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☆ Hong Kong court rejects bid to terminate sedition trial of Stand News
  + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Jessie Pang Darerca Siu | Jessie Pang | Darerca Siu | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
[1/2] Former acting chief editor of Stand News Patrick Lam leaves the court after release on bail over his charge of conspiring to publish "Seditious Publications" in Hong Kong, China November 7, 2022. REUTERS/Tyrone SiuHONG KONG, Dec 22 (Reuters) - A Hong Kong Court on Thursday rejected an application to terminate a sedition trial against now-defunct online media outlet Stand News, a case that could see two former top editors jailed if convicted. Former editors Chung Pui-kuen, 53, and Patrick Lam, 35, and the outlet's parent company, Best Pencil (Hong Kong) Limited, have been charged with conspiracy to publish seditious material related to news articles and commentaries between July 2020 and December last year. Hong Kong's government has said press freedom is enshrined in the city's mini-constitution, the Basic Law. Reporting by Jessie Pang and Darerca Siu; Editing by Stephen CoatesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
☆ Hong Kong to drop COVID test for bars, entertainment venues
  + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
HONG KONG, Dec 20 (Reuters) - People in Hong Kong will from Thursday no longer need to show a negative COVID-19 test to get into bars and restaurants while cinemas and performing venues will be allowed to operate at full capacity, health authorities said. Hong Kong has for nearly three years largely followed China's lead in tackling the novel coronavirus. While Hong Kong has effectively dismantled many of its stringent COVID rules in recent months, masks are still compulsory in public places unless exercising, and a vaccine pass is required to enter many venues. Lee will go on a four-day duty visit to Beijing on Wednesday where he said he would report on Hong Kong's political and economic environment as well as the COVID situation. A closely anticipated full reopening of Hong Kong's border with mainland China and quarantine free travel between both places is expected to be on the agenda.
☆ Google refused Hong Kong request over protest anthem - HK official
  + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( Darerca Siu Jessie Pang | Darerca Siu | Jessie Pang | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
HONG KONG, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Google has refused to change its search results to display China's national anthem, rather than a protest song, when users search for Hong Kong's national anthem, the city's security chief said on Monday, expressing "great regret" at the decision. The row comes after Hong Kong police said they would investigate the playing of "Glory to Hong Kong" - the unofficial anthem of Hong Kong's 2019 pro-democracy protests, at the men's final of a sevens rugby tournament in South Korea in November. The top search term on Google for Hong Kong's anthem is "Glory to Hong Kong". "We've approached Google to request that they put the correct national anthem at the top of their search results, but unfortunately Google refused." "We felt great regret and this has hurt the feelings of Hong Kong people," Tang added.
☆ China's healthcare system put to the test as COVID curbs fade
  + stars: | 2022-12-10 | by ( Ella Cao Ryan Woo | Ella Cao | Ryan Woo | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +5 min
But the popular traditional Chinese medicine Lianhua Qingwen, used for symptoms like fever and cough, and antigen test kits remained harder to find. Online pharmacies across China have run out of drugs and test kits, prompting the government to crack down on hoarding. Heat was insufficient because of "unstable" coal supplies caused by COVID, state-run Baoding Daily reported, without giving details. "I have no fear" of COVID, said Yang, a farmer who is fully vaccinated and with no underlying diseases. China has reported no deaths since easing the COVID curbs, with fatalities to date around 5,200, versus more than 1 million in the United States.
☆ In China's Wuhan, a shadow of reserve and resentment even as COVID lockdowns ease
  + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( Martin Quin Pollard | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +5 min
"We know the country is reopening but we ourselves haven't let down our guard," said one Wuhan cornershop owner. "This has never happened before, not even at the start of the outbreak in 2020," said one Wuhan pharmacist surnamed Liu. Health authorities in Wuhan reported 229 new COVID cases on Thursday, while health authorities in Beijing reported more than 16,000 cases nationwide on the same day. REUTERS/Martin Pollard 1 2 3 4By November, as frustration towards the zero-COVID policies mounted, some Wuhan residents like Sam Yuen, a teacher, joined protests demanding an end to the lockdowns, alongside thousands of others in cities across China. City authorities put the official death toll at 3,869 in April 2020.
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