Beijing is pushing back against international criticism of Hong Kong’s new national security law, which has effecitvely criminalized anti-government dissent. ( read original story …)
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China hopes India corrects actions against Chinese firms immediately
China’s commerce ministry said on Thursday that it hopes India would correct its discriminatory actions against Chinese companies immediately, after India banned Chinese mobile apps amid a border … ( read original story …)
China accuses India of targeting Chinese imports after clash
China accused India on Thursday of improperly disrupting activity by Chinese companies in the midst of tensions over a border clash. Asked about news reports that both countries were tightening import … ( read original…
COVID-19 strain in Beijing outbreak may have come from Southeast Asia: Harvard study
A strain of COVID-19 that has infected more than 300 people in Beijing since early June could have originated in South or Southeast Asia, according to a study by Harvard University researchers. ( read original…
China’s Twitter-like service Weibo removes Modi’s account at the request of India
China’s Twitter like service, Weibo, has removed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s account at the request of the Indian embassy in Beijing. ( read original story …)
China Appears to Have Tamed a Second Wave of Coronavirus in Just 21 Days with No Deaths
China appears to have gotten a second wave of COVID-19 under control following an outbreak at a sprawling Beijing produce market last month that led to at least 328 new cases and the partial shutdown…
U.K. Grants Asylum to Ex-Consulate Worker Who Told of Torture in China
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 …)
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 …)
