U.S. National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo look like U.S. officials … [+] President Donald Trump will speak at a press conference on China in the White House Rose Garden in Washington, DC on May 29, 2020. MANDEL NGAN / AFP via Getty Images Hong …
Read More »Hong Kong leader acknowledges US sanctions for credit card use
Hong Kong The Hong Kong leader says the use of their credit cards by the United States has been “hindered” impose sanctions on them in response to a sweeping new security law in the financial hub. Chief Executive Carrie Lam was personally targeted, along with 10 other seniors in the …
Read More »Hong Kong burns back on “shameless” US sanctions
China on Saturday blamed US for imposing “barbaric” sanctions in response to the collapse of Beijing in Hong Kong, capping a dramatic week of strained relations between the world’s two largest economies. Meanwhile, the Hong Kong government described the sanctions as “shameless and contemptible”, adding that it fully supported “countermeasures”. …
Read More »Hong Kong burns back on “shameless” US sanctions
China on Saturday blamed US for imposing “barbaric” sanctions in response to the collapse of Beijing in Hong Kong, capping a dramatic week of strained relations between the world’s two largest economies. Meanwhile, the Hong Kong government described the sanctions as “shameless and contemptible”, adding that it fully supported “countermeasures”. …
Read More »Concern that Hong Kong postpones elections for one year, citing Covid-19 | World News
The Hong Kong government has postponed its upcoming elections for a year, citing the growing outbreak of coronavirus in the territory but raising immediate accusations that the pandemic was being used as a pretext to suppress democracy. City leader Carrie Lam announced Friday that she had invoked the colonial era. …
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