Trump warns against Taiwan independence after China visitPresident Donald Trump on Friday warned Taiwan against declaring formal independence after a visit to China, whose leader Xi Jinping had pr...
15 May, 2026, 10.46 PM IST
Why is Taiwan the elephant in every room between US and China?US President Donald Trump met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. Taiwan remains the most crucial issue for China. The island's self-g...
15 May, 2026, 11.40 AM IST
Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong tycoon and democratic firebrand who stood up to ChinaHong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy advocate Jimmy Lai was found guilty of colluding with foreign forces and sedition under the city’s...
15 Dec, 2025, 08.38 AM IST
Hong Kong court jails 45 democracy campaigners on subversion chargesA Hong Kong court on Tuesday jailed all 45 defendants convicted in the city's largest trial under its sweeping national security law, with ...
19 Nov, 2024, 06.22 PM IST
Security chief named Hong Kong No 2 official amid clampdownChina has said that Secretary for Security John Lee would replace Matthew Cheung as Hong Kong's chief secretary. The changes come a year af...
25 Jun, 2021, 11.36 AM IST
London-Tokyo-Milan-Dhaka witness protests on Tiananmen massacre anniversaryThe organizations which extended their full support were “Remember June Fourth”, Chinese Solidarity Campaign, Democracy for Hong Kong, The ...
05 Jun, 2021, 09.40 PM IST
7 convicted in Hong Kong over 2019 pro-democracy protestsThe seven include media tycoon and founder of the Apple Daily tabloid Jimmy Lai, as well as 82-year-old Martin Lee, a veteran of the city's...
01 Apr, 2021, 11.23 AM IST
Chinese lawmakers set to tighten control on Hong KongThe measure adds to a crackdown against a protest movement calling for greater democracy in Hong Kong. The crackdown has prompted complaint...
11 Mar, 2021, 11.24 AM IST
Dozens of HK democracy activists arrested as crackdown intensifiesThe arrests represent the biggest crackdown on the opposition camp since Beijing imposed the law security law in the former British colony ...
06 Jan, 2021, 11.34 AM IST
Hundreds rally in Taiwan, call for release of 12 Hong Kong people arrested by ChinaThe 12 were arrested on Aug. 23 for alleged illegal entry into mainland China after setting off from Hong Kong in a boat bound for democrat...
25 Oct, 2020, 02.14 PM IST
China says Hong Kong democracy activists trying to launch 'revolution'More than 600,000 Hong Kongers turned out over the weekend to choose candidates for upcoming legislative elections despite warnings from go...
14 Jul, 2020, 01.21 PM IST
Hong Kong outlaws insulting China's national anthemThe pro-democracy camp sees the anthem bill as an infringement of freedom of expression and the greater rights that residents of the semi-a...
04 Jun, 2020, 04.08 PM IST
China to set up national security agencies in Hong Kong to back up controversial security lawThe draft bill on establishing and improving the legal system and enforcement mechanisms for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (H...
23 May, 2020, 06.54 PM IST
Hong Kong's controversial security law: What is it and why does China want it?Article 23 of Hong Kong's mini-constitution, known as the Basic Law, says the city must enact national security legislation to prohibit "tr...
22 May, 2020, 03.50 PM IST
Chinese official media dubs Hong Kong's Umbrella revolution "defeated"Agitators, mainly students, were demanding China to repeal the rule to screen candidates for the 2017 elections for the chief executive of ...
13 Dec, 2014, 06.31 PM IST
China accuses American hand behind Hong Kong protestsAccusing US of "manipulating" pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, China claims an American official linked to separatist movements, met wi...
11 Oct, 2014, 02.17 PM IST
China rules out ‘full democracy’ for Hong KongThe Chinese parliament rejected the demand for "full democracy" by activists in Hong Kong while approving a system of limited elections in ...
01 Sep, 2014, 12.47 PM IST