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Beijing tightens noose on Hong Kong: National Security mandates now extend
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
In its 2014 white paper on the "one country, two systems" framework after the 1997 handover, Beijing asserted that "Hong Kong people would govern Hong Kong with a high degree of autonomy," the report mentioned, as quoted by the Taipei Times.
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Defiant Taiwan must stand up for itself against China
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
"One country two systems, which was started in Tibet and failed in Hong Kong, has come and gone. What is now left for the PRC is the use of brute force: They have suppressed Tibet, then Hong Kong and are now using strong-arm tactics on Taiwan. I believe Taiwanese democracy will survive, but
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Xi Jinping receives uncontrolled powers at CCP's 20th congress
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
The Chinese Communist Party resolution during the recently concluded Congress which gave Xi a third term in office explains the rationale for the munificent gesture.
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Xi embarks on re-shaping Hong Kong into China with its controls, surveilla
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 5 (ANI): When Chinese President Xi Jinping defended the crackdown on dissent in Hong Kong on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the handover from Britain, it amply described that he intended to make Hong Kong into China with all its controls and surveillance.
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Under China's pressure, Hong Kong schools become more patriotic
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 25 (ANI): Ten years ago, thousands of Hong Kong students took to the streets to protest against proposed curriculum changes, which they believed were designed to brainwash and push critical thinking out of the classroom, but surprisingly, now their schools have become m
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'One China' principle and 'One Country, Two Systems' policy are ironical
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Beijing [China], May 19 (ANI): China's 'One China' Principle and its policy, 'One Country, Two Systems' are ironic to each other. The principle is a desire of China to occupy the island of Taiwan while its policy is a lullaby to promise that Hong Kong would enjoy the same democratic traditio
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Biggest diplomatic challenge Taiwan faces is China's efforts to use 'one c
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], February 20 (ANI): A Taiwanese diplomat said that the biggest diplomatic challenge Taiwan faces is China's efforts to use "one country, two systems" as a means to promote unification.
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China may start conflict in Taiwan Strait to divert attention from domesti
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], February 20 (ANI): Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said that China could start a conflict in the Taiwan Strait to distract attention from its domestic crises.
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Hong Kong: Civil servants required to undergo national security training t
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, February 10 (ANI): Hong Kong's Secretary for the Civil Service Patrick Nip has said that the territory's newly employed civil servants will be required to undergo training in the national security law -- a controversial law which critics say Beijing uses to target activists, journ
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Taiwan calls China's one country, two systems 'facade'
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], July 6 (ANI): The Taipei government has termed China's "one country and two systems" as a facade, stating that it is really intended to annexe Taiwan.
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Members of European Parliament write to EU leaders, highlight growing 'rep
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], July 1 (ANI): On the occasion of the first anniversary of Hong Kong's national security law, members of the European Parliament wrote a joint letter to top EU leaders, demanding action against the Chinese authorities for the imposition of a legislation law that "destroyed
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By overhauling Hong Kong's electoral system, China rejecting 'one country,
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, March 18 (ANI): As China's national legislature plans to rewrite election rules in Hong Kong to ensure that the city is run by 'patriots', the most lingering question of this move is over the concern that Beijing might be rejecting the 'one country two systems' made to Hong Kong i
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