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Former ByteDance executive says Chinese Communist Party tracked Hong Kong protesters via data
HONG KONG (AP) — A former executive at ByteDance, the Chinese company which owns the popular short-video app TikTok, says in a legal filing that some members of the ruling Communist Party used data held by the company to identify and locate protesters in Hong Kong. Yintao Yu,...
US sanctions group of people and firms from Iran, China and Hong Kong tied to Iran ballistic program
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. said Tuesday it is sanctioning a group of people and firms from Iran, China and Hong Kong associated with the alleged development of Iran’s ballistic missile program. The network of seven people and six firms "facilitated procurement of sensitive and...
Hong Kong police arrest woman accused of killing 3 young daughters
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police arrested a woman accused of killing her three young daughters on Monday in a case that has shocked many in the city, where violent crime is rare. The three girls, aged 2, 4 and 5, were unresponsive when officers arrived at their apartment after...
Award-winning Hong Kong journalist wins appeal in rare court ruling upholding media freedom
HONG KONG (AP) — An award-winning Hong Kong journalist won an appeal Monday quashing a conviction related to research for an investigative documentary, in a rare court ruling upholding media freedom in the Chinese territory. Bao Choy was found guilty in April 2021 of deceiving the...
Stock market today: Asian stocks follow Wall St up after strong US jobs report
BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks followed Wall Street higher on Monday after strong U.S. hiring data coupled with scant wage gains suggested a possible recession might be further away, but also that inflationary pressures are weakening. Tokyo's benchmark gained almost 2%. Shanghai, Hong...
China tightens access to Tiananmen Square, 32 detained in Hong Kong on anniversary of 1989 protests
BEIJING (AP) — China tightened access to Tiananmen Square in central Beijing on Sunday, the anniversary of the military suppression of 1989 pro-democracy protests that left a still unknown number of people dead and discussions and commemorations forbidden within the country. In...
Hong Kong detains 8 people on eve of Tiananmen Square anniversary
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police detained eight people, including activists and artists, on the eve of the 34th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown, a move that signals the city’s shrinking freedom of expression. Police said in a statement late Saturday that four...
Amid shrinking freedoms, Hong Kongers commemorate Tiananmen anniversary privately
HONG KONG (AP) — As the 34th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown approaches Sunday, many in Hong Kong are trying to mark the day in private ways in the shadow of a law that prosecuted leading activists in the city’s pro-democracy movement. For decades, Hong Kong...
As China cracks down on dissent, New York City gives refuge to exhibit remembering Tiananmen Square
NEW YORK (AP) — Fangsuo Zhou, now in his 50s, remembers all too well that dispiriting spring day in 1989 when tanks rolled into Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. University students and others were beaten and bloodied when communist troops swarmed in to end a pro-democracy protest. Hundreds and...
Rights group says Uyghur student it reported to be missing in Hong Kong did not travel to city
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Amnesty International acknowledged Tuesday that a Uyghur student who it had said was missing in Hong Kong after being interrogated did not travel to the city, easing concerns over his safety but raising questions over how the allegations first emerged. ...
