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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”.…
- Covid-19 News
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…
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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…
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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…
- Covid-19 News
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…
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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
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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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…
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Singapore Government issues travel advisory warning for Hong Kong
“Singaporeans are advised to defer non-essential travel to Hong Kong, given current developments.” PHOTO: AFP The ongoing protests in Hong Kong, and the Administration’s attempts to negotiate or quell the disturbances, is starting to reach far and wide with some countries now reviewing their travel advisories to China’s Special Administrative Region. This from the Singapore Government that describes the protests…
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Hong Kong leader should resign, says Malaysian PM
PHOTO: AFP Mahathir Mohamad, the Prime Minister of Malaysia, says Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam should quit as pro-democracy protests continue to rock the city. Activists are becoming increasingly violent as they voice their anger at what they see as increased interference from Beijing. The protests have now been running for four months and show no signs of ending soon.…
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Hong Kong police call for curfew amid riots
PHOTO: AFP Pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong have been clashing with police since the shooting at close range of an 18 year old protester earlier this week. Activists have gone on the rampage, setting fires and throwing petrol bombs, while police responded with tear gas, as four months of protests show no signs of dying down. The police themselves are…
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China celebrates 70 years of communism, while Hong Kong police shoot pro-democracy protester
PHOTO: AFP Shortly after a huge military parade in Beijing, celebrating 70 years of communist rule in China, police shot a pro-democracy activist in Hong Kong as protests in the troubled city grew. Demonstrations have gripped Hong Kong for four months now, but this was the first such injury from a live round and marks a significant escalation in protests…
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Hong Kong clashes heat up ahead of 70th anniversary party for China
by Yan Zhao & Jasmine Leung “Democracy activists in the financial hub had vowed to ramp up their nearly four-month-long campaign ahead of tomorrow’s National Day celebrations.” Fierce clashes have again broken out between protesters and riot police in Hong Kong as thousands march through the sections of the strife-torn city. It was a day of global protests aimed at…
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Discussions between Hong Kong leader and protesters yield little in the way of progress
PHOTO: AFP Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam appeared humble during a meeting where citizens voiced discontent at her ongoing refusal to give in to their demands. The meeting comes after more than three months of often violent anti-government protests in the city. The protests originally began as a result of a proposed bill that would pave the way for…