Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai will remain in custody until the start of his trial in April for allegedly violating the National Security Act. On Tuesday, the Court of Final Appeal (CFA), the high court in Hong Kong, ruled that the 73-year-old should not be released on bail. The panel, headed by new Chief Justice […]
Australian TV journalist Cheng Lei has been officially arrested in China on suspicion of espionage. This was confirmed on Monday by the Australian Foreign Ministry. The 45-year-old, who worked as a presenter for the English-language China Global Television Network (CGTN), allegedly passed state secrets abroad. Details of her offense are not yet publicly known.Cheng had […]
No sooner had Hong Kong’s new chief justice, Andrew Cheung, 59, been enthroned than the Court of Final Appeal (CFA) under his leadership became the focus of public interest. The court had convened on Monday to decide whether or not to release currently jailed pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai on bail. The ruling is seen […]
Hong Kong has dropped several places in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) 2020 Democracy Index. In the updated list released on Wednesday, the former British crown colony fell from 75th to 87th place. The index status was also changed: Hong Kong was previously classified as a “flawed democracy”. Now, the city, which was returned to […]
For the former Danish Minister of Culture Uffe Elbaek, travel plans to China are out of the question for the time being. After the security bureau in Hong Kong recently threatened to investigate an arrest warrant against him, the politician fears prosecution in the city as well as in the entire People’s Republic. Elbaek was […]
Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic and the Chinese ambassador to the country took advantage of the arrival of one million vaccine doses from China at Belgrade airport to publicly close ranks. Vucic stressed gratitude and friendship with China and his conviction that the Chinese vaccine is safe. For his part, Ambassador Chen Bo took the opportunity […]
For decades, Jack Ma was always a few steps ahead of the Chinese state. His vision, entrepreneurial spirit and determination set the standard for internet commerce in the world and digital payments. With his online empire, Alibaba, Jack Ma eclipsed the achievements of Chinese technocrats. His success culminated in the largest new issue in history […]
