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China blocks shopping app after post on Tiananmen anniversary

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 07 08:07 PM

A Chinese shopping app has been blocked on social media after a post on the anniversary of the deadly Tiananmen Square crackdown of 1989, as Beijing's censorship kicked into gear around the sensitive date. Read more »

Phone lights signal Hong Kong's Tiananmen memories still shine

Yan Zhao, Daniel Suen and Louise Delmotte, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 04 11:43 PM

As the clock struck 8pm in Hong Kong's shopping district of Mong Kok, dozens of people simultaneously turned their mobile phone lights on, a small gesture of defiance in a city where mass remembrance of Beijing's Tiananmen crackdown has been banned. Read more »

Hong Kong cordons off annual Tiananmen vigil site, arrests organizer

Pak Yiu and Clare Jim, Reuters
Posted at Jun 04 06:16 PM

Hong Kong closed off a park where tens of thousands gather annually to commemorate China's 1989 Tiananmen crackdown and arrested the vigil's organizer, in what activists see as suppression of one of the city's main symbols of democratic hope.   Read more »

Ahead of Tiananmen anniversary, Taiwan calls on China to return power to the people

Reuters
Posted at Jun 03 02:31 PM

Taiwan called on China on Thursday to return power to the people and embark upon real political reform rather than avoid facing up to the bloody 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Beijing. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: May 31, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 01 12:35 AM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

Pro-democracy activists appear in Hong Kong court

Peter Parks, AFP
Posted at May 31 06:32 PM

The 47 are charged with subversion under the law for participating in an unofficial primary election, which was scheduled for last year but later postponed.  Read more »

The Myanmar police came for me. My unsuspecting mother offered them traditional tea.

Han Kha-yar* - Reporting ASEAN
Updated as of May 29 11:05 PM

I am determined to carry on journalistic work – as long as I don't get arrested by the police or soldiers.  Read more »

Hong Kong lawmakers pass sweeping pro-Beijing electoral rules

Sharon Abratique, Reuters
Posted at May 27 06:46 PM

HONG KONG - Hong Kong's legislature approved the biggest overhaul of its political system in the quarter century since British rule on Thursday, in a decisive step to assert Beijing's authority over the autonomous city.   Read more »

Words ‘Hong Kong’ and ‘independent’ removed from popular HK park

Kathleen Magramo, South China Morning Post
Posted at May 26 08:33 PM

The words “Hong Kong” and “independent”, which appeared next to each other on a sculpture at a popular waterfront park in Sai Kung, have been removed in a redesign of the installation. Read more »

Myanmar news site says American editor detained

Reuters
Posted at May 25 01:13 PM

Danny Fenster, 37, the managing editor of Frontier Myanmar, one of the country's top independent news sites, was detained at the main international gateway in Yangon while preparing to fly to Malaysia.  Read more »

Myanmar junta leader says Suu Kyi will soon appear

Reuters
Posted at May 22 09:38 PM

Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, faces charges that range from illegally possessing walkie-talkie radios to violating a state secrets law. Read more »

Hong Kong leader flags 'fake news' laws as worries over media freedom grow

Sharon Tam, Reuters
Posted at May 04 07:19 PM

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday the government was working on "fake news" legislation to tackle "misinformation, hatred and lies," as worries grow over media freedoms in the global financial hub. Read more »

Myanmar anti-coup protests, crackdown go on as Saturday marks 3 months

Kyodo News
Updated as of May 01 09:46 PM

YANGON - Saturday marked three months since a military coup in Myanmar that ousted the elected government led by Aung San Suu Kyi. People who call for democracy continued their protests against the coup in various forms including a so-called civil disobedience movement to boycott work. Read more »

China warns US against imposing democratic ideals

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 29 06:30 PM

China warned the United States on Thursday against imposing its democratic ideals, while criticizing trade sanctions and military moves in Beijing's backyard just hours after President Biden's speech on American geopolitical priorities. Read more »

Petition calling for Duterte's resignation gets thousands of signatures

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 19 08:55 AM

An online petition calling for President Rodrigo Duterte's resignation over his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and alleged subservience to China has gathered over 50,000 signatures Monday, days after it was launched by various groups in the country. Read more »

How Beijing's crackdown on dissent unfolded in Hong Kong

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 16 06:58 PM

China has moved to crush Hong Kong's democracy movement after huge and violent protests rocked the finance hub last year, hammering the flickering freedoms and autonomy it promised the city would keep after British colonial rule ended in 1997. Read more »

Jimmy Lai among five Hong Kong democracy activists jailed

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 16 05:51 PM

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was jailed for 12 months on Friday along with four other veteran democracy activists for helping to lead one of the city's biggest-ever protests. Read more »

China reveals foreigner jailed for 11 years, mainland students arrested over Hong Kong protests

William Zheng, South China Morning Post
Posted at Apr 16 12:59 PM

Top law enforcement agency releases details of four national security cases involving mainland students. State television also gives more information on the case of a Chinese-born Belize businessman who was prosecuted a year ago. Read more »

Myanmar junta says protests against its rule dwindling

Reuters
Posted at Apr 09 06:09 PM

Myanmar's military junta said on Friday that a protest campaign against its rule was dwindling since people wanted peace while 18 ambassadors to the country called in a joint statement for the restoration of democracy. Read more »

4 killed in Myanmar protests as junta cracks down on online critics

Reuters
Posted at Apr 03 04:27 PM

Myanmar security forces opened fire on pro-democracy protests on Saturday killing four people, a protester and media said, as the military reinforced its bid to end dissent with arrest warrants for online critics and internet blocks. Read more »