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China July 3, 2020

China appoints Communist Party hardliner to oversee Hong Kong's new security office

Just days after a draconian national security law went into effect in Hong Kong this week, Beijing has appointed a hardline, controversial Communist Party figure 鈥� Zheng Yanxiong 鈥� as chief of the new office, set up to ensure the sweeping new changes are implemented.

China July 2, 2020

House passes bill to sanction Chinese entities that menace Hong Kong, banks that work with them

The House of Representatives on Wednesday night passed a bill to impose sanctions on聽entities聽that help violate聽Hong Kong's autonomy and financial institutions that do business with them, a response to the passage of a "national security" law that tightened Beijing's grip on Hong Kong.

China July 1, 2020

Pompeo: Hong Kong will be another 'communist-run city' under China's strict control

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he was sadden by the mass arrests made in Hong Kong Wednesday, following the new national security laws China instated -- severely limiting Hong Kong鈥檚 right to freedom of speech and protest.

OPINION July 1, 2020

Andrew McCarthy: China swallows Hong Kong

The Chinese Communist Party, through what it portrays as its legislature (the 鈥淣ational People鈥檚 Congress鈥�), has enacted a law crushing democracy in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong July 1, 2020

Hundreds arrested in Hong Kong after China imposes new national security law

More than 180 people have been arrested in Hong Kong Tuesday聽after China implemented a new national security law that Western powers argue violates the territory鈥檚 semiautonomous judicial independence and gives Beijing unprecedented power over the city.

China July 1, 2020

Hong Kong police issue first arrest under China鈥檚 controversial security law

Police in Hong Kong on Wednesday said they issued their first arrest under the newly passed security law that critics say undermines the semi-autonomous territory鈥檚 judicial independence and gives China unprecedented power over the city.

Hong Kong June 30, 2020

China's new Hong Kong security law would impose life sentences on anyone guilty of these charges

Anyone in Hong Kong found guilty of secession, subversion聽or聽terrorism will now be sentenced to life in prison under the controversial new security law passed by聽China聽this week.

FOREIGN POLICY June 30, 2020

China passes national security law for Hong Kong despite protests, US concerns

Beijing increases its grip on Hong Kong

Hong Kong June 29, 2020

Hong Kong police arrest dozens of protesters amid China's review of national security bill

Hong Kong police arrested dozens of protesters Sunday during a demonstration against a controversial national security bill, which China鈥檚 legislature has begun to review.

Secretary of State June 26, 2020

Pompeo: US imposes restrictions on Chinese Communist Party leaders undermining Hong Kong autonomy

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced new restrictions against members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Friday, declaring that the U.S. has banned visas for CCP members affiliated with the obstruction of Hong Kong鈥檚 autonomy.

SCIENCE June 25, 2020

Countries with early adoption of face masks showed modest coronavirus infection rates, researchers say

Regions of the world that showed an early interest in face masks had milder COVID-19 outbreaks, according to a new letter to the editor published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.