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HK Government Introduces Even More Measures to Ensure Preferred Election Outcomes Posted by John Chan | Apr 13, 2021 The Hong Kong government has announced an umbrella bill to implement sweeping changes to the city’s electoral system, two weeks after the changes were approved by the National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) in Beijing. The measures will more than halve the number of democratically elected seats in the city’s legislature, while expanding the body and altering i...

Hong Kong’s Election Overhaul in Context Hong Kongers protest the extradition bill in June 2019. (Studio Incendo, https://flic.kr/p/2gf6Ndr; CC BY 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/) On March 30, Chinese lawmakers passed legislation that will dramatically overhaul Hong Kong’s electoral system. That legislation—which takes the form of amendments to Hong Kong’s Basic Law—does not stand alone: It appears to be the third in a recent raft of laws that consolidate Beijing’s...

The Standing Committee of the National Peoples Congress (NPC) has recently launched an enforcement inspection of the Law on Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), the first of its kind since the law went into effect in 2017.   From April to early May, inspection teams will be dispatched to eight provinces, including Shanxi, Zhejiang and Fujian. The NPC Standing Committee will also entrust legislatures in eight other provinces to inspect the enforcement of the law in their own regions, according t...

【明報專訊】Central government officials are holding a three-day symposium in Hong Kong to solicit opinions on improving the electoral system of the HKSAR. The future allocation of the three types of Legislative Council seats, the exercise of the Election Committees authority as well as the composition and operation of the candidate qualification review committee have become the concerns of many. The major revamp of Hong Kongs electoral system by the central government is aimed at excludi...

US sanctions 24 Hong Kong and Chinese officials ahead of Blinken meeting with Beijing CNN 4 days ago By James Griffiths, CNN © Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool/AFP/Getty Images US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin attend the 2+2 Meeting at Iikura Guest House in Tokyo on March 16, 2021. Washington has sanctioned 24 Chinese and Hong Kong officials over Beijings ongoing crackdown on the city, ahead of US Secretary of State Antony Blinkens meeting w...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. File   | Photo Credit: Reuters The sanctions were introduced under the Hong Kong Autonomy Act and list people who are deemed to contribute to the failure of China in meeting its obligations under Hong Kong’s mini-constitution. The U.S. sanctioned an additional 24 Chinese and Hong Kong officials over Beijing’s ongoing crackdown on political freedoms in the semi-autonomous city, including a decision to overhaul Hong Kong’s electoral system. The sa...

U.S. Warns Banks Over Ties With Sanctioned Chinese Officials Bloomberg 4 days ago Brendan Scott (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. added more than a dozen Chinese officials to a list of people that banks must avoid, putting global financial institutions on notice that they risk running afoul of American sanctions. The State Department officially added 14 Chinese lawmakers, including a member of the Communist Party’s ruling Politburo, to a blacklist under the Hong Kong Autonomy Act. Whi...

US sanctions 24 Hong Kong and Chinese officials ahead of a high-level meeting with Chinese diplomats cteh@businessinsider.com (Cheryl Teh) © Provided by Business Insider Thousands take part in a pro-democracy march in Hong Kong on June 4, 2020. Ivan Abreu/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Washington has sanctioned 24 officials over Beijings ongoing crackdown on Hong Kong. This move comes as US Sec. of State Antony Blinken prepares to meet top Chinese diplomats in Alaska. Thos...

Close icon Two crossed lines that form an X. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification. Thousands take part in a pro-democracy march in Hong Kong on June 4, 2020. Washington has sanctioned 24 officials over Beijings ongoing crackdown on Hong Kong. This move comes as US Sec. of State Antony Blinken prepares to meet top Chinese diplomats in Alaska. Those sanctioned include senior members of the Chinese parliament and Hong Kong police officia...

(0) HONG KONG, March 17, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Chinas top legislature endorsed on Thursday a decision on improving the electoral system of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, which marks another major step to improve the regions legal and political systems, said Lv Jian-she, President of the Hong Kong-based Chinese Culture and Arts Association. The plan was initiated by the vice chairman of the NPC (National Peoples Congress) Standing Committee Wang Chen at the opening meeting of ...