‘Expats’ was filmed in Hong Kong and includes scenes that depict the 2014 Umbrella Movement protests
Rowena He of The Chinese University of Hong Kong has been denied a visa renewal and cannot return from the US
Since 2018, domes and minarets on mosques across China have been replaced with features considered more Chinese
At least 20 reported dead in capital region, more missing as roads collapse and cars are swept away
New regulations are going after unofficial influencer-like posters who cover disasters, accidents and social issues with penalties that include blacklisting and closing platforms
Officials worry that over the holiday, millions of urban dwellers will spread the virus to relatives in the countryside, which often lacks medical infrastructure
Huang Yingsheng writes that those who ran afoul of the regulations after the advent of omicron, a less deadly variant, should see their cases dropped or be freed and their records cleared
Beijing excludes any death with other underlying causes, such as hypertension, from its covid-related tally, which accounts for only those deaths caused by pneumonia and respiratory failure
Local and provincial leaders are chartering flights abroad for "grabbing orders" to help stabilize a China wobbling out of lockdown losses
As more population centers report negative birth rates, Beijing is shifting its emphasis from the nation's "demographic dividend" to focus on fewer, better educated young workers who are the "talent dividend"
Analysts say that regardless of what happens, bill won’t have big impact on residents
Strict COVID-19 policies, political changes blamed; biggest population drop since record-keeping began
Officials cancel gathering because of COVID, but that cannot quash remembrance of China’s 1989 massacre, some residents say
Lawyers for Jimmy Lai appeal to U.N. human rights office, calling charges against their client “legal harassment”
Local residents, officials question effectiveness of China’s zero-COVID policy in nation’s most populous city as daily case counts hit record highs
The candidates, many related to lawyers and other activists arrested in a 2015 purge, say they withdrew rather than risk their personal safety
Local activists need to better understand mainland politics, society and government, says Chow Hang Tung, on the first anniversary of the national security law
State media suggested displeasure over Do Not Split, a documentary short on Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests and nomination of Chinese director Chloe Zhao’s Nomadland prompted the move
But urbanites are reluctant to move to the countryside under current household registration system that benefits them but perpetuates regional income inequality
As state-run media trumpet milestone to burnish President Xi Jinping’s image ahead of the Communist Party’s 100th anniversary in July, many remain in dire circumstances, according to international standards
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