The move will kill off Liberal Studies, which the authorities have blamed for a string of mass protest movements in recent years, a teachers' union official says.
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Ren Quanniu is notified by the Henan provincial judicial affairs bureau that his license to practice law has been revoked.
The move comes after citizen journalists who reported on the early days of the pandemic from Wuhan were detained, 'disappeared,' or imprisoned.
The law, which gives China's coast guard authority to use military force against other countries' ships in disputed waters of the South China Sea, is 'normal domestic legislation,' China says.
Business owners say they expect an onslaught of Western economic sanctions to hit their businesses, while analysts say China's Belt and Road initiative could also be affected.
The ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has repeatedly detained or jailed critics of the government's handling of the early stages of the pandemic in Wuhan.
Up to five million people could now live, work, and study in the UK, offering a refuge from a national security crackdown in the city.
Manila will likely pursue an independent foreign policy, but is expected to continue a decades-long friendship with the US, Delfin Lorenzana says.
Wang Peng's U.S.$300,000 studio is razed after he was warned off a planned exhibit.
The passports offer a potential route to citizenship for more than 70 percent of the city's population.
Xi Xiangdong is subjected to disciplinary proceedings after he spoke out against the mistreatment of a client.
The housing project underscores how China is working to grow and support the populations of its remote island outposts.
Guo has been prevented from traveling to the U.S. to take care of his children while his wife battles advanced cancer.
A decree from ruling Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping paves the way for further purges of democrats and dissidents from public life.
Niu Tengyu, 20, is jailed for 14 years, with his mother saying he was tortured to elicit a 'confession.'
The Chinese company's submission contained 'various deficiencies" suggesting they were not ready to proceed, the governor of Cavite province says.
China's law gives its coast guard authority to fire on foreign vessels in the contested South China Sea, almost all of which it claims as its own.
Zhang Hai, who lost his father in the outbreak of COVID-19, says he fears the WHO will be used as a 'propaganda tool' by Beijing.
The move prompts an outcry on social media, with some saying they won't be going back home for Lunar New Year.
The two ships, one crewed by Chinese nationals and the other by Iranians, had lowered their flags and turned off their automatic identification systems in an attempt to escape detection.
China sends warplanes, announces further military maneuvers, while apparently floating the idea of vaccine diplomacy in Taiwan.
Chief executive Carrie Lam says it's up to Beijing to decide how the city's top job should be allocated.
The developments point to heightened tensions in South China Sea less than a week after the Jan. 20 inauguration of Joe Biden.
Some say that ship-to-ship oil transfers are common and legal, though, and that the ships if blocking sea lanes should only have been fined and not seized.
China flies a complex array of aircraft in a record number of sorties, sending both a political and a military message.
Xu Zhiyong and rights lawyer Ding Jiaxi are being charged with 'subversion of state power,' according to their lawyers.
Analysts see the new law as an attempt to provide grounds for escalating the China Coast Guard's assertive behavior in the South China Sea.
China’s excessive claims and its assertive behavior are setting off alarm bells in in a growing number of capitals—both in Southeast Asia and beyond.
The lockdown is the first to be imposed on the city of 7.5 million since the start of the pandemic.
Radio Television Hong Kong terminates the civil service contract of Nabela Qoser after she asked tough questions over the Yuen Long mob attack.