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Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai denies he asked a newspaper colleague to draft list of sanction targets
HONG KONG (AP) — Former publisher Jimmy Lai denied that he asked a colleague to draft a list of potential sanction targets in his second day of testimony Thursday at his landmark national security trial in Hong Kong. The 77-year-old founder of the now-shuttered Apple Daily...
Hong Kong ex-publisher Jimmy Lai testifies he didn't ask Pence, Pompeo to take action against city
HONG KONG (AP) — Former Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai denied in his landmark national security trial on Wednesday he had asked then U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and then Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to take action against the city and China during the territory's anti-government protests in...
Starmer calls for strong UK-China relationship as he meets with Xi in Brazil
LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that he wanted a strong and durable relationship with China Monday as he met with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Brazil. It was the first time a British leader has met with Xi in recent years as ties between the...
UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy to visit China in an attempt to reset frosty relations
LONDON (AP) — British Foreign Secretary David Lammy is making his first trip to China in office this week in an attempt to reset the U.K.'s ties with Beijing and seek “pragmatic engagement” despite human rights and other concerns. Relations between Britain and China have turned...
Hong Kong court rejects activist Jimmy Lai's bid to have a jury trial for libel case
HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court rejected jailed publisher Jimmy Lai ’s request to have a jury trial for his libel case against a pro-Beijing newspaper Thursday, the latest setback for the activist who suffered multiple blows in other legal battles. Lai, the founder of the...
Hong Kong court sentences editor to 21 months in jail in a case seen as a barometer of press freedom
HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court sentenced a former editor of a shuttered news publication to 21 months in prison on Thursday in a sedition case widely seen as an indicator of media freedom in the city, once hailed as a beacon of press freedom in Asia. A second editor was freed after his...
A Hong Kong court convicts 2 journalists in a landmark sedition case
HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court on Thursday convicted two former editors of a shuttered news outlet in a sedition case widely seen as a barometer for the future of media freedoms in a city once hailed as a bastion of free press in Asia. The trial of Stand News former...
What's at stake as 2 Hong Kong journalists await a verdict in their sedition trial?
HONG KONG (AP) — Two journalists who led a now-closed Hong Kong online news outlet will hear a verdict in their sedition case on Thursday, in a trial that's seen as an indicator of press freedom in the semi-autonomous Chinese city. The trial of Stand News ' former editor-in-chief...
