Wed, Jul 1 2020

WASHINGTON—Lawmakers of both parties launched a bill to give refugee status to Hong Kong residents at risk of persecution under the Chinese territory's new national-security law, which local rights activists and many Western countries have…

Hong Kong's new National Security Law, the “Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region” was gazetted tonight, becoming Hong Kong law at 11pm. We provide an…

Protesters in Causeway Bay encounter strong police presence, with officers standing by to handle a planned illegal march Legislation was passed by Beijing a day before and adopted by local government close to midnight Police raised using the purple…

China is set to pass a contentious new law for Hong Kong on Tuesday that would empower the authorities to crack down on opposition to Beijing, risking deeper rifts with Western governments that have warned about the erosion of freedoms in the…