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The Hong Kong government has a $200,000 bounty on the head of Australian pro-democracy activist Kevin Yam.

I have a price on my head. I hope my neighbours won’t try to cash in

This week, letters arrived at homes in Melbourne offering a $200,000 bounty on my head. It would be claimable if I was taken to Hong Kong. In short, the letters call for me to be kidnapped.

  • Kevin Yam

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Exiled Hong Kong lawyer Kevin Yam.

$200k to betray a neighbour: The Hong Kong letters pursuing dissidents in Australia

The office of Foreign Minister Penny Wong has raised concerns with Chinese authorities after letters appeared on Australian doorsteps offering large sums of money for information about dissidents.

  • Cassandra Morgan and Eryk Bagshaw
Shen Yun in Sydney.

Their posters are everywhere, but behind Shen Yun lies a darker story

The group promises to take audiences into 5000 years of Chinese history, but it is the result of a spiritual movement established in 1992.

  • Anthony Segaert
Matthew Radalj, 39, spent nearly 5 years in jail in China following what he says was an extortion attempt at an electronics store where he had taken his yellow iphone to be repaired.

Matthew went to get his iPhone fixed – and spent the next five years in a Beijing jail

An Australian man says an extortion attempt at an electronics repair store landed him in prison, where he was forced to confess to stealing his own phone.

  • Lisa Visentin
Xie Xiongming, far left, next to Opposition Leader Peter Dutton at an event promoting Liberal candidate Scott Yung, far right.

Fresh image shows CCP-linked high roller shoulder-to-shoulder with Dutton

Xie Xiongming’s foundation had its charity status revoked by the regulator for failing to disclose its financials, while a spokesman for Dutton said he didn’t know Xie.

  • David Crowe and Nick McKenzie
Xiongming Xie (far right) was arrested in July. He is a former Crown Casino high-roller agent and former deputy to Chinese billionaire Huang Xiangmo (left).

CCP-linked casino high roller attends events with Peter Dutton, MPs

Xie Xiongming is a key associate of controversial billionaire Huang Xiangmo, who was banned from Australia on national security grounds.

  • David Crowe and Nick McKenzie
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Year of the Snake - sculpture pic by Sanghee Liu, art by Marija Ercecgovac 

For Xi Jinping, Year of the Snake is destined to be turbulent

Those born in 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013 and 2025 are said to be wise and charming, but also mysterious and cunning.

  • Lisa Visentin
Trump and China gif

Trade, fentanyl and TikTok: How China is preparing for Trump 2.0

Donald Trump’s White House return means he becomes the man with the greatest power to frustrate Beijing’s ambitions over the next four years

  • Lisa Visentin
The Australian judges on Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal have been asked to consider the government’s concerns about a crackdown on political dissent by Hong Kong authorities.

Why four Australian judges have become a hot topic spoken about in hushed tones in Hong Kong

Penny Wong has made her strongest comments yet on the decision by the judges to continue working in Hong Kong amid concerns about a crackdown on political dissent.

  • Lisa Visentin
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a welcoming ceremony prior to a festive reception at BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia, on Wednesday.

On the defence, China lashes Australia’s ‘racism and hate crimes’

It was a furious response to an Australian-led effort at the United Nations voicing concerns about Beijing’s human rights record in Xinjiang and Tibet.

  • Lisa Visentin and David Crowe

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