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CHINA PARTY BILLBOARD

March 29, 2018
By Dominic Chan/EyePress



Shenzhen , China - A propaganda billboard of the ruling Chinese communist party in Shenzhen, southern China's Guangdong province, on March 29, 2018. China on Wednesday March 21, 2018 issued a blueprint for shaking up its bureaucracy that will sharpen the Communist Party’s power over films, books and newspapers, while raising the profile of hitherto secretive party groups that steer policy on the economy, the internet and foreign affairs. The plan, released by the state-run news agency Xinhua, complements narrower changes the national legislature approved on Saturday, which focused on merging government ministries, not the party’s powers. The latest, broader plan highlights just how far the party’s leader, President Xi Jinping, is committed to expanding its role. Here are the main changes.

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HONG KONG BY ELECTION

March 12, 2018
By Sunny Mok/EyePress



Hong Kong, Hong Kong - Gary Fan Kwok-wai (right) from the pan-democracy camp wins back his seat at the Legislative Council after beating his rival from pro-Beijing loyalist Bill Tang of DAB in the Legco by-election in Hong Kong on March 11, 2018. Hong Kong's pan-democrats failed on Monday to take back the power to veto their rivals' moves, as their disqualified champion Edward Yiu Chung-yim lost his bid to re-enter the legislature. Earlier on Monday, Gary Fan Kwok-wai and Au Nok-hin won their races for the camp in New Territories East and Hong Kong Island respectively restoring some parity in the Legislative Council, both blocs having 16 seats each in the geographical group. Pro-establishment candidate Tony Tse Wai-chuen took the architectural, surveying, planning and landscape seat to enlarge the camp's dominance in the functional constituency group to 25 to 10. (Sunny Mok/EyePress)

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DAYA BAY NUCLAR INCIDENTS EXERCISE

December 20, 2017
By Alan Siu/EyePress



Hong Kong, Hong Kong - Health workers with radiation protective suit stand by at a pier as evacuees arrive for radiation monitoring during a Codenamed Checkerboard II, the Daya Bay Contingency Plan (DBCP) exercise in Hong Kong on Dec 20 2017. The drill which tested the response capabilities of the Government in dealing with serious nuclear incidents continued this afternoon. The starting scenario of the exercise this morning simulated fault events at the Guangdong Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station (GNPS), which led to an off-site emergency situation involving a release of radioactive materials. Relevant government bureaux and departments co-ordinated various measures to respond to the incident. (Alan Siu/EyePress)

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APEC IN VIETNAM

November 10, 2017
By Pool/EyePress



Da Nang, Vietnam - World leaders, including the U.S president Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, attend the APEC meeting in Vietnam on Nov 11, 2017. (Pool/EyePress)

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HONG KONG E-PRIX

December 2, 2017
By Alan Siu/EyePress



Hong Kong, Hong Kong - Electric Formula cars complete during at the FIA Formula E Championship 2017 HKT Hong Kong E-Prix in Hong Kong, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017

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HUNT OF TERRORIST GROUP IN INDONESIA

March 26, 2016
By Jafar G Bua/EyePress



Palu, Indonesia - Unit of Mobile Brigade, an elite forces belonging to the Indonesian National Police, take part in the hunt for terrorists group, Easteren Indonesian Mujaheddin, led by Santoso in Poso, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, on March 25, 2016. Not less than 2000 personnel of the Armed Forces of Indonesia and the Indonesian National Police of all units joined in Operation Tinombala 2016 to hunt the terrorist leader, Santoso and his group. Operation Tinombala 2016, 2nd will be over the next two months. (Jafar G Bua/EyePress)