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Beijing Letter: A moving performance at the city’s 300-year-old wooden theatre
Beijing accuses bloc of ‘weaponising’ trade issues
Former supreme court judge claimed Hong King ‘slowly becoming a totalitarian state’
Zelenskiy accuses China of discouraging other countries from attending a peace conference in Switzerland
Police in Hong Kong detain number of people near Victoria Park in Causeway Bay where the anniversary was commemorated each year until 2020
The drop in temperature after the storm meant it was cool enough to wear the summer suit I had picked up from the tailor last week and which I was eager to show off
Forty-seven were charged over the holding of unofficial election primaries in 2020, with only 16 of them entering not-guilty pleas
The great majority of Taiwan’s people describe their national identity as Taiwanese, with about 30 per cent saying they are both Taiwanese and Chinese and only a handful identifying solely as Chinese
Experts say exercises are designed as a rehearsal for a blockade of the self-governing island
Prospect of fresh tensions with Beijing over Taiwan may not please the United States
New president’s speech draws criticism from Beijing
Beijing views the party as separatists that are risking war in the Taiwan Strait by building up the island’s defence forces, moving closer to the United States and flirting with Taiwanese independence
Requirement for Russian athletes to compete as neutrals a violation of Olympic principles, says Russian president
Two leaders say Washington is using pretext of joint exercises with allies to deploy land-based, intermediate-range missile systems in the Asia-Pacific region
If China retaliates against Biden’s taxes, it will come from concern that EU might be tempted to follow the US playbook