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Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai insisted his newspaper had championed democracy and “freedom” as he took the witness stand for the first time in his collusion trial on Wednesday. Lai’s case is one of the most prominent prosecuted…

BEIJING, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) — The 1992 Consensus is the anchor for improving and developing relations across the Taiwan Strait, a Chinese mainland spokesperson said on Wednesday. Zhu Fenglian, a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, made the…