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Hong Kong Marks 20 Years Since Handover To China

The Chinese president has sworn in the new leader of Hong Kong, Carrie Lam, as the territory marks 20 years since its...

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Nobel Winner Liu Wants Cancer Treatment Abroad, Friends Say

Terminally-ill Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo wants Chinese authorities to let him get treatment abroad, friends say, as...

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Hong Kong Activist Joshua Wong Detained By Police

Hong Kong student pro-democracy campaigner Joshua Wong was detained by police on Wednesday after an anti-China protest...

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Hong Kong Protesters Stage Sit-In Ahead of Xi Visit

Pro-democracy protesters climbed a statue in Hong Kong Wednesday and staged a sit-in ahead of a visit by President Xi...

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Taiwan Offers Cancer Treatment To China Dissident Liu

Taiwan said Wednesday that it was willing to offer cancer-stricken Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo treatment after prison...

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New US Ambassador Keen To See Chinese Dissident Go Abroad

The new US ambassador to China said on Wednesday he would "love" to see terminally-ill Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo get...

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China Bans Use of Torture, Forced Confessions — Again

Chinese police and prosecutors are banned from using torture to obtain evidence under rules released Tuesday, in the...

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China’s Treatment of Sick Activist Raises Fears For Others

China's treatment of cancer-stricken democracy activist Liu Xiaobo reflects Beijing's hardening crackdown on political...

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US Urges China To Let Nobel Laureate Choose Own Doctors

The United States urged China on Tuesday to give cancer-stricken Nobel peace prize laureate Liu Xiaobo and his wife...

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US Urges China To Grant Nobel Laureate Liu ‘freedom of Movement’

The United States on Tuesday urged China to grant Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo and his wife "freedom of movement" and let...

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Freed Chinese Intellectual Spoke Out For Change

Liu Xiaobo, who won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize from behind bars, was for decades a vocal champion of democracy and...

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China Releases Nobel Laureate Liu With Terminal Cancer

China's jailed Nobel peace prize laureate Liu Xiaobo has been granted medical parole after being diagnosed with...

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China Releases Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo With Terminal Cancer

China's jailed Nobel peace prize laureate Liu Xiaobo has been granted medical parole after being diagnosed with...

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China’s Xi Praises Normalisation of Ties With Norway

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday praised the normalisation of relations with Norway, six years after a dispute...

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China Blocks Pinterest

Image-curation website Pinterest has become the latest social media service blocked in China, checks on censorship...