Beijing has confirmed that it is discussing a historic meeting between Chinese leader Xi Jinping, the US president, Donald Trump, and Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Mao Ning, a spokesperson for the Chinese foreign ministry, said at a press briefing this week in Beijing that China “is in communication with relevant parties regarding a meeting between the three heads of state”, which could take place on the sidelines of the Apec summit in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen this month. Russia would probably use the summit to nudge China and the…
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EU charges TikTok with failing to protect users’ mental health
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In jailing Joshua Wong, China is telling the world they’d crush every hope for democracy on its soil | Nathan Law
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International community condemns Joshua Wong’s 10-year ‘foreign collusion’ sentence
After a Hong Kong court sentenced pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong to 10 years in prison Thursday for foreign collusion, international lawmakers, activists, and rights organizations condemned the decision saying it violates human rights. Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong gets 10 more years under security law (RFA Video) Wong, 30, is one of the most internationally recognizable faces of the now-quashed democracy movement in the city. He was among 45 Hong Kong opposition politicians and pro-democracy activists who were convicted with “conspiracy to commit subversion” under the city’s draconian 2020 National…
UK and US condemn ‘cruel’ second jail term handed to Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong
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Raise the Red Lantern review – Gong Li gives a decade-defining performance in an addictively ruthless masterpiece
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‘I worry people will forget Hong Kong’: Joshua Wong laments city’s fate from inside maximum security prison
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UK found to be ‘dangerously’ reliant on China for critical minerals needed for defence and AI
The UK is “dangerously” dependent on China for critical raw materials needed for the military, renewable energy infrastructure and AI, a parliamentary investigation has found. MPs on the business select committee called for an urgent centralised policy and the creation of a “critical minerals finance facility” to help fund rare earth and other critical mineral mines, and deploy grants, equity and debt to accelerate a diversification programme. “Critical minerals are the alpha of the new economy,” said the committee’s chair, Liam Byrne. “We cannot rearm Britain, build AI or deliver…
Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong sentenced to 10 years in prison in national security case
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong was sentenced on Thursday to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to “foreign collusion”, his second conviction under a national security law that critics say has been used to silence political opposition in the city. Wong, who rose to prominence as the teenage face of Hong Kong’s 2014 pro-democracy demonstrations, submitted his plea in September. He had been accused of working with the exiled Hong Kong activist Nathan Law to urge foreign powers to impose sanctions, blockades or other hostile measures against China. In…
What Trump’s Midterm Defeat Means for Iran and Oil Prices
Global leaders offered little public sympathy to President Trump after his party was blown out in the midterm elections, even as they wondered what the result might mean for trade, energy and wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. Mr. Trump’s enemies abroad — and many of his more estranged frenemies, as well — could not hide their glee on Wednesday morning after Democrats seized the House and Senate. There were celebrations in Iran and China, in Spain and South Africa, and from some European officials in Brussels. From many…