In a written ruling on Friday, the Court of First Instance of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region disqualified four opposition members of the Legislative Council (LegCo) on the ground that they deliberately messed up their oaths of office at the swearing-in ceremony last October and therefore violated Article 104 of the Basic Law and Section 21 of Hong Kong's Oaths and Declarations Ordinance.
Vowing to push for "interconnected" growth, leaders at the July 7-8 G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, decided to take concrete actions to build economic resilience, improve sustainability, and assume global responsibility. They also resolved to tackle common challenges facing the international community, including terrorism, people's displacement, poverty, hunger, health problems, unemployment, climate change, energy security and inequality to ensure sustainable development.
Just under two years ago, with then UK prime minister David Cameron looking on, President Xi Jinping declared that relations between China and the United Kingdom were entering a "golden era".
Social media account delves deep into the lives of soldiers and ordinary people who fought against Japanese invasion
Nell Calloway, granddaughter of the late United States' General Claire Lee Chennault, remembers her grandfather as a gentle, ordinary man with a beautiful garden and a love of storytelling.
Shandong government introduced 74 projects in three years to provide jobs and promote development of remote areas
Xiamen University, one of China's most-prestigious schools, is predicting a bright future for its recently opened campus in Malaysia, as Zhao Xinying reports.
Mao Lei arrived at Xiamen University Malaysia to teach Chinese history in February last year. When asked about her initial impressions of the new school, "deserted" was the first word that came to mind.
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