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Second-lowest turnout ever for HK legislative election
AFP, Published on 08/12/2025
» HONG KONG - Hong Kong's legislative election on Sunday drew the second-lowest turnout rate on record, with voters choosing candidates under Beijing's "patriots only" rules in the aftermath of the city's deadliest fire in decades.
The Wuhan lab at the heart of the US-China virus spat
AFP, Published on 06/05/2020
» BEIJING: The Chinese laboratory accused by top American officials of being the source of the coronavirus pandemic conducts research on the world's most dangerous diseases.
China ramps up campaign to redefine 'human rights'
AFP, Published on 13/12/2019
» BEIJING: China is ramping up a global campaign to promote its own vision of human rights, inviting the likes of North Korea and Syria to a forum on the topic and drafting other countries to back its policies at the UN.
Hong Kong businessman pays almost $1m for parking space
AFP, Published on 24/10/2019
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong might be heading for recession after months of violent protests but that has not stopped one businessman from forking out almost US$1 million for a parking spot.
Murder suspect whose case was catalyst for Hong Kong protests released
AFP, Published on 23/10/2019
» HONG KONG - A murder suspect whose proposed deportation to Taiwan was a catalyst for huge anti-extradition protests in Hong Kong was released from prison Wednesday but, despite saying he wanted to face justice, will remain in the city as a diplomatic spat continues.
Cameras and crackdowns: Another Tiananmen 'impossible' in China
AFP, Published on 30/05/2019
» BEIJING - Thirty years after the crackdown on Tiananmen protesters, the tanks that lined Beijing's central avenue have been replaced by countless surveillance cameras perched like hawks on lampposts to keep the population in check.
China rights record in spotlight at UN review
AFP, Published on 06/11/2018
» GENEVA - China's mass detainment of ethnic Uighurs and its crackdown on civil liberties will likely figure high on the agenda Tuesday when countries meet at the UN in Geneva to review Beijing's rights record.
China rolls out PR push on Muslim internments
AFP, Published on 16/10/2018
» BEIJING: China on Tuesday issued an ardent defence of the alleged mass internment of minorities in its far west Xinjiang region, with a regional official insisting that authorities are preventing terrorism through "vocational education" centres.
Google developing censor-friendly search engine for China
AFP, Published on 02/08/2018
» BEIJING: Google is crafting a search engine that would meet China's draconian censorship rules, a company employee told AFP on Thursday, in a move decried by human rights activists.
Historic Chinese town resists eviction for theme park
AFP, Published on 25/07/2018
» CHIKAN (CHINA) - A year ago, customers queued round the block for Wu Ying's red bean and coconut ice puddings, but now the 60-year-old has to vault a barricade to reach her dessert shop.