Erin Hale
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Police in Hong Kong warn over vigil as Tiananmen ‘erased’
For the first time, Hong Kong will not host an official memorial for the victims of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989 as the city’s national security law takes full effect.Every year for more than three decades, Hong Kong people have gathered ...
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Li Keqiang: China’s sidelined premier back in the limelight
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang last week urged a reported 100,000 local government officials to immediately take action to “stabilise” the situation in China amid upset and anger over the fallout from its commitment to ‘zero COVID’.Speaking over video link...
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Taiwan may get economic deal with US after exclusion from IPEF
Taipei, Taiwan – The United States and Taiwan are reportedly working on a deal to enhance economic cooperation in areas like trade, agriculture and supply chains, after the self-ruled island was excluded from US President Joe Biden’s economic framework...
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Taiwan delays scheme to help Hong Kongers over spying fears
Taiwan has indefinitely delayed a scheme that would have made it easier for professionals from Hong Kong and Macau to become permanent residents or citizens, after concerns from lawmakers about possible infiltration by Chinese agents.The scheme by the ...
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Lam steps down as fractured Hong Kong faces more uncertainty
When Carrie Lam became Hong Kong’s chief executive in 2017, she promised to heal a society divided by the Umbrella Protests of three years before. But as her term comes to an end, and former policeman and security chief John Lee takes the reins, the Ch...
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Apple supplier suspends production at two China factories
Operations halted at factories in eastern China’s Kunshan after COVID-19 cases reported, report says.A subsidiary of Apple supplier Foxconn Technology Group has closed two factories outside of Shanghai after new Covid-19 cases were reported on site, th...
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Taiwan’s COVID-hit tourism stews as island shuns global reopening
Taipei, Taiwan – Before the pandemic, Taipei’s Yongkang Street was a top tourist destination, catering to visitors who would snack on spring onion pancakes, bubble tea and mango ice in between browsing gift shops and upscale boutiques.The area was so p...
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Taiwan faces water wake-up call as climate change intensifies
Taipei, Taiwan – Every year on May 8, the Japanese engineer Hatta Yochi is honoured as a deity for overseeing the construction of the Wushantou Reservoir and the Chianan Irrigation Canal that transformed Taiwanese agriculture a century ago by allowing ...