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The new head of Hong Kongs Bar Association pledged on Thursday to defend the Chinese-ruled territorys vaunted rule of law amid concerns over the impact of a Beijing-imposed national security law...

The Hong Kong government is expanding its application of a long-dormant sedition law in what some lawyers and democracy advocates say is intensifying a squeeze on media freedom. Evidence of the renewed reliance on the sedition legislation came in late last month when China-ruled Hong Kong targeted two media companies. On Dec. 29, about 200 police raided the office of online news outlet Stand News and arrested seven people, charging two editors with conspiracy to publish “seditious publications...

By Greg Torode and James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) - The Hong Kong government is expanding its use of a long-dormant sedition law in what some lawye...

Chinese bishops and religious leaders briefed senior Hong Kong Catholic clergymen on Chinese President Xi Jinping’s (習近平) vision of “religion with Chinese characteristics” in an unprecedented meeting organized by the mainland’s representative office in Hong Kong, four clerics said. The clerics who attended or had knowledge of the Oct. 31 meeting described it as Beijing’s most assertive move yet in its attempts to influence Hong Kong’s diocese, which is answerable to the Vatican...

By Greg Torode HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese bishops and religious leaders briefed senior Hong Kong Catholic clergymen on President Xi Jinping's vision of religion with "Chinese characteristics" in an unprecedented meeting organised by the mainland's representative office in the city, according to four clerics.

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Catholic priests leave the church after the ordination of Bishop Stephen Chow in Hong Kong, China, on December 4, 2021. REUTERS

By Greg Torode

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hundreds of Hong Kong national security police raided the office of online pro-democracy media outlet Stand News on Wednesday an...

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