Carrie Lam, Hong Kong’s chief executive, had introduced a bill that would allow for secret arrests and extraditions to mainland China, where communist courts would try alleged criminals. . ... “There have been cases when Hong Kong people were charged with smuggling when they transferred..…
This has cost her several diplomatic allies, who cut ties with Taipei in favor of mainland China. ..…
In February, Hong Kong authorities proposed that the chief, Lam, be given powers to send fugitives and suspects to jurisdictions not covered by existing arrangements, including to China and Taiwan. The foreign ministers of Germany and UK spoke against the bill, while European Union envoys..…
According to director of Institute of East European, Russian, and Central Asian Studies at the Chinese Academy of Science (IEERCAS) Sun Zhangzhi: . “The trade war between China and the United States will have a detrimental effect on the global economy. ..…
Entranced, he started to study the history of China.. Communist Party oversaw complete restructuring of the country's universities and research institutions to remove US and European influence and model them after those in Soviet Union. The industry, for example, one of the key..…
The two sides have been ruled separately since the end of a civil war on the mainland in 1949 but China still sees Taiwan as part of its territory to be reunified. . ..…
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