Shares are slipping in Asia as tensions flare between the U.S. and China and as more job losses add to the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic …
China’s plans for security agencies in Hong Kong will ‘silence city’, activists say
A Chinese proposal to impose national security laws on Hong Kong could see mainland intelligence agencies set up bases there, raising fears of direct law enforcement and what U.S. Secretary of State …
Chinese security forces could be deployed in Hong Kong under new law
Hong Kong officials indicate powers will be used to try to suppress pro-democracy protests …
China Draws Western Rebuke Over Move To Tighten Grip On Hong Kong
China drew Western condemnation on Friday over plans for a national security law to quash Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement as it opened an annual congress that also laid bare the “immense” economic …
China’s Proposed Security Law Would Be a ‘Death Knell’ for Hong Kong Freedom, U.S. Says
Secretary of State Pompeo says the decision to impose China’s national security law “would be a death knell for the high degree of autonomy Beijing promised for Hong Kong under the Sino-British Joint …
Hong Kong lawmaker mourns ‘end of homeland’ as China mulls anti-protest law
“This is the end of Hong Kong and it’s like the end of our homeland,” said Tanya Chan, a legislator in the territory.
China to Allow State-Security Agents to Police Hong Kong
Beijing plans to allow mainland state-security agencies to establish an official presence in the city, a senior Chinese official said Friday, adding to concerns about Hong Kong’s diminishing autonomy …
Pompeo and Hassett Condemn China Over Hong Kong Security Law
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the White House economic adviser, Kevin Hassett, denounced the proposal by Beijing and threatened action.
US Mulls ‘Nuclear Option’ As China Threatens Hong Kong Autonomy
The United States on Friday stepped up threats to strip Hong Kong of special trading privileges as it led Western nations in anger over China’s brazen assault on the territory’s autonomy. US lawmakers …
China’s move to tighten grip stuns Hong Kong
“This is the end of Hong Kong and it’s like the end of our homeland,” Tanya Chan, a member of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council said at the start of China’s annual National People’s Congress in Beijing, …