Simon Cheng was held during the height of the Hong Kong protests last year, and his treatment highlighted concerns about China’s legal system. ( read original story …)
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Ending China’s poverty in 2020 was going to be Xi Jinping’s crowning achievement. Coronavirus might have ruined it
This was supposed to be the year that Beijing would announce it had ended absolute poverty in China, fulfilling a key pledge of President Xi and one of the founding missions of the Chinese Communist…
Britain creates citizenship path for Hong Kong residents after China imposes new law
Britain will create a path to citizenship for some 3 million Hong Kong residents, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Wednesday. ( read original story …)
House passes bill rebuking China over Hong Kong; Senate next
The House on Wednesday joined the Senate in approving a bill to rebuke China over its crackdown in Hong Kong by imposing sanctions on groups that undermine the city’s autonomy … ( read original story…
The Latest: China has only 1 new local virus case in Beijing
China is reporting three newly confirmed cases of coronavirus, and says just one of them involved local transmission in the capital of Beijing … ( read original story …)
China reports three new coronavirus cases in mainland on July 1
China on Thursday reported three new coronavirus cases in the mainland for July 1, compared with three cases a day earlier, the health authority said. ( read original story …)
Beijing’s law threatens Hong Kong students at our universities, warns MP
Hong Kong’s new security law will have “direct implications” for freedom of speech at British universities, a senior Conservative MP said yesterday.Tom Tugendhat, chairman of the Commons foreign … ( read original story …)
China could prevent Hongkongers moving to UK, says Dominic Raab
Foreign secretary admits there is not much Britain could do to force China to let citizens leave … ( read original story …)
Beijing’s New Security Law Is a Warning Sign
The full text of Beijing’s new national security law imposed on Hong Kong was published only as the law came into effect on Tuesday. It was an apt symbol of the secrecy and auto ……
US issues warning for companies importing from Xinjiang, China
Xinjiang, China, is where an estimated one million Uighurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic minorities are facing an alleged expansive campaign of repression, including forced sterilization, destruction … ( read original story …)
Exclusive: U.S. delays American diplomats’ return to China amid concerns over coronavirus testing, quarantine
The United States has postponed flights for dozens of American diplomats who had planned to return to China later this month, after failing to reach agreement with Beijing over issues including … ( read original…
‘It Is a Lot More Severe Than People Expected.’ China Passes National Security Law to Quell Protests in Hong Kong
The swiftly enacted legislation grants Beijing broad new powers to quell the protest movement that engulfed the city last year … ( read original story …)
Exclusive: U.S. delays diplomats’ return to China amid concerns over coronavirus testing, quarantine
The United States has postponed flights for dozens of diplomats who had planned to return to China later this month, after failing to reach agreement with Beijing over issues including COVID-19 … ( read original…
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