Hong Kong transgender activist Henry Tse finally received a new ID card reflecting his gender change, after a yearslong legal battle to change the document.
“What is normal for many people has finally become normal for us,” Tse said. apnews.com/article/87c96f…

1/A year ago, Chinese scientists published data from samples collected at a Wuhan market at the heart of the COVID outbreak - startling many, given it happened years ago. Then the data got retracted.

Maria Cheng and I tried to find out why. Our findings:
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in a time where filter bubbles dominate how we engage with the outside world, one group in Taiwan has found the magic to pop that bubble: 假新聞清潔劑 or Fake News Cleaner
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Hong Kong’s leader said prisoners convicted for serious national security crimes would not likely be granted early release under the tightened rules of a new national security law, signaling a hardening government stance against jailed political activists. apnews.com/article/c025dd…

How will a new national security law affect different walks of life in Hong Kong? apnews.com/article/633e91…

Hong Kong lawmakers unanimously approved a new national security law on Tuesday that grants the government more power to quash dissent, widely seen as the latest step in a sweeping political crackdown that was triggered by pro-democracy protests in 2019. apnews.com/article/37e1ac…

A Hong Kong court sentenced 12 people to prison over the storming of the city’s legislative council building at the height of the anti-government protests in 2019. Their jail terms ranged between 4.5 years and 6 years and 10 months. apnews.com/article/368845…

Three former organizers of Hong Kong’s annual vigil in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on pro-democracy protests lost their bid to overturn their conviction Thursday over their refusal to provide authorities with information on the group apnews.com/article/5def5b…

New: China and Switzerland are pushing for Russia to be invited to Swiss-held talks aimed at bringing an eventual end to the war in Ukraine

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