Countries are experimenting with varying types of surveillance technology to help curb the spread of the coronavirus by enforcing compliance with quarantines and tracing the contacts of those infected …
Pompeo: Activists’ treatment makes Hong Kong autonomy assessment more difficult
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday that recent treatment of pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong made it more difficult to assess that Hong Kong remains highly autonomous from China …
Patten urges Hong Kong protesters not to ‘lose faith’
Hong Kong’s last British governor, Chris Patten, is urging protesters not to “lose faith” over what he describes as moves by Beijing to tighten its control over the semi-autonomous city …
Hong Kong police officer shoots protester as violence escalates
Four months of protests in Hong Kong reached a dangerous escalation when police targeted anti-government demonstrators with live bullets. A young man was shot at close range and rushed to the hospital …
Hong Kong soldiers issue warning to protesters
Chinese soldiers in Hong Kong issue their first-ever warning to protesters gathered outside their barracks. It marked the first military interaction between the two sides since the anti-government …
Tiananmen June 4 vigil organiser calls for candles to be lit across Hong Kong
Hong Kong people, unable to hold a mass vigil due to coronavirus curbs, should light candles instead to commemorate pro-democracy protesters killed in and around Beijing’s Tiananmen Square 31 years …
All Eyes Should Be on Hong Kong | Opinion
China’s leaders will convene for their annual People’s Congress, during which they will discuss the status of Hong Kong and whether to push forward with their rebuffed attempts to impose upon that …
An explosive summer of discontent is brewing in Hong Kong
Determined to prevent a repeat of last year’s protests, Beijing is cutting off the city’s avenues of peaceful dissent — raising the specter of more extreme resistance.
NBA’s relationship with China frayed over Hong Kong protests
NBA commissioner Adam Silver says China asked the league to fire Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey, following Morey’s tweet supporting pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong. The situation …
Asia Today: Hong Kong Increasing Coronavirus Testing
Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam says the territory is ramping up testing, especially for airport workers and caregivers at homes for the elderly and disabled.