Beijing is calling attention to unrest in the U.S., the police response and President Trump’s call for a tougher crackdown on protesters to highlight what it regards as American hypocrisy.
China gutted Hong Kong’s autonomy. Trump’s reaction failed on every count.
CHINA’S GUTTING of Hong Kong’s autonomy demanded a strong response from the United States, one that imposed tangible consequences while avoiding inflammatory rhetoric or linkage to unrelated issues.
U.K. Test Data Criticized; Hong Kong Extends Curbs: Virus Update
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire vowed not to raise taxes, even as the pandemic dealt a bigger blow to the economy than expected. Hong Kong extended virus-prevention measures after a new cluster …
Hurting Hong Kong’s financial hub status will harm foreign businesses too, city’s commerce secretary says
As “one of three major financial centers” in the world, any damage to Hong Kong’s status as a key hub will have have an impact on foreign firms as well, warned Hong Kong’s secretary for commerce and …
‘Looting is the price of freedom!’ Washington has conveniently forgotten its cynical advice to post-invasion Iraq
As the United States finds itself in the hot seat as protests and riots rage across the country, its unsolicited past advice in places like Hong Kong and Iraq under similar circumstances is coming …
Hong Kong’s Protest Movement Faces Existential Challenges
The twin blows of the pandemic and China’s continued intervention have some Hong Kong protestors wondering how long they can fight.
Let’s greet Hong Kong exiles with open arms
The last act of British decolonisation was a lachrymose affair. The Royal Marine band played the hymn “The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended” and the heartache song Goodnight Irene; it was raining, it …
Hong Kong, Tokyo Face New Spikes; Lufthansa Masks: Virus Update
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire vowed not to raise taxes, even as the pandemic dealt a bigger blow to the economy than expected. Hong Kong extended virus-prevention measures after a new cluster …
‘It is much worse’: veterans of Hong Kong’s 2003 protests fear new law
Huge demonstrations 17 years ago managed to block Beijing’s bill, but now China threatens a fresh clampdown …
Sri Lanka voices continuous support for China’s sovereignty over Hong Kong
Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena on Monday voiced his country’s continuous support to China’s sovereignty over its Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). “Sri Lanka expressed …