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Another Hong Kong pro-democracy activist, Lam Cheuk-ting, also sold his Hong Kong home at a price below market value last week, according to Sing Tao Daily‘s January 19 report. Lam told Sing Tao that he sold his home to free up funds for multiple lawsuits he is currently involved in — including one he filed against the Hong Kong police in 2019 over his alleged involvement in a mob attack on pro-democracy protesters earlier that year. Lam said he has no plans to leave Hong Kong, pointing out that authorities have seized his passport so that he cannot flee Hong Kong while he remains out on bail following his arrest late last month. Hong Kong police arrested Lam on December 28 for allegedly “disclosing the personal information of individuals being investigated by police” in connection with the July 2019 mob attack. … [Read more...] about Report: Hong Kong Protest Leader Joshua Wong’s Family Flees to Australia

He added: "If China follows through with its proposed legislation, we will put in place new arrangements to allow BNOs to come to the UK without the current six-month limit, enabling them to live and apply to study and work for extendable periods of 12 months, thereby also providing a pathway to citizenship." … [Read more...] about Hong Kong: Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab tells China to ‘step back from the brink’

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China has denied all the charges, but Uighur forced labor has been linked by reporting from the AP to various products imported to the U.S., including clothing and electronic goods such as cameras and computer monitors. China says its policies in Xinjiang aim only to promote economic and social development in the region and stamp out radicalism. It also rejects criticism of what it considers its internal affairs. … [Read more...] about Pompeo says China’s policies on Muslims amount to ‘genocide’

Last week, Pompeo announced through the State Department website that six mainland Chinese and Hong Kong officials had been added to the U.S. sanctions list over the mass arrest of more than 50 pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong earlier this month. … [Read more...] about China Counters Trump Administration Sanctions, Takes Parting Shots at Mike Pompeo