HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong tightened coronavirus restrictions on Sunday, nonessential public officials were told to work from home starting this week, as the global financial center reported a record number of daily cases. Hong Kong Executive Director Carrie Lam (C) wearing a protective mask speaks during a press …
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(Reuters) – The Chinese embassy in Myanmar on Sunday accused the United States of “scandalously smearing” the country and forging a gap with its Southeast Asian neighbors over the disputed South China Sea and Hong Kong, as tensions mount among the superpowers. FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of China occupied …
Read More »‘Ugly face’: US and China trade barbs in Myanmar as rift deepens in South China Sea
(Reuters) – The Chinese embassy in Myanmar on Sunday accused the United States of “scandalously smearing” the country and forging a gap with its Southeast Asian neighbors over the disputed South China Sea and Hong Kong, as tensions mount among the superpowers. FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of China occupied …
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In recent weeks, the United States has announced a series of economic policies aimed at China. This includes imposing sanctions on Chinese officials for violations of the human rights of Uighur Muslims, ending preferential trade treatment for Hong Kong, and passing the Hong Kong Autonomy Law, which allows for new …
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Just weeks after China imposed its new Hong Kong crackdown law, the citizens there boldly showed Beijing what they think of it, appearing last weekend at an unofficial “opposition primary” among the candidates. pro-democratic. The communists’ response: threaten prison for all who voted. That’s more than 600,000 people who turned …
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