A Chinese court has sentenced artist Gao Zhen to three years in prison for "infringing upon the reputation of heroes" through his satirical art.

Chinese authorities are intensifying efforts to erase the memory of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.

The sentencing of Hong Kong’s onetime media magnate and democracy advocate Jimmy Lai is raising an outcry from international governments and rights groups.

Two Hong Kong pro-democracy activists have pleaded not guilty in a landmark national security trial.