Local tycoons and British-trained civil servants helped promote Beijing’s agenda in the territory. Now Beijing seems ready to push them aside.
U.S. blocks visas for Chinese officials deemed responsible for ‘eviscerating’ Hong Kong freedoms
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the restrictions on an unspecified number of officials amid growing tension with Beijing.
Pompeo bars 10 Chinese officials from US in response to Hong Kong oppression
Chinese officials “responsible for or complicit in” Beijing’s tightening of control over Hong Kong are restricted from entering the United States, the State Department announced.
U.S. curbing visas for Chinese officials over Hong Kong freedoms – Pompeo
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday the United States was imposing visa restrictions on Chinese Communist Party officials responsible for restricting freedoms in Hong Kong.
National security law: could Japan or South Korea take Hong Kong’s finance crown?
South Korea’s efforts, including campaigns to woo foreign investors since 2009, have not sparked a rise in foreign financial firms doing business there, with about 165 registered currently and almost …
Trump Administration Freezes Funds Intended to Benefit Hong Kong Protesters
The Trump Administration has frozen funding intended to help people in Hong Kong evade surveillance by the Chinese government, sources with knowledge of the matter tell TIME, just as the Chinese …
U.S. imposes visa restrictions on Chinese officials over Hong Kong autonomy
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday the United States was imposing visa restrictions on Chinese Communist Party officials believed responsible for restricting freedoms in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong pro-democracy shops fear China’s new security law
Daniel Lee says a surge of new customers came to his Hong Kong Reader Bookstore after pro-democracy demonstrations erupted in the Chinese-ruled territory last summer, looking for books on political …
Hong Kong Security Vote ‘Likely’ as Poll Shows Strong Local Opposition
China’s top legislative body will probably vote on a sweeping Hong Kong security law at its meeting starting Sunday, a senior official said, even as a new poll showed more than half of local residents …
Hong Kong Lawyers Warn China’s Security Law Will Erode Legal Autonomy
A lack of extensive consultation with even Hong Kong’s top officials and legal chiefs is stoking concerns among lawyers in the city, who fear China will trample on the British-style judiciary that is …