pompeo said on Monday, adding that the United States has challenged the imprisonment of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai under the national security law.
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China's nuclear arsenal grows in capability
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 15 (ANI): China's nuclear forces, under the aegis of the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF), are nowhere as large as those of the USA or Russia, but the inventory is significantly growing and modernizing.
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Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai denied bail after being charged with nati
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 13 (ANI): Jimmy Lai, the 73-year-old Hong Kong media tycoon and advocate for democracy, was denied bail on Saturday, after being charged with the draconian national security law.
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Hong Kong student activist found guilty of participating in pro-democracy
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong [China], December 12 (ANI): As China continues to clamp down on Hong Kong pro-democracy activism, a student activist, Tony Chung Hon-lam, was found guilty of flag desecration and participation in a protest over the now-withdrawn extradition bill last year.
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Activist, former lawmaker Leung Chung-hang flees Hong Kong, pitches for US
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 12 (ANI): Former Hong Kong lawmaker Sixtus Baggio Leung Chung-hang has left the territory and is in the United States to press Washington for asylum to young Hongkongers.
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Pompeo slams China for charging Jimmy Lai under National Security Law
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 12 (ANI): US Defence Secretary Michael Pompeo slammed China for charging Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai under the draconian National Security Law and demanded that charges be dropped.
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China retaliates after US' sanctions on officials, says revoking visa exem
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 10 (ANI): China on Thursday announced that it is revoking visa exemption for US diplomatic passport holders visiting Hong Kong and Macau and imposing sanction on some US congress members.
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Rise in Indian auto loan arrears to lag economic slowdown: Fitch
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 9 (ANI): The net cumulative 90-plus days past due arrears of Indian auto loan securitisations are expected to rise by 1.25 to 1.50 times from pre-pandemic levels in 2021 due to the lagged effect of macroeconomic stress, Fitch Ratings has said.
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Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow denied bail by High Court
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 9 (ANI): A day after eight Hong Kong legislators were arrested for their involvement in pro-democracy protests across the region, activist Agnes Chow Ting has been denied bail pending her appeal of a 10-month prison sentence for her role in a siege of police headquarters
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Biden's aide 'deeply concerned' over China's assault on Hong Kong
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 9 (ANI): US President-elect Joe Biden's proposed National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said that he was 'deeply concerned' about the imprisonment of pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong in wake of the draconian National Security Law imposed by the Chinese Comm
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