China passes national security law bill for Hong Kong amid international controversy after the US revokes the city’s ‘special status’ in protest The Chinese National People’s Congress passed the bill in Beijing this afternoon The law aims to ban secession, foreign interference and treason in Hong Kong By Billie Thomson For Mailonline Published: 08:10 BST, … Read more
President Donald Trump warned Tuesday that Hong Kong’s role as a global financial center would be put at risk of China insists on imposing a strict political crackdown – as his administrations offered to pay to relocate Hong Kong firms to the U.S. Trump economic advisor Larry Kudlow made the offer in comments about moving … Read more
Thousands of Hong Kong protesters are tear-gassed by police in first clash since Beijing announced new law to ‘take full control’ Pro-democracy demonstrators protested against Beijing’s bill in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay shopping area The bill will ban secession, foreign interference, treason and terrorism in the semi-autonomous territory Hong Kong pro-democracy figures accused the Communist … Read more
Thousands of Hong Kong protesters are tear-gassed by police in first clash since Beijing announced new law to ‘take full control’ Pro-democracy demonstrators protested against Beijing’s bill in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay shopping area The bill will ban secession, foreign interference, treason and terrorism in the semi-autonomous territory Hong Kong pro-democracy figures accused the Communist … Read more
Hong Kong’s stock market has had its worst day in nearly five years after China said it would vote on a controversial national security law bill that could ban people in the Asian financial hub from inciting and participating in protests. The city’s Hang Seng index slid nearly six per cent today in its poorest one-day performance … Read more
No small amount of literature is dedicated to covering the seismic happenings of 1969 – the Vietnam War, the inauguration of Richard Nixon, civil rights protests, the Stonewall Riots, the moon landing and the Mansion family murders have all been told, retold and scrutinized across countless platforms in multitudes. 1969 was also signal year for … Read more
No small amount of literature is dedicated to covering the seismic happenings of 1969 – the Vietnam War, the inauguration of Richard Nixon, civil rights protests, the Stonewall Riots, the moon landing and the Mansion family murders have all been told, retold and scrutinized across countless platforms in multitudes. 1969 was also signal year for … Read more
Hong Kong’s parliament plunged into chaotic scuffles for the second time this month as pro-Beijing politicians took control of a key committee on Monday. Securing the House Committee, which scrutinises bills before a second reading in the legislative council, paves the way for a debate on a bill that would make it a crime to insult … Read more
The eight-hour airport check: Testing booths, tracking bracelets and an interminable wait before you can get the all-clear to enter the country… how Hong Kong is screening all arrivals to keep a lid on coronavirus Photographer records eight hour ordeal as she travels via airport into Hong Kong Laurel Chor, 30, was given a tracking … Read more
The eight-hour airport check: Testing booths, tracking bracelets and an interminable wait before you can get the all-clear to enter the country… how Hong Kong is screening all arrivals to keep a lid on coronavirus Photographer records eight hour ordeal as she travels via airport into Hong Kong Laurel Chor, 30, was given a tracking … Read more