Taiwan promised on Thursday to settle Hong Kongers who flee the Chinese-ruled city for political reasons, offering help from employment to counselling, and prompting angry condemnation from Beijing as …
India sidesteps Trump offer to mediate on China, says in talks with Beijing
India is in talks with China to deal with the most serious military standoff on their disputed border in recent years, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday, sidestepping U.S. President Donald Trump’s …
Australian government asks China for same reduction in trade barriers as US
Request emerges as experts warn of ‘collateral damage’ from Xi Jinping and Donald Trump deal to end trade war …
China’s national security bill for Hong Kong threatens liberties, autonomy: US, Western powers
Shortly after China’s legislature endorsed a national security law for Hong Kong on Thursday, the United States, and the governments of Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom issued a joint …
UK will extend HK visa rights if China pursues security law
The British government says t it will grant hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong residents greater visa rights if China doesn’t scrap a planned new security law for the semi-autonomous territory …
China’s Surging Nationalism Has Claimed Hong Kong
China’s Surging Nationalism Has Claimed Ho… The moment that many people have dreaded may have finally come for Hong Kong after Beijing announced a bill on May 21 to “safeguard national security” in …
Amid a Pandemic, China Picks a Border Fight With India
A war may be unlikely, but by throwing its weight around, Beijing is making enemies needlessly.
Chinese grad students may be next hit by US-China tensions
The Trump administration may expel thousands of Chinese graduate students enrolled at U.S. universities in the latest sign of escalating tensions between Washington and Beijing …
China approves controversial national security bill for Hong Kong
Beijing has approved a controversial national security bill impacting Hong Kong, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the U.S. no longer considers Hong Kong to be autonomous from China.
China passes draft Hong Kong security law, sparking fear and anger
“Hong Kong, in many ways, has become the new Berlin: the new meeting point of a big argument of big disagreement between two major powers.” …