The moves are expected to accelerate now that 5 million Hong Kongers are eligible to apply for visas

The arrests in the Asian financial hub included well-known democratic figures and former lawmakers

The protesters were fleeing to Taiwan

Move comes days after US placed financial sanctions and travel ban on 14 Chinese officials

US actions are part of what critics see as an effort by Trump administration to put in place high-pr

The approval is just the latest in a series of such steps the Trump administration has taken to boos

The four hold positions in national security or Hong Kong police force

12 were arrested on Aug. 23 for illegal entry into mainland Chinese waters after setting off from Ho

On the fourth day of the legislation becoming law, the Hong Kong Public Library took at least nine p

Tong was among more than 300 demonstrators against the new law who were arrested by police on July 1

US has not renewed visas for some 40 Chinese journalists, whose 90-day work permits expired Thursday

People between 16 and 21 were arrested under Beijing's new national security law for the formerly se

Chinese Embassy in London pledges strong response.

Beijing's Liaison Office in financial hub calls vote serious provocation to the current electoral s

Prominent Chinese lawyers at home and abroad, who had been incarcerated or persecuted, told an onlin

Tong Ying-kit, who carried a banner that read 'Liberate Hong Kong', was arrested last week

Many pro-democracy shops that publicly stood in solidarity with protesters have moved to remove pro-

Sweeping new law lets government do pretty much anything it wants'

Pro-democracy activist wants international community to stand up to China's infringement of Hong Kon

Measure goes to President Trump for his signature

Washington is taking steps to end special permissions for the Chinese region

The law carries severe penalties for vaguely defined crimes against the state

Some two dozen Western countries, including Britain and the United States, have urged China to recon

New law, approved on eve of anniversary of Britain's 1997 handover of Hong Kong, extends Beijing's c

Cable TV, citing an unidentified source, said the law was passed unanimously by the Chinese parliame

Hong Kongers fear law will spell end of city's freedoms and rule of law

Legislation still opposed by majority, but support for protests is down 7%, while opposition to them

It's a blow for the Chinese-ruled city's protest movement

Planned law will allow Communist Party to dramatically expand its power in Asian financial hub

The planned one-day meeting between top diplomats in Honolulu would be first in 10 months

Protest comes on the first anniversary of a demonstration against extradition law

Tokyo separately issued a statement May 28, the day China's parliament approved the national securit

State Department: Beijing never, never' keeps its word 

Trump administration decision to end special treatment for Hong Kong and impose restrictions on Chin

China's communist leaders have been preparing for decades to take full control of the glittering cap

Protesters gathered during lunchtime at an upscale shopping center in Hong Kong's busy central busin

Britain, Australia, Canada join Washington in saying that Beijing imposition of national security la

If law is enacted as anticipated, Hong Kong's status as a financial center could end, they say

US, Hong Kong pro-democracy activists, say new law ends city's basic freedoms established after hand

Beijing plans to pass a new security law for Hong Kong that bans treason, subversion and sedition af

White House National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien says security law, proposed by Beijing, would a

An uneasy relationship is becoming more antagonistic as China signals hardline approach to a territo

Plan also would allow Chinese national security organs to set up agencies in Hong Kong 'when needed'

South China Morning Post newspaper, citing unnamed sources, said the laws would ban secession, forei

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