‘Hundreds of thousands of people’ from Hong Kong might come to the UK after the Government offered an escape route to around three million people in the city to live here, said a former British consulate worker who alleged he was tortured in China. Simon Cheng is the first person to have been granted political … Read more
Shields raised and brandishing guns, a phalanx of riot police advance on protesters in Hong Kong yesterday as China’s crackdown on dissent began. Hundreds of pro-democracy activists were rounded up in the first wave of arrests related to a draconian new security law. They included a 15-year-old girl who was waving a flag calling for … Read more
Shields raised and brandishing guns, a phalanx of riot police advance on protesters in Hong Kong yesterday as China’s crackdown on dissent began. Hundreds of pro-democracy activists were rounded up in the first wave of arrests related to a draconian new security law. They included a 15-year-old girl who was waving a flag calling for … Read more
Hong Kong police today made their first arrests under a landmark new security law giving Beijing draconian powers to punish dissent in the city. A man with a ‘Hong Kong Independence’ flag was the first to be arrested hours after the law came into force, and 23 years to the day since Britain returned the … Read more
Hong Kong police today made their first arrest under a landmark new security law giving Beijing draconian powers to punish dissent in the city. A man with a ‘Hong Kong Independence’ flag was arrested in Causeway Bay hours after the law came into force and 23 years to the day since Britain returned the former … Read more
China has boasted of holding ‘a sword over lawbreakers’ heads’ after Beijing passed a new security law giving it unprecedented jurisdiction over Hong Kong. President Xi Jinping signed the law into effect Tuesday after it was unanimously passed by Beijing’s rubber-stamp parliament, side-stepping a vote in Hong Kong. The law bans acts of secession, subversion, … Read more
Campaigners mourned ‘the end of Hong Kong as we know it’ today after China passed a sweeping new national security law which critics say will smother the city’s freedoms. The legislation was unanimously approved by China’s rubber-stamp parliament, little more than six weeks after it was first unveiled. Though the wording of the law has … Read more
Second major investor hits out at HSBC for backing China’s crackdown on Hong Kong By Helen Cahill, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:52 BST, 27 June 2020 | Updated: 22:06 BST, 27 June 2020 A second major investor has hit out at HSBC for backing China’s crackdown on Hong Kong. Hermes said it is in … Read more
Organisations which take sponsorship money from HSBC and Standard Chartered draw criticism over their silence on banks’ Hong Kong position By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 12 June 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 12 June 2020 Sponsored: Liverpool striker Mo Salah Organisations which take sponsorship money from HSBC and Standard Chartered … Read more
More than a year of sustained protests in Hong Kong against the heavy hand of Beijing and socio-economic inequality have changed everything. The Chinese response – its new tough security law – has placed the West and the People’s Republic on a collision course which could set back commercial and financial relations by decades. Disquiet … Read more