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The House bill is similar to a measure approved last week in the Senate, but makes some minor changes. Senator Chris Van Hollen, a co-sponsor of the Senate bill, said senators will vote as soon as Thursday to give final legislative approval, sending it to the White House. … [Read more...] about China sanctions approved by US House as Pelosi calls Hong Kong security law ‘horrific’

Hong Kong’s chief executive, Carrie Lam, said on Saturday it had asked for help from Beijing due to the resurgence in cases. She said the government was studying whether everyone in Hong Kong could be tested, local broadcaster RTHK reported. … [Read more...] about China sends Covid-19 testing team to Hong Kong, prompting surveillance fears

Critics say the law marks Beijing’s full takeover of Hong Kong, which was promised 50 years of a “high degree of autonomy” after the 1997 handover. In the decades since, Hong Kong’s free press, independent courts and legislature, as well as its traditions of protests and marches, have made the city a haven for the civil liberties not enjoyed across the border. … [Read more...] about Controversial Hong Kong national security law comes into effect

Why Hong Kong's 'third wave' is a warning to all HK delays elections for a year 'over virus fears' Members of the health team are mostly from public hospitals in southern Guangdong Province, according to Chinese state media the Global Times, and will help with mass testing in the region. … [Read more...] about China sends first Covid-19 medical testing team to Hong Kong

Last week, HSBC was forced to rubbish claims by Chinese state media that it had framed Huawei and been an accomplice in US efforts to arrest its chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, in Canada in late 2018. In its statement, posted on the WeChat Chinese social media platform, the bank said it had handed over documents to the US Department of Justice only after it was ordered to do so. … [Read more...] about HSBC treads a fine line between angering China and alienating the west