“Providing a lifeboat for Hong Kong people is a good move. When even countries that did not directly sign the Sino-British joint declaration provide assistance to Hong Kong people it shows how the Western world has no trust in Beijing,” Wong told the newspaper. The 1985 Sino-British joint declaration between Great Britain and China established the sovereign and administrative arrangement of Hong Kong upon its return to Chinese rule in 1997. … [Read more...] about Report: Hong Kong Protest Leader Joshua Wong’s Family Flees to Australia
Hong kong express cancel flight
Hong Kong: Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab tells China to ‘step back from the brink’
More from China New electric car battery can charge in five minutes China gold mine blast: 12 trapped workers still alive following explosion last week COVID-19: US intelligence claims Wuhan lab researchers had coronavirus symptoms before first reported cases COVID-19: Ice cream tests positive for coronavirus in China COVID-19: How did coronavirus begin? If our journey is anything to go by, China won't make it easy to find out COVID-19: WHO scientists arrive in Wuhan to begin investigating origins of pandemic … [Read more...] about Hong Kong: Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab tells China to ‘step back from the brink’
HSBC and StanChart voice support for China’s Hong Kong security law
They later faced a swell of criticism from human rights groups, with Will Howlett, analyst at HSBC shareholder Quilter Cheviot, noting: "There are risks that HSBC becomes a political football after Peter Wong's declaration of support for the new national security law." … [Read more...] about HSBC and StanChart voice support for China’s Hong Kong security law
The 50 Best TV Shows That Were Canceled Too Soon
When it comes to the fantasy and science fiction genres, The Twilight Zone is a behemoth of the landscape. Airing on CBS for five seasons, the anthology tackled supernatural stories from another dimension. As is common with the shows on this list, The Twilight Zone won awards and the hearts of viewers, but its viewership numbers were never stellar. It was canceled twice, but brought back to life over the course of its five seasons. The show's final cancellation came in 1964, and not even paranormal forces could resurrect it again. … [Read more...] about The 50 Best TV Shows That Were Canceled Too Soon
Pompeo says China’s policies on Muslims amount to ‘genocide’
China has imprisoned more than 1 million people, including Uighurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups, in a vast network of concentration camps, according to U.S. officials and human rights groups. People have been subjected to torture, sterilization and political indoctrination in addition to forced labor as part of an assimilation campaign in a region whose inhabitants are ethnically and culturally distinct from the Han Chinese majority. … [Read more...] about Pompeo says China’s policies on Muslims amount to ‘genocide’
