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Sebastien Lai, son of imprisoned Hong Kong media publisher Jimmy Lai, speaks, during a preview of the Geneva Summit for Human Rights, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)
Son of Hong Kong ex-publisher Jimmy Lai says 77-year-old could die in jail and calls for his release
The son of prominent Hong Kong former publisher Jimmy Lai, who is facing possible life imprisonment in the Chinese city, has called for his father’s release in a high-profile national security case.
 
In this photo taken Jan 20, 2025 and released by Guo Qingshan, a view of the "puppy mountain" which went viral over the internet in China seen in Yichang, a city in central China's Hubei Province. (Guo Qingshan via AP)
‘Puppy Mountain’ photo draws onlookers to a Chinese riverside
A vacation photo posted online by Shanghai-based designer Guo Qingshan and captioned “Puppy Mountain” has become a sensation in China. It even has created a tourist destination.
 
In this photo provided by Zhang Yazhou, she sits on the roof of her damaged Tesla Model 3 with a bullhorn outside a Tesla dealership in Zhengzhou, the capital of central China’s Henan province, on March, 9, 2021. Banner reads, “Tesla brake failure.” (Courtesy Zhang Yazhou via AP)
Takeaways: Tesla has sued Chinese customers and journalists — and won almost every time
Tesla has sued its own customers and journalists in China for defamation and won just about every time.
 
This photo provided by Zhang Yazhou shows her damaged Tesla Model 3, left, which her father was driving when it hit two other cars before crashing to a halt against a concrete barrier in Anyang, a city in central China’s Henan province, on Feb. 21, 2021. Zhang was in the passenger seat. Her mother and her one-year-old niece were at the back. (Zhang Yazhou via AP)
Her parents were injured in a Tesla crash. She ended up having to pay Tesla damages
Tesla has sued its own customers and journalists in China for defamation – and won just about every time.
 
Rave attendees dance in an abandoned air raid shelter in Guangzhou, China on Aug. 20, 2023. (Fang Qi via AP)
Welcome to China’s underground raves, from street techno to quotes from Chairman Mao
By day, Xing Long works in an office for a state-owned company in Changchun, an industrial city in the northeastern rust belt of China.
 
FILE - In this file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, staff members work in an inflatable COVID-19 testing lab provided by Chinese biotech company BGI Genomics, a subsidiary of BGI Group, in Beijing, June 23, 2020. (Chen Zhonghao/Xinhua via AP, File)
US House clears a largely bipartisan package of bills to counter China
The U.S. House this week approved a sweeping package of bills to counter China’s influence. It shores up a largely bipartisan push to ensure America comes out ahead in the competition between the world’s superpowers.
 
FILE - China and Hong Kong flags are hung as the city marks China's national day in Hong Kong, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei, File)
Hong Kong hits out at US Congress for passing a bill that could close its representative offices
Hong Kong’s government says the U.S. House of Representatives twisted facts in an attack on the city as it passed a bill that could close its representative offices in America. Beijing also threatened to take countermeasures if they are shuttered.
 
A man holds up an umbrella against the rain as he walks past an ad promoting the latest blockbuster new Chinese video game "Black Myth: Wukong" in Beijing, Friday, Aug. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
A blockbuster Chinese video game sparks debate on sexism in the nation’s gaming industry
A blockbuster new Chinese video game is smashing records. “Black Myth: Wukong” drew millions of players within hours of its launch in August and is being hailed as a milestone in China’s gaming industry.
 
This image provided by Sophie Luo shows her husband, Ding Jiaxi, Oct. 8, 2017, at Niagara Falls in New York. (Sophie Luo via AP)
Jailed Chinese activist faces another birthday alone in a cell, his wife says
Ding Jiaxi knew he would spend his 57th birthday alone in a Chinese prison cell, without a phone call from family or a chance to stretch in the sunlight. It was the activist’s fifth year in those conditions.