How China Scammed Hong Kong
ImageA police officer in Hong Kong on Tuesday standing guard near protesters opposing Beijing’s new national security legislation for the city. The law criminalizes, among...
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China Is Set to Pass Hong Kong Security Law
China passed a contentious new law for Hong Kong on Tuesday that would empower the authorities to crack down on opposition to Beijing, risking deeper...
China’s New National Security Law Looms Over Hong Kong
Chinese lawmakers meeting from Sunday could approve a national security law as early as this week, drastically curbing political protest and dissent in Hong Kong...
Hong Kong’s National Security Law, Explained
Chinese lawmakers have been meeting behind closed doors in Beijing this week to push forward a proposed national security law that could drastically curtail free...
Tiananmen’s Other Children
At some point in late May 1989, amid weeks of demonstrations that brought several hundred thousand citizens demanding democratic reforms to Tiananmen Square, in Beijing,...
Does Hong Kong Have a Fighting Chance Against China?
ImagePresident Xi Jinping of China reaching to vote in favor of new national security laws for Hong Kong during the National People’s Congress in Beijing...
As the U.S. Lashes Out at China, Beijing Hardens Its Resolve
BEIJING — Step by step, the United States under President Trump has sought to intensify pressure on Beijing in hopes of making China change its...
Will President Trump Stand With Hong Kong?
That China’s Xi Jinping is taking more steps to bring Hong Kong under the central government’s control should come as no surprise. President Xi has...
Hong Kong Protests China’s Tightening Grip: An Explainer
The protests in Hong Kong this past week have many of the hallmarks of the antigovernment demonstrations last year that came to define the territory’s...
Protesters in Hong Kong Rally Against China’s Tightening Grip
HONG KONG — Thousands of protesters in Hong Kong defied police orders on Wednesday as they took to the streets and gathered in shopping malls...