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Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong speaks out on national security law amid reports his book is 'unde...

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong speaks out on national security law amid reports his book is 'unde...

ABC News — "We will never give up and surrender to Beijing," said Wong. While Hong Kong's new national security law may have caused some well-known activists to flee the city or censor what they say, Joshua Wong appears to be standing his ground.
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Hong Kong clashes over new security law

Hong Kong clashes over new security law

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'Adapt or die': Turkey restaurants rise to coronavirus challenge

'Adapt or die': Turkey restaurants rise to coronavirus challenge

Al Jazeera — Istanbul, Turkey- Tucked away in Istanbul's charming Asmalı Mescit neighbourhood, German-Turkish Chef Cem Eksi would normally be plating up colourful, modern Mediterranean dishes in his intimate 15-seater bistro, Mabou. But coronavirus restrictions have forced him to do away with his planned spring menu and rethink his entire approach.
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Turkey is awash in plastic waste. Coronavirus could make it worse

Turkey is awash in plastic waste. Coronavirus could make it worse

Al Jazeera — Taking advantage of the warmer weather on a late autumn day last year, the Sahin family packed their car and travelled about an hour out of Istanbul to spend some time at the beach. "My father used to bring us here as kids and now I bring mine," 42-year-old Ayse Sahin told Al Jazeera.
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Anniversary anxiety: Hong Kong businesses remain on edge

Anniversary anxiety: Hong Kong businesses remain on edge

Al Jazeera — Hong Kong, China - "For better or worse, it will be the day that changes this movement," says Hong Kong protest organiser Bonnie Leung, referring to October 1, when China marks 70 years since the founding of the People's Republic.
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A lack of affordable housing feeds Hong Kong's discontent

A lack of affordable housing feeds Hong Kong's discontent

Al Jazeera — Hong Kong - Oliver Liu, 35, describes how, in the late 1970s, his father read an advertisement in a local newspaper for a new round of public housing flats going up for sale in Hong Kong.
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Christmas cancelled: Chinese factories feel chill of US trade war

Christmas cancelled: Chinese factories feel chill of US trade war

Al Jazeera — "See all those machines?" Godfrey Chan, managing director of Max Fortune, points at a section of his factory, where row upon row of industrial printers sit in the dark. "They've been idle since the tariffs came in." On the factory floor, stacks of glossy paper are being churned out and embossed with images of snowmen and Santa Claus.
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Bridge to China threatens Hong Kong's pink dolphin | Reuters Video

Bridge to China threatens Hong Kong's pink dolphin | Reuters Video

Reuters — Hong Kong's rare pale pink dolphins are battling for survival as building work on a 19-mile bridge linking the Asian financial hub with China disrupts the communication and feeding activities of the highly sociable animals, marine experts say. Britt Clennett reports.
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Hong Kong bookseller reportedly detained by China again

Hong Kong bookseller reportedly detained by China again

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Changing Face - Cosmetic Surgery Boom in China 中国的整容热潮

Changing Face - Cosmetic Surgery Boom in China 中国的整容热潮

CGTN — In this special feature for CGTN, I peer into the country's cosmetic surgery boom, speaking to a number of people who've altered their looks through surgery - some successfully, others who were left with more than physical scars.
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Hong Kong legislative elections postponed, democrats cry foul

Hong Kong legislative elections postponed, democrats cry foul

ABC News — Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced the postponement due to COVID-19 surges. In a politically turbulent Hong Kong, the decision to postpone legislative elections for the first time since the city's return to China is likely to fan flames even further.
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Hong Kong's COVID-19 surge

Hong Kong's COVID-19 surge

ABC News — ABC News' Britt Clennet reports on the rise of coronavirus cases in Hong Kong and other parts of Asia and Australia, and how the region is managing the surge.
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'Dark new phase' in Hong Kong as pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai is arrested, his newsroom r...

'Dark new phase' in Hong Kong as pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai is arrested, his newsroom r...

ABC News — It is not clear what specific action led to the 72-year-old's arrest. Once seen as the bastion of free press and speech in Asia, Hong Kong now appears to be changing day by day. Police detained the city's most prominent media tycoon and Beijing critic, Jimmy Lai, under the new national security law on Monday morning.
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New Zealand back on alert after 3 COVID-free months

New Zealand back on alert after 3 COVID-free months

ABC News — New Zealand went 102 days without recording any new community infections. President Donald Trump turned attention to New Zealand's recent spike of coronavirus cases: "Big surge in New Zealand. It's terrible. You know, we don't want that." Trump made the remarks while speaking in Minnesota on Monday, as the United States recorded nearly 42,000 new cases of COVID-19.
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New Zealand mosque attacker sentenced to life in prison without parole

New Zealand mosque attacker sentenced to life in prison without parole

ABC News — Fifty-one people were killed in the Christchurch mosques. "Your crimes are so wicked that even if you are detained until you die, it will not exhaust the requirements of punishment," said Judge Cameron Mander on Thursday, handing down New Zealand's maximum sentence to the man who carried out the country's worst gun massacre at two mosques in Christchurch on March 15 last year.
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Hong Kong's 'rebellious' tycoon Jimmy Lai says his pro-democratic paper will push on despite the ...

Hong Kong's 'rebellious' tycoon Jimmy Lai says his pro-democratic paper will push on despite the ...

ABC News — The 71-year-old is accused of collusion with foreign forces. Jimmy Lai's future is uncertain. The media tycoon is one of Hong Kong's most prominent pro-democracy activists and one of Beijing's most ardent critics. This, according to Lai, makes him "a logical target" of the Chinese government.
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Inside Hong Kong's Apple Daily newspaper as China clamps down on press freedom

Inside Hong Kong's Apple Daily newspaper as China clamps down on press freedom

youtube.com — ABC News' Britt Clennett reports on Hong Kong's pro-democracy tabloid, which has come under fire as China asserts its dominance in the region, and continues ...
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East Asia's coronavirus playbook: Reporter's notebook

East Asia's coronavirus playbook: Reporter's notebook

ABC News — The response spawned from the region's trauma from deadly outbreaks in the past. HONG KONG -- For Hong Kongers, this pandemic year has brought on a deep feeling of deja vu. In 2003, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome killed 774 of the 8,098 people it infected worldwide -- more than a third of those deaths were in Hong Kong.
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Video: How Asia contained COVID-19

Video: How Asia contained COVID-19

ABC News — The United States is now hovering between one to 200000. New cases a day places like Vietnam for example are still in a single digits while the world battles Kobe has are doing a better job than others certainly better than the United States as are brick clinic reports.
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Hong Kong rebel media tycoon Jimmy Lai becomes most prominent person charged under national secur...

Hong Kong rebel media tycoon Jimmy Lai becomes most prominent person charged under national secur...

ABC News — He is accused of colluding with foreign forces. Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been charged under the city's controversial national security law, accused of colluding with foreign forces, as a crackdown on Beijing critics intensifies.
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How will President Joe Biden handle China?

How will President Joe Biden handle China?

youtube.com — ABC News' Britt Clennett reports on how the new Biden administration will have its hands full with an emboldened China.ABC News Live Prime, Weekdays at 7EST ...
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47 Hong Kong activists and politicians charged for state subversion, most severe use of the natio...

47 Hong Kong activists and politicians charged for state subversion, most severe use of the natio...

ABC News — HONG KONG -- Hong Kong is a step closer to being left without a democratic opposition camp as authorities brought charges against 47 activists for conspiracy to commit subversion under the national security law.
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China moves to overhaul Hong Kong's electoral system in 'great leap backwards' for city's democra...

China moves to overhaul Hong Kong's electoral system in 'great leap backwards' for city's democra...

ABC News — HONG KONG -- Beijing is poised to block any remaining avenues for the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement, leaving the opposition with no way to attain elected office in the Chinese territory.
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Creators of famous Sophia robot reveal AI robotics for children, elderly | Nightline

Creators of famous Sophia robot reveal AI robotics for children, elderly | Nightline

youtube.com — At Hanson Robotics Lab in Hong Kong, the 23rd version of Sophia features skin and simulated muscles. Two new robots were made to help kids learn and provide ...
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