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Jimmy Lai, associates released on bail in Hong Kong
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong, August 12 (ANI): After facing criticism from countries around the world, Hong Kong police on Tuesday released media mogul Jimmy Lai and his two sons on bail, media reported.
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China asks military not to fire first shot as Beijing looks to deescalate
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Aug 11 (ANI): Amid mounting tensions with the US, China has instructed its service personnel "not to fire the first shot", as Beijing looks to de-escalate tensions with Washington in the South China Sea, South China Morning Post reported citing sources familiar with the situ
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Police take Hong Kong media tycoon to his yacht as part of national securi
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong, August 11 (ANI): Hong Kong police on Tuesday took media tycoon Jimmy Lai, who was arrested a day earlier under the draconian national security law, to his yacht as part of ongoing investigation.
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China's top legislature adopts decision for sixth HK Legislative Council t
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 11 (ANI/Xinhua): Chinese lawmakers on Tuesday voted to adopt a decision for the sixth Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to continue performing duties.
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Keeping a close watch on grave situation in Hong Kong: Japan
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Aug 11 (ANI): A day after Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was arrested for breaching the national security law, the Japanese government has said that it is keeping a close watch on the situation in Hong Kong.
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O'Brien urges China to repeal national security law, restore Hong Kong's r
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], Aug 11 (ANI): A day after Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was arrested for breaching the national security law, US National Security Advisor Robert C. O'Brien urged China to repeal the national security law and restore Hong Kong's rule of law immediately.
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Pompeo 'troubled' by reports of arrest of Jimmy Lai, says it is further pr
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], Aug 11 (ANI): US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo on Monday said that he was "troubled" by reports of the arrest of Jimmy Lai, a media tycoon and critic of the Chinese Communist Party, under the draconian national security law in Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong reports 69 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, 4,148 in total
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong, August 10 (ANI/Xinhua): Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection (CHP) reported 69 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the total confirmed cases to 4,148.
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China arrays aerial firepower along Indian border
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong, August 10 (ANI): Tensions between China and India along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), which boiled over into a deadly melee on June 15, have seen armies on both sides building up their strength in the Ladakh/Aksai Chin sector. Airpower is an important consideration in case of
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China sanctions 11 US officials in response to Hong Kong sanctions
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 10 (ANI/Sputnik): China imposed sanctions on the US in response to the restrictions imposed by Washington over an alleged effort to undermine Hong Kong's autonomy, the spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Zhao Lijian, said Monday.
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China denounces statement of 5 western foreign ministers on Hong Kong as m
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], August 10 (ANI/Sputnik): The joint statement of the foreign ministers of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States on Hong Kong is yet another instance of interference in China's domestic affairs, the Chinese embassy in Canada said in a statem
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Hong Kong media tycoon arrested under national security law
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Aug 10 (ANI): Continuing with the ruthless suppression of the dissenting voices in Hong Kong since the national security law was imposed, Jimmy Lai, a media tycoon and critic of the Chinese Communist Party, was arrested on Monday on charges of "collusion with a foreign country".
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