The earthquake on April 3 was Taiwan’s strongest in 25 years, killing at least 17 and injuring more than 1,000 people. More than a thousand shocks were recorded between then and Tuesday morning, Wu said.About half of the aftershocks, with...
Under the new law, the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance, anyone imprisoned for a national security offence cannot be granted remission unless the authorities are satisfied that it will not be contrary to the interests of national security.Some of the 47...
The more immediate challenge was to tackle “soft resistance” – a term first coined in April 2021 by former director of Beijing’s liaison office Luo Huining, who had called for “regulation over soft resistance according to law”.In the interview, justice...
Hong Kong will introduce a new training programme about the nation’s struggles over the past century for middle and senior-level government workers as part of a fresh “mindset building” push to enhance their patriotism.The programme will focus on how the...
Taiwan’s government will remove all remaining statues of late president Chiang Kai-shek from public spaces in what is seen as a bid to erase his legacy and the historical link with mainland China.Chiang ruled the island for nearly three decades...
Helicopters and rubber boats were deployed as rescuers raced against time to save residents from flooding in south China’s Guangdong province following heavy rainfall.In the city of Shaoguan in the north of the province, where large areas are flooded and...
Lam told the Post in an interview that he currently had no plans to visit the US – where he said he might not be welcomed – and other Western countries in countering the opposing views over the new law,...
Labour Day in Hong Kong is set to continue to be “protest-free” as the city’s largest workers’ union again dropped plans for a rally to mark the holiday.Instead, the Federation of Trade Unions said on Sunday that it planned to...
Northern and western Guangdong have been battered by intense rainstorms since Friday, breaking rainfall records for April in many places.The cities of Qingyuan, Shaoguan, Huizhou and capital Guangzhou have been particularly hard hit, prompting flood alerts and rainstorm warnings for...
In a post on Saturday, Tse said the content on his Facebook page was for record-keeping only.“All criticisms are intended to raise questions and suggestions for improvement, or to advocate for the central and local governments’ policymaking through legal channels,”...
