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A small group of protesters gather outside the Hong Kong court where the city's largest national security trial was set to begin. "Crackdown is shameless," read a banner carried by two people, adding: "Immediately release all political prisoners." 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
Images outside the court where the trial for Michael Spavor, one of two Canadians detained in China since December 2018 and charged with espionage, is set to start on Friday. IMAGES
Images of Taiwanese soldiers leaving port on the outlying island of Kinmen for routine military exercises. China on Thursday kicked off two days of military exercises encircling Taiwan, days after its new president was sworn in. IMAGES
China's foreign minister Wang Yi says Beijing and Moscow have created a "new paradigm" for great power relations, as Russia's invasion of neighbouring Ukraine enters its third year. SOUNDBITE
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