A Hong Kong court sentenced 45 prominent pro-democracy figures to up to 10 years in prison for subversion on Tuesday, in the single largest trial under a sweeping national security law imposed by Beijing in 2020 in response to huge democracy protests that shook up the city a year earlier.A...
Yang Jiechi, director of China's Central Foreign Affairs Commission General Office, told United States National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Monday that all "attempts to contain China will fail," according to Chinese state media.
Taiwan, Xinjiang, Tibet, and Hong Kong are "China's internal affairs,"...
Media tycoon Jimmy Lai and veteran activist Martin Lee are among the group of seven people that have been convicted for organizing and participating in an unlawful assembly during massive anti-government protests in Hong Kong two years ago.
"So on this day, in a very difficult situation in Hong...
Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Li Keqiang underlined on Friday that the country will be looking to "comprehensively and accurately implement the 'one country, two systems'" principle in two of its special administrative regions - Hong Kong and Macau.
China will be...
Chinese Embassy in the United Kingdom stated that British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab gave comments that "confuse right and wrong" about the charges brought against 47 people in Hong Kong.
A spokesperson for the embassy underlined that UK remarks "interfere in China's internal affairs...
The European Union sought "immediate release and... swift return" home of 12 Hong Kong fugitives currently detained in Shenzhen.
Ten of them are being tried for entering Chinese mainland waters while trying to reach Taiwan. The Hongkongers "were not permitted to appoint lawyers of their...
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian (pictured) said on Monday that Beijing expresses strong opposition to the United States Embassy's call for the release of 12 Hong Kong fugitives from prison in mainland China, adding that they will be held accountable in accordance with Chinese laws.
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United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab urged on Wednesday Chinese authorities, as well as Hong Kong officials, against "stifling" the opposition in the Chinese autonomous region.
After the Hong Kong court sentenced activists Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow, and Ivan Lam to a total of 30...
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong was sentenced to 13 and a half months in prison for organizing and participating in an unlawful assembly during the anti-government protests in the Chinese autonomous region.
Agnes Chow, another student leader, was sent to prison for 10 months, while their...
British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab urged China on Monday to change its policy towards Hong Kong and to "reach out and start to heal divisions, however complicated and difficult that might be."
Commenting on the charges brought up against the region's pro-democratic activists over their...
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