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Detention of publisher Li Yanhe in China for ‘endangering national security’ has sent chills through island’s literary communityIn a bookstore near one of Taipei’s leading universities, Zeng Da-fu and his wife work quietly into the evening. Zeng has ru…
Read MoreTwo men in New York are accused by the FBI of being covert enforcers for the Chinese government. Such operations are being uncovered worldwideThe FBI this week arrested two men accused of running a covert overseas police operation in New York on behalf…
Read MoreSuggestion to abolish catch-all offence will be among thousands considered at Chinese Communist party summitChina should abolish the catch-all crime of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”, a political delegate has proposed before next week’s major…
Read MoreExclusive: Letter to home secretary says bill echoes ‘dangerously broad laws’ that result in jailing of protestersHongkongers in Britain have called on Suella Braverman to reconsider controversial measures in her public order bill, which they likened t…
Read MoreUse of emergency laws sheds light on fragile and fractious place social media now occupy in IndiaThe response by the Indian government was quick and draconian. Days after a BBC documentary examining the role that Narendra Modi, now prime minister, had …
Read MoreSix people accused of publishing book relating to 2019 protests in move critics say has spread terrorPolice in Hong Kong have raided a lunar new year shopping fair and arrested six people for selling a “seditious” book related to the 2019 anti-governme…
Read MoreFormer legislator, who fled to Australia last year, said earlier that any sentence would not harm his reputation or lobbying workA Hong Kong court has sentenced pro-democracy figure in exile Ted Hui to three-and-a-half years in jail over charges relate…
Read MoreBooks depicted sheep fleeing from invading wolves, which judge found aimed to incite hatred against ChinaA court in Hong Kong has convicted five speech therapists of producing “seditious publications” in the form of a series of illustrated children’s b…
Read MoreLaughter has been far more than a coping mechanism amid repression and economic crisis – it has rid the island of tyrantsSri Lanka’s been a joke for a while. At least for those compelled to live here. A deeply unfunny joke without a punchline. An islan…
Read MoreFormer student leader among 29 pro-democracy activists entering same plea on subversion charges after more than a year in jailJoshua Wong and a group of 28 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists charged under a controversial national security law have enter…
Read MoreAs an aspiring writer I loved many exiled authors, from Márquez to Kundera, but with Rushdie the stakes were raisedIt was more than a decade ago when I was introduced to the work of Salman Rushdie, thanks to the recommendation of a writer in my homelan…
Read MoreCanadian-Chinese businessman Xiao Jianhua will finally stand trial in case linked to President Xi’s corruption driveChina has formally put Canadian-Chinese tycoon Xiao Jianhua on trial, more than five years after his alleged abduction in Hong Kong, whi…
Read MoreChinese president says ‘one country, two systems’ will endure and democracy flourishes after unprecedented unpicking of freedoms25th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong – in picturesWe were too lenient on pro-democracy politicians – Regina IpThe ‘…
Read MoreA senior figure in John Lee’s incoming administration says opposition politicians ‘only have themselves to blame’ for being arrestedA senior member of Hong Kong’s incoming administration has said dozens of former opposition MPs who were arrested or jai…
Read MoreJignesh Mevani accused prime minister of idolising Nathuram Godse, killer of Mahatma GandhiA state lawmaker in India was arrested for criticising the prime minister, Narendra Modi, in a tweet, officials have said, raising concerns over freedom of speec…
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