Gordon Ng (centre) was first detained in 2021.

Australian man Gordon Ng sentenced in Hong Kong to more than seven years’ jail

The Australian was convicted in May on national security charges along with 13 other pro-democracy activists.

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The Sydney property developer chasing $28 million in stolen cash

Tina Zou redeveloped luxury units across Sydney. Now she is embroiled in a dispute over millions of dollars in Hong Kong linked to an espionage case involving a dead Royal Marine in London.

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Around 20 per cent of internet-using Filipino children aged 12 to 17 have been subjected to online abuse and exploitation,representing an estimated 2 million children.

The children for sale – and the Australians who exploit them

Anna and her two cousins were repeatedly abused by family members for online customers to see. Warning:This story contains distressing content.

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Tony Lu,35,gives talks to school students at Taiwan Airsoft and Airgun Association about his experience fighting in Ukraine in 2022. He is wearing a T-shirt with the portrait of his friend,Australian Trevor Kjeldal,who died in battle in Ukraine.

This man fought on the front lines in Ukraine. Now he is preparing Taiwanese civilians for war with China

As China ramps up hostilities in the Taiwan Strait,citizens in the island democracy are joining self-defence groups,fearing one day soon they will become civilian resistance to a communist invasion.

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An abandoned American M18 army tank sitting in the sand at Ou Cuo Beach,in Kinmen.

Taiwan’s Kinmen islands are a stone’s throw from China. Its inhabitants are torn

If China were to attack Taiwan,this string of islands is at the front line. Kinmen is less than 10 kilometres from the Chinese mainland and remnants of past battles are everywhere.

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The People’s Liberation Army of China released a map highlighting the areas of operation around Taiwan.

Chinese military surrounds Taiwan as ‘strong punishment’

China has started its most expansive military drills in a year around Taiwan,just days after Lai Ching-te took over as the island’s new president.

  • Lisa Visentin andDaniel Ceng
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President William Lai Ching-te (centre),Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim (right) and Former Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-Wen wave during the Taiwanese Presidential Inauguration Ceremony.

Meet Xi’s new No.1 enemy:The man at the heart of the US-China superpower battle

Taiwan’s new president Lai Ching-te has demanded Beijing stop threatening the island,while urging the world to see the protection of Taiwan’s democratic freedoms as essential to global peace.

  • Lisa Visentin andDaniel Ceng
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‘It’s now or never’:‘City of Dreams’ is battling for survival

Three decades of casino money have made Macau rich and fast,but dive beneath the shimmering surface and you will find a centuries-old culture disappearing.

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‘They want this,all of it’:The global arms race you can’t see – and China wants the edge

Microchips are key to powering the world. What will it take to win in this vital (and secretive) multi-billion-dollar world?

  • Eryk Bagshaw,Jackson Graham andDaniel Ceng
Taiwanese billionaire Robert Tsao at his home in Taipei on Sunday.

Taiwanese tech billionaire warns island must prepare for war with China

“If they get crazy,then we have to be prepared,” Taiwanese chip magnate Robert Tsao said after Taiwan’s pro-sovereignty party won a third straight election.

  • Eryk Bagshaw andDaniel Ceng