Hong Kong
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Beijing passes new Hong Kong security law
China has passed the controversial new national security law for Hong Kong in what critics believe could be the start of a wave of ‘mainland’ political repression. The National Standing Committee, China’s top lawmaking body, approved the legislation. The passing of the new law has been reported on Now TV, RTHK and the South China Morning Post. Chinese officials maintain…
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Hong Kong residents protesters of new national security law arrested
Hong Kong residents protesting China’s new national security law found themselves arrested for unlawful assembly after fights broke out. Yesterday’s protest was largely supposed to be silent but ended with armed riot police arresting 53 people and using pepper spray on parts of the crowd after chanting and slogans were shouted towards them. Such arrests may be an indication of the…
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Hong Kong documentary sees scene removed after new law
A pro-democracy Hong Kong documentary saw a scene removed after a new law criminalized anything that is seen as “insulting” China’s national anthem. The director of the documentary, Evans Chan, says he had to delete the scene which featured an artist playing the national anthem, which reveals how the new law is already censoring artistic creativity. Hong Kong is considered a…
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Asia stocks rise along with coronavirus cases
Asian stocks are rising along with the number of coronavirus cases after the WHO reported the highest daily rise since the pandemic began. The fine line between a second wave in cases and the removal of lockdowns seems to favour a more conservative approach in the stock market as caution is being taken. The Nikkei 225 ranked 0.3% higher in…
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Covid restrictions ignored in Hong Kong as hundreds of protesters take to the streets
Hundreds of Hong Kong residents have defied police orders, taking to the streets to mark one year since pro-democracy protests began. They assembled in the Central district and marched to nearby streets, shouting various political slogans including, “Fight to the End”. There were also large gatherings in shopping malls, with people singing protest anthems and holding up “Liberate Hong Kong”…
- Covid-19 News
More masks, more problems: Covid waste pollutes oceans
Disposable face masks and plastic gloves are ending up in the oceans around the world, some calling it “Covid waste.” Conservationists and non-profits in Europe and Asia worry that the items used to protect those on land from the coronavirus are now threatening life underwater. In France, Laurent Lombard, from the non-profit Opération Mer Propre, posted a video on Facebook on a…
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Some Hong Kong passport holders could have a “path to UK citizenship”
Hong Kong, the former British colony that’s been rocked by often violent protests for more than a year, may at last see a ray of hope – for some of its 7 million residents, at least. If China doesn’t suspend its plans for a draconian security law in the largely autonomous territory, British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab says the UK…
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US President announces break with WHO, new sanctions against China, and more
China, the World Health Organisation, Twitter, social media generally, new security laws in Hong Kong, bans on some foreign nationals and proposed retaliations against the Chinese. And that was all in just one media conference in the rose garden at the White House by US President Trump. The President, without even mentioning the Covid-19 crisis or the overnight violence in numerous…
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China proposes new “security law” for Hong Kong
After more than a year of often violent protests and unrest, China says it will introduce a proposal today for a national security law in Hong Kong in a move the US warns will be “highly destabilising” for the Asian financial hub. The announcement late yesterday was quickly criticised by pro-democracy lawmakers and activists as “the end of Hong Kong,”…
- Việt Nam
Kẻ phát tán 1.300 ảnh sex của Trần Quán Hy giờ ra sao?
Scandal ảnh nóng của Trần Quán Hy từng là sự kiện chấn động showbiz Hoa ngữ trong nhiều năm và hủy hoại cuộc đời của những người trong cuộc. Mới đây, cuộc sống của người lan truyền ảnh sex của nam diễn viên Trần Quán Hy đã được Toutiao tiết lộ. Năm 2008, cả showbiz châu Á rúng động trước…
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Four destinations removed from Thailand’s “high risk” list
Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health has removed two countries and two special administrative zones off its list of Covid-19 ‘high-risk’ countries. The destinations include China, South Korea, Hong Kong and Macau. The announcement was made late yesterday and listed in the Royal Gazette. The announcement mentioned the “effectiveness of those areas in containing the continued spread of the deadly virus”.…
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292 Thai nationals return home from Hong Kong and The Maldives
Yesterday at around 5pm, 292 Thai nationals returned home from Hong Kong and The Maldives, all 292 passengers have been sent straight to a state-organised quarantine centre for 14 days, both city hotels that were currently empty. The first flight arrived from Hong Kong at 3:59 pm. 161 passengers were on board the plane.Upon landing all passengers passed the initial…
- Việt Nam
‘Bom sex’ Diệp Ngọc Khanh có cuộc sống vương giả ra sao?
“Quả bom sex” Diệp Ngọc Khanh, ngôi sao Hong Kong lừng danh thập niên 1990 giờ sống hạnh phúc cùng chồng và các con ở một căn biệt thự tại Mỹ. Trên On ngày 10/4, Diệp Ngọc Khanh, ngôi sao Hong Kong đóng phim cấp ba thập niên 1990, cho biết gần tháng nay, cô cùng chồng – doanh nhân người…
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Hong Kong riot police quarantined
Hong Kong, rocked by violent protests since last June, now faces a new hurdle. Almost all members of an elite anti-riot squad will be placed under quarantine for 14 days after an officer involved in mass arrests at an anti-government rally earlier this week tested positive with Covid-19 coronavirus. Now Hong Kong’s entire police force may have to undergo coronavirus testing…
- Việt Nam
Thêm 1 năm người tình đồng giới tưởng nhớ 17 năm ngày mất của Trương Quốc Vinh
1/4 hàng năm, cái tên Trương Quốc Vinh lại ngập tràn trên báo đài Hoa ngữ và phủ sóng khắp mạng xã hội cùng những lời tri ân, tưởng nhớ sâu sắc. Năm nay, ngày 1/4/2020 tròn 17 năm danh ca Trương Quốc Vinh tiễn biệt cuộc đời. Các phương tiện truyền thông đại chúng từ Hồng Kông đến nhiều nước…
- Covid-19 News
Briton becomes Thailand’s 48th confirmed coronavirus case
Thailand’s Ministry of Health announced today that a British man flying from Hong Kong is the latest Covid-19 coronavirus patient in Thailand. The ministry’s permanent secretary Sukhum Kanchanapimai says the Briton became the 48th confirmed case after he tested positive and was admitted to a hospital on Tuesday after he developed symptoms associated with the virus. The patient, who was…
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Hong Kong police on a roll as third suspect in toilet paper heist flushed out
Hong Kong has been gripped by panic buying since the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, as frightened residents hoard essentials like rice and toilet tissue. Now, a third man man has been arrested there for his role in a bizarre toilet paper heist, as a gang aimed to clean up during a run of frenzied buying in the city. The 26 year…
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Coronavirus UPDATE – sharp increase in cases, UK officials battle to contain a new threat
There’s been a sharp spike in new cases of coronavirus, principally in the central Chinese province of Hubei. There are now 60,373 world cases, 59,805 in China. 1,369 people have died and over 6,000 recovered. 242 new deaths were recorded yesterday, the deadliest day since the start of the outbreak. So what’s behind the big rise? It’s not actually a spike…
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Virus cases on Japan cruise ship climb to 135
The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases aboard the cruise ship Diamond Princess has climbed to 135. Sixty-five new cases were confirmed on the ship, which has been quarantined off the coast of Yokohama since February 5. Patients showing symptoms have been transferred to local hospitals. Authorities have allowed some of the tourists to return home. The government says there were…
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Coronavirus UPDATE: Chinese keep arriving in Thailand, UK man spreads virus to 11 others
The world death toll from the coronavirus outbreak continues to climb. Official figures put the Chinese figure at 1,016 deaths, up 108 from the day before, 1,018 worldwide. Outside of China there has only been 2 deaths reported – one in The Philippines and another in Hong Kong. The number of cases of infection has also grown to 43,104. That’s up…
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Thousands allowed to leave cruise ship quarantined in Hong Kong
Around 3,600 passengers and crew on the cruise ship World Dream, quarantined for four days in Hong Kong amid fears some staff could have contracted the 2019nCoV coronavirus, have been allowed to leave. Another cruise ship, the Diamond Princess, where dozens of cases have been confirmed, remains in quarantine off Japan. Authorities reported on Saturday that 64 people had been…
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Coronavirus UPDATE: 7 more cases in Thailand, WHO battling fake virus news
The number of worldwide coronavirus deaths has now reached 813, exceeding the number of those killed during the SARS outbreak in 2002/2003. In Hubei province, the centre of the outbreak in mid-December, the death toll has reached 780. Significantly, all but one of the overall total deaths deaths reported have been in mainland China and Hong Kong. 37,553 people are currently infected…
- Việt Nam
Hong Kong phát minh thiết bị phát hiện virus corona trong 40 phút
Mới đây, các nhà nghiên cứu tại một trường đại học ở Hong Kong, Trung Quốc vừa phát minh ra thiết bị cầm tay giúp phát hiện virus corona trong 40 phút. Ngày 6/2, Đại học Khoa học Kỹ thuật Hong Kong công bố thiết bị có thể gia nhiệt các mẫu thử nghiệm lên 30 độ C mỗi giây, tăng…
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Coronavirus UPDATE – 31,481 infections world-wide, the search for a cure
“…the coronavirus has proven itself to have higher infection rates and lower fatality rates when compared with Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)” As the coronavirus outbreak in China surges past the 30,000 mark, having infected 31,481 people, the global scientific community are racing to find a reliable treatment and vaccine. Most of the people…
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Coronavirus UPDATE: Thursday afternoon, 1,200+ patients now fully recovered
As of Thursday afternoon, World Health Organisation officials have raised the death toll to 565, with a total of 28,299 cases identified around the world. The number of full recoveries now exceeds 1,200 and rising fast as many of the earlier cases progress to full recovery. Below we’ve catalogued a lot of the latest news from around the world from…
- Việt Nam
Người lao động Hong Kong làm việc tại nhà sau Tết Nguyên đán vì virus corona
Chính quyền Hong Kong yêu cầu người lao động làm việc tại nhà do nghi ngại dịch cúm do virus corona sẽ lây lan sau Tết nguyên đán. Truyền thông Hong Kong (Trung Quốc) vừa đưa tin nhằm giảm thiểu lây lan virus corona thì các công nhân, viên chức nhà nước và các nhân viên thuộc doanh nghiệp tư…
- Việt Nam
Bệnh viện tại Hồng Kông cho bệnh nhân ‘viêm phổi Vũ Hán’ nằm nhầm phòng
Mới đây, quan chức Hồng Kông (Trung Quốc) phải xin lỗi sau khi đưa một bệnh nhân nhiễm coronavirus vào nhầm phòng bệnh thường. Theo CNN, bệnh nhân nữ 62 tuổi được xác định nhiễm coronavirus nhưng bị đưa vào phòng bệnh thường khiến nhiều bệnh nhân khác phải đối diện với nguy cơ lây nhiễm virus viêm phổi Vũ…
- Việt Nam
Hồng Kông đóng cửa trường học hai tuần vì virus corona
Lãnh đạo Hồng Kông Lâm Trịnh Nguyệt Nga cho biết chính phủ đã nâng mức phản ứng lên mức khẩn cấp và đóng cửa các trường học trong hai tuần vì virus corona. Theo CBS News, học sinh Hồng Kông sẽ nghỉ học đến hết ngày 17/2. Hiện các nhà chức trách Hồng Kông đang tìm cách ngăn chặn sự…
- Việt Nam
Trung Quốc nhăm nhe can thiệp tình hình bất ổn tại Hong Kong
ẢNH: Reuters Đại sứ Trung Quốc tại Anh Lưu Hiểu Minh cảnh báo: “Trung Quốc sẽ không ngồi yên theo dõi nếu cuộc biểu tình ở Hong Kong leo thang thành tình trạng không thể kiểm soát”. Trong cuộc họp báo ở London, Anh ngày 18/11 vừa qua, Đại sứ Lưu Hiểu Minh phát biểu rằng chính quyền Hong Kong…
- Việt Nam
Trung Quốc: “Ngăn bạo lực tại Hong Kong là nhiệm vụ cấp bách”
ẢNH: Reuters Ngày 18/11, quân đội Trung Quốc lên tiếng về tình trạng bạo động tại Hong Kong, cho rằng việc chấm dứt bạo lực tại Hong Kong là nhiệm vụ khẩn thiết nhất vào thời điểm này. Theo AFP đưa tin, ngày 18/11, phát ngôn viên quân đội Trung Quốc Ngô Khiêm cảnh báo rằng việc chấm dứt bạo…
- Việt Nam
Căng thẳng leo thang tại Hong Kong
ẢNH: Thanh niên Sau hai ngày đối đầu quyết liệt với người biểu tình, sáng ngày 18/11, cảnh sát Hong Kong đã tiến hành phong tỏa Đại học Bách khoa Hong Kong, chặn mọi con đường ra vào khu vực, giới quan sát nhận định căng thẳng này sẽ dẫn đến đổ máu. Từ tối 17/11, lực lượng cảnh sát…
- Việt Nam
Hong Kong điều động đặc nhiệm Phi Hổ hỗ trợ cảnh sát kiểm soát biểu tình
ẢNH: SCMP Đội đặc nhiệm Phi Hổ được trang bị nguyên kho vũ khí để đối phó với người biểu tình, từ dùi cui, bình xịt hơi cay cho đến cả súng trường. Ngày 16/11, khoảng 70 thành viên của lực lượng Phi Hổ, thuộc Cục cải huấn Hong Kong (CSD), bịt kín từ đầu đến chân đi khảo sát…
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“Be water” and “Blossom everywhere”: Hong Kong protesters’ attempts to outsmart police
As the protests that have brought Hong Kong to a standstill show no signs of ending, demonstrators are employing new tactics in an attempt to overcome the police. AFP reports that flash-mobs are springing up across different parts of the city since Monday, as 7½ million people attempt to create as much chaos as possible. Shops continue to be ransacked,…
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Thais warned on Hong Kong travel
Hong Kong’s Thai Consular Office has issued a warning to travellers and Thais living there, of violent demonstrations that may be dangerous and disrupt public transport. The office tells Thai people to preparefor inconvenience, avoid protest areas and be very cautious. “Don’t photograph protesters or police, and refrain from doing anything that might be provocative,” the office warns Thais in…
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Recession hits Hong Kong as no end in sight for anti-government protests
More than five months in to the anti-government protests that have shaken Hong Kong, Paul Chan, the city’s Financial Secretary says Hong Kong is in recession and the economy is unlikely to grow this year. Thai PBS World reports that Mr Chan says the protests have had a devastating effect on the economy and that achieving the government’s forecast of…
- Việt Nam
Tim Cook vấp phải phản đối khi ngày càng “thân Trung Quốc”
PHOTO: Reuters Mới đây, thông tin CEO của hãng công nghệ lừng danh thế giới Apple – Tim Cook nhận chức chủ tịch trường đại học Thanh Hoa ở Bắc Kinh, Trung Quốc khiến giới trẻ Hồng Kông phản đối kịch liệt. Trước đó, làn sóng chỉ trích từ Hồng Kông đã bùng phát mạnh mẽ khi Apple xóa ứng…
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Chinese media is slamming NBA over Hong Kong comments
Sport, world politics and the mess in Hong Kong. Put the three together and you have an explosive mix. The NBA’s entire future as it expands in China is now under a serious cloud. Chinese state media is slamming the NBA for their “about-face” after the basketball association said it would not apologise for a tweet by the Houston Rockets…
