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Jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai faces his biggest trial yet
CNN via Yahoo News· 5 months agoHong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, known for his support of the city’s pro-democracy movement and...
Hong Kong court convicts activists behind Tiananmen vigil
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThree Hong Kong activists from a now-defunct group that organized annual vigils commemorating...
Hong Kong divided over China's COVID-19 protests
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe recent wave of protests against China's anti-virus restrictions was a ray of hope for some supporters of Hong Kong's own pro-democracy movement after...
As China cracks down on dissent, New York City gives refuge to exhibit remembering Tiananmen Square
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 12 months agoFangsuo Zhou, now in his 50s, remembers all too well that dispiriting spring day in 1989 when tanks...
Amid shrinking freedoms, Hong Kongers commemorate Tiananmen anniversary privately
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 12 months agoAs the 34th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown approaches Sunday, many in Hong Kong...
China's Xi faces threat from public anger over 'zero COVID'
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBarely a month after granting himself new powers as China’s potential leader for life, Xi Jinping is...
Jiang Zemin, who guided China's economic rise, dies
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJiang Zemin, who led China out of isolation after the army crushed the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests in 1989 and supported economic reforms...
Op-Ed: China can't quell protests until it gets realistic about 'zero COVID'
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCritics of the Chinese government's continued "zero-COVID" policies rallied in Washington on Sunday...
Hong Kong's top court restores activist's conviction over banned vigil on Tiananmen crackdown
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 4 months agoHong Kong’s top court on Thursday restored a prominent detained activist’s conviction over a banned...
May Fourth and China's legacy of revolution
Salon via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoStudent Protesters in Tiananmen Square 1989 Peter Turnley/Getty Images On May 4, 1919, 3,000 university students in Beijing emerged from their...