Rare pink dolphins are returning to the waters near Hong Kong and Macau as a result of halted marine traffic in one of the world’s busiest sea lanes due to the coronavirus pandemic. As the impact of the pandemic has halted ferries, the beautiful marine creatures seem to be thriving. However, scientists still remain deeply concerned about their long-term survival in the Pearl River Delta region despite the hopeful signs, reports the Bangkok Post. The region comprises a number of mainland Chinese cities, including Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Dongguan, as well as the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau. The […]
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A stolen, 9-foot Chinese calligraphy scroll believed to have been written by former Chairman of the Communist Party of China Mao Zedong has been found sliced in half by an unsuspecting, second-hand buyer. Hong Kong authorities announced Thursday that they had located the whereabouts of a Mao calligraphy scroll valued at around $645 million. “Someone thought the calligraphy was too long – 2.8 meters in length – and it was difficult to show and display it. That’s why it was cut in half,” said Tony Ho Chun Tung, senior superintendent of the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau, as reported by the […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/0f/1079886590_0:207:3097:1949_1200x675_80_0_0_46917906be67f9b74685455db3373545.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Tim Korso. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/asia/202008301080318958-china-warns-against-foreign-meddling-as-france-laments-about-human-rights-in-xinjiang-hong-kong/ Western countries earlier condemned alleged human rights violations in the Chinese region of Xinjiang and in Hong Kong, the latter following Beijing’s adoption of a new national security law affecting the semi-autonomous island. Chinese State Councillor Wang Yi has condemned the attempts of foreign governments to meddle in the domestic affairs of Beijing, warning them against interfering in the situation in China’s Xinjiang region and in Hong Kong. His warning came in the wake of French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian saying that he had raised the issue of Xinjiang and Hong […]
When Hong Kong regulators gave crypto firm OSL a nod of approval last week, it was the icing on the cake for the HKEX-listed digital asset trading platform. Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) granted BC Group crypto subsidiary OSL an “approval-in-principle” for its license application for Type 1 (dealing in securities) and Type 7 (automated trading service or ATS), as it pertains to crypto and virtual assets. The bigger picture is that Asian crypto hubs like Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan have a clearer regulatory stance going forward and are progressing faster than the U.S. and Europe. Perhaps this […]
The fintech company and affiliate of the Alibaba Group plans to shore up billions in stocks in a bid to boost the Hong Kong stock exchange amid political turmoil on the finance hub’s national security law. The Ant Group is set to launch a massive dual-listing on the Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation (STAR) Board and Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd (HKEX) indexes, potentially becoming the world’s largest initial public offering (IPO). The Hangzhou-based fintech firm was launched by Alibaba and company founder Jack Ma in 2004, becoming China’s main mobile payment service. According to reports, over 700m people and […]
OSL Digital Securities was the first crypto exchange to apply for the SFC’s opt-in license last November. Source link
Diplomatic relations between the two have been recently complicated by the UK’s response to the Hong Kong protests – namely its offer of citizenship to those fleeing its former colony. Another woe was the Huawei dilemma, which first saw Britain allow the telecom titan limited access to its market and then decisively opted out. Not only the recent burning spats over Huawei and Beijing’s introduction of a controversial security law in the former British colony of Hong Kong have added pressure to Sino-British ties, now the nuclear issue has come into play. One of those raising the question of the pair’s […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202008191080219918-us-terminates-3-bilateral-agreements-with-hong-kong/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The United States suspended or terminated on Wednesday three bilateral agreements with Hong Kong in continuation of its response to China’s encroachment on the region’s autonomy, the State Department announced. “As part of the ongoing implementation measures, we notified the Hong Kong authorities on August 19 of our suspension or termination of three bilateral agreements”, the State Department said in a statement. The agreements covered the surrender of fugitive offenders, the transfer of sentenced persons, and reciprocal tax exemptions on income derived from the international operation of ships. China has recently […]
Jimmy Lai Arrested, And Long Live Hong Kong By Andre Vltchek, Popular Resistance. August 18, 2020 Jimmy Lai Arrested, And Long Live Hong Kong2020-08-182020-08-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/lai-e1597784264660.jpg200px200px Jimmy Lai, a billionaire media tycoon, based in Hong Kong, has been arrested, accused of sedition, criminal fraud, and collusion with foreign forces. The 71-year-old Lai, originally from Mainland China, owns a right-wing tabloid Apple Daily. He is known for dutifully echoing media salvos that are being fired by Western governments and media outlets, salvos against Beijing, and SAR administration, which in turn gained him, in the West, of course, various flattering and unreal titles such as […]
By: Andre Vltchek for VT Jimmy Lai, a billionaire media tycoon, based in Hong Kong, has been arrested, accused of sedition, criminal fraud, and collusion with foreign forces. The 71-year-old Lai, originally from Mainland China, owns a right-wing tabloid Apple Daily. He is known for dutifully echoing media salvos that are being fired by Western governments and media outlets, salvos against Beijing, and SAR administration, which in turn gained him, in the West, of course, various flattering and unreal titles such as ‘an outspoken pro-democracy figure in Hong Kong who regularly criticizes China’s authoritarian rule’ (CBS News). The Guardian reported: […]
By: Andre Vltchek Today, the Western press went absolutely mental again, radically schizophrenic. Hong Kong leader, Carrie Lam declared that the September 6 elections in SAR would be postponed by one year. Right away, she offered a rational explanation: “We have 3 million voters going out in one day across Hong Kong, such flow of people would cause a high risk of infection.” Fair enough. But while COVID-19 can justify just about any action taken by the West and also by countries that are closely associated with the West, it is constantly used against Mainland China and SAR. Irrational double […]
Washington has ordered that goods imported from Hong Kong to the US must be labeled ‘Made in China,’ with political and trade tensions rising between the world’s two biggest economies. In a notice published on a government website on Tuesday, US Customs and Border Protection said that products made in Hong Kong and shipped to the United States must be properly marked to “indicate that their origin is ‘China.’” The rule will be applied to goods “entered or withdrawn from warehouse” after September 25. Imports that do not have the required label after that date will be subjected to an additional 10 […]
Hong Kong police officers searching the newsroom of the Apply Daily newspaper Monday after arresting the paper’s publisher, Jimmy Lai. AP hide caption toggle caption AP Hong Kong police officers searching the newsroom of the Apply Daily newspaper Monday after arresting the paper’s publisher, Jimmy Lai. AP Textbooks censored. Teachers investigated for improper speech. Students arrested and charged with secession for their social media posts. Just over a month after Beijing imposed a national security law in Hong Kong, authorities are targeting in rapid succession figures at all levels of Hong Kong’s civil society and education sectors, despite assurances from Beijing […]
HONG KONG—The founder of a popular newspaper has been arrested by the Hong Kong Police Force, six weeks after Beijing passed a national-security law that carries a maximum penalty of life in prison for people deemed to have participated in acts of “secession, subversion, treason, or collusion with foreign forces” against the Chinese and Hong Kong governments. Jimmy Lai, a media mogul who owns the broadsheet Apple Daily, is also a key financial contributor to Hong Kong’s pro-democracy camp. In July 2019, Lai met with Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Washington to discuss the erosion […]
BEIJING (Sputnik) – The joint statement of the foreign ministers of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States on Hong Kong is yet another instance of interference in China’s domestic affairs, the Chinese embassy in Canada said in a statement on Monday. “On 9 August, the foreign ministers of Canada and other countries made a statement which once again contained irresponsible comments on the Hong Kong affairs and amounted to gross interference in China’s domestic affairs. China expresses its strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition to this,” the Chinese embassy said. Postponing the elections was out of public […]
Billionaire media tycoon and Hong Kong protest-backer Jimmy Lai has been arrested on suspicion of “collusion with foreign powers.” Police also searched the offices of his Apple Daily tabloid, under the new national security law. According to a senior executive at Lai’s media company Next Digital, Mark Simon, the prominent 71yo mogul and supporter of the anti-Beijing movement in Hong Hong was arrested Monday morning. “Jimmy Lai is being arrested for collusion with foreign powers at this time,” Simon said. Hong Kong police confirmed the arrest of seven suspects, on offences including collusion with foreign powers, but did not name them. […]
HONG KONG—July has been a month of constant struggle for this city in recent years, but especially since the protests last summer, which raised the stakes in the quest for universal suffrage. This year is even more chaotic: A third wave of COVID-19 infections has revived worries that Hong Kong, one of the densest cities in the world, may soon see an overwhelmed hospital system. Meanwhile, some of the pro-democracy movement’s organizers, still in their teens, have been targeted by the newly formed secret police, taken away in the night. And now, in truly Trumpian fashion, September’s election for legislators’ seats […]
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo unloaded on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo joined Maria Bartiromo on Sunday Morning Futures this morning. The Trump Secretary of State discussed the Chinese app TikTok, the Chinese human rights abuses and the postponed election in Hong Kong. At the of 8:45 mark in the interview, Pompeo said the following about China’s recent strong arm tactics in Hong Kong: TRENDING: Federal Government and Yale Are Holding Clinical Trials on How Best to ‘Persuade’ Americans to Take COVID-19 Vaccines Well, COVID-19 is not the reason for the […]
Health Editor’s Note: While it appeared that Hong Kong may have contained COVID-19, the pandemic is now progressing again and that country is shutting down, yet again…..Carol Hong Kong was a pandemic poster child. Now it’s a cautionary tale. by Shibani Mahtani/The Washington Post HONG KONG — At the start of this month, restaurants here had wait-lists, bars were overflowing, and beaches were dotted with umbrellas and sand seekers. Three weeks had elapsed since the last locally transmitted novel coronavirus case, and the pandemic appeared to be down, if not entirely beaten. All of that progress has come to a halt, as government […]
Relations between the United Kingdom and the People’s Republic of China are turning increasingly sour, as London has introduced new eased routes to citizenship for nearly three million residents of Hong Kong. The Chinese foreign ministry threatened to end its recognition of British National Overseas (BNO) passports held by residents of Hong Kong in response to the former colonial power’s policy of opening up increased pathways to UK citizenship. A spokesman echoed China’s position Thursday, saying the move by the UK was an act of interference in its internal affairs. “As the English side is the first to violate the promise, China […]
(Author Joe Hoft lived in Hong Kong for nearly a decade and provides this first hand perspective) China took control of Hong Kong, the former British colony, in 1997. Ever since that time, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the small group that runs China, has attempted to control the tiny country. This has escalated over the past year. The CCP agreed to a 50-year plan to take over the country of Hong Kong in 1997 after the takeover. However, this may never have been the CCP’s intent. Now after less than 25 years, the CCP is hammering Hong Kong into submission […]
Anti-racism uprisings: HK youth’s lessons on the West By: Andre Vltchek for VT Three years ago, I visited Old Supreme Court Building in Hong Kong, also known as The Court of Final Appeal, together with my friend, an Afghan-British lawyer, who was on a personal mission of ‘re-discovering Asia.’ Coming from a prominent, highly educated family in Afghanistan, my friend was extremely well aware that both the United States and the United Kingdom thoroughly destroyed her country during the recent occupation. In fact, under the NATO boots, Afghanistan became the poorest country in Asia, with the lowest life expectancy. But after […]
Earlier on Tuesday, Trump signed legislations that suspended the US preferential treatment for Hong Kong and envisaged sanctions over Chinese officials responsible for implementation of Hong Kong national security law. China strongly opposed the Hong Kong Autonomy Act signed earlier by Donald Trump and expressed intentions to respond with sanctions against relevant US officials, according to the statement made by Foreign Ministry of China, cited by state-run media. The statement stressed that any US attempts to “hinder implementation of the security law are doomed to failure”, vowing to “counter foreign meddling in Hong Kong’s affairs”. “The US bill maliciously denigrates the […]
TORONTO (Sputnik) – More than 60 Canadian lawmakers called for Magnitsky law sanctions against Chinese officials responsible for alleged human rights abuses in Hong Kong, Tibet, and Xinjiang in an open letter addressed to the government. “We, the signatories, call on the Government of Canada to invoke Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law) S.C. 2017, c. 21 against individuals who are directly responsible for the human rights atrocities happening in Tibet, occupied East Turkestan [Xinjiang], and Hong Kong,” the letter said on Tuesday. The letter addressed to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland […]
Schools were shut when the novel coronavirus first became a concern. Here’s how Hong Kong handled re-opening — and now, a second closing due to a spike in cases. (Image credit: Laurel Chor for NPR) Source link
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/0a/1079850296_0:208:3071:1935_1200x675_80_0_0_19b63357ab986c1a3d1e5b6440e6d0c6.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202007101079850343-german-foreign-office-summons-chinese-ambassador-to-discuss-hong-kong-situation/ BERLIN (Sputnik) – The German Foreign Office summoned the Chinese ambassador earlier on Friday to discuss the situation around Hong Kong. “The Chinese ambassador was invited today to the Federal Foreign Office for a conversation. State Secretary [Miguel] Berger presented the stand of the federal government again. The federal government has expressed concerns, jointly with its partners from the European Union, that the law will significantly undermine Hong Kong’s vast autonomy and will affect the independence of the judiciary and the rule of law,” the German Foreign Office said. The new law on Hong […]
Australia’s top security official sharply criticised comments from a barrister from the Law Council amid increased scrutiny from numerous human rights groups, who stated a new security bill could violate child rights and international law. Tempers have flared after Australia’s national spy chief said he was “offended” by comparisons between a bill expanding his organisation’s interrogation powers and a new security bill passed in China. Mike Burgess, Australia’s Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) head, hit back at the Law Council of Australia, who compared the two bills after it was found the legal age for compulsory interrogation would be lowered from 16 […]
U.S. sanctions in response to Hong Kong’s national security law – and Beijing’s tighter grip over the city’s financial system – could pose challenges for local crypto brokerage firms. The U.S. Senate passed the Hong Kong Autonomy Act on Thursday to penalize China for eroding Hong Kong’s autonomy. The bill is in response to a new national security law that broadly criminalizes acts of sedition, collusion, terrorism and subversion, which could include publicly criticizing the Chinese Communist Party. The law is already sending a chill over free expression in Hong Kong. The bill stipulates that the U.S. government should restrict foreign banks and […]
The Trump administration’s anti-China policies, including tariffs and attacks on telecoms giant Huawei, have forced the Chinese government to tighten its grip over Hong Kong, an analyst tells RT. Speaking to RT’s Boom Bust on the developments in the Chinese territory after Beijing imposed its national security law, Jeffrey Tucker of the American Institute for Economic Research said that it’s unclear how the bill will affect the economy. Some businesses operating in Hong Kong are now concerned that they could be found violating some provisions of the law, and face penalties varying from fines to confiscation of funds. “The US has […]
US video conferencing platform Zoom has joined Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and Telegram in suspending data requests from Hong Kong authorities following the enactment of the new national security law. Like its tech industry contemporaries, a Zoom spokesperson said the company “supports the free and open exchange of thoughts and ideas,” but it would not cooperate with authorities’ requests for information. Many in the tech industry have cited “human rights” concerns as the main driving factor behind such decisions. The spokesperson added that Zoom is “actively monitoring the developments in Hong Kong SAR (Special Administrative Region), including any potential guidance from the […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused China’s authorities of “Orwellian” censorship on Hong Kong. Earlier in the day, the Hong Kong Education Bureau has recommended that schools review their book collections and remove materials that might violate the new security law introduced by the Chinese central authorities. “The Chinese Communist Party’s destruction of free Hong Kong continues. With the ink barely dry on the repressive National Security Law, local authorities – in an Orwellian move – have now established a central government national security office, started removing books critical of the CCP from library shelves, banned political […]
by Press TV, Tehran [ Editor’s Note: We knew this new security law would be coming, and so did the Cold War crowd in the West, that after the failed US and British attempt at a color revolution in Hong Kong, the days of letting them infiltrate and trigger secession unrest would be over. While many in the US have made political hay on the Russian meddling in the US charges, completely missing in their analysis is the long history of US political meddling not only during the Putin era, but teaming up with the Oligarchs to take the country over […]
On Tuesday, Beijing’s top legislative body, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), passed a new national security law for Hong Kong that is seen by residents of the Special Administrative Region as a violation of their liberties. The legislation was signed by Chinese President Xi Jinping later in the day. Ottawa is “seriously concerned” about the new national security law for Hong Kong passed by China’s top legislative body and signed by President Xi Jinping on Tuesday, Canada’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said on Friday. “Canada joins the international community in reiterating its serious concern at the passage of […]
US Exposed For Funding Last Year’s Hong Kong Protests By Alex Lo, South China Morning Post. July 3, 2020 US Exposed For Funding Last Year’s Hong Kong Protests2020-07-032020-07-03https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/09/hong-kong-protests-carrying-us-flags-and-trump-liberate-hong-kong-banner-9-8-19-photo-by-simone-mccarthy-1-e1593784592813.jpg200px200px Above photo: Hong Kong protests carrying US flags and Trump Liberate Hong Kong banner September 18, 2019. Simone McCarthy. The little-known but powerful US Agency for Global Media has financed protesters in the city and helped them with technical support. Imagine how the American government would react if multiple Chinese state agencies such as Xinhua were exposed secretly helping protest groups across the United States to evade surveillance and crackdowns by law enforcement agencies. Washington […]
The announcement follows statements from Hong Kong’s chief executive, who accused opponents of China’s national security law of being “the enemy of the people” following pro-secessionist violence. Mr Zheng Yanxiong has been appointed National Security Advisor, chief executive Carrie Lam announced on Friday ahead of the launch of a new national security committee. Mr Zheng will oversee the implementation the new agency set to enforce a national security law set to enter force in August. Further appointments include Luo Huining, director of the Beijing liaison office in Hong Kong, who will be the agency’s top advisor to the Committee for Safeguarding National […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007021079778672-us-senate-passes-bill-to-sanction-banks-over-hong-kong-security-law/ The new national security bill that penalises secession, subversion and terrorism in the special administrative region was adopted by Chinese lawmakers and signed by President Xi Jinping on 30 June. The US Senate passed a bill on Tuesday sanctioning banks that do business with those Chinese officials who implement Beijing’s new national security law on Hong Kong, sending it to the White House for President Donald Trump’s signature. “This is an urgent moment. Our timing could not be more critical”, Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen said in a speech, urging support for the legislation. […]
On Wednesday, the UK Foreign Office summoned Chinese Ambassador to Britain Liu Xiaoming to express “deep concerns” over the new national security law for Hong Kong passed by China’s top legislative body and signed by President Xi Jinping on Tuesday. China’s Ambassador to the UK Liu Xiaoming has slammed Britain’s “accusations” against a newly-adopted national security law for Hong Kong and during a Wednesday meeting with UK Foreign Office permanent undersecretary, Sir Simon McDonald, expressed Beijing’s “grave concern and strong opposition” to the UK interfering in its internal affairs, the embassy said in a press release on Thursday. “On July 1st, Ambassador […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107919/17/1079191708_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_6d60462159b904abeda55a74fde54046.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202006301079762411-us-pompeo-denounces-chinas-draconian-security-law-pledges-to-defend-hong-kongs-freedoms/ US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday denounced China’s national security law and pledged to defend Hong Kong’s freedoms. “The CCP’s [Communist Party of China’s] draconian national security law ends free Hong Kong and exposes the Party’s greatest fear: the free will and free thinking of its own people,” Pompeo tweeted. “The United States will not stand idly by while China swallows Hong Kong into its authoritarian maw. Last week, we imposed visa restrictions on CCP officials for undermining Hong Kong’s autonomy. We are ending defense and dual-use technology exports to the territory. […]
by Jim W. Dean, VT Editor, … with PressTV, Tehran [ Editor’s Note: The US has exposed its hidden hand quite openly now with the Hong Kong issue. Any country that opposes US ‘color revolutions’, which many would consider an interference in the internal affairs of another country’, will find itself being punished by US sanctions. But wait, the craziness gets better. One of the proposals to “hurt” China is to block US sales exports, and businesses operating in Hong Kong, despite the US having in nice fat trade surplus with Hong Kong. You really can’t make this stuff up. It […]
HONG KONG—On Tuesday morning, Beijing’s top legislative body unanimously passed a secretive national security law that specifically applies to Hong Kong, a special autonomous region that until now has enjoyed freedoms that do not exist in most of China. “Local writers who were outspoken against the Chinese government are asking publications to take down their articles. ” The new law will go into effect as soon as Wednesday, and targets persons in Hong Kong involved in what the Chinese government calls “secession, subversion, terrorism, and collusion with foreign forces”—charges often slapped on Chinese nationals who express dissent publicly within mainland China. The […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202006301079755385-carrie-lam-assures-newly-passed-national-security-law-wont-undermine-hong-kongs-autonomy/ Earlier in the day, Chinese legislators passed the law, which, according to Beijing, is designed for the purpose of safeguarding China’s national security in Hong Kong. Source link
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107700/50/1077005052_0:160:3072:1888_1200x675_80_0_0_9b625ecec819071ff959e7bf37eae332.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202006271079733464-chinese-embassy-calls-on-us-to-lift-visa-restrictions-imposed-over-situation-in-hong-kong/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Chinese Embassy in the United States called on Washington on Saturday to lift the newly introduced visa restrictions for Chinese officials over the situation in Hong Kong. “We urge the US side to immediately correct its mistakes, withdraw the decisions, and stop interfering in China’s domestic affairs. The Chinese side will continue to take strong measures to uphold national sovereignty, security, and development interests”, the embassy said in a statement. The diplomatic mission stressed that Hong Kong’s matters are China’s internal affairs and, therefore, are not subject to any external […]
Lebron James told Bloomberg Businessweek that the NFL owes Collin Kaepernick an apology for criticizing his kneeling his protests during the National Anthem. This is the same NBA player who sided with Chinese Communists over Hong Kong Democracy protests. He’s not the most enlightened individual. TRENDING: UPDATE: RADICAL LEFTIST GROUP Threatens Christian Prayer Rally Planned on Saturday to Save the Iconic St. Louis Statue in Forest Park The Hill reported: NBA star LeBron James on Thursday said the National Football League still owes Colin Kaepernick an official apology for how the league responded to his kneeling protests during the national anthem. […]
HOW WE SOLD SOVIET UNION AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA FOR PLASTIC SHOPPING BAGS By: Andre Vltchek For months, this has been a story that I want to share with young readers in Hong Kong. Now it seems to be the really appropriate time when the ideological battle between the West and China is raging, and as a result of it, Hong Kong and the entire world is suffering. I want to say that none of it is new, that the West already destabilized so many countries and territories, brainwashed tens of millions of young people. I know, because in the past, I was […]
BEIJING (Sputnik) – The Chinese authorities revealed on Saturday the details of the proposed Hong Kong security bill after the three-day meeting of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee. The controversial legislature, which prompted strong criticism from Hong Kong citizens and abroad, comprises six chapters and 66 articles. The chapters, inter alia, cover general provisions, duties and mechanisms for ensuring Hong Kong’s national security, issues of crimes and penalties, jurisdiction and law enforcement. The draft document lists the main responsibilities of the Chinese authorities regarding national security, as well as Hong Kong’s constitutional responsibility to maintain it. The bill sets out […]
BEIJING (Sputnik) – The Standing Committee of the Chinese parliament is expected to vote on the final version of the proposed Hong Kong security bill, which sparked criticism from a number of countries and triggered massive protests in the autonomous city, in the coming weeks, the South China Morning Post reported on Saturday, citing sources. Earlier on Saturday, a three-day meeting of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee ended without releasing a full draft of the national security law. According to the sources, the release was delayed, because further changes to the document are expected to be made in the coming […]
China’s top diplomat has shot back after the US and its allies in the G7 called on Beijing to abandon a hot-button national security law slated for Hong Kong, telling his American counterpart to respect Chinese sovereignty. “China resolutely opposes the words and deeds of the US side interfering in Hong Kong affairs and resolutely opposes the statement made by the foreign ministers of the Group of Seven on Hong Kong-related issues,” Yang Jiechi, the director of Beijing’s foreign affairs, said on Wednesday after meeting US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for talks in Hawaii. Also on rt.com You better ‘reconsider’: […]
Hong Kong’s top official made the comments as the government is set enact a law aiming to stabilise domestic security affairs in the special administrative region and expand Beijing’s reach against a small group of secessionist ‘terrorists’ protesting at the behest of alleged “foreign forces”. Opponents of Beijing’s national security law should stop “smearing” efforts to pass the legislation, Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam said on Tuesday as quoted by Reuters. Those opposing the bill aiming to tackle domestic terrorism and national secession in the Chinese special administrative region were “the enemy of the people”, she added. Both Beijing and […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The central authorities’ national security legislation will only strengthen Hong Kong’s legal system, while people’s freedoms and interests of investors will remain unaffected, Chinese Ambassador to Russia Zhang Hanhui said in an interview. According to the diplomat, the draft legislation would target an “extremely small range of activities,” namely those that endanger national security. “[The planned legislation] does not affect the autonomy of Hong Kong, nor the rights and freedom of citizens of Hong Kong, nor legal rights and interests of foreign investors in Hong Kong. On the contrary, thanks to this decision by the National People’s Congress […]
by Jim W. Dean, VT Editor …with PressTV, Tehran [ Editor’s Note: You really can’t make this stuff up. The US and UK have spent years trying to destabilize the Hong Kong government, a game that Britain has a much longer history in doing then the US, who was once on the short end of the stick until the Neo-Americans, including my ancestors threw them out. So it is a sad twist of fate to see my country become a subversive Neo-colonizer. Unfortunately, as George Washington always warned, having a huge standing army would build up pressure to justify its expense […]
If Beijing imposes its new national security law in Hong Kong, Britain will extend a path to citizenship to almost three million eligible residents of the city, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged. There are some 350,000 people living in Hong Kong who currently hold British National (Overseas) (BN(O)) passports, while some 2.5 million are eligible to get one. The document grants effective permanent residency and the right to work to its holders and “could place them on a route to citizenship,” if China delivers on its plan and ramps up security in the autonomous city, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107698/34/1076983464_0:160:3072:1888_1200x675_80_0_0_78e377ff5980b4c28ed4ae655a0d089e.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202006021079502425-hong-kongs-lam-blasts-us-for-double-standard-security-law-criticism-amid-protest-repressions/ Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam sharply criticized the US on Tuesday for applying a “double standard” to the city’s new national security law being drafted by Beijing, as the US has seen widespread police repression and violence against Black Lives Matter protesters. As the People’s Republic of China moved to draft a new national security law for Hong Kong last month, US President Donald Trump accused Beijing of “smothering” the semi-autonomous city. “They broke their word to the world on ensuring the autonomy of Hong Kong,” Trump said on May 29. While Hong […]
More blockchain companies set up shop in Hong Kong in 2019 than firms from any other fintech sub-sector, according to a report from the region’s Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau. Representing 39% of the 57 fintechs that InvestHK, the government-owned inward investment advocate, wooed last year, blockchain outgrew the wealth tech, payments, cybersecurity, regulatory tech, credit tech and insurance tech sectors as Hong Kong’s foreign fintech relocation engine. Those efforts appear to be paying off in more ways than one. Hong Kong had four times higher than average demand for blockchain professionals in a 2019 LinkedIn report, which ranked blockchain […]
HONG KONG—Typed on screens, painted as graffiti, and yelled out loud, the idea of “burning together” (laam chau in Cantonese) is invoked by some Hongkongers who believe a scorched earth attitude is the only reasonable response to desperate times. “The youngest person I saw in police custody… was in her school uniform, carrying a bookbag. As she was led into a police van, she was calm. The children expect this treatment now.” Decades of nonviolent demonstrations have barely moved the needle in their quest for self-determination, and as the legal and political climates have begun to shift at a much more […]
While revoking Hong Kong’s preferential treatment may be catastrophic for the city’s financial system, the move could also backfire on the US itself and even challenge the dollar, Boom Bust has learned. On Friday, US President Donald Trump said he would end the special trade relationship with Hong Kong and impose sanctions on Chinese officials who backed the recent national security law. For the former British colony, the move could mean that it will become subject to US tariffs on China and lead to the city’s demise as one of the major global financial hubs. “Most importantly there is a free […]
Asia & Pacific 07:33 GMT 29.05.2020(updated 07:41 GMT 29.05.2020) Get short URL Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202005291079450608-beijing-urges-foreign-nations-to-cease-attempts-at-meddling-in-hong-kong-affairs/ The day before, China’s parliament overwhelmingly passed a resolution to draft a law on national security in Hong Kong that would outlaw secessionism in the territory and hefty fines or jail terms for those ridiculing China’s anthem among other things. The Chinese Foreign Ministry called on foreign nations on Friday to cease attempts at meddling in Hong Kong affairs. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source link
Pedestrians in Hong Kong walk under a giant screen showing a live telecast of Chinese President Xi Jinping, at the closing session of the National People’s Congress on Thursday. Vincent Yu/AP hide caption toggle caption Vincent Yu/AP Pedestrians in Hong Kong walk under a giant screen showing a live telecast of Chinese President Xi Jinping, at the closing session of the National People’s Congress on Thursday. Vincent Yu/AP Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared this week that Hong Kong is no longer sufficiently autonomous from China “to warrant treatment under United States laws in the same manner as U.S. laws were […]
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. “I certified to Congress today that Hong Kong does not continue to warrant treatment under United States laws in the same manner” as before Britain returned the city to China in 1997, Pompeo said in a statement on Wednesday. The 1992 Hong Kong Policy Act requires Foggy Bottom to assess and certify the city’s autonomy from China, so it can continue – or […]
Is Hong Kong US Or Chinese Territory? May 25, 2020 Is Hong Kong US Or Chinese Territory?2020-05-252020-05-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/08/62-e1567359839783.jpg200px200px Above photo: Protesters hold a placard featuring U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. flags as they take part in a march at Victoria Park in Hong Kong, July 21, 2019. Vincent Yu for AP. Note: To help understand the recent protests in Hong Kong we recommend these two articles: Liberal Confusion About The Hong Kong Protests And The US Role by KJ Noh. Hong Kong In The Crosshairs Of A Global Power Struggle by Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers We Are Not Fooled By The […]
Demonstrators defied social distancing rules and thronged some of the busiest retail districts Sunday. China’s parliament is planning legislation to tighten its grip on the semi-autonomous territory. (Image credit: Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images) Source link
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is using self-described human rights legislation to put pressure on the Hong Kong government and threaten China’s sovereignty, Beijing has claimed. Pompeo is “blackmailing” the semi-autonomous city with the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s Office of the Commissioner to Hong Kong said on Thursday. He added that China was not intimidated by Washington’s political maneuvering and that Beijing would protect its national interests from all foreign threats. Signed into law in November 2019, the act requires the State Department to audit Hong Kong’s level of “autonomy” […]
Pulitzer Committee Favors False US Empire Stories On Hong Kong, Russia And China By Ben Norton, The Grayzone. May 18, 2020 Pulitzer Committee Favors False US Empire Stories On Hong Kong, Russia And China2020-05-182020-05-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/08/Nytimes_hq-300×199-150×99.jpg200px200px Above photo: New York Times building in New York City. (Photo from Wikipedia) The New York Times has apparently stolen its Pulitzer Prize-winning stories from Russian journalists – the same liberal anti-Putin reporters its correspondents have lionized. The New York Times has been accused for the second time of stealing major scoops from Russian journalists. One of those stories won the Times a Pulitzer Prize this May. […]
HONG KONG—This city of 7.6 million, one of the most densely populated in the world, has recorded no local transmissions of the novel coronavirus for more than three weeks. Since the onset of the outbreak, Hong Kong has logged four deaths due to complications brought on by COVID-19; the last was in mid-March. But as Hong Kong’s officials mull over easing border restrictions, governments in the region with much worse records are shaping post-COVID policies in technologically dystopian ways that may be here to stay in Asia and around the world. Look no further than Singapore, where a yellow-and-black robot patrol […]
Business 13:14 GMT 11.05.2020Get short URL Gold smuggling is a lucrative criminal enterprise throughout Asia and around the world, given the plentiful supply of investors ready to pay top dollar to find a recognized store of value that’s an attractive alternative to the greenback. 16 suspects have been arrested in the southeastern Chinese coastal province of Fujian in connection with a major suspected gold smuggling operation, Xinhua has reported, citing local customs authorities. The suspects are accused of illegally smuggling roughly three tonnes of gold and gold-related products out of the country in an elaborate plot which took place over the […]