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The Hong Kong government “strongly condemned” self-exiled activist Ted Hui Chi-fung in a statement on Monday for intimidating government officials and obstructing the course of justice by appealing to the public to carry out doxxing against public officers who handled his case. In the statement, the government condemned Hui for disseminating a list of public [...]

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Hong Kong activist Tang Kai-yin pleaded guilty on Wednesday to “perverting the course of justice” at Hong Kong’s District Court, according to local media outlet The Witness. Tang attempted to flee Hong Kong for Taiwan on August 23, 2020, via speedboat while facing charges over the 2019 Hong Kong protests. Tang was en route to [...]

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The District Court of Hong Kong convicted Hong Kong activists Gregory Wong, Ng Chi-yung, Ho Chun-yin and Lam Kan-kwan on Thursday over rioting at Hong Kong’s Legislative Council Complex on July 1, 2019. The riot occurred on the anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover to China and occurred in the broader context of the 2019 Hong [...]

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The People’s Republic of China (PRC) urged the US on Thursday to halt passage of military ships in the Taiwan Strait. A spokesperson for the PRC Ministry of National Defense stated that the US must “stop abusing international law,” and  “cease all dangerous provocations.” The statement was in response to the recent passage of a [...]

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The world watched as Taiwanese voters cast their ballots to elect their new president on Saturday, the Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) Lai Ching-te, Taiwan’s current Vice President.   The 2024 election poses a challenge for Taiwan, as the nation strives to maintain the status quo and its degree of autonomy as China escalates its military actions [...]

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Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts sentenced Hong Kong activist Chu Kai-poon to three months in prison on Wednesday, according to local media outlet The Witness. Chu pleaded guilty on January 2 to two counts of sedition after national security police arrested him on November 27 for wearing a shirt with the slogan “Liberate Hong [...]

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Taiwan Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Lai Ching-te and his running mate Hsiao Bi-khim held a pre-election international press conference on Tuesday where Lai asserted that Taiwan is an independent sovereign state, criticizing Beijing’s intention to intervene in the election. “If China’s intervention succeeds, and whoever China appoints and supports will be elected, then [...]

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The Taiwan Ministry of National Defense (MND) announced Tuesday that it had activated the air threat warning system following after Chinese rockets launching satellites reportedly passed through its airspace. Tuesday’s press release stated that the Communist Party of China (CCP) launched satellites using a Long March series carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center [...]

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The Hong Kong trial of prominent pro-democracy activist and media mogul Jimmy Lai has garnered widespread attention globally. Lai, a 76-year-old British citizen and high-profile critic of Beijing, faces national security charges, and his trial is expected to take months. Lai is a prominent figure in Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement. His detention and subsequent trial [...]

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The Chinese Foreign Ministry announced on Sunday that China intends to impose sanctions on five US defense manufacturers over recent US arms sales to Taiwan. The is the latest in a series of retaliatory measures to the US State Department’s approval of an estimated $300M in foreign military and arms sales to Taiwan, disclosed in [...]

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