Trump says US to sanction Chinese officials responsible for eroding autonomy of Hong Kong
"China's cover up of the Wuhan virus allowed the disease to spread all over the world," Trump added and blamed Beijing for the death of over 100,000 Americans and "over a million lives worldwide."
Actions by China undermine autonomy of HongKong, agreed @BorisJohnson and @POTUS in phone call, according to @10DowningStreet
This month the PLA *did* move towed artillery, trucks, infantry combat vehicles to positions a few kms behind the LAC near the Hot Springs/Gogra.
Source says EU was informed in advance of the U.K.-US-Aus-Canada Hong Kong statement and taken through main messages. Was left open to them to sign on. They didn't. As @JosepBorrellF put it today "We have our own statements. We do not need to join other people's statements."
Pentagon says Defense Secretary Esper and his Indian counterpart, Rajnath Singh, spoke by phone Friday and discussed "a range of regional security issues," amid escalating tensions along India-China border. China not mentioned in the readout
[email protected]: "The President has been targeted by Twitter." @MariaBartiromo What about all of the lies and fraudulent statements made by Adam Schiff, and so many others, on the Russian Witch Hunt Plus, Plus, Plus What about China's propaganda WHO's mistakes No flags @foxandfriends
European Union: Sanctions are not the solution to problems with Beijing over Hong Kong
1 month agoCount number of army vehicles on way to Galwan Valley after mounting tensions between india and China on LAC
Trump: Twitter is not doing anything about the "lies and propaganda" unleashed by China or the far-left Democratic party
[email protected]: Twitter is doing nothing about all of the lies & propaganda being put out by China or the Radical Left Democrat Party. They have targeted Republicans, Conservatives & the President of the United States. Section 230 should be revoked by Congress. Until then, it will be regulated
China threatens UK with 'countermeasures' for saying it could offers Hong Kongers a pathway to British citizenship
China says won't let US 'kidnap' UN over Hong Kong
1 month ago[email protected], a student activist who has been critical of the Chinese government, has been expelled by @UQ_News. This is a university that has repeatedly been questioned for their suspicious link to the Chinese government
US consul general Hanscom Smith said in a briefing: "We have a very simple message- that is let Hong Kong be Hong Kong." He did not offer details of US response to national security law, only to stress any response will be targeted to mitigate any effect on HK people
Mark Zuckerberg raises the possibility of Facebook and WhatsApp being banned in HongKong as Beijing tightens its grip on the SAR, saying he hopes to find a way to "keep offering the services in the long-term"
China's Foreign Ministry, on THAAD in South Korea, says firmly oppose THAAD system in South Korea
Taiwan says its people will neither choose dictatorship nor bow to violence, after Li Zuochengl said China reserved the right to use force to prevent the the island becoming independent
1 month agoChina escalates its rhetoric against Taiwan: Li Zuocheng, chief of the Joint Staff Department and member of the Central Military Commission, says China will attack Taiwan if there is no other way of stopping it from becoming independent
Hong Kong sees more than a dozen confirmed coronavirus infection after two weeks of subsidence, multiple local media cite sources. Significant jump in local infection. A woman and her granddaughter contracted the virus on May 13, then her husband the subsequent day
1 month agoChief Executive Carrie Lam published an open letter to citizens as political ads (or sponsored feature) in multiple newspapers. Lam appealed to people of HK "for your full understanding and staunch support" for Beijing's decision to invoke the national security law
1 month agoWith this joint statement condemning China's decision to impose a new national security law on HK, Taiwan's parliament sends a strong message to the world: that Taiwan stands in solidarity with the people of Hong Kong, and that we fully support their fight for their freedoms
"If they thought it would help" he'd mediate between India and China, adds @POTUS
Pelosi's statement on Hong Kong: "The next step is for the Administration to work with Congress on an appropriate response. We must consider all tools available, including visa limitations and economic penalties."
"He's not in a good mood," says @POTUS referring to @narendramodi, explaining he spoke to the prime minister of India as to what's going on with China at the border
Pelosi: If America does not speak out for human rights in China because of commercial interests, we lose all moral authority to speak out elsewhere
Trump says will hold press conference Friday on China
DOJ accused them as agents of N.Korea's Foreign Trade Bank, primary foreign currency bank and under sanctions for facilitating nuclear proliferation. It is the largest N.Korean sanctions violations case charged by the US
US government charges 28 North Korean and 5 Chinese with facilitating more than $2.5 billion in illegal payments for the DPRK nuclear weapons & missile programs
"It took all the way until today" to get a fact check on China government tweets, says @PressSec
1 month agoU.S. Navy dispatches two warships to East China Sea: Japan-based USS New Orleans and guided-missile destroyer Rafael Peralta from TR strike group
1 month agoRiot Police suddenly showed up with multiple cars at Po Leung Kuk Ho Yuk Ching College, no one knows why. They left after they did a sweep. On duty officer refused to comment.
US navy dispatches two warships to East China Sea
@DominicRaab tells China that unless it suspends plans for new security laws in Hong Kong, the UK will give greater visa rights to 300,000+ British National (Overseas) passport holders. Current right to 6 months in Britain without visa would be increased to 12 months
[email protected]: All over the World the CoronaVirus, a very bad "gift" from China, marches on. Not good
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has signed a joint statement with his counterparts in the U.S., Australia and Canada voicing their "deep concern regarding Beijing's decision to impose a national security law in Hong Kong"
1 month agoPhoto: Chinese President Xi Jinping at the National People's Congress voted in favor of the National Security Law decision. (AP / Mark Schiefelbein)
The US Navy guided missile destroyer USS Mustin conducted a "freedom of navigation operation" Thursday challenging Chinese claims to the Paracel Islands. The Pentagon recently said that a Chinese vessel conducted "unsafe & unprofessional maneuvers" near the USS Mustin in April
1 month agoChina MOFA commissioner's office in HK issued a statement bombarding @SecPompeo and other US politicians threatening to sanction China over HK "the most barbaric, the most unreasonable and the most shameless"
China premier Li says asks that both china and U.S. respect each other's core interests
China premier Li says China, U.S. need to properly manage differences, disagreement
1 month agoCarrie Lam has welcomed NPC passing the decision, saying the govt will fully cooperate with NPCSC on completing national security law drafting.
China premier Li: says China's economic growth still important despite no target, will strive for certain economic growth this year
China premier Li: coronavirus pandemic deals blow to global economy, impact on China's economy inevitable
1 month agoGlobal Times calling the US' death count "the biggest shame of the century for a superpower"
1 month agoChina's National People's Congress wraps up with the Chinese national anthem closing the ceremony
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang about to embark on what is likely to be a 2 hour press conference following the conclusion of the Two Sessions
