My poems were written in anger after Tiananmen Square. But what motivates most prison writing is a fear of forgetting. Today I am free, but the regime has never stopped its war on wordsMost of my manuscripts are locked up in the filing cabinets of the ministry of security, and the agents there study and ponder them repeatedly, more carefully than the...

The territory’s justice minister has called for the anthem to be removed from the internet in the wake of the rulingHong Kong has demanded a protest song that was made popular during pro-democracy demonstrations in the territory be removed from the internet, in the wake of a court ruling which banned it.In its judgment on Wednesday, the court of appeal...

Critics said proposal to build canal linking Atlantic and Pacific would endanger environment and rural communitiesNearly a decade after it broke ground on a controversial plan to build a canal linking the Atlantic and the Pacific, Nicaragua has canceled a concession granted to a Chinese businessman to complete the project which critics said would endanger...

Online fashion retailer cut over 1,000 jobs in year to February amid competition from rival Shein and resurgent high streetBoohoo has cut more than 1,000 jobs and dived into debt after its losses soared and sales slumped 13% amid heavy competition from the Chinese online seller Shein and the revival of the high street after the pandemic lockdowns.The...

Increase in cases reflects changing mood across continent towards Chinese threats, say expertsAs China’s president, Xi Jinping, arrived in Serbia for the second leg of his European tour, authorities across the continent were grappling with a wave of allegations about Chinese spying.On Tuesday, the UK prime minister, Rishi Sunak, revealed that a “malign...

Exclusive: Vast web of fake shops touting designer brands took money and personal details from 800,000 people in Europe and US, data suggestsMore than 800,000 people in Europe and the US appear to have been duped into sharing card details and other sensitive personal data with a vast network of fake online designer shops apparently operated from China.An...