HK tycoon unlikely to get residency: source
TAIWAN BID: A source said Charles Heung has links to an organized crime group, while a son is in the All-China Youth Federation and his wife opposed HK protesters
By Chen Yu-fu and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Hong Kong entertainment tycoon Charles Heung’s (向華強) application for Taiwanese residency is likely to founder due to his ties to Beijing, a source connected to the national security establishment said.
Heung is chairman of China Star Entertainment (中國星). The former actor is perhaps best known for playing a supporting role in the 1989 film
God of Gamblers.
Reuters
A court in Hong Kong on Wednesday granted bail to pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai, who is awaiting trial under a draconian national security law imposed on the city by the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP), placing him under house arrest until his next court appearance in April.
Lai was released by High Court judge Alex Lee a judge handpicked by the government to adjudicate on national security cases on condition that he remains in his home and reports to the local police station three times a week, and surrenders his travel documents to the authorities.
His conditional release came after he spent 20 days behind bars after bail was denied on Dec. 3 and again on Dec. 12.
A window of opportunity is open for resetting China-US relations: Kuhn Source: Global Times Published: 2020/12/22 15:48:39 Last Updated: 2020/12/22 19:48:39
Dr. Robert Lawrence Kuhn Photo: Courtesy of Kuhn
Editor s Note:
After the 2020 US presidential election, the topic of China-US relationship has become even more heated. What will the future of the two countries ties be like? What kind of relationship between China and the US is most beneficial to both and also to the entire world? Dr. Robert Lawrence Kuhn (Kuhn), chairman of The Kuhn Foundation and recipient of the China Reform Friendship Medal (2018), shared his insights on these issues and more with Global Times (GT) reporter Xu Hailin in an e-mail interview.
Manoj Joshi
Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation
Some people think that the Biden era may see a reduction in the pushback that China has been facing. But the Chinese themselves are bracing for an intensification of that pressure and, indeed, a wider challenge. This is evident from the recent references to ‘National security’ in discussions in the higher echelons of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Not to forget, of course, the ramming through of the National Security Law in Hong Kong earlier this year. Earlier this month, the CPC’s apex body, the politburo, held a study session on national security, the first on the subject since 2014, when the subject discussed was counter-terrorism.