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Hong Kong activists vow not to ‘kowtow to Beijing and surrender’

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Three Hong Kong protest leaders including Joshua Wong were placed in custody today after pleading guilty to inciting a rally during last year’s pro-democracy protests, deepening the crackdown against Beijing’s critics. Wong, 24, was prosecuted alongside fellow activists Ivan Lam and Agnes Chow over a protest which took place last summer outside the city police … Read more

Why escape Brussels to kowtow to Beijing, asks former Australian prime minister TONY ABBOTT

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Along with killing tens of thousands of people in countries such as Britain, and inflicting years of subsequent economic pain, the corona crisis should drive lasting change in our perceptions of China. It’s not that this virus has changed the nature of the Chinese regime; but it has made its repressive, secretive and self-aggrandising side … Read more