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New China Rules Allow Detention Of Foreigners In South China Sea, G7 Reacts
New Chinese coast guard rules took effect Saturday, under which it can detain foreigners for trespassing in the disputed South China Sea, where neighbours and the G7 have accused Beijing of intimidation and coercion.
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Australian Journalist Cheng Lei, Jailed In China, Returns Home After 3 Years
The former anchor for Chinese state broadcaster CGTN was arrested in 2020, and was formally charged with "supplying state secrets overseas".
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US Warns Citizens Against China Travel Amid Risk Of "Wrongful Detention"
Americans should reconsider travel to China due to the risk of wrongful detention, warned the US State Department in an updated travel advisory issued on Friday, CNN reported.
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Samsung Ex-Executive Charged With Stealing Secrets For Chinese Factory
A former Samsung executive has been charged with stealing company secrets for a copycat computer chip factory in China, and is being held in detention pending trial, prosecutors told AFP on Tuesday.
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Uyghur Camps Turned Into Prisons, Detainees Get Long Sentences: Report
Under the guise of a poverty alleviation campaign, Beijing has been forcing tens of thousands of rural Uyghurs out of their villages and into factories.
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Uyghur Detainees Locked Up In Thailand Face "Hell On Earth"
Almost a decade after fleeing China, more than 50 Uyghurs are languishing in Thai detention facilities, living in constant fear of being sent back.
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5 Hong Kong Teens Detained For Advocating "Armed Revolution" Against China
Five teenagers with a Hong Kong group advocating independence from Chinese rule were ordered by a judge on Saturday to serve up to three years in detention at a correctional facility, for urging an "armed revolution" in a national security case.
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A 10-Year-Old Is Under Trial In China. Reason: Leaking "State Secrets"
Citing allegations of leaking 'state secrets', China has been detaining people as young as 10 years of age, conducting trials behind closed doors and violating the basic principle of a fair trial.
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China's Hero's Welcome For Huawei Executive After 3-Year Canada Detention
Meng Wanzhou, the high-profile top executive of telecom giant Huawei who was detained in Canada for over three years, received a hero's welcome upon her arrival in Shenzhen on a special plane sent by the government on Saturday.
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Indian-Origin Journalist Wins Pulitzer Prize For Exposing China's Detention Camps For Muslims
Megha Rajagopalan, an Indian-origin journalist, won the Pulitzer Prize for innovative investigative reports that exposed a vast infrastructure of prisons and camps secretly built by China for detaining hundreds of thousands of Muslims in Xinjiang.
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Chinese Woman's Tesla Protest Prompts 5-Day Detention, Company Apology
An unhappy customer who invaded the Tesla booth at the Shanghai auto show by clambering atop a car in protest, creating a social media stir and prompting an apology from the company, will be detained for five days, Shanghai police said on Tuesday.
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Clubhouse App Gives Chinese Rare Access To Uncensored Topics
Chinese internet users are flocking to a rare uncensored app to breach the "Great Firewall" and freely discuss taboo topics, including the mass detention of Uighurs, democracy protests in Hong Kong and the concept of Taiwanese independence.
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Chinese State Media Calls Myanmar Coup "A Major Cabinet Reshuffle"
The military takeover in Myanmar and detention of Aung San Suu Kyi was "a major cabinet reshuffle" according to Chinese state media, who rolled out the euphemisms to avoid calling a coup a coup.
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China Denies Report It May Detain Americans, Says US Mistreats Its Scholars
China denied on Monday that foreign nationals are under threat of arbitrary detention, following a newspaper report that Beijing had warned Washington it might arrest Americans in China.
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If Talks Can Happen With China, Why Not With Other Neighbour: Farooq Abdullah
Speaking in Parliament for the first time since his release from detention, the National Conference president and MP Farooq Abdullah on Saturday advocated talks with Pakistan, saying if India can talk to China to defuse their border row, it can also speak to its other neighbour to deal with the situation at Jammu and Kashmir borders.
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New China Rules Allow Detention Of Foreigners In South China Sea, G7 Reacts
New Chinese coast guard rules took effect Saturday, under which it can detain foreigners for trespassing in the disputed South China Sea, where neighbours and the G7 have accused Beijing of intimidation and coercion.
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Australian Journalist Cheng Lei, Jailed In China, Returns Home After 3 Years
The former anchor for Chinese state broadcaster CGTN was arrested in 2020, and was formally charged with "supplying state secrets overseas".
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US Warns Citizens Against China Travel Amid Risk Of "Wrongful Detention"
Americans should reconsider travel to China due to the risk of wrongful detention, warned the US State Department in an updated travel advisory issued on Friday, CNN reported.
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Samsung Ex-Executive Charged With Stealing Secrets For Chinese Factory
A former Samsung executive has been charged with stealing company secrets for a copycat computer chip factory in China, and is being held in detention pending trial, prosecutors told AFP on Tuesday.
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Uyghur Camps Turned Into Prisons, Detainees Get Long Sentences: Report
Under the guise of a poverty alleviation campaign, Beijing has been forcing tens of thousands of rural Uyghurs out of their villages and into factories.
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Uyghur Detainees Locked Up In Thailand Face "Hell On Earth"
Almost a decade after fleeing China, more than 50 Uyghurs are languishing in Thai detention facilities, living in constant fear of being sent back.
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5 Hong Kong Teens Detained For Advocating "Armed Revolution" Against China
Five teenagers with a Hong Kong group advocating independence from Chinese rule were ordered by a judge on Saturday to serve up to three years in detention at a correctional facility, for urging an "armed revolution" in a national security case.
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A 10-Year-Old Is Under Trial In China. Reason: Leaking "State Secrets"
Citing allegations of leaking 'state secrets', China has been detaining people as young as 10 years of age, conducting trials behind closed doors and violating the basic principle of a fair trial.
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China's Hero's Welcome For Huawei Executive After 3-Year Canada Detention
Meng Wanzhou, the high-profile top executive of telecom giant Huawei who was detained in Canada for over three years, received a hero's welcome upon her arrival in Shenzhen on a special plane sent by the government on Saturday.
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Indian-Origin Journalist Wins Pulitzer Prize For Exposing China's Detention Camps For Muslims
Megha Rajagopalan, an Indian-origin journalist, won the Pulitzer Prize for innovative investigative reports that exposed a vast infrastructure of prisons and camps secretly built by China for detaining hundreds of thousands of Muslims in Xinjiang.
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Chinese Woman's Tesla Protest Prompts 5-Day Detention, Company Apology
An unhappy customer who invaded the Tesla booth at the Shanghai auto show by clambering atop a car in protest, creating a social media stir and prompting an apology from the company, will be detained for five days, Shanghai police said on Tuesday.
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Clubhouse App Gives Chinese Rare Access To Uncensored Topics
Chinese internet users are flocking to a rare uncensored app to breach the "Great Firewall" and freely discuss taboo topics, including the mass detention of Uighurs, democracy protests in Hong Kong and the concept of Taiwanese independence.
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Chinese State Media Calls Myanmar Coup "A Major Cabinet Reshuffle"
The military takeover in Myanmar and detention of Aung San Suu Kyi was "a major cabinet reshuffle" according to Chinese state media, who rolled out the euphemisms to avoid calling a coup a coup.
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China Denies Report It May Detain Americans, Says US Mistreats Its Scholars
China denied on Monday that foreign nationals are under threat of arbitrary detention, following a newspaper report that Beijing had warned Washington it might arrest Americans in China.
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If Talks Can Happen With China, Why Not With Other Neighbour: Farooq Abdullah
Speaking in Parliament for the first time since his release from detention, the National Conference president and MP Farooq Abdullah on Saturday advocated talks with Pakistan, saying if India can talk to China to defuse their border row, it can also speak to its other neighbour to deal with the situation at Jammu and Kashmir borders.
