Simon Cheng, an employee at the British consulate in Hong Kong, went missing during a business trip to mainland China. ( read original story …)
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China plans to make Shenzhen a ‘better place’ than Hong Kong
Across the border, Shenzhen sits behind the country’s “Great Firewall”, which restricts access to news and information, but has risen to become a symbol of the transformative reforms China launched 40 … ( read original…
Why Beijing is seeing Hong Kong through 1989-coloured glasses
In the fall of 1956, a popular uprising in Hungary overthrew the Communist regime and the country began moving toward democracy and away from the Warsaw Pact. Then, the Soviet Union sent in the tanks.…
Chinese and K-pop stars publicly back Beijing on Hong Kong
HONG KONG — At least eight pop stars from mainland China and one each from Taiwan and Hong Kong are publicly stating their support for Beijing’s one-China policy, eliciting a mixture of … ( read…
Twitter ran paid ads from China’s state news media criticizing the Hong Kong protests
The posts described the protests as violent and destructive and portrayed Hong Kong citizens as in favor of ending them. ( read original story …)
Chinese pop stars publicly back Beijing on Hong Kong
HONG KONG – At least eight pop stars from mainland China and one each from Taiwan and Hong Kong are publicly stating their support for Beijing’s one-China policy, eliciting a mixture of disappointment … (…
Chinese K-Pop Stars Publicly Back Beijing on Hong Kong
HONG KONG — At least eight K-pop stars from China and even one from Taiwan and one from Hong Kong are publicly stating their support for Beijing’s one-China policy, eliciting both disappointment and … (…
Japanese, South Korean Foreign Ministers to Meet in Beijing on Wednesday
TOKYO — Japan’s foreign minister Taro Kono will meet his South Korean counterpart, Kang Kyung-wha, in Beijing on Wednesday, a Japanese foreign ministry official said on Monday, amid deteriorating … ( read original story …)
Twitter ran paid ads from China’s state news media criticising the Hong Kong protests
The posts describe the protests as violent and destructive, and portray Hong Kong citizens as being in favour of ending them. ( read original story …)
China lashes out at Taiwan over Hong Kong asylum offer
HONG KONG — China lashed out at Taiwan on Monday over its offer of political asylum to participants in Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement, a day after hundreds of thousands of people marched … ( read…
China lashes out at Taiwan for offering asylum to Hong Kong democracy protesters
China lashed out at Taiwan on Monday over its offer of political asylum to participants in Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protest movement, a day after hundreds of thousands of people marched … ( read original story…
Explainer: How China’s new interest rate reforms will work
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s central bank pushed out long-awaited interest rate reforms on Saturday by establishing a reference rate for new loans issued by banks to help steer corporate … ( read original story …)
‘They are fighting for nothing’: the view on Hong Kong protests from Shenzhen
and most here in Shenzhen – a former manufacturing centre that has now turned into China’s hi-tech metropolis – appear to be aligned with the Chinese government narrative, with little sympathy for … ( read…
