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China struggles to suppress debate around police brutality case
Lei Yang left home on the night of May 7 to meet relatives at the airport. His death en route has raised questions about the rule of law in China that won't go away.
Philip Wen is the China correspondent for Fairfax Media.
Lei Yang left home on the night of May 7 to meet relatives at the airport. His death en route has raised questions about the rule of law in China that won't go away.
The United States president-elect Donald Trump's Twitter diplomacy is turning geopolitics on its head.Â
Hazardous levels of smog covering an area more than twice the size the state of Victoria have blanketed northern China.
The federal government is set to ratify an extradition treaty with China after a joint parliamentary committee recommended formalising the pact despite opposition from Labor and widespread concerns in the legal community.
It may be news to Trump that the principle of "One China" strikes at the very heart of Beijing's "core interests".
China expressed "serious concern" on Monday after US president-elect Donald Trump said the United States did not necessarily have to stick to its long-held stance that Taiwan is part of "one China".
Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying will not seek a second term as chief executive igniting political manoeuvring by those seeking to replace him next year.
Donald Trump's phone call with Taiwan's leader was the product of a strategy devised even before he became a presidential nominee, say those involved in its planning.
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