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China due to introduce face scans for mobile users

People in China are now required to have their faces scanned when registering new mobile phone services, as the authorities seek to verify the identities of the country's hundreds of…

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Hong Kong set for fresh protests as police end university siege

Hong Kong police on Friday ended their two-week siege of a university campus that became a battleground with pro-democracy protesters as activists vowed to hold fresh rallies and strikes in…

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Trump signs law backing Hong Kong protesters

Donald Trump has signed into law legislation effectively backing civil rights protesters in Hong Kong. The bill is bound to antagonise Beijing at a time when the president is trying…

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Pro-democracy groups make big gains in Hong Kong elections

Hong Kong's opposition pro-democracy movement has made unprecedented gains in the Chinese territory's district council elections, early results show. A record 4.1 million people had registered to vote - more…

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Hong Kong local elections to proceed as more protesters emerge from Polytechnic campus

Police will be out in force at polling stations in Hong Kong this weekend as keenly contested local elections take place amid ongoing anti-government protests. On 24 November 4.13 million…

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US president says he asked China not to send in the military to crush protests in Hong Kong

Donald Trump has claimed he stopped Hong Kong from being "obliterated in 14 minutes" by China over pro-democracy protests in the city. The US president said Chinese leader Xi Jinping…

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EU-China landmark agreement against imitations and counterfeiting

The European Union (EU) and China have concluded negotiations on a bilateral agreement to protect 100 European Geographical Indications (GI) in China and 100 Chinese GI in the EU against…

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Photo Story: Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger visits Beijing

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L) greets former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (R) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. Kissinger, 96, said the U.S.…

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Outrage in London at ‘torture’ of ex-Hong Kong consulate employee

British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Wednesday condemned China’s treatment of a former employee of Britain’s Hong Kong consulate who told a newspaper Chinese secret police beat him as they…

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Last campus protesters hold out as Hong Kong schools reopen

Hong Kong schools reopened Wednesday after a six-day shutdown but students and commuters faced transit disruptions as the last protesters remained holed up on a university campus. City officials tried…

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Photo Story: Sunday in Hong Kong

Photos from the streets of Hong Kong as protesters and police clashed once more. A Hong Kong police officer was shot with an arrow on Sunday during the siege of…

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Hong Kong protesters hurl petrol bombs in fresh clashes, schools to stay closed on Monday

Fresh violence erupted around a besieged Hong Kong university campus on Sunday morning, as protesters braced for a possible final police push to clear them after fiery clashes overnight. The…

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China condemns ‘appalling’ attack on Hong Kong official in UK

China has condemned what it called an "appalling attack" by protesters on Hong Kong's justice secretary in London on Thursday evening. Teresa Cheng (photo) fell and was treated for an…

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Man dies during Hong Kong protests

A man has died in Hong Kong after being hit on the head during clashes between government supporters and protesters. Officials said the man, 70, was on a lunch break…

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Jobs at risk as China’s services sector feels heat of trade war

Annual profits at China’s Ningbo S-Power International Logistics Co are down a sharp 40% year-on-year. The firm’s woes highlight a bigger problem for the world’s second-largest economy and its…

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Hong Kong endures more disruptions, campus violence

Hong Kong residents endured a fourth day of traffic snarls and mass transit disruptions Thursday as protesters closed some main roads and rail networks while police skirmished with militant students…

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China’s consumer prices rise at fastest clip in nearly 8 years

China’s producer prices fell the most in more than three years in October, as the manufacturing sector weakened on declining demand and a knock from the Sino-U.S. tariff war, reinforcing…

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China seeks to attract more foreign investment

China’s cabinet issued guidelines on Thursday aimed at attracting more foreign investors, including plans to encourage investment in its hi-tech industries. China will step up opening-up in areas including financial…

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China bans children from late-night gaming to combat addiction

China has imposed curfews on minors playing video games to combat what the government says is a serious addiction “harming the physical and mental health of minors”. In regulations released…

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EU-China agreement protects 26 Italian products

The European Commission said Wednesday that it has reached a landmark agreement with Beijing to protect 100 European Geographical Indication (GI) products, including 26 Italian ones, in China and 100…

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France and China agree €13.5 billion trade contracts

French President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese President Xi Jinping announced major trade contracts in Beijing in Wednesday worth €13.5 billion. Deals were agreed in aeronautics, energy and agriculture. Twenty French companies…

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Pro-Beijing lawmaker stabbed while campaigning in Hong Kong

An anti-government supporter stabbed and wounded a pro-Beijing Hong Kong lawmaker who was campaigning for local elections Wednesday, police said, marking another escalation in five months of protests demanding political…

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Photo Story: French President Emmanuel Macron visits China

Chinese honour guard prepare China's and France's national flags before a welcome ceremony for French President Emmanuel Macron at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on Wednesday…

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Photo Story: Maltese flag during pro-democracy rally in Hong Kong

The Maltese flag is among those held by protesters holding national flags of different countries attending a pro-democracy rally in Hong Kong, China that was held on Saturday. Hong Kong…

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Xinhua offices burned as Hong Kong protests enter 22nd week

Hong Kong has witnessed some of its worst violence in weeks as protesters set fire to metro stations and attacked the offices of the Xinhua news agency, China's state media…

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China Effectively Bans Online Sales of E-Cigarettes

China issued its starkest warning yet over electronic cigarettes, calling on the industry on to stop selling and advertising the products online. Citing health concerns for minors, a Chinese regulator…

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Hong Kong police fire tear gas at pro-democracy protest

Hong Kong police fired volley after volley of tear gas to break up a demonstration by thousands of anti-government protesters Saturday, many in black and wearing masks, in Victoria Park,…

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China says won’t tolerate national security threats in Hong Kong

China won’t tolerate challenges to the bottom line of the “one country, two systems” formula that governs Hong Kong, separatism or threats to national security there, a senior Chinese official…

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Hong Kong braces for Halloween havoc as protesters target party district

Hong Kong is bracing for a rowdy and possibly hugely dangerous Halloween on Thursday, when thousands of pro-democracy protesters, many wearing banned face masks, plan to combine with fancy-dress clubbers…

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Warning that China may deploy aircraft carrier in Indian Ocean

Admiral John Aquilino, The US Pacific Fleet Commander said there has been no reduction in Beijing’s assertiveness in the disputed South China Sea, a vital trade route in the global…

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Hong Kong enters recession as protests show no sign of relenting

Hong Kong has fallen into recession, hit by more than five months of anti-government protests that show no signs of relenting, and is unlikely to achieve annual economic growth this…

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Hong Kong protesters to rally in support of Catalan activists

Hong Kong protesters plan to rally on Thursday evening to show solidarity with people demonstrating in Spain’s wealthiest region of Catalonia over jail sentences handed out to nine separatist leaders.…

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Hong Kong formally scraps extradition bill that sparked protests

Hong Kong's legislature has formally withdrawn a controversial extradition bill that sparked months of unrest. The bill - which would have allowed for criminal suspects to be extradited to mainland…

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China plans to replace Hong Kong leader Lam with ‘interim’ chief executive

China is drawing up a plan to replace Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam with an “interim” chief executive, the Financial Times reported, citing people briefed on the deliberations, which would…

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World Internet Conference in China

Visitors at the 6th World Internet Conference, also known as Wuzhen Summit, in Wuzhen, China, on Monday 21 October 2019. As many as more than 600 internet enterprises from…

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China says resolving ‘Taiwan question’ is national priority

China’s defence minister, Wei Fenghe, said on Monday that resolving the “Taiwan question” is his country’s “greatest national interest”, and that no force could prevent China’s “reunification”. Separatist activities are…

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Photo story: Protest against anti-mask law in Hong Kong

Riot police react after a firebomb was thrown at them by protesters during a rally to abolish the anti-mask law in Hong Kong, China, Sunday, 20 October 2019. Hong Kong…

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Police in Hong Kong prepare for unauthorized protest

Hong Kong authorities are beefing up security ahead of an unauthorized rally by pro-democracy protesters. Water-filled plastic security barriers went up around a rail terminal where Sunday’s protest march will…

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Stricter controls on Chinese diplomats in the US

Chinese diplomats in the US will have to notify American authorities before holding any meetings with US officials. Official visits to "educational and research institutions", such as schools and universities,…

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Chaos in Hong Kong as state of the union address disrupted

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam was forced to suspended her annual policy address after being heckled in the city's parliament. Opposition lawmakers disrupted the session by shouting and jeering from…

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Chinese President issues stern warning on efforts to divide the country

Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned that any efforts to divide the country will end in "crushed bodies and shattered bones". Amid ongoing protests in Hong Kong, the leader had…

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Donald Trump hails ‘phase one’ US trade deal with China

After 15 months of trade talks between Washington and Beijing, the two sides have "come to a very substantial phase one deal," US President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday.…

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Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in India

A handout photo made available by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs shows Chinese President Xi Jinping disembarks from a plane upon arrival at Chennai, India, 11 October 2019. Chinese…

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China bridge collapse kills three, injures two

Three people died and two were injured when a highway bridge collapsed on Thursday in China’s eastern province of Jiangsu, state news agency Xinhua said. The bridge, in the city…

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Flag of Taiwan emoji removed from Apple smartphone

A photo shows the Taiwan flag emoji in an apple smartphone screen in Taipei, Taiwan. Media reports state on 09 October 2019 that Apple Inc. reportedly removed the Taiwanese flag…

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China plans to restrict visas for U.S. visitors with ‘anti-China’ links

China is planning tighter visa restrictions for U.S. nationals with ties to anti-China groups, people with knowledge of the proposed curbs said, following similar U.S. restrictions on Chinese nationals. The…

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US to blacklist 28 Chinese entities

The US plans to blacklist 28 Chinese entities it says are implicated in human rights abuses singling out Uighurs and other mostly Muslim minorities in the Xinjiang region. The blacklisted…

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Chinese authorities contemplating Internet ban in Hong Kong

A top Hong Kong official said on a local radio program on Oct. 7 that the government is open to the proposal of banning people from accessing the internet…

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Thousands defy anti-mask law at Hong Kong march

Tens of thousands of protesters marched through central Hong Kong on Sunday wearing face masks in defiance of a law which bans them from hiding their faces. Under the law,…

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Hong Kong braces for further protests on Sunday

Hong Kong’s rail operator partially reopened the city’s metro system on Sunday after an unprecedented shutdown but kept many typically busy stations closed as the Chinese territory braced for large…

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Photo Story: The Masks of Hong Kong

A combo picture shows protesters wearing face masks during a protest against an anti-mask law meant to deter anti-government protesters, in Hong Kong, China, 04 October 2019. Hong Kong Chief…

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Hong Kong to ban wearing face masks at public gatherings

Hong Kong's government announced a ban on wearing face masks at public gatherings. Hong Kong’s embattled leader Carrie Lam on Friday invoked colonial-era emergency powers for the first time in…

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About $4 billion Hong Kong deposits may have left territory due to protests

Hong Kong may have lost as much as $4 billion in deposits to rival financial hub Singapore between June and August as political unrest escalated in the Chinese city, Goldman…

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Photo Story: Aftermath of pro-democracy protest in Hong Kong

A man cleans broken pavement from a road, a day after violent clashes between protestors and police, in Hong Kong, China. Tsang Chi-kin, a Form Five student at the school,…

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China pays respect to Mao ahead of 70-year celebrations

Chinese Communist Party leader and President Xi Jinping led other top officials Monday in paying respects to the founder of the communist state, Mao Zedong, ahead of a massive celebration…

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At UN Assembly, China says ‘it will not ever be cowered by threats’

In his address to the UN General Assembly on Friday, the State Councillor and Foreign Minister of China declared that his country will not ever be cowered by threats or…

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UN Human Rights Council informed that China is killing religious and ethnic minorities and harvesting their organs

The Chinese government is harvesting and selling organs from persecuted religious and ethnic minorities on an industrial scale, the UN Human Rights Council has been told. Speaking at the council’s headquarters in Geneva…

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