Jul 20 UK suspends extradition arrangements with Hong Kong By Danica Kirka, Associated Press Britain’s government suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong on Monday and blocked arms sales to the former British territory, after China imposed a tough new national security law. Continue reading
Jul 16 What Trump’s move to treat Hong Kong the same as China could mean for the U.S. By Dan Sagalyn On July 14, President Donald Trump announced the U.S. would end “preferential treatment for Hong Kong” and that the region “will now be treated the same as mainland China, no special privileges, no special economic treatment and no export of… Continue reading
Jul 15 Virus resurgence forces countries to reimpose restrictions By Costas Kantouris, Vanessa Gera, Rod McGuirk, Associated Press Countries around the world are reimposing lockdowns and implementing new health checks at their borders in an effort to curb a resurgence of the coronavirus before it spins even further out of control. Continue reading
Jul 15 WATCH: U.S. to hit Huawei employees with visa bans By Associated Press Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made the announcement a day after the British government said it would ban Huawei from its 5G networks over concerns that sensitive data could be compromised by the China and the Chinese Communist Party. Continue reading
Jul 12 Nearly 600,000 vote in Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries By Zen Soo, Associated Press Hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong residents turned up over the weekend to vote in an unofficial primary election held by the city’s pro-democracy camp as it gears up to field candidates for an upcoming legislative poll. Continue reading
Jul 06 Watch 7:02 Hong Kong residents challenge government over laws, but fight virus together By Nick Schifrin Recent headlines out of Hong Kong have focused on politics, with the imposition of a controversial new national security law from Beijing. But on the public health front, Hong Kong has been a coronavirus success story, suffering much less infection… Continue watching
Jul 06 Hong Kong police granted sweeping powers under security law By Zen Soo, Associated Press The details were released after the Committee for Safeguarding National Security of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, which oversees the legislation, convened its first meeting on Monday. Continue reading
Jul 03 Watch 5:37 Why this pro-democracy Hong Kong activist decided to flee his home The reverberations from China’s new national security law, which restricts freedom of speech in Hong Kong, continue. Nathan Law is a prominent pro-democracy activist who fled Hong Kong after the crackdown. He joins Nick Schifrin to discuss what protesters on… Continue watching
Jul 02 Watch 7:49 With Hong Kong crackdown, Xi Jinping signals he’ll pay a high price for power Hong Kong is reeling from the impact of a new national security law imposed by the central government in Beijing. After nearly 25 years of relative freedom, residents are confronting a new reality in the semi-autonomous city. And the change… Continue watching
Jul 02 E.U. leaders seek dialogue with China over Hong Kong law By Associated Press Two of the European Union's most powerful individuals say the 27-nation bloc will continue to discuss human rights and the rule of law with China after Beijing imposed a new security law on Hong Kong. Continue reading