Hong Kong

UN human rights experts have told China a new security law for Hong Kong poses a serious risk to the city's freedoms.

Arrests of journalists and lawmakers in city, delay of Legco elections and new national security law all ‘extremely worrying developments’, Blok says. Minister also spoke about treatment of Uygurs in Xinjiang during meeting with Wang, who is on five-nation tour of Europe.

14:15 - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday said the U.S. is ending three key bilateral agreements with Hong Kong, the latest in a series of punitive measures against Beijing for its recent imposition of a Chinese national security law on the territory.

14:00 - hina is continuing to buy U.S. goods, particularly commodities, under its Phase 1 trade deal with the United States, despite rising tensions over Hong Kong and other issues, top White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Tuesday.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday (Aug 10) said he is not optimistic that China will rethink its position on Hong Kong, particularly after the arrest of media tycoon Jimmy Lai under Hong Kong's new national security law.

The United States will order imports from Hong Kong to be labelled as "Made in China" according to a draft government document, in the latest escalation of trade tensions between the two nations.

16:22 - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the foreign ministers of Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the U.K. issued a joint statement Sunday decrying the “erosion of rights” in Hong Kong over Beijing’s imposition of a controversial national security law, among other changes for the semi-autonomous region.

Al amparo de la draconiana Ley de Seguridad Nacional, la Policía arresta a Jimmy Lai, dueño del periódico «Apple» y al menos siete colaboradores y registra sus oficinas.

11:45 - The Trump administration on Friday targeted 11 individuals with sanctions over Beijing's crackdown on Hong Kong, including Carrie Lam, the chief executive of the autonomous territory.