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15th NA’s Second Working Week to Focus on Law Building

09:31 | 25/10/2021

The 15th National Assembly will focus on law building during its second online working week from October 25-30, as part of its ongoing second session.

China threatens to retaliate agaisnt UK over UK citizenship plan for Hong Kong residents

12:17 | 03/07/2020

China will take countermeasures against the UK and promises that the UK would “bear all consequences” in case it grants residency to Hongkongers in response to the harsh new national security law.

Hong Kong National Security Law: 5 must-know takeaways

16:34 | 02/07/2020

Hong Kong national security law, which was voted unanimously by an elite body within China's legislature on Tuesday, was adopted in a rushed, secretive process.

Hong Kong legislators pass Chinese anthem law

06:38 | 05/06/2020

Lawmakers in Hong Kong on Thursday passed a contentious bill that would make it a crime to mock China’s national anthem, imposing a maximum three-year prison sentence on anyone convicted of insulting the March of the Volunteers.

World news today: US’s COVID-19 death toll reaches 100,000

20:06 | 28/05/2020

World news May 28: The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 has reached a somber milestone of over 100,000 fatalities. Meanwhile, China's approval of the national security law, Trump's proposal to sign the executive order, Tuesday Morning's bankruptcy, fallen gold price also make headlines today (May 28).

Hong Kong, controversial national security law approved by China

16:53 | 28/05/2020

The Chinese parliament has approved plans for a bill that threatens to limit freedoms in the semi-autonomous state, with an overwhelming vote in favor of the proposal to draft the law. The move will bypass Hong Kong's internal legislature to punish acts that subvert state power.

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