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What is love? Beijing desires unconditional loyalty from Hong Kong
Love might be the ideal, but what Beijing really wants is obedience, control and utterly predictable elections.
Fri Mar 05 2021
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China lawmakers add defaming Party heroes to civil code offences
China's ongoing National People's Congress (NPC), an annual meeting of some 3,000 delegates, is currently debating general rules for a civil code.
Mon Mar 13 2017
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Hong Kong protests 'doomed to fail': China party paper
Students whose peaceful protests have paralysed parts of the global financial hub have agreed to hold talks with the government.
Fri Oct 03 2014
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Top Chinese official heckled by Hong Kong protesters
A senior Chinese official was angrily heckled by Hong Kong protesters as he tried to defend Beijing's landmark decision to control which candidates can stand in the city's next leadership election.
Mon Sep 01 2014