HSBC sides with China over Hong Kong: Bank publicly supports the controversial new national security law By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 3 June 2020 | Updated: 22:41 BST, 3 June 2020 HSBC has publicly supported the controversial new national security law which China is imposing on Hong Kong – putting … Read more
Boris Johnson has said he will have ‘no choice’ but to offer the people of Hong Kong citizenship if China erodes human rights in the former British colony. The Prime Minister said last night that a proposed new national security law in Hong Kong would ‘dramatically erode its autonomy’ and breach the terms of its … Read more
At last, our Government is displaying a backbone – and a sense of honour – in its dealings with the totalitarian Communist regime of Beijing. Interviewed by the BBC‘s Andrew Marr yesterday, the Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab declared that unless the Chinese Communist Party revoked its decision last week to apply its own tyrannical and … Read more
Britain offers passport holders in Hong Kong visa-free travel for up to 12 months after China rubber-stamps controversial national security law British Nationals (Overseas) do not have the automatic right to live or work in the UK, but can currently travel here without a visa for up to six months Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: China tightens the noose on Hong Kong with British firms in line to feel the squeeze By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 28 May 2020 | Updated: 22:12 BST, 28 May 2020 The worst fears of Hong Kong’s richest person Li Ka-shing, proprietor of trading behemoth Hutchison, are being … Read more
China passes national security law for Hong Kong amid international controversy after the US revokes the city’s ‘special status’ in protest The Chinese National People’s Congress passed the bill in Beijing this afternoon The law aims to ban secession, foreign interference and treason in Hong Kong By Billie Thomson For Mailonline Published: 08:10 BST, 28 … Read more
China passes national security law for Hong Kong amid international controversy after the US revokes the city’s ‘special status’ in protest By Billie Thomson For Mailonline Published: 08:10 BST, 28 May 2020 | Updated: 08:14 BST, 28 May 2020 China‘s parliament has approved the decision to go forward with a law tackling secession, subversion, terrorism … Read more
President Donald Trump warned Tuesday that Hong Kong’s role as a global financial center would be put at risk of China insists on imposing a strict political crackdown – as his administrations offered to pay to relocate Hong Kong firms to the U.S. Trump economic advisor Larry Kudlow made the offer in comments about moving … Read more
Thousands of Hong Kong protesters are tear-gassed by police in first clash since Beijing announced new law to ‘take full control’ Pro-democracy demonstrators protested against Beijing’s bill in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay shopping area The bill will ban secession, foreign interference, treason and terrorism in the semi-autonomous territory Hong Kong pro-democracy figures accused the Communist … Read more
Chinese state media has claimed a controversial national security law bill that could ban people in Hong Kong from inciting and participating in protests will ‘protect’ instead of restricting the freedom of the semi-autonomous city. ‘By adding greater national security protection, Hong Kong’s status as a special administrative region will be consolidated,’ wrote the Global … Read more