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Custody ruling in same-sex case hailed as LGBT milestone in China
Woman wins visiting rights to see daughter, but not son, in first recognition that child can have two legal mo…
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Conviction of Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai ‘unjust’, says Chris Patten
Former governor speaks out after appeal court upholds convictions of seven activists over 2019 protestChris Pa…
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Hong Kong is global trade hub for world’s most brutal regimes, report says
Pro-democracy campaign group finds exports of goods to Russia, vital to its war efforts, roughly doubled in a …
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Exiled pro-democracy Hong Kong activists blocked from accessing pensions
Case raises questions about complicity of western financial institutions in persecution of Chinese government …
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‘Society doesn’t want my kids’: China’s single women forced abroad to freeze their eggs
Calls grow for end to ban that means only married Chinese couples can access ‘social egg freezing’ servicesWhe…
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App that tracked fuel tankers in China used to transport cooking oil is disabled
App reportedly received a surge in queries this week after newspaper exposed food safety scandalAn app that al…
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Outrage in China over use of unwashed fuel tankers to transport cooking oil
Food safety scandal exposed by state-run newspaper has implicated several major Chinese firmsA food safety sca…
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China building twice as much wind and solar power as rest of world – report
Country on track reach 1,200GW of installed wind and solar capacity by end of 2024 – six years ahead of Beijin…
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Chinese developers scramble as OpenAI blocks access in China
US firm’s move, amid Beijing-Washington tensions, sparks rush to lure users to homegrown modelsAt the World AI…
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China’s tech firms vow crackdown on online hate speech after knife attack
Clampdown follows fatal stabbing of Chinese woman who tried to stop attack on Japanese mother and childChina’s…
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Chinese Communist party expels two ex-defence ministers for corruption
Li Shangfu, who vanished from public life last year, and Wei Fenghe accused of accepting gifts and facilitatin…
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Remaining British judges urged to resign from Hong Kong’s top court
The three British judges still on territory’s top bench under pressure to quit after two others stepped down l…
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Two more British judges resign from Hong Kong’s top court
Democracy campaigners welcome move by Lord Sumption and Lord Collins, who cited political situation in stateme…
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‘Funny and kind of sad’: how Clarkson’s Farm has captured Chinese viewers
Jeremy Clarkson’s reality TV show has particular appeal for young people with no experience of farmingTo one C…
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Tsai Ing-wen, the leader who brought Taiwan closer to the US, bows out
Taiwan’s first female president has presided over big social changes, but her main legacy is the cultivation o…