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China vows retaliation after US ends preferential status for Hong Kong
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 15 (ANI): China has vowed to take retaliatory measures after US President Donald Trump ordered an end to preferential trade treatment for Hong Kong and signed legislation allowing sanctions over Beijing's enactment of a draconian security law in the semi-autonomous city
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Trump signs Hong Kong Autonomy Act, ends city's preferential trade status
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 15 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an legislation and executive order holding China accountable for its oppressive actions against the people of Hong Kong.
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Pompeo calls for 'free and fair' Hong Kong Legislative Council election
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], July 14 (ANI): After China declared primaries held by Hong Kong's pro-democratic parties on the weekend 'illegal', US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo has called for a free and fair Legislative Council election in the city.
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Under pressure, expansionist China begins to wilt; India's strategic optio
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): China's brazen attempts at annexing territories from its neigbouring countries has been widely covered in the media. It has challenged Japan in the East China Sea, grabbed territory in the South China Sea, laid claims to Indonesian islands 1500 kms away and
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Hong Kong cinemas to close from July 15 after fresh wave of COVID-19 infec
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], July 13 (ANI): As Hong Kong is reeling under a fresh wave of COVID-19 infections, cinema houses in the city will be closed from July 15 night.
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Hong Kong announces sweeping social distancing rules as COVID-19 cases spi
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 13 (ANI): Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Monday announced that the government will further tighten limits on public gatherings from 50 to four people starting from July 15 amid a spike in COVID-19 cases in the city, CGTN news reported.
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COVID-19: Hong Kong expected to tighten social distancing measures
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 13 (ANI): The government of Hong Kong is contemplating to tighten social distancing measures to contain the third wave of coronavirus outbreak after new cases of COVID-19 were reported on Monday.
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Hong Kongers stand in long queues on second day of primary elections
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 12 (ANI): Long queues reappeared outside polling stations across Hong Kong on Sunday morning as residents flocked to cast their votes in a weekend primary held by the opposition camp for the upcoming Legislative Council elections, a day after it drew a higher-than-expected tu
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Virologist who fled to US from Hong Kong accuses China of coronavirus cove
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 11 (ANI): At a time when COVID-19 has infected over 12 million people across the globe, a scientist from Hong Kong has revealed that China knew about the deadly virus well before it claimed it did, in an extraordinary claim about cover-ups at the highest levels of government.
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Australia suspends extradition treaty with Hong Kong, extends visas for ci
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], July 9 (ANI): Australia on Thursday suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong and offered a path to citizenship for those Hong Kongers who wish to leave the city, CNN reported.
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Beijing fears its own people's free thinking more than any foreign foe, sa
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], July 9 (ANI): US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, on Wednesday (local time) came down heavily on Chinese Communist Party and called for releasing Xu Zhangrun who was detained by Chinese authorities for publishing articles criticising Xi Jinping over coronavirus pande
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'World must not allow China to instigate territorial disputes': Pompeo
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 09 (ANI): The Chinese Communist Party has an "enormous credibility problem", US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Wednesday said that the world should not allow Beijing to instigate territorial disputes.
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