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Donald Trump said the US will revoke special trade privileges for Hong Kong and sanction officials from the territory and mainland China after Beijing moved to impose new security laws on the former ... ( read original story ...)

The president, angered by China’s security crackdown in Hong Kong and its handling of the coronavirus, said he would also terminate the United States’ relationship with the World Health Organization. ( read original story ...)

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he was directing his administration to begin the process of eliminating special treatment for Hong Kong in response to China plans to impose new security ... ( read original story ...)

President Trump said Friday the U.S. would pull out of the World Health Organization and threatened to revoke financial benefits afforded to Hong Kong, to sanction Beijing for its crackdown there. ( read original story ...)

With the U.S. and its allies distracted by the pandemic, China’s leader has taken bold steps on issues where he’s often faced international pushback, including Taiwan, the South China Sea and a ... ( read original story ...)

The White House has scheduled a press conference for Friday afternoon following administration criticism of Beijing's assertion of power. Watch President Trump's remarks live. ( read original story ...)

China has rejected foreign criticism. By law, Hong Kong has some freedoms - of the press and association - not guaranteed on the mainland. These are a legacy of the agreement under which Hong Kong was ... ( read original story ...)

As Beijing flexes its muscle from Hong Kong to Ladakh, the U.S. government must decide how to respond. In Britain’s hierarchical culture, the crime for the upper classes isn’t telling lies—it’s ... ( read original story ...)

Arthur Tam is a journalist and was formerly an editor at Time Out Hong Kong and Cedar Hong Kong. The successes of Hong Kong, Taiwan and the rest of the Chinese diaspora have always been an ... ( read original story ...)

The UK has set itself on a collision course with China after broadening its offer on extended visa rights from 350,000 to almost 3m Hong Kong residents. After Beijing announced plans this week to ... ( read original story ...)

CNBC's Kelly Evans talks about China's crackdown on Hong Kong and the potential U.S. reaction to new security laws with Nicholas Lardy of the Peterson Institute for Institutional Economics. ( read original story ...)

Wall Street's main indexes fell on Friday as investors were on edge ahead of a U.S. response to China's national security law on Hong Kong that threatens to take the shine off another month of strong ... ( read original story ...)

The prosperity of Hong Kong is based on its autonomy, not Beijing’s dictatorship, writes Hong Kong activists Joshua Wong and Glacier Kwong. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong has been living on borrowed time ever since the British made it a colony nearly 180 years ago, and all the more so after Beijing took control in 1997 and granted it autonomous status. ( read original story ...)