In a separate case, the 47-year-old Australian was sentenced Wednesday to 50 weeks in prison in the UK for jumping bail in 2012 and holing up in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. At the time, he was facing extradition to Sweden for questioning over rape and sexual assault allegations made by two women.
In a government statement, a spokesman for the Centre for Health Protection said that from March 2 through Sunday, more than half of the 46 infection cases in Hong Kong were imported cases. Seven other patients visited places outside Hong Kong during part of the incubation period. So far, Hong Kong has recorded 148 infection cases.
In a meeting with the press on Tuesday, lawmaker Kwok Wai-keung from the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions — the largest group representing the city's labor sector — praised the new measures. He said they will help Hong Kong deal with its growing aging population and widening wealth gap.
In a statement issued Sunday night, a Hong Kong SAR government spokesman said the radical protesters’ illegal acts deprive the rights of other members of the public to use the MTR, the railway and metro system in the city.
In a report released last month, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in the EU expressed concern over the tighter screening of foreign direct investment in the EU, and on discriminative treatment that some Chinese companies have received in the fields of technology and energy.
In a reply issued on Friday, the department asked whether the three US news organizations had spoken out against Washington's "ever escalating political crackdown" on Chinese reporters who work in the US.
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In Zhang's workshop, seals that stamp English names such as Matthew are not as rare as they were ten years ago.
In a clothing store, Hou Pengna, a personal shopper, picks different styles of garment and hats for her client. [Photo by Hao Tong/for China Daily]
In a suit filed in San Francisco on Friday the nonprofit US WeChat Users Alliance and several others said they rely on the app for work, worship and staying in touch with relatives in China. The plaintiffs said they are not affiliated with WeChat or its parent company, Tencent Holdings.
In a warning issued by the Civil Aviation Administration of China on Friday, it said some flight personnel of Cathay Pacific had participated in violent acts and were charged for related crimes, but they were not being banned from flying.