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Lai, who is already behind bars for taking part in earlier protests, must now serve a total of 20 months after pleading guilty to organising an unlawful assembly on October 1, 2019.

CE signs Public Offices (Candidacy and Taking Up Offices)(Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 2021 (with photos) CE signs Public Offices (Candidacy and Taking Up Offices)(Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 2021 (with photos) ******************************************************************************************      The Chief Executive, Mrs Carrie Lam, today (May 20) signed in accordance with Article 48(3) of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’...

The prime minister made the blunder on the same day a Chinese government agency suspended a form of economic dialogue with Australia – in what experts described as a mainly symbolic move indicative of the worsening relationship between the two countries. The freeze is seen as Beijing’s first concrete response to the Australian government’s decision last month to tear up Victoria’s belt and road-related agreements, and confirmation this week of a defence department review of the Port of ...

In his latest op-ed, Chris Devonshire-Ellis discusses the implications and context around the European Commission's decision to suspend efforts to ratify the EU-China Comprehensive Investment Agreement.

You are here Home » News & events » All stories » Pandemic year points to more crisis for Australia and China Pandemic year points to more crisis for Australia and China 21 April 2021 2020 marked a year of rolling crises for both Australia and China that have shaken the two nations and their relationship, a new book from The Australian National University (ANU) argues. The China Story Yearbook: Crisis surveys multiple crises in both countries during the year of the metal rat, which sy...

Pandemic year points to more crisis for Australia and China 21 April 2021 2020 marked a year of rolling crises for both Australia and China that have shaken the two nations and their relationship, a new book from The Australian National University (ANU) argues. The China Story Yearbook: Crisis surveys multiple crises in both countries during the year of the metal rat, which symbolises a new day, including the COVID-19 pandemic, catastrophic floods in China and devastating bushfires in Australi...

Hong Kong Court Hands Down Hefty Sentences to Pro-Democracy Activists, Drawing International Criticism Martin Lee, an 82-year-old barrister who has been dubbed the “father of democracy” in Hong Kong, was among a group of activists being sentenced for organizing and participating in an unauthorized assembly in 2019 during the height of the anti-Beijing, pro-democracy movement. Lee was handed a suspended sentence of 11 months for being part of a protest on Aug. 18, 2019. Three other activists...

Hong Kong court convicts veteran rights activists including father of democracy The group face jail for their roles in an unauthorised protest during the pro-democracy movement that roiled Hong Kong in 2019 1 April 2021 • 1:30pm Martin Lee, who helped write Hong Kongs mini-constitution, was convicted over his role in an unauthorised assembly Credit: Anthony Kwan/Getty Images Nine veteran Hong Kong activists face jail after they were convicted on Thursday over their roles in an unauthorised as...

China demands love as it represses Hong Kong ANI | Updated: Mar 15, 2021 19:28 IST Hong Kong, March 15 (ANI): If you can believe the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), then the former British colony of Hong Kong is thriving because of the formers magnanimity. The truth is that Beijing is determinedly stifling Hong Kong and turning it into a mimeograph of the rest of authoritarian China. Interestingly, Xi Jinpings Party Work Report in 2017 stated (emphasis added...

Brussels [Belgium], March 13 (ANI): The European Union has hit out at China for the political conditions in Hong Kong, describing it as an "alarming political deterioration" and a "severe erosion of autonomy, democracy and fundamental freedoms".