Tag: business

The US, EU, and the UK made efforts to warn China over its new national security law for Hong Kong. China is beyond caring. ( read original story ...)

Implications of the far-reaching measures are coming into focus, after Beijing fast-tracked the crackdown without public comment. ( read original story ...)

With a far-reaching national-security law, overlords in a distant capital are again making decisions on the city’s behalf. ( read original story ...)

The Hong Kong government's ban on demonstrations did little to stop thousands from testing a new national security law imposed by mainland China. ( read original story ...)

Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said China’s moves to exert more control over Hong Kong have “eviscerated” the rule of law in the city as the U.S. continues to strip trade privileges from the former ... ( read original story ...)

Companies with headquarters in Hong Kong may now rethink having those offices as China begins cracking down on protesters under Beijing's sweeping new security law, the U.S. commerce secretary said on ... ( read original story ...)

At the time, Hong Kong, known mostly as a financial center and tourism hub, was pretty much a news backwater. Then suddenly everything changed. The port city erupted in massive waves of pro-democracy ... ( read original story ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)

After more than five weeks of waiting, the business world is getting its first real look at the controversial national security law that will shape Hong Kong’s future as a financial hub. ( read original story ...)

Since the law was first introduced in May, it has received widespread criticism from human rights activists, lawmakers in Hong Kong and politicians across the globe. ( read original story ...)

Beijing unveiled national security legislation tailor-made for Hong Kong on Tuesday, setting the stage for the most radical changes to the former British colony's way of life since it returned to ... ( read original story ...)

The Chinese Communist Party’s controls the mainland population partly by creating situations where people self-censor. Already there are signs of that in Hong Kong. Many signs. ( read original story ...)

The United States government began measures today to end its special status with Hong Kong, one month after Secretary of State Michael Pompeo told Congress that Hong Kong should no longer be ... ( read original story ...)