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Hong Kong democracy activists Agnes Chow and Joshua Wong have been jailed for 10 and 13.5 months respectively for their roles in an unauthorized protest last year.
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Business Roundup
Myanmar continues to attract foreign investment from Europe and Hong Kong, despite the impact of COVID-19, which continues to hit exporters.
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With its economy rebounding from COVID-19, China appears set on integrating Hong Kong economically via its Greater Bay Area project including Macau, analysts say.
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This week Chinese firms won numerous solar project contracts across Myanmar and a Singaporean finance firm ditched the new city project in Karen State.
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Hong Kong police cracked down on a rally by anti-government protesters staged to coincide with China’s National Day on Thursday; dozens were arrested.
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Asia
A court in Hong Kong has indicted activist Joshua Wong for violating an anti-mask law last year; he accuses the government of trying to curtail his political activities.
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Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong was arrested Thursday for demonstrating last year against a law that aimed to prevent pro-democracy protesters from concealing their faces.
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A court in Hong Kong has indicted 26 pro-democracy activists for their involvement in an event to mark the anniversary of China’s 1989 massacre of student protesters.
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Asia
Hong Kong’s security chief said the island won’t intervene in the cases of 12 residents who fled by boat and were detained by China, which has labeled them separatists.
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Hong Kong police arrested at least 289 people on Sunday for unlawful assembly at a protest to mark the original date of the territory’s delayed legislative election.
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Hong Kong’s pro-Beijing Chief Executive Carrie Lam has dismissed criticism of China’s coronavirus testing program as politically motivated.
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Asia
Speaking a day after his release, Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai said he didn’t expect to be detained under a new security law so soon, and vowed to fight for democracy.
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Asia
Hong Kong democracy activist Agnes Chow and publisher Jimmy Lai were released one day after their arrests under the region’s new security law.
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World
Following Australia, Canada and Britain, New Zealand has suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong in the wake of Beijing’s new security law for the territory.
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Analysis
After several years of seeming to tilt toward China, how will Myanmar react to the US’s new assertiveness in Southeast Asia?