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July 6, 2020

Hong Kong protester first to be charged under new security law is denied bail

A man seen carrying a sign with the message “Liberate Hong Kong” has become the first person charged under its controversial new security law – and he has been denied bail, reports say. 

July 4, 2020

Up to 8,000 Chinese nationals came into US after Trump banned travel due to coronavirus: AP

Thousands of Chinese citizens have reportedly come into the U.S. since President Trump restricted travel on foreign nationals in January, arriving from China after the coronavirus outbreak.

July 4, 2020

State Department official tells US companies to 'be aware' of Chinese brands using slave labor

Under Secretary of State Keith Krach warned on Saturday about the potential for international commerce to support brands benefiting from slave labor in China.

July 4, 2020

At UN Human Rights Council, 53 countries back China's draconian Hong Kong crackdown

Fifty-three countries at the U.N. Human Rights Council, led by Cuba, came out in support of China’s national security law this week -- a law that has formed the basis of the communist regime’s latest crackdown on the people of Hong Kong.

July 4, 2020

Peter Navarro: 'Chinese Communist Party needs to come clean about coronavirus’

The Chinese Communist Party needs to be held accountable for its role in eroding democracy in both the U.S. and Hong Kong, White House Trade Advisor Peter Navarro asserted Saturday.

July 3, 2020

China appoints Communist Party hardliner to oversee Hong Kong's new security office

Just days after a draconian national security law went into effect in Hong Kong this week, Beijing has appointed a hardline, controversial Communist Party figure – Zheng Yanxiong – as chief of the new office, set up to ensure the sweeping new changes are implemented.

July 2, 2020

House passes bill to sanction Chinese entities that menace Hong Kong, banks that work with them

The House of Representatives on Wednesday night passed a bill to impose sanctions on entities that help violate Hong Kong's autonomy and financial institutions that do business with them, a response to the passage of a "national security" law that tightened Beijing's grip on Hong Kong.

July 1, 2020

Pompeo: Hong Kong will be another 'communist-run city' under China's strict control

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he was sadden by the mass arrests made in Hong Kong Wednesday, following the new national security laws China instated -- severely limiting Hong Kong’s right to freedom of speech and protest.

July 1, 2020

Andrew McCarthy: China swallows Hong Kong

The Chinese Communist Party, through what it portrays as its legislature (the “National People’s Congress”), has enacted a law crushing democracy in Hong Kong.

July 1, 2020

Hundreds arrested in Hong Kong after China imposes new national security law

More than 180 people have been arrested in Hong Kong Tuesday after China implemented a new national security law that Western powers argue violates the territory’s semiautonomous judicial independence and gives Beijing unprecedented power over the city.