With nearly seven months gone, an ambitious $36.5 billion target for Chinese imports of U.S. farm goods this year may not be quite out of reach, but it's looking like a big, big stretch. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Eases Dining Ban; Cases Hit 17 Million: Virus Update
Hong Kong will relax its dine-in ban and allow breakfast and lunch services at restaurants starting Friday, a move that comes after the government imposed some of its tightest virus-related ... ( read original story ...)
Four Hong Kong student activists arrested for ‘secession’ over social media posts
Police in Hong Kong have arrested four members of a student-led pro-independence group for suspected secessionist offenses on social media under the city's sweeping new national security law. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s economy shrank by 9 percent in the second quarter.
The fallout of the global coronavirus pandemic has pulled Hong Kong’s economy further into decline over the past three months, with the Chinese territory on Wednesday reporting a 9 percent contraction ... ( read original story ...)
Student Arrests In Hong Kong Deepen ‘White Terror’ Fears
Wednesday's arrests were the first made by Hong Kong police's new national security unit, which was set up after Beijing imposed a controversial law last month aimed at quashing the city's democracy ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong: outcry as student activists arrested under new security law
Three men and one woman are the first political activists to be held since controversial legislation was imposed by Beijing ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan probes possible first local virus case in one month as imported cases rise
Taiwan on Tuesday was investigating its first possible local coronavirus infection in more than a month, a Thai man who tested positive last week, as the island also faces a rise in cases brought from ... ( read original story ...)
China’s Xi Sets His Sights on Taiwan After Subduing Hong Kong
Ever since Mao Zedong triumphed in 1949, prompting his Nationalist enemies to flee to Taiwan, Communist Party leaders have bolstered their legitimacy to rule by taming rebellious corners of China’s ... ( read original story ...)
Children afraid of father in Kuwait can stay in Canada for now, court says
Three children should not be sent back to their allegedly abusive father in Kuwait pending the outcome of their parents' custody dispute in Canada, Ontario's top court ruled Wednesday in a case that ... ( read original story ...)
Three Decades On, Iraq And Kuwait Haunted By Saddam’s Invasion
Saddam sent his military, already exhausted by an eight-year conflict with Iran, into Kuwait to seize what he dubbed "Iraq's 19th province." The two-day operation turned into a seven-month occupation ... ( read original story ...)