Aug 26 Watch 5:48 Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai on life under new national security law By Nick Schifrin Hong Kong police arrested 16 people Wednesday, including two opposition lawmakers, on rioting charges from pro-democracy demonstrations last year. Beijing’s power to punish its critics is increased due to a new national security law allowing authorities to sentence demonstrators to… Continue watching
Aug 10 Watch 5:06 How China is limiting freedom of the press in Hong Kong By Nick Schifrin, Layla Quran China expanded its crackdown on Hong Kong Monday, arresting a prominent pro-democracy activist and media owner. Jimmy Lai was paraded through his newsroom in a move designed to silence the press in the semi-autonomous territory. And it comes as the… Continue watching
Jul 27 Watch 6:38 News Wrap: Final stage of COVID-19 vaccine trial begins In our news wrap Monday, final-stage trials got underway in the biggest COVID-19 study so far. The first of 30,000 volunteers received initial dosages of a vaccine candidate developed by the National Institutes of Health and drugmaker Moderna in record… Continue watching
Jul 27 Trade, technology and security at risk in U.S.-China feud By Associated Press From high-tech chips to control of the high seas, their interests are closely intertwined. The ongoing sharp deterioration in U.S.-China ties poses risks to both countries and the rest of the world. In… Continue reading
Jul 13 U.S. rejects nearly all Chinese claims in South China Sea By Matthew Lee, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The Trump administration is escalating its actions against China by stepping squarely into one of the most sensitive regional issues dividing them and outright rejecting nearly all of Beijing’s significant maritime claims in the South China Sea. Continue reading
Sep 26 US-China agreement on hackers marks progress on cybertheft issue By Associated Press China's pledge to help crack down on hackers who steal commercial secrets from the United States, even coming as it did amid a bit of arm-twisting by President Barack Obama, is a big breakthrough that could reduce U.S.-China tensions and… Continue reading