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Hong Kong protests: Jimmy Lai, four ex-lawmakers jailed over 2019 march from Victoria Park Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai leaves Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre for an earlier court appearance. Photo: Winson Wong
Hong Kong publishing tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying has been jailed for 14 months for his role in two unauthorised assemblies that took place during 2019 s anti-government protests, while four former opposition lawmakers who joined one or both of the demonstrations were also sent to prison.
Democratic Party founding chairman Martin Lee Chu-ming was given a suspended 11-month sentence in relation to the march on August 18, 2019.
Lai received a one-year jail sentence for the August 18 procession and eight months prison for another unauthorised march on August 31, with the two terms to run partly concurrently.
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China looks set to reopen border with North Korea Dandong sits along the Yalu river, which forms the border with North Korea. Photo: AP
A Chinese city on the border with North Korea is looking to upgrade its cross-border trade facilities amid speculation that the two countries are moving to strengthen their relationship in the face of increased pressure from the United States.
Government documents show the local authorities in Dandong in Liaoning province recently started soliciting bids for a series of projects that suggest the long-delayed New Yalu River Bridge may soon be open for use.
The eight-lane road bridge was designed to replace the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge built by the Japanese occupiers in 1943, which is only wide enough for a single rail track and a one-way road.
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Beijing reads Noam Chomsky US soldiers on patrol in Ibrahim Khel village in Afghanistan’s Khost province, in 2010. Photo: AFP
Call it whataboutism, state propaganda, Chinese hypocrisy, or whatever. But the latest report by the state-controlled China Society for Human Rights Studies blaming the United States for causing the most humanitarian disasters with its aggressive wars and military interventions over many decades makes for compelling reading.
It reads like an updated version of the political work of Noam Chomsky, the world-famous linguist who is best-known for his critique of US foreign policy and its disastrous consequences around the world.
China on Wednesday accused the United States of supporting unrest in Xinjiang as it continues to defend its clampdown on Muslim minorities in the region. In Beijing's most direct attack on the US to date, foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said the US funded and trained Muslim minorities in Xinjiang to cause unrest in the region. His claims came amid an increase in Beijing's efforts to reshape the narrative on Xinjiang, with Chinese.