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Hong Kong Arrests U.S. Citizen, Dozens More Under Security Law Bloomberg 1/6/2021 Iain Marlow, Natalie Lung and Alfred Liu (Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong arrested dozens of opposition figures under a controversial national security law, an unprecedented crackdown that included an American lawyer, as authorities work to quash any dissent that remains in the former British colony. Police said they had swept up 53 people in the Wednesday operation and that around 1,000 officers had been dispatched to carry out the detentions. Those arrested included several prominent former lawmakers...

Beijing Sends Biden Stark Message with Hong Kong Crackdown Bloomberg 1/7/2021 Iain Marlow, Kari Lindberg and Natalie Lung (Bloomberg) -- China’s unprecedented arrest of dozens of leading Hong Kong opposition figures illustrates the depth of Joe Biden’s challenges with Beijing. By the time he becomes U.S. president, there might not be much democracy left to save in the Asian financial hub. The Hong Kong police on Wednesday rounded up more than 50 activists, former lawmakers and academics, as well as an American rights lawyer, in a series of morning raids across the former...

Hong Kong Arrests U.S. Citizen, Dozens More Under Security Law Bloomberg 1/6/2021 Iain Marlow, Natalie Lung and Alfred Liu (Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong arrested dozens of opposition figures under a controversial national security law, an unprecedented crackdown that included an American lawyer, as authorities work to quash any dissent that remains in the former British colony. Police said they had swept up 53 people in the Wednesday operation and that around 1,000 officers had been dispatched to carry out the detentions. Those arrested included several prominent former lawmakers...

Jack Ma's disappearing act a lesson in humility Save Normal text size Advertisement Chinese technology tycoon Jack Ma's disappearing act has added a layer of intrigue to a calculated strike by the Chinese government to teach its homegrown technology star some humility. Having amassed a personal fortune of over $US50 billion ($65.5 billion) since the inception of Alibaba in 1999, Ma's vision has moved well beyond letting consumers, predominantly Chinese, buy things online and make payments. Ant Group, which saw its $US35 billion ($45 billion) IPO scuttled by Beijing, aspires to be a far more p...

Posted: Dec 18, 2020 5:27 PM PT | Last Updated: December 19, 2020 Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou appears at a hearing related to her extradition. Her lawyers claim that Canada would be breaching international law if she were to be sent to the United States to face trial.(Ben Nelms/CBC)