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Hong Kong media curtail operations as China tightens grip on free speech
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 30 (ANI): As the national security law imposed by Beijing in Hong Kong completes one year in Hong Kong, several online media outlets in the city are taking down opinion articles and videos from their websites and have said they would move out after the arrest of another Apple
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Amid high turmoil, Beijing-imposed national security law in Hong Kong comp
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 30 (ANI): The draconian Beijing-imposed national security law, introduced to smother dissent and free speech in Hong Kong, has completed one year on Wednesday, leaving the once British-controlled region in turmoil and chaos.
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The PLA seeks greater intelligence
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 29 (ANI): The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is investing heavily in artificial intelligence (AI) to improve its combat capabilities, even if Chinese media does tend to hype up the technological progress that China is making in such fields.
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5.3 magnitude quake hits Bonin Islands, Japan
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 28 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 jolted Bonin Islands, Japan, at 9.12 GMT on Monday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) saidHong Kong, June 28 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 jolted Bonin Islands, Japan, at 9.12 GMT on Monday, the US
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Apple Daily editorial writer arrested at Hong Kong airport
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 28 (ANI): Fung Wai-kong, a senior editorial writer of Hong Kong's pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily was arrested at the city airport on Sunday on charges of collusion, local media reported.
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Fire in Hong Kong typhoon shelter destroys 30 boats
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 27 (ANI): A fire erupted in a typhoon shelter in Hong Kong, destroying over 30 vessels and causing at least 10 of them to sink.
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Apple Daily's shutdown signals all-out attack by China on Hong Kong media,
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 27 (ANI): The recent shutdown of the 26-year-old Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily has signalled an all-out Chinese attack against media and free speech in the region, as the government has already announced that it would tighten rules about accrediting journalist
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Documentary discussing same sex-marriage in Taiwan pulled from Hong Kong f
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 26 (ANI): A documentary, which discusses the issue of same-sex marriage in Taiwan, has been pulled from a film festival in Hong Kong.
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Tech, media, banks in Hong Kong fear end to their business after Apple Dai
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 26 (ANI): With closure of Apple Daily, a pro-democracy newspaper in Hong Kong, businesses including tech, media and banks are in fear of the possible end of their businesses in the city as China tightens its grip on a city.
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China dismisses Biden's remarks on Apple Daily closure, asks Washington no
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 26 (ANI): China's foreign ministry has dismissed US President Joe Biden's statement on the closure of Hong Kong's pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper and asked Washington to stop interfering in the country's internal affairs.
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Chinese media doesn't hold the powerful accountable, rather ensures their
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 25 (ANI): Since its revolutionary days, China's ruling Communist Party (CCP) has viewed military and propaganda -- or "the barrel of the gun and the shaft of the pen" as described by former Chairman Mao Zedong -- as the two most important tools for its ascent to and hold o
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Uyghurs in Xinjiang given long prison sentences
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 25 (ANI): Chinese government figures show a steep rise in the number of people given lengthy prison sentences in Xinjiang from 2014, when Beijing's crackdown on the region's Muslim-majority Uyghurs ramped up.
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