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A viral video of a man beating his wife in China, and police's handling of the case, has renewed a debate online in the country over how to punish domestic abusers.

Last week, a home security video that showed a man from the northwestern city of Xi'an assaulting his wife during a citywide Covid-19 lockdown spread on Chinese social media.

The police response to the incident triggered an even wider uproar, with a related hashtag racking up more than 3.6 million views.

Over the weekend, Xi'an police said the man, surnamed Wang, would be kept in custody for five days then released without criminal charge.

Under a Chinese domestic violence law passed in 2016, perpetrators can be punished with no more than 20 days of police detention. Tougher punishments can only be meted out if there are serious injuries and criminal intent is proved.

The Xi'an video showed the man repeatedly hitting his partner as a child watches from a few feet away.

It was first posted by the woman's relatives and colleagues, then later picked up by official Chinese media.

"Domestic abusers only get punished with five days' detention, and you wonder why Chinese women don't want to get married or have babies?," read one comment on Weibo.

According to police, a fight over family chores had escalated due to the wife's "extreme words and deeds". The statement added that officers had since "criticised and educated" the woman -- a move that triggered a swift online backlash.

"It's no use relying on the law for protection against domestic violence when all they do is criticise the victim," another Weibo commentator said.

The woman "sustained soft-tissue damage," the police said without giving details of her injuries.

The incident happened while Xi'an, a megacity with more than 13 million residents, was under lockdown to curb a coronavirus outbreak.

Wang's employer, a state-owned trading company in Xi'an, issued a notice Saturday saying it had fired him for violating Communist Party rules.

Domestic violence remains pervasive and under-reported in China, especially in rural communities.

There have also been concerns that a recent change to China's divorce laws -- which introduced a mandatory 30-day "cooling-off" period for couples wishing to untie the knot -- could make it harder for victims to leave abusive marriages.

China police response to lockdown domestic violence case sparks uproar

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tuntuu että CCPn ideologia on törmäämässä reaali maailmaan samalla tapaa kuin tapahtui neuvostoliiton aikoina. Diktatuurilla on vaikeutensa, kun kaikki ihmiset ja heidän tapansa eivät sovi samaan muottiin, ja numeroiden valossa heillä on niitä ihmisiä julmetusti.

Herkästi tulee mieleen Judge Dredd ja megacityn ongelmat jotka vain korostuu kun kansalaisia on liikaa. CCP on kuitenkin päättänyt että kaikista pidetään kiinni ja muuta vaihtoehtoa ei ole. Heidän käsityksensä on myös vanhoillisia. Ei pelkästään meidän näkökulmasta mutta myös heidän itsensä.

Voiko Kiina hajota sisäisesti kuten kävi neuvostoliitolle?

 

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Seven US sailors were injured Monday in a Navy F-35C fighter "landing mishap" on an aircraft carrier in the South China Sea, the Navy said.

The accident occurred while the F-35C Lightning II, a stealth combat aircraft, was attempting to land on the USS Carl Vinson during routine flight operations, the US Pacific Fleet said in a statement.

The pilot of the aircraft was in stable condition after ejecting and being rescued by a helicopter.
Seven sailors were injured, three of whom were evacuated to Manila, Philippines for treatment, where their condition was listed as stable.

Four others were treated aboard the ship, and three have been released, the statement said.
No details were provided on the cause of the incident or the fate of the aircraft. The Pacific Fleet said the incident was under investigation.

The Vinson and another US carrier, the USS Abraham Lincoln, and their strike groups began drills Sunday in the South China Sea, following exercises with a Japanese naval ship in the Philippine Sea last week.

Seven injured in US F-35 incident in South China Sea

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"The status of the aircraft is currently under investigation as are the factors involved in the mishap," Brenda Way, a spokesperson for the U.S. Pacific Fleet, told The War Zone.

F-35C Accident Aboard Carrier In South China Sea Forces Pilot To Eject, Injures Seven Sailors (Updated)

The fate of the F-35C, which was involved in a "landing mishap" while operating from the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, is unclear.

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U.S. Navy has released footage of an absolutely massive joint show of force in the Philippine Sea that included two Carrier Strike Groups, two Amphibious Ready Groups, and a ‘helicopter destroyer’ from the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). In the days following this exercise, China sent dozens of aircraft into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone, or ADIZ, which included a rare appearance of the Shenyang J-16D electronic warfare (EW) aircraft in its first known Taiwanese ADIZ incursion. Today, the Navy directed both carrier groups into the South China Sea, the northeastern corner of which is inside Taiwan's ADIZ.

In a release published today, the U.S. Navy says Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1 led by USS Carl Vinson, and CSG-3 led by USS Abraham Lincoln have now begun dual-carrier operations. Rear Adm. J.T. Anderson, commander of CSG-3, says that the operation is intended to “improve our combat credible capability, reassure our allies and partners, and demonstrate our resolve as a Navy to ensure regional stability and counter malign influence."

Two U.S. Carrier Strike Groups Are Operating In The South China Sea After Massive Show Of Force

The Navy is signaling its powerful Pacific presence to China even as the world is focused on Russia's actions near Ukraine.

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"I can confirm the aircraft impacted the flight deck during landing and subsequently fell to the water," Navy Lt. Mark Langford, a Seventh Fleet spokesperson, said. "No additional information is available at this time."

Landford also provided additional details about the mishap itself and the resulting casualties.

"Seven total personnel were injured, including the pilot. The pilot and two other Sailors were MEDEVAC'd to a medical treatment facility in Manila, Philippines, and four Sailors were treated by on-board medical personnel," he explained. "All injured Sailors have been reported to [have] recovered or [are] in stable condition."

"Impact to the flight deck was superficial and all equipment for flight operations is operational," he added. "Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2 and USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) have resumed routine flight operations in the South China Sea."

Navy Exploring Options For Recovering F-35C That Fell Into The South China Sea

The lost F-35C would be an intelligence prize for any foreign power, such as Russia or China, making it a priority for the Navy to retrieve it first.

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The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has shared its spring-cleaning plans with the world – and suggested it's time to make the Middle Kingdom's web sites sparkle with wholesome content.

The Admin's edict lists many net nasties that it wants removed. But there's not much new on the list – most of the items have already been the subject of warnings or bans.

At the top of the list is violent content, which China has never wanted online.

Fake news and rumours are next, again neither a newcomer to lists of things Chinese netizens have been told not to do.

Indeed, just last week Chinese media reported on a document containing investment rules for local internet companies. The CAC denied the document existed and warned that whoever distributed it would be held to account.

The new list also targets toxic online fandom, and encourages parents to have their kids spend less time online and to follow restrictions on the amount of time spent gaming.

Teen idols have been told to clean up their online acts, and not to think about replacing video with digital avatars.

Vulgarity in all forms will also be bagged up and tossed out. Broadcasters of online infomercials have been told to stop promoting over-consumption. Folks who post short videos have been told to keep it clean.

Website operators have also been instructed to quash pop-ups, make sure their home pages are in good order, and present a positive vibe.

China orders web operators to spring clean its entire internet

Purveyors of rumours, flirty teens, dodgy infomercials, or bloody violence all told to get in the bin – yet again

www.theregister.com

 

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The European Union angered China on Thursday by launching a case against Beijing at the World Trade Organization (WTO) for targeting Lithuania over its stance on Taiwan.

The move by Brussels was a further deterioration in ties between China and the bloc, with a long-negotiated investment deal already on the rocks after both sides exchanged tit-for-tat sanctions.

The latest spat is over Lithuania, one of the smallest countries in the European Union, which made waves in July when it allowed Taiwan to open a diplomatic outpost in Vilnius.

The move outraged Beijing, which does not recognise Taiwan as a state and considers the self-ruled democratic island a rebellious territory of the mainland.

"Launching a WTO case is not a step we take lightly," said EU trade chief Valdis Dombrovskis in a statement.

"However, after repeated failed attempts to resolve the issue bilaterally, we see no other way forward than to request WTO dispute settlement consultations with China," he added.

By going to the WTO, the EU lent support to accusations by Lithuanian business leaders and officials that the row has resulted in China blocking imports from Lithuania and other economic restrictions.

WTO arbitration is a slow-moving process, however, and any result could take years to come.

EU launches WTO case against China over Lithuania row

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The World Trade Organization on Wednesday handed a fresh victory to China, permitting it to slap duties on $645 million worth of US imports per year, in a long-running anti-dumping dispute with Washington.
The United States, which is unable to appeal against the decision, branded it "deeply disappointing" and said it reinforced the need to reform the WTO's rules, saying they were being used to "shield" China.
"In light of the parties' arguments and evidence in these proceedings, we have determined that the appropriate level... is $645.12 million per annum," a WTO arbitrator ruled.
The WTO green light does not mean China will automatically impose the tariffs, in whole or in part, on US imports.
The figure was revealed in an 87-page decision by a WTO arbitrator on the level of countermeasures Beijing could request in its dispute with Washington regarding US countervailing duties (CVD) on certain Chinese products.
The dispute stretches all the way back to 2012, when the WTO set up a panel of experts to try to settle a complaint filed by China over what it said were unfair duties imposed by the United States.
Washington had justified the additional tariffs on products ranging from paper to tyres and solar panels, arguing they were being dumped on the market to help Chinese companies grab business.
The WTO Dispute Settlement Body ruled in China's favour and the ruling was upheld by its appeals judges in 2014, paving the way for China to retaliate.
Beijing initially asked to be permitted to slap tariffs on $2.4-billion-worth of US products each year, but then scaled back its demand to $788.75 million.

WTO: China can slap duties on $645 mn of US imports

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China police response to lockdown domestic violence case sparks uproar

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tuntuu että CCPn ideologia on törmäämässä reaali maailmaan samalla tapaa kuin tapahtui neuvostoliiton aikoina. Diktatuurilla on vaikeutensa, kun kaikki ihmiset ja heidän tapansa eivät sovi samaan muottiin, ja numeroiden valossa heillä on niitä ihmisiä julmetusti.

Herkästi tulee mieleen Judge Dredd ja megacityn ongelmat jotka vain korostuu kun kansalaisia on liikaa. CCP on kuitenkin päättänyt että kaikista pidetään kiinni ja muuta vaihtoehtoa ei ole. Heidän käsityksensä on myös vanhoillisia. Ei pelkästään meidän näkökulmasta mutta myös heidän itsensä.

Voiko Kiina hajota sisäisesti kuten kävi neuvostoliitolle?

Länsimaalaisten ajatushautomojen ja uutistoimistojen mukaan Kiina hajoaa vähintään kaksi kertaa viikossa.

 

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Kiinan hallituksen aiheuttama uhka länsimaille on "röyhkeämpi" ja vahingollisempi kuin koskaan aiemmin, sanoi maanantaina Yhdysvaltain liittovaltion poliisin FBI:n johtaja Christopher Wray.
Wray syytti Pekingiä amerikkalaisten ideoiden ja innovaatioiden varastamisesta ja valtavista hakkerointioperaatioista.

FBI:n johtaja: Kiina uhkaa länttä "röyhkeämmin" ja vahingollisemmin kuin koskaan aiemmin

FBI:n johtajan Christopher Wrayn mukaan USA pitää Kiinaa yhä pahimpana uhkana taloudelliselle turvallisuudelleen. Miljardööri George Soros kutsui Kiinan presidenttiä suurimmaksi uhkaksi avoimelle yhteiskunnalle.

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Speaking at a Hoover Institution panel on China, Soros said the victory of open societies “can’t be taken for granted” in a world teetering on the edge of military aggression in Ukraine and Taiwan.

However, Xi Jinping’s attempt to impose “total control” on China through a strategy of city-wide lockdowns, could jeopardise his chances of staying in power, Soros claimed, because they are “unlikely to work against a variant as infectious as Omicron”.

Despite Xi’s firm control over the military and his tools of repression and surveillance, Soros said that it should not be assumed, given strong internal opposition, that the president will stay in power. He rules by “intimidation” and “nobody dares to tell him what he doesn’t want to hear”, he said.

China more ‘brazen and damaging’ than ever, says FBI director

Bureau opening cases on Chinese intelligence operations every 12 hours, says Christopher Wray, as George Soros calls Xi Jinping the ‘greatest threat’ to open society

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Soros also argued that the world’s second-biggest economy has become too dependent on using “unsustainable” property development to power growth since Xi took power in 2013.

 

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FBI:n johtaja: Kiina uhkaa länttä "röyhkeämmin" ja vahingollisemmin kuin koskaan aiemmin

FBI:n johtajan Christopher Wrayn mukaan USA pitää Kiinaa yhä pahimpana uhkana taloudelliselle turvallisuudelleen. Miljardööri George Soros kutsui Kiinan presidenttiä suurimmaksi uhkaksi avoimelle yhteiskunnalle.

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Soros on noin huolissaan Kiinasta ni miksi se ei toimi niitä vastaan vaan lähinnä toiminta mitä hän tukee auttaa vain Kiinan perseilyitä. Tämä toki vain minun mielipiteeni asiasta mut kyll Soroksen tukemat liikkeet eivät ainakaan millään tavalla Kiinan homma vaikeuta vaan niistä on Kiinalle huomattavasti enemmän hyötyä. Rupeaisi rahoittamaan siel oppositiota ja salakuljettelemaan kaikkea ilkeää millä Kiina saavat tarpeen tullen kiusattua ja aiheutettua epävarmuutta ja tiedä vaikka tämä nakertaisi tämän mahtavan valtion ja sen mahtavan johtajan kannatusta.

Soros on tullut maksamaan Euroopalle miljardei tässä viimeisen 7 vuoden aikana kun on tukenut näitä "open border" liikkeitä mitä kummallisimmin tavoin. Toki BLM ja muut taitavat kuulua kans herran perus tuettaviin. Ja sekii aiheutti juuri sopivasti jenkeille ongelmia kotimaassa mistä Kiinalaiset olivat varmasti todella surullisia.

 

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George Soros warns China is facing an economic crisis​

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The International Monetary Fund expects economic growth to slow dramatically to 4.8% in 2022.

George Soros warns China is facing an economic crisis

China is facing an economic crisis after a real estate boom ended with a bang last year, according to investor George Soros.

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US Federal Bureau of Investigation director Christopher Wray has named China as the source of more cyber-attacks on the USA than all other nations combined.

In a Monday speech titled Countering Threats Posed by the Chinese Government Inside the US, Wray said the FBI is probing over 2,000 investigations of incidents assessed as attempts by China's government "to steal our information and technology."

"The Chinese government steals staggering volumes of information and causes deep, job-destroying damage across a wide range of industries – so much so that, as you heard, we're constantly opening new cases to counter their intelligence operations, about every 12 hours or so."

Wray rated China's online offensive as "bigger than those of every other major nation combined," adding it has "a lot of funding and sophisticated tools, and often joining forces with cyber criminals – in effect, cyber mercenaries."

"They're not just hacking on a huge scale but causing indiscriminate damage to get to what they want. Like in the recent Microsoft Exchange hack, which compromised the networks of more than 10,000 American companies in a single campaign alone," he added.

FBI: China is world's most prolific source of cyber attack

Currently investigating over 2,000 attacks on US targets – new file every 12 hours

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As professional big air snowboarder Julia Marino completed her final preparations for the Winter Olympics, US officials sent Marino and her teammates a word of caution about China’s surveillance apparatus. The athletes were warned not to take their personal phones to the games. “We are using burner phones while we’re going to be there,” Marino, a seven-time X Games medalist, said in an interview on Instagram. Athletes were also cautioned not to speak out against human rights abuses. “There has been discussion of what could happen if we do speak out,” Marino said in the interview.

As the Beijing Winter Olympics kick off, Marino isn’t alone. Thousands of foreign athletes, coaches, (some) diplomats, and members of the media are descending on the Chinese capital and taking extra measures to protect themselves from snooping by authoritarian law enforcement officials. That means burner laptops and phones to ensure sensitive data can’t be hoovered up, and self-censoring potential criticism of human rights abuses against the Muslim Uyghur population in the northwestern Xinjiang region. “For anyone that visits China, you have to anticipate that everything that you do on an electronic device has been taken,” says Fergus Hanson, a director of international cyber policy at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute think tank. “The level of security you have got there is very low.”

A lot has changed since China last hosted the Olympics in the summer of 2008. The nation has evolved into a technological superpower, with advanced capabilities in everything from artificial intelligence to quantum computing. Its homegrown tech giants make products that have hundreds of millions of users and underpin the essential tasks in people’s daily lives. At the same time, technological surveillance and censorship of the country’s citizens is rife, China maintains a sophisticated group of state-backed hackers, and the UN has warned about the detention and treatment of Uyghurs.

Welcome to the Burner Phone Olympics

China’s Winter Games are overshadowed by human rights problems and overreaching state surveillance.

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Chip shortages are so bad that customers are willing to sign multiyear non-cancellable, non-returnable (NCNR) contracts to secure supplies, according to semiconductor supplier NXP.

Buyers want to have clear visibility on their component orders, and "want to have it longer," said NXP CEO Kurt Sievers during an earnings call this week, adding customers "would love to have NCNRs for two years out."

This is a symptom of the across-the-board electronics shortages in sectors including industrial and automotive, which have "very sticky products, very long life cycles, so it fits the nature of those industries," Sievers said.

NXP isn't alone in this. Analyst house IC Insights reported NCNR policies are increasingly becoming popular for chip manufacturers for those worried about losing supplies.

The long-term nature of these chip orders is turning out to be a boon for NXP, which is projecting a stronger than predicted financial year ahead. The biz just reported a 28 per cent boost in full-year 2021 revenue to $11.06bn. Profit reached $6.1bn, up 43 per cent.

The confirmed order patterns give NXP better visibility on planning for 2022, "which is a hell lot of more stability than we've ever had in the past," Sievers said.

The chip industry can be extremely volatile, and is subject to up and down cycles depending on component demand and industry trends. NXP is especially seeing a big demand for integrated circuits in cars.

The company reported fourth quarter revenue of $3.04bn, up by 21.2 per cent year-on-year. Over half of the company's sales for the quarter was from the automotive sector, totaling $1.55bn, up 30 per cent compared to the same quarter in the previous year.

Chip shortage has NXP in driver's seat

Contracts fit automakers and other manufacturers with 'very sticky products, very long life cycles' – CEO

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Around 500 Tibetans marched outside the International Olympic Committee headquarters on Thursday, led by an activist on skis dragging the Chinese flag behind him, to protest against Beijing hosting the Games.
Tibetan demonstrators from across Europe marched the three kilometres (two miles) from the IOC building in Lausanne to the Swiss city's Olympic Museum, a day before the 2022 Winter Games' opening ceremony in the Chinese capital.
There were also demonstrations in other world cities, including Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Protesters in Lausanne, many carrying Tibetan flags, marched behind banners reading "Boycott Beijing Winter Olympics", "Stop human rights violations in Tibet" and "Games of shame".
Tibetan artist Loten Namling, who has lived in Switzerland for 32 years, led the procession on skis painted with the word "freedom".
"The reason why I'm dragging the Chinese flag is China destroyed my country. China destroyed my culture. Let them realise how painful it is for us," he said.
"Never, ever should they give the Olympics to mass murderers and dictators. It's time to say stop."
Demonstrators chanted "No rights, no Games" and "Beijing Olympics: genocide Games" as they marched past the Olympic rings.
Meanwhile, student activists got on the roof of the IOC entrance to hold up a banner reading "No Beijing 2022".

Tibetans protest 'Games of shame' at Olympic HQ

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Mikäs vuosi USA vetäytyikään Filippiineiltä?
Meinaan, eikös tää Kiinan nousun mukanaan tuoma uusien saarien rakentaminen sinne alkanut vasta sen vetäytymisen jälkeen? Kiina pelaa Venäjän opein - Kasakka ottaa sen, mikä on löysästi kiinni.

 

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Mikäs vuosi USA vetäytyikään Filippiineiltä?

Kait se on ketjussa jossain mutta he tulivat takaisin viime vuosina. Koko kuvio on hieman hämärä.

 

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The Chinese streaming platform Tencent Video has restored the original ending to the film Fight Club after it amended the Chinese edition to tell viewers police had “rapidly figured out the whole plan and arrested all criminals”, prompting a widespread backlash.

The wholesale reversal of the anti-capitalist, anarchist denouement to the 1999 hit film, which stars Brad Pitt, Edward Norton and Helena Bonham Carter, made international headlines last month.

In the edited version, Edward Norton’s character, the narrator, still kills off his imaginary alter ego Tyler Durden, but a subsequent scene showing high-rise buildings being bombed was cut. Instead, viewers were shown a blank screen with text telling them authorities had won out.

“The police rapidly figured out the whole plan and arrested all criminals, successfully preventing the bomb from exploding,” the text said. “After the trial Tyler was sent to lunatic asylum receiving psychological treatment. He was discharged from the hospital in 2012.”

Beijing has some of the world’s most restrictive censorship rules with authorities approving only a handful of foreign films for release each year – sometimes with major cuts. But reversing endings is rare.

The changes came to light after viewers in China who had seen the original watched the locally available edition. Censorship or banning of foreign films in China is common, but the wholesale reversal of Fight Club’s ending drew shock and mirth.

“Fight Club on Tencent Video tells us that they don’t just delete scenes, but add to the plot too,” one user complained at the time. Human Rights Watch described the cuts as “dystopian”.

Over the weekend the original ending was restored, according to domestic social media film accounts. That decision too drew criticism. Some netizens said it showed that Tencent was admitting that the original censorship was “too much”. Another asked: “If the original version can also be launched, why did Tencent modify it without authorisation?

Tencent has been contacted for comment.

Original Fight Club ending restored in China after backlash

‘Dystopian’ reversal of 1999 cult film’s ending showed police winning out

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Australia has for the last year been denied access to a citizen arrested in Hong Kong, diplomats revealed Tuesday, the latest case to be prosecuted under the city's far-reaching national security law.

Canberra officials said they were notified of the individual's arrest in January 2021, but "have been denied consular access despite multiple attempts". They did not name the person.

"The individual is deemed to be a Chinese citizen under China's citizenship laws, which do not recognise dual nationality," a spokesperson for Australia's department of foreign affairs explained.

Hong Kong, once regarded as a bastion of free speech within authoritarian China, has been transformed by a 2020 law that Beijing imposed to neuter dissent in the wake of huge and often violent democracy protests.

More than 160 people have been arrested under the law, including activists and journalists from pro-democracy news outlets.

Often denied bail, many suspects have been detained for long periods before trial.

They include several dual nationals, most notably mogul Jimmy Lai, a British-Chinese dual citizen and owner of the now-shuttered pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper.

Lai has been charged over his alleged role in Tiananmen vigils, annual events commemorating the bloody crackdown on Chinese students calling for reform in Beijing.

Like Australia, Britain, Canada and the United States have in the past expressed concerns about being denied access to their imprisoned citizens who hold dual nationality.

A key aspect of the security law is that instead of the usual trial by jury, national security cases are decided by hand-picked judges.

Australia's foreign affairs department said officials had been able to attend court hearings and were "in regular contact with the individual's lawyers".

"Australia and many other countries have expressed concern about the erosion of basic freedoms and autonomy in Hong Kong and have called on Hong Kong and Chinese authorities to abide by their human rights obligations," the department said.

Australia 'denied access' to citizen detained in Hong Kong

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