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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 625

Hong Kong

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang, right, at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, June 18, 2023. (Leah Millis/Pool Photo via AP)
June 18, 2023, 1:40 pm
Blinken in Beijing on high-stakes mission to cool soaring US-China tension
US secretary of state has plenty to discuss in Chinese capital, from human rights issues to trade with Taiwan, Hong Kong, and detained American citizens
By Matthew Lee
Israeli startup Verobotics develops autonomous AI-powered robots used to clean and inspect the facades of high-rise buildings. (Courtesy)
January 18, 2023, 8:39 pm
Meet the Israeli robot spiderman that will clean skyscraper facades in Hong Kong
Verobotics inks $5.4 million deal for its AI-powered ‘human-like’ vertical robots to clean and inspect the exterior of high-rise buildings in Hong Kong
By Sharon Wrobel
A view of Schragel’s Bagels in Hong Kong. (Jordyn Haime/ JTA)
June 30, 2022, 1:30 am
In Hong Kong, dreams for a new Jewish deli devolve into a war between owners
A dispute is going public via the restaurant’s social media, splitting the public and airing unsavory accusations of harassment, mob-like activity and cultural appropriation
By Jordyn Haime
Policemen stand guard in front of the Tiananmen Gate during the 33rd anniversary of the June 4, 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Beijing, June 4, 2022. (Noel Celis/AFP)
June 4, 2022, 9:46 am
Talk of Tiananmen stifled in China, Hong Kong on massacre’s 33rd anniversary
Police boost presence, check IDs in Beijing while authorities close off Hong Kong park where annual vigil held for pro-democracy protesters killed in 1989 crackdown
By AFP
Workers are seen wearing protective clothes next to some lockdown areas after the detection of new cases of COVID-19 in Shanghai, March 14, 2022. (Hector RETAMAL / AFP)
March 14, 2022, 5:47 pm
China battles multiple COVID outbreaks fueled by ‘stealth Omicron’ variant
New strain challenges country’s zero-tolerance virus strategy as ‘different districts adopt different policies’; Hong Kong leader unsure if public ‘would accept further measures’
By Agencies
Hong Kong police show their new goose step marching style on the National Security Education Day at a police school in Hong Kong Thursday, April 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
January 15, 2022, 6:36 am
Hong Kong police switch to goose-stepping ‘to show patriotism’
Straight-legged marching stride has become a hallmark of authoritarian regimes including Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China.
By AFP
People hold up their phones with the light on in the Causeway Bay district of Hong Kong on June 4, 2021, after police closed the venue where Hong Kong people traditionally gather annually to mourn the victims of China's Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989 which the authorities have banned citing the coronavirus pandemic and vowed to stamp out any protests on the anniversary. (ISAAC LAWRENCE / AFP)
June 5, 2021, 9:17 am
Israeli hosting firm Wix removes Hong Kong democracy website after police order
Tel Aviv-based company says decision to remove site was ‘mistake,’ reinstates it when 1st known case of police using new law to demand overseas firms censor content becomes public
By AFP
Pro-democracy activist Lee Cheuk-yan, center, arrives at a court in Hong Kong Friday, April 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
April 16, 2021, 1:36 pm
Leaders of Hong Kong pro-democracy movement jailed amid crackdown
5 activists receive up to 18-month sentences for organizing massive protests in August 2019; 82-year-old lawyer let off due to his age
By Zen Soo
Pedestrians walk on a street in Hong Kong on March 31, 2021. (Anthony WALLACE / AFP)
April 3, 2021, 1:52 pm
Hong Kong to vet political candidates’ past to ensure loyalty to China
China says it will move to ensure only ‘patriots’ run the city, amid ongoing crackdown on democracy movement
By AFP
American human rights lawyer John Clancey, center, is arrested by police in Hong Kong, January 6, 2021. (Apple Daily/AP)
January 7, 2021, 1:22 pm
Pompeo threatens China sanctions over mass arrests of Hong Kong rights activists
US secretary of state slams ‘Communist oppression,’ calls for immediate release of dozens including a US lawyer; Beijing says Trump administration staging ‘final madness’
By AFP
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo leaves the White House in Washington on December 11, 2020. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP)
December 31, 2020, 8:13 pm
Pompeo says China’s jailing of activists shows it is a ‘fragile dictatorship’
US secretary of state calls for immediate release of 12 Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters arrested while trying to flee to Taiwan, 10 of whom have been jailed
By AFP
In this December 3, 2018, file photo, residents line up inside the Artux City Vocational Skills Education Training Service Center which has previously been revealed by leaked documents to be a forced indoctrination camp at the Kunshan Industrial Park in Artux in western China's Xinjiang region. (AP/Ng Han Guan, File)
December 19, 2020, 1:09 pm
Olympic Committee accused of ignoring human rights for 2022 Beijing Games
Groups speaking for Tibetans, Uighurs and others representing Hong Kong say international body has ‘turned a blind eye’ to systematic violations
By Stephen Wade
Anne Frank in her school in Amsterdam. (Public domain)
September 19, 2020, 5:44 pm
Hong Kong company’s blush named for Anne Frank sparks complaints
Cosmetics firm removes item from catalog of products named for inspiring women, after it’s accused of disrespecting the iconic teenage Jewish diarist
By JTA
Belarusian opposition supporters gather for a protest rally in front of the government building at Independent Square in Minsk, Belarus, August 18, 2020. (Dmitri Lovetsky/AP)
August 19, 2020, 11:01 pm
Rights activists raise alarm over Israeli cellphone hacking tech sold to Belarus
Lobbyists urge Defense Ministry to curb export of Cellebrite’s technology to Lukashenko regime as long-time dictator cracks down on opposition
By ToI Staff
Police lead Hong kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai (C) away from his home after he was arrested under the new national security law in Hong Kong on August 10, 2020. (Vernon Yuen/AFP)
August 10, 2020, 10:00 pm
Hong Kong police raid offices of pro-democracy newspaper, arrest owner
In sweeping crackdown following China’s passage of security law, authorities detain and charge Jimmy Lai, his two sons and other activists
By Jerome TAYLOR and Su Xinqi
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