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@JohnsHopkins University already registers 7,006,436 cases of covid19 worldwide
China reports 4 new cases of coronavirus
9 month agoAt this very moment the Shanghai shipyards alone have 24 navy ships in the making, among which two 075 LHD, which, this article claims, will be useful in anti-piracy operations.
The number of coronavirus infections worldwide exceeds 7 million
Hong Kong sees no locally acquired COVID19 cases on Friday, but there are three confirmed infections among people flying back to the city
9 month agoFacebook has started labeling some content as coming from state-run propagandist news agencies such as Russia's RT & Sputnik, & China's Xinhua News & People's Daily
China foreign ministry, on Facebook's measures against Chinese state media, says social media companies should not selectively create obstacles
9 month agoA few people are subdued by plainclothes officers in MongKok after protesters tried to block roads on Argyle Street, following the June4 commemoration event which was held earlier at 8pm
9 month agoFootage shows violent scenes in Mong Kok as Hong Kong police detain people at peaceful Tiananmen Square vigil #june4th
9 month agoA riot officer points a pepper ball gun at crowds in Mong Kok. Earlier police raised a blue flag warning people that they were participating in an illegal assembly and that force may be used
9 month agoA group of police officers walked into Victoria park but left quickly as protesters hurled offenses
9 month agoAt least three men were taken away by police outside Langham Place in Mong Kok, after plainclothes officers subdued protesters who tried to block Argyle Street
9 month agoThe junction in Mong Kok outside Langham Place where a bloody fight between protesters trying to block the road and plain clothed police making arrest took place earlier tonight has returned to normal for now
9 month agoInstead of "End to the one-party dictatorship." "Vindicate June4th." Attendees of the vigil are chanting: "Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our time." "Five demands, not one less" "Hong Kong independence, the only way out."
9 month agoDefying a government ban and threats to prosecute attendees, thousands of people in Hong Kong have shown up at a Tiananmen vigil (but are still social distancing)
9 month agoInside Victoria Park - 10 minutes before the candle light vigil begins. Hongkongers sitting in small clusters, possibly keeping the social distancing rule in mind - unlike in previous years where by this time it would have been v diff to find a place to sit
Hong Kong passes law to criminalise insult of Chinese national anthem
9 month agoMembers of the @hka8964 distribute candles to people to commemorate the #TiananmenSquareMassacre 31 years ago, after police ban the candlelight vigil at Victoria Park
9 month agoNational anthem bill abruptly put to vote and passed, by 41-1. Pro-democracy lawmakers protested and boycotted the vote
9 month agoLegco President Andew Leung has announced that he will not let lawmakers speak anymore and will put the anthem bill to a vote before 5pm, after Democratic Party lawmaker Ted Hui splashed some liquid in the meeting room
China must allow the people of Hong Kong and Macau to commemorate the bloody 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Beijing, the European Union said on Wednesday, despite health concerns because of COVID19
9 month agoMore than 40 school staffs and students sustained injuries in a knife attack at a primary school in Wuzhou, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Thursday morning: local government
9 month agoThe third reading of the National Anthem Law is underway in LegCo Andrew Leung has allocated six hours for debate before voting, so the law should cross its final parliamentary hurdle by 6pm this evening
KCNA: "U.S. State Secretary Pompeotermed China an actual threat. Saying that threat from China stems fromthe Communist Party, he reeled off rubbish that the U.S. would workto make the world of the next century the one of the West where the U.S. 'liberal democracy' rules."
9 month agoUnder police ban on candlelight vigil tonight, Victoria Park, HK's Central Park where the annual commemoration took place for decades, is closed with extra barriers and a notice dated June 3
9 month agoSeptember EU-China summit cancelled
9 month ago[email protected] statement on the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, honoring "the brave Chinese people whose peaceful calls for democracy, human rights, and a corruption-free society came to a violent end"