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February 7, 2021 to February 13, 2021
Hong Kong’s RTHK suspends BBC World News after ban in China over Xinjiang reporting

Hong Kong’s RTHK suspends BBC World News after ban in China over Xinjiang reporting Hong Kong Free Press - Feb 12, 2021

  • China’s broadcasting regulator has banned BBC World News, accusing it of flouting guidelines over a hard-hitting report on Beijing’s treatment of the country’s Uighur minority. The decision came…
BREAKING: Hong Kong sports venues, cinemas, gov’t services to resume next Thur, as 4th wave of Covid-19 subsides

BREAKING: Hong Kong sports venues, cinemas, gov’t services to resume next Thur, as 4th wave of Covid-19 subsides Hong Kong Free Press - Feb 10, 2021

  • Hong Kong has announced that some Covid-19 social distancing measures will be relaxed from next week. Gyms and beauty parlours will be able to reopen next Thursday, as well as theme parks and ci…
UN rights body demands Suu Kyi's release

UN rights body demands Suu Kyi's release RTHK - Feb 13, 2021

  • The UN's top rights body demanded on Friday that Myanmar's military restore civilian rule and immediately release Aung San Suu Kyi. In a resolution adopted without a vote, the 47-member Human Ri…
The atmosphere of the call was not good, and the U.S.-China relationship was difficult to ease

The atmosphere of the call was not good, and the U.S.-China relationship was difficult to ease 香港獨立媒體網 machine translated - Feb 13, 2021

  • Biden and Xi finally spoke on the phone on the Chinese New Year's Eve in China, and judging from their respective announcements, the atmosphere of the call was general. The two sides said a few …
11.101110 Mong Kok: A 32-year-old man has been charged with unlawful assembly to resist a police officer as a awaiting judge: the defendant resisted violently and at one point want

11.101110 Mong Kok: A 32-year-old man has been charged with unlawful assembly to resist a police officer as a awaiting judge: the defendant resisted violently and at one point want 立場新聞 machine translated - Feb 9, 2021

  • A 32-year-old man has been charged with participating in an unlawful build-up, resisting police officers and having two radio receivers in Mong Kok during clashes at 1110 Mong Kok on 10 November…
Hong Kong radio host faces charges of stirring ‘hatred or contempt’ against gov’t during online show

Hong Kong radio host faces charges of stirring ‘hatred or contempt’ against gov’t during online show Hong Kong Free Press - Feb 8, 2021

  • Hong Kong radio personality Edmund Wan Yiu-sing is accused of breaching a colonial-era sedition law by stirring hatred against the local and Chinese governments during an internet programme. His…
No jury for Hong Kong’s first national security trial – source

No jury for Hong Kong’s first national security trial – source Hong Kong Free Press - Feb 8, 2021

  • by Su Xinqi Hong Kong has decided against using a jury for the first trial under a sweeping national security law imposed by Beijing, a legal source with direct knowledge of the case told AFP on…
Matthew Cheung: The diagnosis of non-action bias is the result of the government's increased fight against the epidemic

Matthew Cheung: The diagnosis of non-action bias is the result of the government's increased fight against the epidemic 熱血時報 machine translated - Feb 7, 2021

  • The Chief Secretary for Administration, Matthew Cheung, said in his latest online post that the siege test would be able to identify hidden patients and completely cut off the chain of transmiss…
Starry Lee denied that the DAB had proposed Transforming Hong Kong as the first Hong Kong to be selected as a national epidemic prevention gap

Starry Lee denied that the DAB had proposed "Transforming Hong Kong" as the first Hong Kong to be selected as a national epidemic prevention gap 852郵報 machine translated - Feb 7, 2021

  • The DAB has recently put forward the "Change Hong Kong" initiative, which means to promote administrative and judicial reform in Hong Kong and to foreshadow the move towards multi-channel partic…
WHO mission to China fails to find source of coronavirus

WHO mission to China fails to find source of coronavirus Hong Kong Free Press - Feb 10, 2021

  • The WHO mission to China to uncover the origins of the coronavirus has failed to identify the source of the pandemic but the team on Tuesday ruled out the Wuhan lab-leak theory propagated by Don…

Audio-chat app Clubhouse inaccessible in mainland China after increased political discussions South China Morning Post - Feb 8, 2021

  • Clubhouse, the popular US audio-chat social media app, became inaccessible in mainland China on Monday evening, following the proliferation of online discussions about sensitive political topics…
No Covid cases found in To Kwa Wan lockdown

No Covid cases found in To Kwa Wan lockdown RTHK - Feb 10, 2021

  • Authorities said on Wednesday no new Covid-19 cases were found among 1,700 residents tested for the virus during an overnight lockdown of two buildings in To Kwa Wan. The government ordered the …
Officials nab scores of suspected Covid test dodgers

Officials nab scores of suspected Covid test dodgers RTHK - Feb 11, 2021

  • Officials say they caught scores of people on Thursday who couldn't prove they had taken Covid tests as ordered. The government said that during a morning operation at two buildings on Nam Cheon…
The Education Bureau issued a message for the reform escort to approve too many current affairs of the General Department to discuss students in general talk

The Education Bureau issued a message for the "reform" escort to approve too many current affairs of the General Department to discuss students "in general talk" 立場新聞 machine translated - Feb 9, 2021

  • The Education Bureau will "reform" the general course of high school, will be named new subjects focus on China's national conditions, is questioned is the national education to return the soul.…
Wuhan Pneumonia: Confirmed pregnant women involved in concealing contact history The Department of Health indicated or took legal action

Wuhan Pneumonia: Confirmed pregnant women involved in concealing contact history The Department of Health indicated or took legal action 香港獨立媒體網 machine translated - Feb 7, 2021

  • There were 27 new confirmed cases of pneumonia in Wuhan today, of which 24 were local, of which 6 were of unknown origin and about 20 were initially confirmed, with a total of 10,636 confirmed c…
10.1101 Huang Daxian: 9 people are accused of illegally assembling 8 people to show that the acquittal of the defendant in court: indiscriminate arrest, evidence is very weak

10.1101 Huang Daxian: 9 people are accused of illegally assembling 8 people to show that the acquittal of the defendant in court: indiscriminate arrest, evidence is very weak 立場新聞 machine translated - Feb 8, 2021

  • Netizens launched the "Six Districts Flowering" on National Day at 10.1101 the year before, which turned into a violent police-civilian clash in which nine people were charged with unlawful asse…

Hong Kong fourth wave: more than 70 people evacuated from rehabilitation centre over Covid-19 outbreak fears; 26 new cases logged South China Morning Post - Feb 9, 2021

  • Authorities have evacuated more than 70 people from a rehabilitation centre in Hong Kong over concerns of a possible Covid-19 cluster and confirmed a resident was among 26 new infections logged …
Little Things Big Meaning the whole group resigned Yumei Yumei did not give up the content of the program cable did not respond to why the freezing of man

"Little Things Big Meaning" the whole group resigned Yumei Yumei did not give up the content of the program cable did not respond to why the freezing of man 眾新聞 machine translated - Feb 11, 2021

  • Wired China Group, Hong Kong News and Finance Group editors resigned en masse earlier, and the entire group of members of another royal program, "Little Things", also resigned, including more th…