Australia-based artist Badiucao said his four-second video work was designed to test “the freedom-of-speech situation in Hong Kong”.
Xie Xiongming’s foundation had its charity status revoked by the regulator for failing to disclose its financials,while a spokesman for Dutton said he didn’t know Xie.
Around the world,Beijing is working to peel away support for a US-led international system and recast itself as a more reliable partner in trade,development and security.
Penny Wong has made her strongest comments yet on the decision by the judges to continue working in Hong Kong amid concerns about a crackdown on political dissent.
Xi Jinping’s modernisation agenda aims to transform China into a high-tech superpower. At a job fair in central Beijing,the future isn’t so promising.
The US is set to ban Chinese-made connected-car technology amid concerns that Beijing could access Americans’ data and even remotely disable cars on US roads.
Australia US,India and Japan have called out Beijing’s aggression in the South China Sea and cyber espionage but stopped short of naming China directly.
The UK,US and the EU are among those sanctioning Chinese companies accused of helping Russia wreak havoc in Ukraine. The Albanese government is an outlier.
Premier Li Qiang’s visit was the culmination of hard work by the government to recalibrate the relationship with China. But it also exposed differences that cannot be papered over with diplomatic niceties.
Villages once known by religious,historical or cultural terms of the Muslim minority group now carry names like “Red flag” or “Unity”.