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Bill could go before Donald Trump as early as Thursday, amid calls for a strong action against China over Hong Kong crackdown US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi called the House vote on sanctions ‘an urgently needed response to the cowardly Chinese government’s passage of its so-called national security law’. Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA […] More
Justice department says ‘recent actions’ by China towards its territory indicate landing station could expose US communications to spying The US justice department wants an undersea data cable to bypass Hong Kong for fear Beijing could harvest American data. Photograph: Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images The US government wants a high-capacity undersea data cable system […] More
The end of one country, two systems is now clearly in sight. Though Beijing promised to respect Hong Kong’s freedoms and autonomy for a full half-century, it has chipped and then hacked away at them since the handover in 1997. Almost a year ago, the people of Hong Kong startled themselves and the world with […] More
