Difficulty to Recruit Police Officers in HK Leads to Lowering of Entry Standards, and Only 27.6 Percent of Applicants Qualified in English RequirementTo find a solution to the issue of unfilled vacancies in the police force, the Hong Kong government, in May 2023, relaxed the entry requirements for police constables, police inspectors, and police constables (auxiliary). Among the relaxations put into

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Beijing Targets European Brandy Following Electric Vehicle Subsidy DisputeChinese authorities earlier this month initiated an anti-dumping investigation against brandy liquor imported from the European Union (EU), a move seen as a “tit-for-tat” response to an EU probe into Chinese subsidies for electric vehicles (EVs). The European

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Beijing Envoy Denies Paying Nauru Millions to Switch Diplomatic Ties Away from TaiwanBeijing has denied paying Pacific nation Nauru to switch diplomatic ties from Taiwan. In a surprise announcement, just two days after the Taiwan presidential election, Nauru declared it was switching diplomatic ties to the democratic island, while declaring in

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