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Taiwan's legislature passes changes seen as favoring China, reducing president's power
WFTV 9 Orlando· 6 days agoTAIPEI, Taiwan — (AP) — Taiwan’s opposition-controlled legislature passed changes on Tuesday that...
The 47 Hong Kong activists in the city's largest national security case
BBC via Yahoo News· 5 days agoIt was a historic civil disobedience campaign that called for fair and free elections in Hong...
Hong Kong convicts 14 activists of subversion
BBC via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe case drew huge attention as yet another test for Hong Kong’scivil liberties under Beijing’s rule. Along with the trial of billionaire Jimmy...
University of Florida employee, students implicated in illegal plot to ship drugs, toxins to China
Associated Press· 6 days agoAmong the students tied to the scheme was the president of UF’s Chinese Students and Scholars...
Putin’s next conquests are already in his sights
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 days agoFor the next seven days The Telegraph is running a series of exclusive essays from international commentators imagining the consequences if Russia were...
How far can Manila go against Beijing’s ‘coercive actions’ in South China Sea?
South China Morning Post· 5 days agoIn a statement on Monday, the Department of Foreign Affairs called on China to “cease and desist...
Mad Max in paradise: New Caledonia in turmoil
The Economist· 3 hours agoFor more than a week, the poor, indigenous Kanak minority had been protesting against French rule. Now, at the end of a long promenade lined with coconut...
Hong Kong arrests six for sedition under new law
BBC via Yahoo News· 6 days agoHuman rights group Amnesty International...political and legal set up - known as "one country, two systems" - established when the city was handed over...
What an Average Home Cost in the Year You Were Born
GOBankingRates via Yahoo Finance· 6 days agoThe cost of buying a new home and mortgage rates fluctuate from year to year. To get a feel for the background environment of long-term housing trends in...
Opinion | American complacency is Trump’s secret weapon
Washington Post· 8 hours agoFreedom House reports that global freedom has been in decline for 18 years, and recent events only...