An exercise by the People’s Armed Police on Hong Kong’s border signaled Beijing’s willingness to intervene to end any serious threat to sovereignty.
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China Pressures Business Over Hong Kong. Workers Get Caught in the Middle.
Beijing wants global companies to back its power over the city, even as their workers join protests calling for greater say in the fate of their home.
Trump Says ‘Hong Kong Is Not Helping’ in Trade War With China
President Trump made his most extensive comments yet on Hong Kong’s protest movement, and suggested that its fate be tied to a trade deal.
‘Retake Hong Kong’: A Movement, a Slogan and an Identity Crisis
Hong Kong’s Beijing-backed government is struggling not only for control of the streets but over what the city means as a place and political entity.
Protests Put Hong Kong on Collision Course With China’s Communist Party
The grand political experiment to marry Beijing’s brand of authoritarianism with a bastion of civil liberties appears to be facing a moment of reckoning.
China Said It Closed Muslim Detention Camps. There’s Reason to Doubt That.
Seven days of reporting in the Xinjiang region undermine the government’s claim that it’s winding down its network of indoctrination centers. ‘Graduates’ are still being churned out.
In Trade War, China’s Hard-Line Stance Risks Economy
The Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, wants to appear strong in the face of President Trump, even if it means enduring the economic fallout.
The Forbidden City Opens Wide as China Projects New Pride in Its Past
President Xi Jinping has pushed “cultural self-confidence” as a signature policy, and one of the beneficiaries has been the former home of emperors, neglected no longer.
The Gambling Investigation Scrutinizing Xi Jinping’s High-Rolling Cousin
Ming Chai has been caught up in an Australian scandal examining organized crime, money laundering, immigration favors and Chinese political influence.
Doubt Greets China’s Claim That Muslims Have Been Released From Camps
The announcement in Beijing was impossible to verify in tightly controlled Xinjiang, and runs counter to accounts of detentions compiled by U.S. officials and activists.