The creator of a sculpture commemorating those killed in the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown will ask Danish authorities to negotiate with Hong Kong for its return, with city officials disputing his claims of owning the confiscated artwork. The fate of the “Pillar of Shame” sculpture has come back under the spotlight after the High Court…
In the final instalment of our series of previews on the five-year plan and policy address, to be announced on September 16, Natalie Wong and Matthew Cheng look at how national security spans areas such as finance and technology and what Hong Kong must do to earn Beijing’s trust. Read part one here, part two…
In one of the clearest official assessments by the party leadership to date, the state security minister names data outflows, cyberattacks and Western technology controls as threats to China’s security. At the same time, he calls for more party control over the internet and data. 13. September 2026 Recipients need a subscription to read 13….
There is no “red line” for approving public assemblies, Hong Kong’s police chief has said, while warning that national security risks persist despite the landmark conviction and imprisonment of organisers behind the city’s annual Tiananmen Square vigil for inciting subversion. The government on Saturday also strongly condemned Western countries, anti-China media, overseas organisations and politicians…
When Hong Kong’s leader John Lee Ka-chiu steps up to the Legislative Council podium next Wednesday, he will break from decades of political tradition. Lee’s coming policy address will summarise his four years in office while setting out what is expected to be his most ambitious and forward-looking governance agenda to date, as it will…
Washington: An American journalist has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for acting as an agent of a foreign government within the United States, the US Justice Department said. Thomas Weir Pauken II, 51, pleaded guilty earlier this year and is not planning to appeal, according to his defence lawyer, Charles Burnham. Pauken…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! China has found another vulnerability in America’s borders and supply chain – and it’s being exploited. An illicit pipeline is bringing an experimental injectable drug from Chinese chemical manufacturers directly into American homes. The drug is retatrutide, commonly called “reta,” and is in clinical trials as a…
KAZAN, RUSSIA – OCTOBER 23: President of China Xi Jinping meets with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (not seen) within the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia on October 23, 2024. Iranian Presidency | Anadolu | Getty Images China’s President Xi Jinping gave his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian a brief, low-profile audience at a regional security…
Chinese and U.S. flags flutter near The Bund, before U.S. trade delegation meet their Chinese counterparts for talks in Shanghai, China July 30, 2019. Aly Song | Reuters BEIJING — As the U.S. ramped up pressure this week on China with secondary Iran sanctions, the world’s two largest economies have still managed to stay focused…
US must secure victory in AI race with China, Burgum says U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum reacts to President Donald Trump touting data center jobs and tax revenue. He warns that the U.S. must win the artificial intelligence race against China to secure global economic leadership. The discussion follows a recent Fox News…