Several foreign governments have criticized the new law, which gives China broad powers to crack down on political crimes in the territory.
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Britain Suspends Extradition Treaty With Hong Kong Over Security Law
Several foreign governments have criticized the new law, which gives China broad powers to crack down on political crimes in the territory.
Hong Kong Puzzled by New Coronavirus Wave
Doctors are seeing more cases a day than they had in previous outbreaks, and a number of infections with unknown origin have made the outbreak harder to contain.
China Is Dismantling the Empire of a Vanished Tycoon
Three years after Xiao Jianhua was snatched from a luxury hotel in Hong Kong, Beijing is making it clear that his style of freewheeling finance is a thing of the past.
U.S. Wants to Bar Members of China’s Communist Party. Who Are They?
With more than 90 million members and led by Xi Jinping, the party encompasses people at the heights of Chinese power and the civil servants of everyday life.
U.S. Weighs Sweeping Travel Ban on Chinese Communist Party Members
The presidential order under consideration would be based on the same statute in the Immigration and Nationality Act used in a 2017 travel ban on several predominantly Muslim countries.
China Vows to Retaliate After Trump Signs Hong Kong Sanctions Bill
Beijing accused the United States of “gross interference in Hong Kong affairs” and promised a response.
Hong Kong Oppositions Protesters Defy Security Law Threats in Primary Election
Voters turned out in high numbers to cast ballots in an unofficial primary for the city’s pro-democracy camp despite government warnings it might be against the new security law.
Hong Kong Security Law Helps China Tighten Grip Over Schools
China’s leaders have pushed the territory to revamp an education system they see as having bred young rebels who have helped drive pro-democracy protests.
Hong Kong Police Raid Pollster on Eve of Pro-Democracy Camp Primary
The investigation, which follows the imposition of a broad new national security law, raised fears of official interference in the voting.