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China won’t sit idle if UK citizenship offer to Hong Kong proceeds, says ‘days of colonial rule’ are gone

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Beijing has warned that it won’t stand back and watch the UK grant citizenship to millions of Hong Kongers. If China’s opposition to the move isn’t heard, some “corresponding measures” will come into play. … Read More >China won’t sit idle if UK citizenship offer to Hong Kong proceeds, says ‘days of colonial rule’ are gone

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Australia May Offer Safe Haven to Hong Kong Residents After Security Law Enactment

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Australia is “actively considering” offering safe haven to Hong Kong residents following the enactment of the Chinese law on national security in the special administrative region that has sparked mass protests, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday. … Read More >Australia May Offer Safe Haven to Hong Kong Residents After Security Law Enactment

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Chinese Envoy to UK Argues London Hong Kong Remarks Are ‘Gross Interference’ in Internal Affairs

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On Wednesday, the UK Foreign Office summoned Chinese Ambassador to Britain Liu Xiaoming to express “deep concerns” over the new national security law for Hong Kong passed by China’s top legislative body and signed by President Xi Jinping on Tuesday. … Read More >Chinese Envoy to UK Argues London Hong Kong Remarks Are ‘Gross Interference’ in Internal Affairs

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China passes controversial national security law for Hong Kong, prohibiting secession and foreign interference

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China’s top legislative body unanimously approved a controversial national security law for Hong Kong, stoking fears that the new regulation might undermine the territory’s promised autonomy. Xi Jinping signed the law on Tuesday. … Read More >China passes controversial national security law for Hong Kong, prohibiting secession and foreign interference

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Taiwan will hurt its own people by sheltering Hong Kong ‘rioters & elements who bring chaos,’ China warns

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Beijing has slammed Taiwan for its new plan to harbor asylum seekers from Hong Kong, which has seen massive anti-government protests and rioting. This “plot” will backfire, China said. … Read More >Taiwan will hurt its own people by sheltering Hong Kong ‘rioters & elements who bring chaos,’ China warns

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Beijing says it ‘resolutely opposes’ US & G7 meddling in Hong Kong after bloc urges China to scrap security law

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China’s top diplomat has shot back after the US and its allies in the G7 called on Beijing to abandon a hot-button national security law slated for Hong Kong, telling his American counterpart to respect Chinese sovereignty. … Read More >Beijing says it ‘resolutely opposes’ US & G7 meddling in Hong Kong after bloc urges China to scrap security law

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Hong Kong protest leader slams NBA star LeBron James for taking up black cause, but not anti-Beijing one

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Joshua Wong, one of the public faces of Hong Kong’s ‘pro-democracy’ protest movement, has called US basketball player LeBron James a hypocrite, for being pro-BLM now, but expressing skepticism about Wong’s cause in the past. … Read More >Hong Kong protest leader slams NBA star LeBron James for taking up black cause, but not anti-Beijing one

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Hong Kong’s ‘pro-democracy’ movement allies with far-right US politicians that seek to crush Black Lives Matter

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As a Hong Kong protest leader promotes far-right condemnations of US anti-racism demonstrations and activists shut down a Black Lives Matter rally in the city, Hong Kong organizers forge close ties with hardline Republicans in Washington. … Read More >Hong Kong’s ‘pro-democracy’ movement allies with far-right US politicians that seek to crush Black Lives Matter