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Hong Kong's Lunar New Year fairs, usually an opportunity to sell creative merchandise critical of the government alongside festive foods and decorations, are subdued this year amid coronavirus restrictions and a sweeping national security law.
One of the Hong Kong people detained in China last year for illegal border crossing appeared in one of the city's courts on Wednesday to hear charges of arson and possession of offensive weapons related to the anti-government protests of 2019.
5 Min Read HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong has unveiled controversial guidelines for schools in the Chinese-ruled city that include teaching students as young as six about colluding with foreign forces and subversion as part of a new national security curriculum. Beijing imposed a security law on Hong Kong in June 2020 in response to months of often violent anti-government and anti-China protests in 2019 that put the global financial hub more firmly on an authoritarian path. The Education Bureau’s guidelines, released late on Thursday, show that Beijing’s plans for the semi-autonomous Hon...
(Repeats to more subscribers) BEIJING, Feb 3 (Reuters) - The Winter Olympics, due to begin in one year, offer China a chance to show off its epidemic controls, dazzle with spectacle, and seize a publicity win on the world stage - but human rights concerns and COVID-19 uncertainty cast a cloud over the games. Organisers promise a “joyful rendezvous upon pure ice and snow” that will kick off on Feb. 4, 2022. Artificial powder will likely be needed to help cover the slopes carved out on the brown, arid mountains to Beijing’s northwest. “China will want the Olympics to set a new narrative...
AC Energy Philippines, the power generation unit of conglomerate Ayala Corp, said on Monday it expects to raise roughly 30 billion pesos ($624 million) from share sales, including a follow-on offering around the middle of this year.