By Chen Yu-fu and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter and CNA, with staff writerDirector Kary Chen yesterday won first prize in the Story in Taiwan short film competition with her autobiographical film Ms Pan from Hong Kong, Mrs Chen from Tainan （香港潘小姐, 台南陳太太）, the Mainland Affairs Council said.
‘ADVANCED WARFARE’: The US and Taiwan’s defense paradigms regarding China are outdated in the face of a modernized PLA, a former US defense official saidStaff writer, with CNA
NO NEW ‘COLD WAR’: Even though the US does not try to ‘contain or restrain’ China, Washington is standing up for its values, the US secreatary of state saidBy Jonathan Chin / Staff Writer, with Bloomberg
The Executive Yuan yesterday condemned Hong Kong for arresting five democracy advocates, including singer-actress Denise Ho (何韻詩), cardinal Joseph Zen (陳日君) and former opposition lawmaker Mageret Ng (吳靄儀).
Officers of the Hong Kong Police Forces’ National Security Department the previous day had arrested the group who were all trustees of the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund on charges of seditious conspiracy under the territory’s National Security Law.
The arrests came three days after Beijing-backed veteran law-enforcement official John Lee (李家超) became the Hong Kong chief executive following an election in which he ran as the sole candidate.
The five were released on
By Lee Hsin-fan, Chen Yu-fu and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporters, with staff writerThe Executive Yuan yesterday condemned Hong Kong for arresting five democracy advocates, including singer-actress Denise Ho （何韻詩）, cardinal Joseph Zen （陳日君） and former opposition lawmaker Mageret Ng （吳靄儀）.