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Hong Kong security law like anti-virus software: Top Chinese official
Jun 08, 2020 14:22A sweeping national security law that will soon be imposed on Hong Kong will be “like installing anti-virus software,” a top Beijing official said Monday, in a speech that warned democracy protesters had gone “too far.”
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Protesters march on American consulate in HK to protest US police violence
Jun 08, 2020 05:48People have gathered in front of the US Consulate in Hong Kong to protest the death of American George Floyd, who died when a white police officer in Minneapolis knelt on his neck.
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Japan refuses to join US, others in condemning China’s Hong Kong law: Sources
Jun 07, 2020 11:42Japan has reportedly decided not to join the United States, the United Kingdom and some other countries in “condemning” China over a recently-passed law to safeguard national security in Hong Kong, the semi-autonomous Chinese territory.
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Speaker for city council in Taiwan jumps to his death
Jun 07, 2020 06:09The speaker for a city council in Taiwan has jumped to his death from his 17th-floor apartment, with Taiwanese officials warning against speculation about the incident before police concludes an investigation.
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US has no right to call for extension of Iran arms embargo: Envoy
Jun 07, 2020 04:22Iran’s UN ambassador says the US' call for an extension of the UN Security Council's arms embargo on Tehran lacks legal standing in international law.
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On Trump’s new measures against China
Jun 06, 2020 05:19The futile efforts made by the Trumpsters, who advocate a doctrine of permanent war, as well as their technological dictatorships, who try to push their opponents under the bus by supporting the post-colonial status quo, will go nowhere.
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North Korea censures foreign interference in China’s internal affairs
Jun 06, 2020 01:14North Korea has denounced foreign interference in the affairs of the Chinese city of Hong Kong, expressing support for Beijing’s decisions regarding the city.
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Pompeo urges global stock exchanges to tighten rules for Chinese companies
Jun 05, 2020 02:44US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has warned American investors against what he called “fraudulent” accounting practices of China-based companies, saying the decision the Nasdaq made recently to tighten listing rules for such players ought to be a “model for other exchanges in the United States, and around the world.”
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US decision to strip Hong Kong of special trading status violates WTO rules: China
Jun 04, 2020 14:00China says a recent decision by the administration of US President Donald Trump to strip Hong Kong of its special trading status violates rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
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George Floyd protests: Police escalating violence across America
Jun 03, 2020 09:28"While some in the American media have claimed the protests across the US as violent “looters” imposing “tyranny” upon the country, much of the violence is being deliberately instigated and propagated by an out of control police force that appears to have gone berserk over the widespread public challenge to their authority and their impunity to act as they wish", says Alan MacLeod, staff writer for MintPressNews.