British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday China's imposition of a security law on Hong Kong violated Hong Kong's high degree of autonomy and threatened the freedoms and rights protected ... ( read original story ...)
‘It Could Be Anyone’: Hong Kong Security Law Sends Chill Over the City
Protesters are deleting their accounts on Twitter and Telegram. Booksellers, professors and nonprofits are questioning their future. ( read original story ...)
UK Says China’s Security Law Is Serious Violation of Hong Kong Treaty
The United Kingdom said on Wednesday that China's imposition of a security law on Hong Kong was a "clear and serious" violation of the 1984 Joint Declaration and called on the People's Republic to ... ( read original story ...)
From Renditions to Closed-Door Trials, China’s Security Law Upends Hong Kong Legal Landscape
Leading Hong Kong lawyers are warning of a stark new era of mainland justice as they digest the full impact of China's new national security law imposed directly by Communist Party leaders in Beijing. ( read original story ...)
Beijing’s Putsch against Hong Kong
Chairman Xi has signed into law a sweeping national-security measure aimed at destroying the democracy movement in Hong Kong. The unjust affront to human dignity must be named for what it is: the most ... ( read original story ...)
Divided West can do little as China tightens up on Hong Kong
From Tokyo to Brussels, political leaders have swiftly decried Beijing’s move to impose a tough national security law on Hong Kong that cracks down on subversive activity and ... ( read original story ...)
As China Strengthens Grip on Hong Kong, Taiwan Sees a Threat
The sweeping new security law in Hong Kong has further eroded what little support there was in Taiwan for unifying with the mainland. ( read original story ...)
Can Hong Kong’s Financial Market Survive Without The Free Flow Of Information?
Asia’s global financial hub, top of the rankings for IPOs for much of the past decade, woke up on July 1 with a new national security law that gives China broad powers to clampdown on political ... ( read original story ...)
‘Too soon’ to say Hong Kong has lost its status as a financial hub: Chatham House
It is "too soon" to say that Hong Kong has lost its standing as a financial hub, says Dr Tim Summers from Chatham House. He adds that while there may be "some reduction" in the city's freedom of ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police fire water cannon at crowds protesting new security law
Hong Kong police fired water cannon on Wednesday to break up the first protest since China introduced sweeping security legislation and they made their first arrests under it, warning of punishment ... ( read original story ...)
After security law’s passage, Hong Kong marks China rule
Hong Kong police made their first arrest under a new national security law imposed by China's central government, arresting a protester Wednesday for carrying a flag calling for Hong Kong's ... ( read original story ...)
Threatening sanctions over Hong Kong is the ‘logic of bandits,’ Chinese official says
As geopolitical tensions rise over the central government's growing grip on Hong Kong, a Chinese official portrayed international criticism as irrational. ( read original story ...)
Protests break out in Hong Kong as first arrest made under new security law
Hong Kong police on Wednesday made their first arrest under a controversial new national security law imposed by China's central government less than 24 hours ago, as protests broke out in the city. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan opens Hong Kong migration office in rebuke to Beijing
Taiwan has opened an office to facilitate migration from Hong Kong following China’s passage of a national security law for the former British colony seen as sharply restricting political opposition a ... ( read original story ...)