4 d. ago Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai used personal ties to seek foreign sanctions: court ruling

A landmark ruling of Jimmy Lai Chee-ying’s marathon trial has revealed how the former media boss used his personal ties with foreign political figures to solicit intervention before and after the national security law took effect five years ago. In an 857-page judgment handed down on Monday, three High Court judges ruled that Lai intended to tap his vast political network to trigger sanctions against Beijing and the Hong Kong government, knowing that his requests would be heeded. The 78-year-old...

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5 d. ago Beijing sanctions former Japanese military chief for ‘colluding with Taiwan separatists’

Beijing has imposed sanctions on Shigeru Iwasaki, former chief of the Joint Staff of the Japan Self-Defence Forces, saying he had “colluded with separatist forces” in Taiwan, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Monday. It comes after Beijing lodged a protest with Tokyo in March over the appointment of Iwasaki as an honorary adviser to the Executive Yuan, the Taiwanese government’s highest administrative body. The “countermeasures” include freezing Iwasaki’s movable and immovable assets and...

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6 d. ago Beijing lodges protest after reported secret Israel trip by Taiwanese official

Beijing’s embassy in Israel has protested following media reports of a secret trip by Taiwan’s deputy foreign minister to the Middle Eastern country. According to a Reuters report on Thursday citing multiple anonymous sources, Francois Wu Chih-chung had travelled to Israel in recent weeks, though it was not disclosed who he met there. Taipei has not officially confirmed whether the visit took place. The Chinese embassy in Israel commented on the matter on Saturday, stating that Beijing firmly...

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9 d. ago Beijing protests "political" UK sanctions on Chinese cyber firms

Beijing protests "political" UK sanctions on Chinese cyber firms  Morningstar Canada

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1 week ago UK sanctions Russian and Chinese firms, warns of cyber threats, hybrid warfare

Britain announced sanctions against Russian media and ideas outlets on Tuesday as the UKs top diplomat warned Western nations must raise their game to combat information warfare from “malign foreign states”. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said the UK was imposing sanctions on the microblogging Telegram channel Rybar and its co-owner Mikhail Sergeevich Zvinchuk, as well as the Centre for Geopolitical Expertise and the Foundation for the Support and Protection of the Rights of Compatriots Living...

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1 week ago UK sanctions Russian and Chinese firms, warns of cyber threats and hybrid warfare

Britain announced sanctions against Russian media and ideas outlets on Tuesday as the UKs top diplomat warned Western nations must raise their game to combat information warfare from “malign foreign states”. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said the UK was imposing sanctions on the microblogging Telegram channel Rybar and its co-owner Mikhail Sergeevich Zvinchuk, as well as the Centre for Geopolitical Expertise and the Foundation for the Support and Protection of the Rights of Compatriots Living...

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2 w. ago Welcome to a world where wars don’t end and sanctions don’t work

For much of the modern era, power was easy to recognise. It belonged to the states that could win wars decisively, enforce sanctions effectively and impose political outcomes far beyond their borders. That definition no longer works. The world is moving towards what scholars have described as a form of “distributed multipolarity”, a landscape in which no single actor – not the United States, not China, not Russia – can fully shape events in the way great powers once expected. Tools once seen as...

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2 w. ago TWA marks 30th anniversary of historic ‘Silent Protest’ in Beijing by exile Tibetan women

TWA marks 30th anniversary of historic ‘Silent Protest’ in Beijing by exile Tibetan women  Phayul

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2 w. ago Tai Po fire: Beijing vows to pursue ‘hostile external forces’ who use 2019 protest ‘playbook’ against relief effort

Tai Po fire: Beijing vows to pursue ‘hostile external forces’ who use 2019 protest ‘playbook’ against relief effort  Hong Kong Free Press HKFP

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2 w. ago Hong Kong Fire Death Toll Rises to 151 as Beijing Warns Against Protests

Hong Kong Fire Death Toll Rises to 151 as Beijing Warns Against Protests  NTD News

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2 w. ago ASIA TODAY Beijing: Security law and prison for those protesting against the fire in Hong Kong

ASIA TODAY Beijing: Security law and prison for those protesting against the fire in Hong Kong  AsiaNews

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2 w. ago As Hong Kong fire toll soars to 146, Beijing warns against 'anti

As Hong Kong fire toll soars to 146, Beijing warns against 'anti-China' protests  WION

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2 w. ago Video: Hong Kong fire toll rises as Beijing warns against protests

Video: Hong Kong fire toll rises as Beijing warns against protests  The Globe and Mail

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2 w. ago Mourners flock to site of deadly Hong Kong blaze as Beijing warns against protests

Mourners flock to site of deadly Hong Kong blaze as Beijing warns against protests  Reuters

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2 w. ago Mourners flock to site of deadly Hong Kong blaze as Beijing warns against protests By Reuters

Mourners flock to site of deadly Hong Kong blaze as Beijing warns against protests By Reuters  Investing.com

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