Beijing’s plan to crack down on dissent in Hong Kong with a new security law sent a chill through opposition groups, dealing a blow to a protest movement that nearly a year ago rallied a…
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China’s Hong Kong Crackdown Could Put Trump in an Unwelcome Spot
A proposed new security law has senators calling for sanctions. But the president is reluctant to jeopardize his ties to President Xi Jinping. ( read original story …)
China security law ‘could be end of Hong Kong’
Pro-democracy activists say they fear “the end of Hong Kong”, after China announced plans for a new security law. The US said the move could be “highly destabilising” and undermine China’s obligations … ( read…
U.S. plans to sell $180 million in torpedoes to Taiwan, riling China
The Trump administration told Congress on Wednesday that it is planning to sell an estimated $180 million worth of torpedoes to Taiwan. It’s a move likely to further escalate tensions between the U.S. ( read…
Trump Delays New START Treaty Decision, Calls for New Talks with Russia, China
The future of the last remaining international nuclear treaty rests on whether Russia can bring China to the negotiating table, the presidential special envoy for arms control said. ( read original story …)
China Moves to Impose New Hong Kong Security Laws, Tightening Its Control
Such rules would allow Beijing to take aim at the protests that have roiled the semiautonomous city and posed a direct challenge to the Chinese Communist Party and its leader, Xi Jinping. ( read original…
U.S.-China tensions pull Wall Street lower
Wall Street receded on Thursday, a day after hitting two-month highs, on a fresh wave of China-U.S. tensions, raising doubts about the trade deal reached early this year between the world’s two … ( read…
China in the global spotlight as its annual political congress gets underway
The 13th National People’s Congress is predominantly an economic affair, with China setting its target for gross domestic product growth in the coming year. But this year, it will also cast a … ( read…
Here comes the US crackdown on China stocks
Chinese stocks are the latest flashpoint in an intensifying standoff between the United States and China. In recent days, US lawmakers, government agencies and stock exchanges have taken steps aimed … ( read original story…
‘This is the end of Hong Kong,’ warns legislator, as China proposes new security law
“The international status of Hong Kong as a city, the international city, will be gone very soon,” continued Dennis Kwok, a lawyer and legislator in the territory. ( read original story …)
Trudeau Says China Just Doesn’t Get Canada’s Independent Judiciary
Beijing’s linking of its detention of two Canadians in China to the arrest of a Chinese executive in Vancouver shows it doesn’t understand the meaning of an independent judiciary, Prime Minister … ( read original…
Hong Kong’s Revolutionary Anthem Is a Challenge to China
HONG KONG—Twin crises have jolted this city: one of disease, the other of dissent. Over the past year, millions of people flooded city streets, defying China’s government as they demanded that Beijing … ( read…
‘This is the end of Hong Kong’: China pushes security law after unrest
China’s parliament said Thursday it will introduce a proposal for a national security law in Hong Kong at its annual session, in a move likely to stoke more unrest in the financial hub. At least…
