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Hong Kong, Mar 22 (EFE/EPA).- Eight of the 10 young Hongkongers jailed in mainland China last year after attempting to flee to Taiwan by speedboat were expected to be returned home on Monday after completing their prison terms, state broadcaster RTHK reported.Seven were expected to be handed back to the Hong Kong police in batches before 5 pm (09:00 GMT) Monday. They are not expected to be set free in Hong Kong, as they still face charges related to the 2019 anti-government protest movement. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE). SHOT LIST: B-ROLL OF TIN SHUI WAI DIVISIONAL POLICE STATION AND ACTIVIST ALEXANDRA WONG, KNOWN AS GRANDMA WONG, STANDS OUTSIDE THE TIN SHUI WAI DIVISIONAL POLICE STATION AFTER ACTIVIST ANDY LI WAS ESCORTED IN, IN HONG KONG.
Hong Kong, Sep 12 (EFE/EPA), (Camera: Jerome Favre).- Relatives of the 12 alleged Hong Kong activists who are in Chinese custody appeared on Saturday before the press at the Legislative Council in Hong Kong, to ask for the release of the detainees. FOOTAGE OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE.
Jiuquan, Jun 16 (EFE/EPA).- The Chinese spacecraft Shenzhou-12 took off successfully on Thursday at 9.22 am (01:22 GMT) with three astronauts on board in the country's first manned mission to space since 2016.The spacecraft took off at the scheduled time from the Jiuqian satellite launch center, in the northwest of the country, on the Long March-2F rocket, according to images broadcast live on state television CGTN.Shenzhou-12 is putting astronauts Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo into orbit to participate in the fine-tuning of the Tiangong space station that the country plans to have ready by 2022. (Camera: ROMAN PILIPEY).SHOT LIST: CHINESE ASTRONAUTS TANG HONGBO, NIE HAISHENG, AND LIU BOMING WAVE DURING A DEPARTURE CEREMONY BEFORE THE LAUNCH OF THE LONG MARCH-2F CARRIER ROCKET, CARRYING THE SHENZHOU-12, AND THE LONG MARCH-2F CARRIER ROCKET, CARRYING THE SHENZHOU-12, TAKES OFF FROM THE LAUNCH SITE AT THE JIUQUAN SATELLITE LAUNCH CENTER, IN THE GOBI DESERT, INNER MONGOLIA, NEAR JIUQUAN, CHINA.
Foreign diplomats gather outside a Beijing court where the trial is set to begin for Michael Kovrig, the Canadian detained in China on espionage charges more than two years ago. IMAGES
Police vehicles with tinted windows believed to be carrying Michael Spavor, one of two Canadians detained in China since December 2018, arrive at a court in the northeastern city of Dandong, surrounded by about a dozen police officers. Spavor is set to face trial Friday morning for espionage, charges which Canada has attacked as "trumped up" as relations between Ottawa and Beijing plummet. IMAGES