投稿者: Helen Davidson in Taipei and agencies
The men, who were detained by Beijing in 2018, were released hours after Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou was freed in CanadaThe more than 1,00-day ordeal of two Canadian citizens, detained by Beijing in what critics had labelled an act of “hostage diplom…
Agricultural mogul Sun Dawu given 18-year sentence in case observers believe was politically motivatedSun Dawu, a Chinese billionaire pig farmer and agricultural mogul, has been sentenced after weeks of hearings in secret to 18 years in prison and fin…
Chinese Communist party leader warns foreign forces seeking to oppress China are on a ‘collision course’ with 1.4 billion peopleChina will not allow “sanctimonious preaching” or bullying from foreign forces, and anyone who tries “will find themselves o…
Qiu Ziming imprisoned under 2018 law outlawing the defamation of ‘heroes and martyrs’A Chinese court has jailed a popular blogger over posts suggesting the death toll among Chinese soldiers in a China-Indian border clash last year was higher than claim…
At least 50 people die as train crashes near Hualien City at the start of holiday weekendDozens of people have been killed in a train derailment on the east coast of Taiwan, the island’s worst rail disaster in decades.The 408 Taroko Express was travell…
British consulate general among crowds outside court voicing their opposition to latest crackdown‘Endure, everyone’: final messages from Hong Kong democracy figures before detention About 1,000 people have gathered outside a Hong Kong court where 47 pr…
Veteran activist Lee Cheuk-yan accuses police and government of depriving Hongkongers of constitutional rightsA veteran champion of democracy in Hong Kong has described its legal system as an instrument of political suppression, after he and eight othe…
Opposition party’s ‘disgusting’ offal protest prompts scuffle in Taipei legislative yuanParliamentarians in Taiwan have thrown pig guts at each other before coming to blows over plans to allow US meat imports.Members of the opposition Chinese nationali…
Authorities test 2.84 million people after 137 asymptomatic cases found – the first local infections in China since 14 OctoberCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageChina has detected 137 new asymptomatic coronavirus cases in Kashg…