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Hong Kong arrests six for sedition under new law
BBC via AOL· 5 hours agoIf found guilty, the group could face up to seven years in prison under the harsher penalties brought in by the new law, known as Article 23. The law,...
Hong Kong arrests six under Beijing-inspired national security law
Semafor via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoKong and China, Hong Kong’s security secretary said. One of the suspects is lawyer Chow Hang-tung, a...
Business-First Hong Kong Now Comes With a Catch: Beijing Politics
New York Times· 18 hours agoThe city, promised some autonomy by China, is trying to move on from a security law imposed by ...
Thousands protest as Taiwan's parliament passes contested reforms
Reuters via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoThousands of people protested outside Taiwan's parliament on Tuesday after it passed a reform...
Taiwan’s parliament passes bill pushing pro-China changes
Al Jazeera· 9 hours agoThe controversial bill, adopted on Tuesday, diminishes the power of President William Lai Ching-te,...
Beijing’s Once-Pioneering Art Scene Was Overtaken by Shanghai. Can It Rise Again? | Artnet News
Artnet News· 6 days agoThis article originally ran in The Asia Pivot, Artnet Pro’s biweekly members-only newsletter...
Opinion | Xi offers message of reform to business leaders at pivotal time
South China Morning Post· 7 hours agoObservers pointed out that after Xi met entrepreneurs in 2018 amid US trade-war tensions, and in 2020 after the initial Covid-19 shock to the economy, Beijing unveiled < ...
Hong Kong government commended for suspending waste-charging scheme
South China Morning Post· 14 hours agoChan Wai-keung, a political scientist from the Hong Kong Community College of Polytechnic...
Hong Kong charges six people under new national security law
Al Jazeera· 8 hours agoHong Kong’s national security police have arrested six people accused of publishing seditious social...
US lawmaker warns Beijing against 'unprovoked attack' on Taiwan
South China Morning Post via Yahoo Finance· 2 days agoThe US House Foreign Affairs Committee has the authority to declare war if Beijing makes an unprovoked attack on Taiwan, the head of the congressional body said in Taipei ...