Archive for June 4th, 2020
US suspends flights by Chinese airlines in new spat with Beijing
Washington on Wednesday ordered the suspension of all flights by Chinese airlines into and out of the United States after Beijing failed to allow American carriers to resume [...] » More
Coronavirus: Former MI6 head claims pandemic ‘started as accident’ in Chinese laboratory
A former head of MI6 has said he believes the coronavirus pandemic may have “started as an accident”, with the virus escaping from a Chinese laboratory. Sir [...] » More
Trump not considering sanctions on China’s Xi over HK
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was not considering placing sanctions on Chinese President Xi Jinping personally over Beijing’s push to impose national [...] » More
Xi Jinping’s September meeting with EU leaders in Germany postponed due to coronavirus
President Xi Jinping’s trip to Germany in September for a historic meeting with all EU national leaders has been postponed, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman [...] » More
Mike Pompeo meets with 1989 Tiananmen Square activists at US State Department
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with survivors of the Tiananmen Square crackdown on Tuesday two days before the 31-year anniversary of the bloody events of June 4, [...] » More
Meng Wanzhou extradition case set to continue until 2021 as coronavirus throws schedule into disarray
The extradition hearings in Canada for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, wanted on fraud charges in the United States, are set to continue until 2021, after Covid-19 threw [...] » More
Johnson says China’s actions in HK risk eroding Sino-UK agreement
British prime minister Boris Johnson said China’s actions in Hong Kong risked “badly eroding” the protection of political freedoms enshrined in the [...] » More
Vigil banned, HK set to commemorate Tiananmen with ‘candles everywhere’
People in Hong Kong are set to commemorate the bloody 1989 crackdown by Chinese troops in and around Tiananmen Square by lighting candles across the city on Thursday, after [...] » More
HK braces as protesters plan to defy Tiananmen vigil ban
Hong Kong is bracing for another tense day as its legislature prepares to pass a controversial bill criminalising mockery of China’s national anthem, which coincides [...] » More
UK in 5G talks with suppliers from Japan, Korea: source
British officials have discussed supplies of 5G networking equipment with companies in South Korea and Japan as part of a bid to develop alternatives to China’s Huawei [...] » More
United Nations urged to appoint special envoy to safeguard human rights in HK
The heads of the foreign affairs committees in the British, New Zealand, Australian and Canadian parliaments have urged the United Nations chief to appoint a special envoy to [...] » More
Asian shares rise as Wall Street gains for 3rd straight day
Asian shares rose Wednesday after Wall Street extended its gains for a third straight day, driven by optimism over economies reopening from shutdowns to stem the coronavirus [...] » More
United Nations urged to appoint special envoy to safeguard human rights in HK
The heads of the foreign affairs committees in the British, New Zealand, Australian and Canadian parliaments have urged the United Nations chief to appoint a special envoy to [...] » More
HK lawmakers ‘not immune’ from Legislative Council contempt charges as Court of Appeal rules that ‘Long Hair’ Leung Kwok-hung trial should proceed
Hong Kong lawmakers are not immune from contempt charges if they disrupt Legislative Council meetings, the appeal court ruled as it gave the green light to restore criminal [...] » More
Extension of HK border restrictions spells bad news for Macau’s gaming operators
Hopes that Macau’s borders with neighbouring Guangdong Province and Hong Kong might be opened as early as next week were dashed on Tuesday when Hong Kong announced an [...] » More
