Helen Davidson

A Hong Kong court has sentenced 45 pro-democracy activists to jail terms ranging from four to 10 years in the territory's largest national security

Hong Kong court has sentenced 45 pro-democracy figures to jail terms of between four and 10 years, in the city's largest national security prosecution since the law's introduction in 2020.

Governments and human rights groups have expressed concern and outrage at the sentencing of 45 pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong after the city's largest national security trial.

Some experts liken tariffs to a game of whack-a-mole, with trade flows simply rerouted if the potential rewards are big enough

Pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai has taken the stand in Hong Kong, testifying for the first time after being charged with foreign collusion under the city's punitive national security law.

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Detained pro-democracy activist spoke for first time about charges against him under Hong Kong national security law

In the laneways of Ubud, three older Chinese women are laughing as they take photos of a friend posing under a cascade of tropical flowers.

China’s economic malaise, however, means its people have been slower to join the global wave of post-pandemic ‘revenge travel’

A new and high-stakes escape route has been revealed, through the Indonesian archipelago to a smuggler’s boat