Hong Kong’s top court on Monday rejected a bid to overturn the convictions of seven prominent pro-democracy activists, including media mogul Jimmy Lai, for their roles in the 2019 protests. Lai, 76, founder of the now-defunct liberal newspaper Apple Daily; Hong Kong Court Denies Bid by Jimmy Lai, 6 Others to Overturn Convictions
Hong Kong’s top court on Monday rejected a bid to overturn the convictions of seven prominent pro-democracy activists, including media mogul Jimmy Lai, for their roles in the 2019 protests. Lai, 76, founder of the now-defunct liberal newspaper Apple Daily; 
Philippines Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo said on Aug. 12 that the country will file a diplomatic protest with China over a recent incident involving the Chinese military and the Philippine air force. Two Chinese aircraft on Aug. 8 dropped flares in the
China’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that new COVID-19 infections in the country of origin have increased to nearly 20 percent in the past few weeks, as two new Omicron subvariants spread across the country. But while the rate
China-owned video-sharing app TikTok is using its algorithms to suppress content exposing China’s human rights violations, in order to shape the views of its targeted users, according to a new study. Researchers from Rutgers University and the school’s