A Hong Kong judge on Monday found media tycoon and Beijing critic Jimmy Lai guilty of sedition and foreign collusion.
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Jimmy Lai is a Hong Kong rags-to-riches media tycoon who became a fierce critic of Beijing
To his supporters, former media mogul Jimmy Lai is a fighter for democracy. Lai, 78, is an outspoken critic of China’s ruling Communist Party who was arrested in 2020 under a national security law …
Shenzhen and Macau set the stage: Top stars like Iga Swiatek gear up for 2026 in Asia’s year-end tennis exhibitions
Final tune-ups for the 2026 season will take place in Shenzhen, China and Macau, immediately following Christmas, as some of the world’s top players like Iga Swiatek gear up for the new year.
Impact of COVID-19 on the detection of tuberculosis in Guangdong, China based on the autoregressive integrated moving average model: a time-series study
Objective China has continued to improve tuberculosis (TB) control in the past decade; however, the sudden outbreak of COVID-19 hindered this progress. As a province with a large population and …
China’s $1tn trade surplus is a problem for Beijing — and the world
Simply sign up to the Chinese economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The writer is a professor at Cornell, senior fellow at Brookings and author of the forthcoming ‘The Doom Loop: …
China holds low-key Nanjing Massacre memorial despite Japan tensions
NANJING, China, Dec 13 (Reuters) – China held a low-key memorial ceremony on Saturday for the 1937 Nanjing Massacre, with President Xi Jinping not attending, despite a diplomatic crisis between …
Philippines says fishermen hurt, boats damaged by China in South China Sea
Manila’s coast guard said nearly two dozen Filipino fishing boats near Sabina Shoal were targeted with water cannon and blocking manoeuvres.
China Warns Against Japanese Militarism at Massacre Memorial
China warned against a return of Japanese militarism at a memorial ceremony Saturday honoring victims of a wartime massacre, while refraining from directly criticizing Japan’s leader amid escalating …
China is ‘rejecting’ Nvidia’s H200 chips, outfoxing US strategy, Sacks says
China has figured out the US strategy for allowing it to buy Nvidia Corp.’s H200 and is rejecting the AI chip in favor of domestically developed semiconductors, White House AI czar David Sacks said, …
Beijing protests following reports of Taiwanese official’s secret Israel trip
Chinese embassy urges Israel to ‘correct its erroneous actions’ in response to reported visit by the island’s deputy foreign minister.
U.S. Boarded Ship and Seized Cargo Heading to Iran From China
A U.S. special operations team boarded a ship in the Indian Ocean last month and seized cargo headed to Iran from China, a U.S. official said, a rare operation at sea aimed at blocking Tehran…
China is turning the coronavirus crisis into a soft power bonanza
In early December medical staff in Wuhan started becoming sick with a strange pneumonia that resisted traditional treatments. They seemed to be contracting the disease after seeing patients with …
China Says It’s Beating Coronavirus. But Can We Believe Its Numbers?
If you believe the Chinese authorities, the country’s battle against the novel coronavirus is all but won. But that claim is clouded by a fog of skewed data, political imperatives—and unreported cases …
