Tag: Hong Kong

Categories USA

War for Hong Kong?

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President Trump faces trouble, and he is handling it in a dangerous way. Our economy is reeling, as the Fed pours out billions of dollars in a futile effort to avert disaster. We know to our cost that politicians, faced with crisis at home, provoke war “to busy giddy minds with foreign quarrels.” … Read More >War for Hong Kong?

Categories Asia & Pacific

No more ‘special treatment’? Trump announces end to Hong Kong policy exemptions & sanctions for national security law backers

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US President Donald Trump has warned China and pro-Beijing officials in Hong Kong that officials who backed the recent national security law will face sanctions and that Hong Kong stands to lose its preferential treatment. … Read More >No more ‘special treatment’? Trump announces end to Hong Kong policy exemptions & sanctions for national security law backers

Categories Asia & Pacific

Hong Kong ‘no longer autonomous’ says Pompeo admitting changing system in China failed

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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has declared that Hong Kong can no longer be considered autonomous from mainland China, admitting that Washington had once hoped to use the city to change the system in Beijing, but failed. … Read More >Hong Kong ‘no longer autonomous’ says Pompeo admitting changing system in China failed

Categories Asia & Pacific

Fumes & scuffles as riot police fire tear gas amid renewed anti-govt unrest in Hong Kong (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)

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Brewing unrest in Hong Kong turned violent, with police deploying tear gas grenades to keep back crowds of protesters who tried to go on the offensive, forcing the riot squad to retreat at times. Some 120 people had been arrested. … Read More >Fumes & scuffles as riot police fire tear gas amid renewed anti-govt unrest in Hong Kong (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)