Hong Kong-listed shares of HSBC and Standard Chartered rose on Thursday after the banks backed China’s imposition of a national security law on the city, even as a pro-democracy and newly formed … ( read…
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China to allow limited US passenger flights
China on Thursday said foreign airlines blocked from operating in the country over virus fears would be allowed to resume limited flights, lifting a de facto ban on US carriers, a day after Washington ……
China Loosens Flight Restrictions, But U.S. Airline Ban Could Still Proceed During Coronavirus
China will allow more international passenger flights but the slight policy loosening provides far less access than what U.S. airlines want. ( read original story …)
Hong Kong-Beijing security law tensions are a ‘slow-speed train wreck in action,’ says CEO
Businesses in Hong Kong need to brace themselves for the turbulence ahead as Beijing moves to reassert its control over the city with its planned national security law, says Steve Vickers, CEO of … (…
Beijing threatens to jail doctors who ‘defame’ traditional Chinese medicine
The city authorities in Beijing have announced plans to criminalise criticism of traditional Chinese medicine amid rising opposition to its use by doctors and outrage at its exploitation of endangered … ( read original story…
Police Guard Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China
Chinese police, undercover police and soldiers guard the north gate of Tiananmen Square adorned with a giant portrait of former helmsman Mao Zedong in Beijing on Wednesday, June 6, 2020. Due to the … (…
HSBC and StanChart back China security laws for HK
HSBC and Standard Chartered have given their backing to China’s new security laws for Hong Kong. Both banks made statements saying the proposed law can help maintain long-term stability in the … ( read original…
North Korea says U.S. in no position to criticize China
North Korea on Thursday said the United States is in no position to criticize China over Hong Kong or human rights when Washington threatens to “unleash dogs” to suppress anti-racism protests at home. ( read…
North Korea says U.S. in no position to criticise China
North Korea on Thursday said the United States is in no position to criticise China over Hong Kong or human rights when Washington threatens to “unleash dogs” to suppress anti-racism protests at home. ( read…
Your coronavirus need-to-know: Winston the pug never had COVID; Trump suspends flights from China; Starbucks makes cuts
Public health experts said it will take two to three weeks to figure out if the George Floyd demonstrations happening across the U.S. will mean a bump in coronavirus cases. And, they note it would…
China Reports One New COVID-19 Case, Four Asymptomatic Ones for June 3
China reported one new coronavirus case and four new asymptomatic COVID-19 cases for June 3, the health commission said on Thursday. The National Health Commission said all five of the cases were … ( read…
Trump not considering sanctions on China’s Xi over Hong Kong
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was not considering placing sanctions on Chinese President Xi Jinping personally over Beijing’s push to impose national security legislation in Hong … ( read original story …)
COVID-19 endangers China’s Silk Road strategy
The COVID-19 pandemic is hitting China’s global Belt and Road Initiative hard, jeopardizing President Xi Jinping’s multi-trillion dollar foreign policy agenda. ( read original story …)
