China’s Xi Jinping arrives in Kazakhstan amid rumors of meeting with Pope Francis — Radio Free Asia

Chinese President Xi Jinping waves as he boards a plane after his visit to Kazakhstan, in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, Sept. 14, 2022. Credit: Press service of the President of Kazakhstan/Handout via Reuters

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has arrived in Kazakhstan at the start of a state visit to two Central Asian countries that will see him meet with Russian president Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of a regional strategic summit in Uzbekistan, and amid speculation of a meeting with the Pope. Xi touched down in Nur-Sultan on

Taiwan’s ‘time machine’ house recreates, preserves memories of Hong Kong — Radio Free Asia

The black boxes are like high-rise buildings, simulating the urban landscape of Hong Kong, with

A small exhibit down an alleyway off Hsin-Yi Street in the southern Taiwanese city of Tainan is offering Hongkongers in exile and others with keen memories of the city to leave them in a “time machine” house for others to see. The Hong Kong Time House project hopes to recreate the city people remember, to

Hong Kong journalists make YouTube tribute on 3rd anniversary of bloody mob attacks — Radio Free Asia

Men in white T-shirts with poles are seen in Yuen Long after attacking anti-extradition bill demonstrators at a train station, in Hong Kong, China July 22, 2019. Credit: Reuters

Hong Kong journalists targeted under a citywide crackdown on dissent for their reporting of the Yuen Long mob attacks of 2019 have marked the third anniversary of the attacks with a YouTube documentary. A group of independent journalists including Bao Choy, who was arrested in November 2020 over her investigative documentary for government broadcaster RTHK

China says Bloomberg journalist Haze Fan was released on bail in January — Radio Free Asia

Ronson Chan (L),  president of the embattled Hong Kong Journalists' Association, talks to reporters, June 15, 2022. Credit: Reuters

Bloomberg journalist Haze Fan has been released on bail, but still faces charges of “endangering state security,” according to the Chinese Embassy in Washington. “Chinese citizen [Haze] Fan Ruoyi was arrested by China’s state security authority last July on suspicion of committing crimes endangering national security,” the embassy said in a statement in response to

Hong Kong’s Lam announces mass, compulsory COVID-19 testing for seven million people — Radio Free Asia

A usually busy MTR station in Hong Kong's Causeway Bay district is seen almost empty, Feb. 21, 2022. Credit: AFP

An usually hectic MTR station in Hong Kongs Causeway Bay district is seen almost empty, Feb. 21, 2022. Credit: AFP ” We have reached a vital point,” Lam said.” Foreign financiers … arent leaving for no factor,” Law said.” The government can lock us down; it can do what it likes, but individuals are going

Hong Kong’s Lam announces mass, compulsory COVID-19 testing for seven million people — Radio Free Asia

A usually busy MTR station in Hong Kong's Causeway Bay district is seen almost empty, Feb. 21, 2022. Credit: AFP

Bankers take out James Riley, CEO of the luxury Mandarin Oriental hotel, has actually been estimated as stating that the pandemic control measures have actually made Hong Kong a “poor” place to work, while reports have actually likewise surfaced that Pernod Ricard and Citibank are withdrawing great deals of staff from the city.Meanwhile, Daiwa Securities

Beijing 'gave Hong Kong two months' to get COVID-19 under control: pro-CCP pundit

A construction crew member works at the site of a temporary isolation facility to house Covid-19 coronavirus patients at Kai Tak in Hong Kong  Feb. 20, 2022. Credit: AFP

” They have actually put so much effort into bringing in the national security law and on improving the electoral system, that it will be tough to validate if Hong Kong is even less stable than it was before,” Choy told RFA.” So they want to guarantee Hong Kong is steady … as well as

Hong Kong plans to add more national security crimes, broaden definition of spying — Radio Free Asia

Hong Kong plans to add more national security crimes, broaden definition of spying — Radio Free Asia

Hong Kongs security secretary alerted on Wednesday that the citys federal government plans to broaden the scope of the colonial-era Official Secrets Act to encompass broader definitions of espionage. Chris Tang told the citys legislature that existing legislation, consisting of the draconian national security law, is currently too minimal to cover all of the activities

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