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Hong Kong student pleads not guilty to insulting China’s anthem during World Cup qualifier
A 19-year-old student has pleaded not guilty to insulting China’s national anthem during a 2026 World Cup Asian qualifier in Hong Kong last June. Lau Pun-hei entered his not guilty plea to the ...
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The misery behind China’s national anthem, March of the Volunteers, and what its growing presence means for Hong Kong
Nie’s March of the Volunteers was a provisional anthem for New China in 1949, and he was posthumously conferred the highest accolade, “The People’s Musician”. While Nie was revered ...
Video of New Year's Eve countdown in China altered and shared as pro-Yoon rally
As South Korea's Constitutional Court deliberated the formal impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, his supporters shared a ...
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HK’s China national anthem bill aims to legislate ‘respect’
HONG KONG--Hong Kong’s legislature is moving forward on a controversial bill that would criminalize abuse of China’s national anthem. A second reading of the bill is being held in the ...
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Hong Kong’s national anthem law explained: What is it and why is it controversial?
The controversial bill would make is illegal to insult ‘March of the Volunteers’, China’s national anthem. Protests outside the legislature are expected. If passed into law by the city’s ...