People buy food sold at low prices by the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality, in Ankara, on Feb 2, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) ANKARA – Türkiye summoned ambassadors of nine Western countries including the United States and Sweden on Thursday to criticize their decisions to temporarily shut diplomatic missions and issue security alerts following Koran-burning incidents in […]
It has been more than two years since the implementation of the National Security Law for Hong Kong (NSL). Although the law has helped the city restore order from chaos, its implementation still encounters some practical challenges. The most recent example is the debate over whether Timothy Owen, a UK-based lawyer, can represent Jimmy Lai […]
Gregory May, the United States consul general to Hong Kong and Macao who took office last September, delivered a speech at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) recently, full of slanderous remarks about Hong Kong. First, May made a big fuss about media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying’s hiring of a British barrister to […]
The National Security Law for Hong Kong (NSL) has been widely criticized but not widely understood by the Western media and politicians. Not surprisingly, the recent interpretation of the NSL by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPCSC) received a hostile reception from US Consul General to Hong Kong and Macao Gregory May. […]
Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles (right) and Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong attend a joint press conference with their French counterparts, on Jan 30, 2023 in Paris. (PHOTO / AP) LONDON – Australia's foreign and defense ministers will discuss trade and security on a two-day trip to Britain for an annual bilateral summit this week, […]
TOKYO, Feb 1, 2023 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Fujitsu will reveal how innovative open-network technologies and secure network solutions are creating new possibilities for a more sustainable world at MWC Barcelona 2023, the world’s largest mobile industry exhibition. This year’s showcase will focus on the theme of “Opening innovation for people and the […]
Speaking at a forum organized by a US think tank, US Consul General to Hong Kong Gregory May held forth on allegations against Beijing and the Hong Kong Special Administrative government of undercutting the city’s high degree of autonomy, and called on the SAR administration to drop all charges against “individuals unjustly detained” in Hong […]
(LI MIN / CHINA DAILY) The world is undergoing rapid changes because the COVID-19 pandemic is yet to be contained, the global economic recovery remains sluggish, and the industrial and supply chains are still unstable. And the Russia-Ukraine conflict has accelerated the pace of global changes. Amid all this, some countries' Cold War mentality and […]
For the first time since Hong Kong’s return to the motherland, a native of Guangdong, Zheng Yanxiong, was appointed to head up the central government’s liaison office in Hong Kong. Zheng’s previous incarnation as director of the Office for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People’s Government in Hong Kong led many to surmise that […]
In a strongly worded response to the White House decision to extend and expand Deferred Enforced Departure for certain Hong Kong residents in the United States, the Office of the Commissioner of the Chinese Foreign Ministry in Hong Kong on Friday urged Washington to "forsake the pipe dream of containing China with Hong Kong", and […]
A man holds a tapestry depicting the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem and a flag showing a map of historic Palestine superimosed with a key and the word "Return" in English and Arabic during a demonstration against the evacuation of Bedouins in the village of Khan al-Ahmar in the occupied West Bank, near the […]
For the first time since Hong Kong’s return to the motherland, a native of Guangdong, Zheng Yanxiong, was appointed to head up the central government’s liaison office in Hong Kong. Zheng’s previous incarnation as director of the Office for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region led […]
One of the significant consequences of the recent interpretation by the National People’s Congress Standing Committee on Articles 14 and 47 of the National Security Law for Hong Kong is that it has forced the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to reflect more deeply on how best to implement the NSL in its entirety to […]
TOKYO, Jan 25, 2023 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Hitachi Astemo, Ltd., Trend Micro Inc. and its subsidiary VicOne Inc. have expanded their collaboration to provide security solutions for connected cars, aiming for commercialization by 2025. Solution Construction Image Hitachi Astemo’s division that develops in-vehicle components for connected cars has been working with Trend […]
Traditionally, Lunar New Year, often called Spring Festival, represents the desire for family reunions and prosperity. Residents of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region received two timely gifts on the eve of the Year of the Rabbit — quarantine-free travel between the HKSAR and the Chinese mainland, which resumed early this month, and cancellation of […]
For China, the two concepts are inextricably linked, offering hope for Africa and the wider world Children pose for photos with a "flower basket" at Tian'anmen Square in Beijing, Sept 26, 2022. (ZOU HONG / CHINA DAILY) During the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in October, President Xi Jinping said that […]
Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, underscored the importance of fully and accurately implementing the National Security Law for Hong Kong (NSL) at a symposium last Friday. The following day the central government appointed Zheng Yanxiong, former director of the Office for Safeguarding National Security of […]
Speaking at a symposium last Friday on ensuring the accurate enforcement of the National Security Law in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, underscored the positive role of the NSL in ending the city’s chaos and restoring its prosperity, and […]
Speaking at a symposium last Friday on ensuring the accurate enforcement of the National Security Law in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, underscored the positive role of the NSL in ending the city’s chaos and restoring its prosperity, and […]
This undated handout file picture provided by Khabar Online news agency shows former Iranian deputy of defense minister Alireza Akbari, a British-Iranian national, during an interview in Tehran. (KHABAR ONLINE / AFP) TEHRAN – Former Iranian deputy defense minister Alireza Akbari was executed on charges of "espionage against the country," the Mizan news agency of […]
Global Development Initiative and Global Security Initiative can give people better lives The year 2022 was a benchmark in China’s foreign policy achievements. It demonstrated a global vision forging ahead with greater resolve to write a new chapter in major country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics. The dynamic leadership of the Communist Party of China and […]
Editor’s note: The following is the opening statement of Grenville Cross SC at a seminar on “Ensuring the Accurate Implementation of the National Security Law” sponsored by the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China on Jan 13, 2023. I am most grateful to the Chinese […]
A staff member hangs a US national flag before US President Joe Biden arrives for the European Council meeting in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2022. (ZHANG CHENG / XINHUA) The European Union and North Atlantic Treaty Organization issued a joint declaration on cooperation on Tuesday. The third such declaration after the first in 2016 and […]
Singapore, Jan 11, 2023 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – After successful 16 editions of Cyber Security Summit, Exito is all set to host another milestone event- the 17th Edition of Cyber Security Summit, an in-person event organised under the theme Securing Singapore’s Digital Future. The 17th edition of the Cyber Security Summit is an […]
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu requested an interpretation of the National Security Law for Hong Kong (NSL) from the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPCSC) over a legal matter arising from whether Timothy Owen, a British barrister who is not qualified to practice law in Hong Kong, may […]
The focus of the upcoming high-level meetings between Japan and the United States, which will culminate with a summit between US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the White House on Friday, is security cooperation. Right before the summit, Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada and Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi will join […]
Nairobi, Jan 10, 2023 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – After successful 15 editions of Cyber Security Summit, Exito is all set to host another milestone event- which serves as an ideal platform to enhance insights of Kenya’s Cyber Security Models for Tomorow. The Cybersecurity Summit is an invitation-only in-person event exclusively for cybersecurity leaders […]
On Dec 30, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPCSC) delivered an interpretation of Articles 14 and 47 of the National Security Law for Hong Kong (NSL) at the request of Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu, who had requested clarification on whether overseas lawyers can handle cases involving national security issues in the […]
In the colonial days when the Hong Kong Supreme Court, the highest local judicial authority, gave its decisions on appeal cases, they were subject to final appeal to London’s Privy Council. There were numerous instances of the Privy Council overturning decisions of the Supreme Court, which was tantamount to a slap in the face of […]
On Dec 30, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPCSC) delivered an interpretation of Articles 14 and 47 of the National Security Law (NSL) for Hong Kong at the request of Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu on whether overseas lawyers can handle national security cases in the city’s courts. It was a […]