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Far-right groups in Germany allegedly have a plan for the mass deportation of millions of citizens of non-German origin. Lawmakers from the far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD) are also implicated.

Even Beijings allies are uneasy, citing potential impact on international business confidence in the city.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has described the national security trial of Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai as politically motivated and intended to silence the man he described as " a champion of free speech."

In 1999, Beijing reinterpreted Hong Kong’s Basic Law to deny children born in mainland China to Hong Kong parents the right to reunite with their families. Since then, the PIME missionary has been fighting to resolve an issue that touches 60,000 people. The denial goes against what the Chinese government itself has said.

Sir Vernon Bogdanor is Professor of Government, King’s College London and a member of the International Advisory Council of the Israel Democracy Institute. His most recent book is The Strange Surviv...

German elites look to ban opposition party and switch out the chancellor without changing the policies that make him so unpopular – anything to keep up the fight against Russia. 

Monthly applications have risen on average by 55 to 90 per cent depending on position, security chief Chris Tang tells lawmakers.

The overwhelming majority supporting the court’s bold and potentially perilous intervention in the Basic Law underscores a shared perspective among the judges appointed to the Supreme Court. 

Chairman of university council says centre has been set up as an important platform to proactively promote national education.

(JNS) — The High Court of Justice is about to invalidate a Basic Law. The court has never struck down such laws before, which until recently had been considered immune to court interference. According to leaked drafts of the opinions of the 15 justices, the result is 8-to-7 in favor of nullifying the “reasonableness law.” […]