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Economic cost of misadventure in Ladakh will be massive for China: Experts

The experts have also referred to China's tariff war with the US, growing bickering with Australia on trade-related issues and the fast deteriorating situation in Hong Kong

US Senate backs bill to impose sanctions on China over new Hong Kong law

The bill targets police units that have cracked down on Hong Kong protesters, as well as Chinese Communist Party officials responsible for imposing a strict national security law on Hong Kong

US Senate passes Bill to sanction China over Hong Kong security law

The US Senate on Thursday passed a Bill by unanimous consent to impose sanctions on China for its decision to implement the controversial national security law on Hong Kong

Hong Kong pro-democracy shops fear China's new security law

The new law, designed to prohibit what China calls secession, subversion and external interference in Hong Kong, is set to be passed by China's top legislative body next week

New law puts Hong Kong pastors at risk of being extradited to China: Report

For over a year, Hong Kong citizens have been out on the streets protesting against the proposed extradition bill, which would have allowed criminal suspects in the city to be sent to mainland China

EU presses China over trade, warns of 'negative effects' on Hong Kong law

The European Union told China on Monday to make good on a promise to open up its economy

China unveils details of national security law for Hong Kong amid backlash

National security activities would protect human rights and freedom of speech and assembly, it added, without providing details

China's top legislature ends meeting; No Hong Kong announcement

There was no announcement of the draft after the meeting concluded, according to the official Xinhua News Agency.

US expects China to review Hong Kong policy in 2 weeks: State Department

"We are looking forward to the reconsideration of the domestic security legislation, national security legislation that they are imposing on Hong Kong," Stilwell said

Covid-19 impact: Hong Kong's bankruptcy filings jumped to 17-yr high in May

The total number of bankruptcy filings in the first five months was 3,605 - 12.4 per cent higher than 3,207 a year earlier

China passes draft of controversial Hong Kong national security law

China acted after the widespread and sometimes violent anti-government protests in the territory last year that Beijing saw as a dangerous campaign to split Hong Kong from the rest of China

G7 foreign ministers urge China to reconsider new security law on Hong Kong

It further suggested an open debate and consultation with stakeholders to ensure respect for protected rights and freedoms in Hong Kong

SBI to ICICI Bank, here's how many Indian banks operate in China, Hong Kong

At Hong Kong, an important financial centre in Asia, Indian banks have had business operations for decades.

Hong Kong police blame youth for committing crimes in the name of protest

The police have been called out for their excessive use of forces against the demonstrators in the territory

HSBC's political tightrope act in Hong Kong opens up internal fault lines

Bank's statement on the eve of the June 4 anniversary of the 1989 crackdown in Tiananmen Square of a looming security law heightened worries among both executives and rank-and-file over staff conflict

China defends crackdown on students in Tiananmen Square as 'fully correct'

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with some of the survivors of the Tiananmen Square crackdown in Washington ahead of the 31st anniversary

How China's new national security law subverts Hong Kong's rule of law

With China becoming a political hegemon as well as an economic powerhouse, its leaders feel able to unilaterally declare the joint declaration obsolete, bar British critics from entering Hong Kong

Boris Johnson pledges to let in 3 million Hong Kong citizens if needed

Johnson said that the security law would curtail freedoms in Hong Kong and conflict with China's obligations under its agreement with the United Kingdom to take back the former British colony in 1997

World coronavirus dispatch: Young adults, viral TikToks & uncertain future

From KKR's spending spree amid pandemic, to the inside story of why EY quit audit role at a ventilator maker paid in millions by UK govt - read these and more in today's world dispatch

US businesses awake to 'sad day' in Hong Kong as Trump vows to curb ties

Speaking at the White House, Trump said China's move on Hong Kong was a tragedy for the world