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Bookseller To Ask Nancy Pelosi To Help Hong Kongers At Taiwan Meeting: Report
A staunch defender of human rights and long-time China critic, US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi is set to meet rights activists in Taiwan on Wednesday, a move certain to ramp up already fraught tensions between Beijing and Washington.
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China Defends Sri Lanka's Human Rights Record At UN Human Rights Council
China on Friday expressed support to Sri Lanka at the UNHRC as it faced a resolution expressing serious concern over the rights situation in the island nation, saying Beijing was opposed to the use of human rights issues to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries.
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US May End Hong Kong Special Trading Status. "Stop Meddling", Says China
The US House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday sought by pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong that aims to defend civil rights in the semi-autonomous territory, prompting an angry response from China.
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China Says It Regrets US Quitting UN Human Rights Council
China expressed regret on Wednesday over a U.S. decision to withdraw from the U.N. Human Rights Council, with state media saying the image of the United States as a defender of rights was "on the verge of collapse".
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Massive Tiananmen Vigil Expected in Divided Hong Kong
Tens of thousands of people are to join a candlelit vigil in Hong Kong today to mark the 26th anniversary of China's Tiananmen Square crackdown, with the city deeply divided ahead of a vote on how to choose its next leader.
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China Defends Block on British MPs' Hong Kong Trip
China, on Monday, defended its refusal to allow a group of British MPs into Hong Kong, describing their planned trip to the former colony as "overtly confrontational" in words echoing those of the legislators' leader.
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China Detains Activists for Supporting Hong Kong Protests: Rights Groups
Authorities have detained more than a dozen activists across China and questioned as many as 60 others who expressed support for Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests in recent days, campaign groups said Wednesday.
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West criticises, China defends human rights record at UN
Western countries accused China on Tuesday of arresting activists, curbing Internet use and suppressing ethnic minorities, as the United Nations formally reviewed its rights record for the first time since Xi Jinping became president.
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China blocks Tiananmen anniversary remembrance
Chinese police blocked the gate of a cemetery housing victims of the Tiananmen crackdown on its 24th anniversary today, part of a sweeping annual effort to bar commemorations of the event.
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Bookseller To Ask Nancy Pelosi To Help Hong Kongers At Taiwan Meeting: Report
A staunch defender of human rights and long-time China critic, US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi is set to meet rights activists in Taiwan on Wednesday, a move certain to ramp up already fraught tensions between Beijing and Washington.
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China Defends Sri Lanka's Human Rights Record At UN Human Rights Council
China on Friday expressed support to Sri Lanka at the UNHRC as it faced a resolution expressing serious concern over the rights situation in the island nation, saying Beijing was opposed to the use of human rights issues to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries.
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US May End Hong Kong Special Trading Status. "Stop Meddling", Says China
The US House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday sought by pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong that aims to defend civil rights in the semi-autonomous territory, prompting an angry response from China.
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China Says It Regrets US Quitting UN Human Rights Council
China expressed regret on Wednesday over a U.S. decision to withdraw from the U.N. Human Rights Council, with state media saying the image of the United States as a defender of rights was "on the verge of collapse".
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Massive Tiananmen Vigil Expected in Divided Hong Kong
Tens of thousands of people are to join a candlelit vigil in Hong Kong today to mark the 26th anniversary of China's Tiananmen Square crackdown, with the city deeply divided ahead of a vote on how to choose its next leader.
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China Defends Block on British MPs' Hong Kong Trip
China, on Monday, defended its refusal to allow a group of British MPs into Hong Kong, describing their planned trip to the former colony as "overtly confrontational" in words echoing those of the legislators' leader.
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China Detains Activists for Supporting Hong Kong Protests: Rights Groups
Authorities have detained more than a dozen activists across China and questioned as many as 60 others who expressed support for Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests in recent days, campaign groups said Wednesday.
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West criticises, China defends human rights record at UN
Western countries accused China on Tuesday of arresting activists, curbing Internet use and suppressing ethnic minorities, as the United Nations formally reviewed its rights record for the first time since Xi Jinping became president.
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China blocks Tiananmen anniversary remembrance
Chinese police blocked the gate of a cemetery housing victims of the Tiananmen crackdown on its 24th anniversary today, part of a sweeping annual effort to bar commemorations of the event.
