Factbox: Reactions to China move to impose security laws on Hong Kong
Beijing is moving to impose new national security legislation on Hong Kong following last year’s often violent anti-China unrest that plunged the city into its deepest turmoil since it returned to Beijing rule in 1997.
China to encourage Taiwan’s people to oppose independence
China will encourage the people of Chinese-claimed Taiwan to join it in opposing Taiwan independence and in promoting China’s “reunification”, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday at the opening of the annual meeting of parliament.
China to establish ‘sound’ legal system for national security in Hong Kong
China will establish a “sound” legal system and enforcement mechanisms to ensure national security in Hong Kong and Macau, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday in his annual report to parliament.
Japan’s elderly workers, once key to Abenomics, suffer as pandemic closes businesses
On a recent Saturday in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district more than 100 people, many of them elderly men, stood close together in a long queue waiting for food hand-outs.
Calls for protest march in Hong Kong as China pushes new security laws
Hong Kong activists on Friday made online calls for a march against China’s plans to impose national security legislation on the semi-autonomous city which many fear could erode its freedoms and international standing as a global finance hub.
China reports four new coronavirus cases in mainland as of end-May 21
China recorded four new coronavirus cases on May 21, up from two a day earlier, the National Health Commission (NHC) reported on Friday.
Australia seeks exemption from UK quarantine as COVID-19 cases slow
Australia, after bringing its coronavirus outbreak largely under control, said on Friday it is seeking an exemption from a requirement that travellers arriving in the UK quarantine for 14 days to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Mexico posts record 2,973 coronavirus cases in single day
Mexican health authorities on Thursday reported 2,973 more coronavirus cases, a daily record for new infections, bringing the country’s total tally to 59,567 cases.
At centers for stranded migrants in Panama, 59 test positive for coronavirus
Fifty-nine migrants in Panamanian migration centers have tested positive for the coronavirus, a health official said, as thousands of migrants in the Central American nation wait to advance on their journey north.
U.S. Senate Republican leader threatens ‘reexamining’ U.S.-China relationship
U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday threatened to reexamine the U.S.-Chinese relationship if Beijing pursues a “further crackdown” on Hong Kong, after China was set to impose new national security legislation on the former British…
