Topic: Hong Kong

China gives 5 years to activist who probed quake

Chinese activist who probed collapse of schools in Sichuan quake sentenced to 5 years in jailA Chinese activist who investigated the deaths of thousands of children crushed in their schools during the Sichuan earthquake was sentenced Tuesday to five years, underscoring the government's determination to suppress questions about why ...
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HK studio behind 'TMNT,' 'Astro Boy' shuts down

Hong Kong animation studio Imagi International, behind 'TMNT,' 'Astro Boy', shuts downThe Hong Kong studio behind "TMNT" and "Astro Boy" has shut down as its parent company tries to recover from losses. Imagi International Holdings Ltd. said in a statement to the Hong Kong stock exchange that it stopped funding ...
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China quake activist jailed for inciting subversion

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese activist who sought to document shoddy construction that contributed to deaths in China's devastating 2008 earthquake has been sentenced to five years in prison for subversion, his lawyer said on Tuesday. Tan Zuoren was formally accused of inciting subversion of state power in emailed comments ...
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Fortune teller in Wang will dispute freed on bail

Hong Kong fortune teller suspected of forging Nina Wang will freed on $640K bailThe Hong Kong fortune teller suspected of forging a will giving him the multibillion-dollar estate of his ex-lover, Nina Wang, Asia's richest woman, was freed Friday on $640,000 bail after more than a day in ...
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