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Warrants criticised as ‘indictment’ of judiciary with three of those targeted, including Nathan Law, thought to be in UK
Hong Kong police have issued arrest warrants for eight overseas activists days after the third anniversary of the introduction of a national security law that granted authorities sweeping extraterritorial powers to prosecute acts or comments made anywhere in the world that it deems criminal.
Supt Steve Li Kwai-wah, a police officer, told a press conference on Monday that , Anna Kwok, Finn Lau, Dennis Kwok, Ted Hui, Kevin Yam, Mung Siu-tat and Yuan Gong-yi, high-profile pro-democracy activists, former lawmakers and legal scholars, “have encouraged sanctions … to destroy Hong Kong”.

According to state media, heavy flooding has displaced thousands of people and damaged infrastructure across China. Authorities in the northern Shaanxi province reported the worst flooding in 50 years, while in the south-western city of Chongqing, a landslide caused cracks in roads and damaged foundations. Further footage from across the country shows vehicles submerged in water and bridges destroyed. No deaths have been reported as a result of the flooding so far

U.S. legacy automakers are losing ground to Tesla and Chinese companies like BYD in China, once considered a major new market.

Transfer plan may look similar on surface but there is a deeper strategy in Riyadh which could shake up existing order
Saudi Arabia is the new China. “The system of buying the players that almost ended their career is not the system that develops football,” recently. “It was a similar mistake in China ...”
When Oscar left Chelsea in December 2016 in a transfer window during which Chinese Super League clubs spent more than £300m, then Blues manager Antonio Conte warned of the Chinese danger. Other stars such as Carlos Tevez, Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka also moved east. It ended badly with bankruptcies, corruption scandals and no visible improvement in standards.

Soledad O’Brien is getting blasted as racist after she criticized a prominent Asian American activist following the Supreme Court's decision striking down affirmative action.

Soledad O’Brien is getting blasted as racist after she criticized a prominent Asian American activist following the Supreme Court's decision striking down affirmative action.

Soledad O’Brien is getting blasted as racist after she criticized a prominent Asian American activist following the Supreme Court's decision striking down affirmative action.

Scene shows map of China’s controversial ‘nine-dash line’ – repudiated in international ruling
Vietnam has banned Warner Bros’s Barbie film from domestic distribution over a scene featuring a map that shows China’s unilaterally claimed territory in the South China Sea, state media have reported.
The U-shaped “nine-dash line” is used on Chinese maps to illustrate its claims over vast areas of the South China Sea, including swathes of what Vietnam considers its continental shelf, where it has awarded oil concessions.

Fatih Birol says China’s economic recovery combined with harsh winter could pile pressure on gas supplies
The head of the International Energy Agency has said energy prices may spike again this winter, forcing government to subsidise bills – just days after .
Fatih Birol said a rapid improvement in the Chinese economy, coupled with a harsh winter, could put pressure on gas supplies and push up bills for consumers.

The reason is a simple matter of math, but also the complicated but foreseeable effects of what it means when a country, only growing more diverse by the hour, fails to do all that it can to develop a ...

American Born Chinese, the adaptation of Gene Luen Yang’s acclaimed graphic novel, premiered on Disney+ on May 24. All 8 episodes are available on the platform. The show’s logline reads: “The story of ...

More Vietnamese Americans favor the Republican Party compared to other Asian Americans, according to recent polls. But the younger generation could change that.