It’s clear the Chinese Communist Party is to blame for the coronavirus pandemic that’s killing thousands of our fellow citizens every day. ( read original story ...)
One country, one system: The week that China shredded its promise on Hong Kong
With the world distracted by coronavirus, Beijing’s intervention this past week fundamentally realigns the political status of the former British colony. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus updates: China reports no new COVID-19 deaths for 9th straight day as US toll nears 50,000
Over 2.7 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and ... ( read original story ...)
China: cyber attacks on anti-pandemic institutions should be condemned
China said on Friday that cyber attacks against institutions fighting the coronavirus pandemic should be condemned around the world. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong being watched ‘closely’ over activist arrests, says UN
The human rights watchdog UNHCR reminds the territory that charges against prominent pro-democracy figures have not gone unnoticed ... ( read original story ...)
Masked Hong Kong Students Take Final School Exams After Coronavirus Delay
The Diploma of Secondary Education examination was given the go-ahead with a four-week delay as the number of new coronavirus cases has fallen, though social-distancing measures remain in place ... ( read original story ...)
China To Prosecute Belize National For Hong Kong ‘Interference’
A Belize national detained in China will be prosecuted on charges of colluding with foreign forces in protest-wracked Hong Kong and funding "hostile elements in the United States", Chinese authorities ... ( read original story ...)
Beijing clamps down on Hong Kong under cover of coronavirus
When China and the UK were negotiating the handover of Hong Kong in the 1980s, Martin Lee helped to write the legal framework that would underpin the future governance of the Asian financial hub, ... ( read original story ...)
Pro-China Kiribati president loses majority over switch from Taiwan
Party that switched recognition from Taiwan to China last year lost majority in elections this week over handling of the move ... ( read original story ...)
In Taiwan, the coronavirus pandemic is playing out very differently. What does life without a lockdown look like?
Cellphones tracked, restaurants with X's taped on every other chair, thermometers to enter a building. Taiwan shows that the post-virus normal is different. ( read original story ...)