#Hong Kong security law ‘a human rights emergency’

#Hong Kong security law ‘a human rights emergency’

“#Hong Kong security law ‘a human rights emergency’” HONG KONG -Amnesty International said on Wednesday that Hong Kong authorities have used a new national security law to target dissent and justify “censorship, harassment, arrests and prosecutions that violate human rights” in the year since it was implemented. Beijing imposed a sweeping national security law in…

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#Pacific undersea cable project sinks after U.S. warns against Chinese bid

#Pacific undersea cable project sinks after U.S. warns against Chinese bid

“#Pacific undersea cable project sinks after U.S. warns against Chinese bid” SYDNEY/BEIJING, June 18 – A World Bank-led project declined to award a contract to lay sensitive undersea communications cables after Pacific island governments heeded U.S. warnings that participation of a Chinese company posed a security threat, two sources told Reuters. The former Huawei Marine Networks, now called HMN Technologies and majority owned by Shanghai-listed…

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#China slams US order banning transactions with 8 Chinese apps

#China slams US order banning transactions with 8 Chinese apps

“#China slams US order banning transactions with 8 Chinese apps” China’s government on Wednesday accused Washington of misusing national security as an excuse to hurt commercial competitors after President Trump signed an order banning transactions with payment services Alipay and WeChat Pay and six other apps. Tuesday’s order escalated a conflict with Beijing over technology,…

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#About 50 Hong Kong activists arrested under new security law

#About 50 Hong Kong activists arrested under new security law

“#About 50 Hong Kong activists arrested under new security law” Hong Kong police arrested about 50 former lawmakers and pro-democracy activists Wednesday for allegedly violating the new national security law by participating in unofficial election primaries for the territory’s legislature last year. The mass arrests, including of former lawmakers, were the largest move against Hong…

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#Will Joe Biden take on our alarming China problem?

#Will Joe Biden take on our alarming China problem?

“#Will Joe Biden take on our alarming China problem?” America has a China problem. And so do the Democrats and President-elect Joe Biden. While everyone worried about the Kremlin the past several years, Beijing ran wild. And it still is. Will the Biden administration do anything about it? Or will it be OK with Chinese…

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