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Archive - 8 December 2017 19:13

Carrie Lam
Business • Hong Kong

Carrie Lam hails new economic heights, with annual growth expected to exceed 3.7%

8 December 2017 19:13
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Video: ‘Life in China will never get bored’, says Xinhua’s new rap song on foreign residents

8 December 2017 16:51
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Police investigate alleged threats by real estate trust against lawmaker Regina Ip

8 December 2017 15:28
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‘It is full of prejudices against China’: Beijing protests Australian foreign interference laws

8 December 2017 15:00
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Hong Kong • Politics & Protest

Heritage grading of historic Union Church to remain unchanged after re-evaluation

8 December 2017 12:07
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European lawmakers concerned about Hong Kong Basic Law interpretations and media self-censorship

8 December 2017 11:55
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Animals • Environment & Health • Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s wet markets selling 17 types of threatened fish, study says

8 December 2017 11:04
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Law & Crime • Politics & Protest • SinoBeat

China, accused of abuses, hosts human rights forum

8 December 2017 08:00

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