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Virtual idol digital avatars take to the real-life stage in China

Although the phenomenon originated in Japan, virtual idols are now stealing airtime in China, appearing at concerts, TV shows, billboards and even news programmes.

22/12/2020

China

First lunar soil samples collected in 44 years arrive in Beijing

Chinese scientists have laid their hands on a very precious container. Inside are the first samples of soil taken from the surface of the moon in 44 years.

19/12/2020

China

Team of experts to travel to China in search of coronavirus origin

The mission is expected to start next month and continue for four-to-five weeks.

16/12/2020

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Wuhan river swimmers happy to be back after virus lockdown

Wuhan was where the first cases of COVID-19 were detected at the turn of the new year.

14/12/2020

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China condemns new US sanctions over Hong Kong security law

China has lashed out at the United States over its new sanctions against 14 Chinese officials for their actions in Hong Kong.

08/12/2020

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Rare spinning ice disc spotted on China river

The rare phenomenon of a rotating ice disc has been spotted on a river in China.

06/12/2020

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Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai denied bail on fraud charge

Jimmy Lai of Next Digital, which publishes the Apple Daily newspaper, was among 10 people arrested Aug. 10 on what police said was suspicion of violating a national security law and collusion with a foreign country.

03/12/2020

China

Hong Kong pro-democracy activists Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow jailed

Hong Kong pro-democracy activists Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam were sentenced to jail on charges related to an unauthorised anti-government protest last year.

02/12/2020

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China's space probe will bring rocks back to Earth from the moon

It will be the first time samples from the moon have been brought back to Earth since the 1970s.

02/12/2020

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Asia's top wingsuit athlete jumps into the void from Tianmen Mountain

Asia's top wingsuit athlete takes a calm look out across a jagged mountain range in central China before leaping head first off the cliff and speeding towards the ground. Zhang Shupeng's sport consists of jumping into the void from a mountain with a flexible wing-shaped suit.

01/12/2020

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Samples from Chinese mission could unlock 'enigma' of moon's history

A lunar expert says any rocks returned from the moon by China's Chang'e 5 lunar probe could answer the unexplored 'enigma' of the moon's history.

24/11/2020

China

Hong Kong’s Joshua Wong taken into custody after guilty plea

Wong, together with fellow activists Ivan Lam and Agnes Chow, pleaded guilty to charges related to organising, taking part in and inciting protesters to join an unauthorised protest outside police headquarters last June.

23/11/2020

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Hong Kong students chant pro-democracy slogans in rare act of defiance

A new national security law has all but wiped out the mass democracy protests that rocked the city last year and has left swathes of the population too scared to speak out.

19/11/2020

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UK & allies demand China reinstate Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmakers

Australia, Britain, Canada, New Zealand and the US accused China of orchestrating a concerted campaign to silence all critical voices in Hong Kong and breaching international obligations.

19/11/2020

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China has the world's tallest outdoor lift

Located in China's Zhangjiajie Forest Park, it whisks visitors up a cliff face in just 88 seconds.

18/11/2020

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British diplomat praised for saving drowning woman in China

Stephen Ellison jumped into a stream to rescue a woman after she fell into the water in a village on the outskirts of Chongqing.

17/11/2020

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Hong Kong: Seven pro-democracy lawmakers arrested

Police said the arrests are part of an investigation into a May 8 committee meeting in which pro-democracy lawmakers rushed toward the chairperson’s seat and security guards shoved back.

01/11/2020

China

Coronavirus: China to test entire city of 9 million people over 5 days

Earlier this year, China screened the whole city of Wuhan, home to around 11 million people, for the virus.

12/10/2020

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COVID-19 vaccine 'will be ready by early 2021', says Chinese company

Yin Weidong, the CEO of SinoVac, said he was confident that the vaccine would be available in the European Union.

25/09/2020

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Scores arrested at protest over Hong Kong election delay

Nearly 100 people were arrested by Hong Kong police on Sunday as riot officers swooped on democracy protesters opposed to the postponement of local elections.

06/09/2020

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Hong Kong begins mass-testing for virus amid public doubts

More than 500,000 people in the city of 7.5 million signed up in advance for the program, which will last at least a week.

01/09/2020

China

First 'proven' case of COVID-19 reinfection in Hong Kong

The 33-year-old man was first diagnosed with COVID-19 in late March but tested positive again while being tested after he returned to Hong Kong from Spain via Britain on August 15.

24/08/2020

China

Hong Kong slams US decision to suspend extradition and tax treaties

Hong Kong has faced mounting international pressure following Beijing's implementation of a national security law which has been viewed as an attack on the “one country, two systems” framework under which the city has been governed since its return to China in 1997.

20/08/2020

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Thousands attend pool party in Wuhan, former COVID-19 epicentre

Attendance was capped at 50% of normal capacity - but women got in half price.

18/08/2020

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Creativity from adversity: Arty face masks inspired by coronaviru

Costume designer and actor Edmond Kok has created more than 170 experimental face masks, inspired both by the pandemic and Hong Kong's own political problems.

16/08/2020

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Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon released on bail

Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai was released on bail over a day after he and other critics of China were rounded up by police as part of a widening crackdown on dissent.

12/08/2020