The US, Britain, Australia and Canada released a statement underscoring “serious concern” over the mass arrest of Hong Kong democracy figures under a new security law, part of a mounting crackdown by Beijing
China-Taiwan tensions rise as Trump administration scraps decades-old rules
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Televisions show a news broadcast of U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Taipei, Taiwan, on Jan. 11, 2021.Bloomberg photo by I-Hwa Cheng.
China s state-run media called for retaliation after the Trump administration removed decades-old restrictions on interactions with Taiwan officials just days before President-elect Joe Biden takes office, one of its biggest moves yet to reshape U.S. ties with the Asian democracy.
The Communist Party-backed Global Times warned that Secretary of State Michael Pompeo s moves were pushing the world s biggest countries toward conflict. Hu Xijin, the newspaper s editor-in-chief, said on Weibo China had a precious window of opportunity for mainland China to teach a heavy lesson to the Taiwan independence forces and re-establish strategic leverage in the Taiwan Strait.
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(Bloomberg) The U.S. Secretary of State and foreign ministers of the U.K., Canada and Australia expressed their “serious concern” about the arrest of 55 politicians and activists in Hong Kong, the governments said in a joint statement.
Hong Kong’s National Security Law, under which the arrests were made, is a breach of the Sino-British Joint Declaration and undermines the “one country, two systems” framework, according to the statement.
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The people arrested last week haven’t been charged yet and most of them had been released as of late Friday, although their passports and travel documents were confiscated. They were held on suspicion of “subversion” for their roles in helping organize a democratic primary contest over the summer that involved more than 600,000 voters.
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US, other Western nations express concern at Hong Kong arrests
Democratic Party members were among 53 prominent figures released on bail after being arrested under security law over 2020 legislative primaries.PHOTO: EPA-EFE
PublishedJan 10, 2021, 10:00 am SGT
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