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By Greg Torode, Anne Marie Roantree and James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) - The top U.S. diplomat in Hong Kong said the imposition of a new national security law had created an atmosphere of coercion that threatens both the city's freedoms and its standing as an international business hub. In unusually strident remarks to Reuters this week, U.S. Consul-General Hanscom Smith called it appalling that Beijing's influence had vilified routine diplomatic activities such as meeting local activists, part of a government crackdown on foreign forces that was casting a pall over the city . Smith's remar...

Pope appoints new Hong Kong bishop after long delay FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis celebrates Holy Mass for the community of the faithful of Myanmar resident in Rome, at the Vatican, May 16, 2021. REUTERS/Remo Casilli/Pool reuters_tickers This content was published on May 17, 2021 - 11:12 May 17, 2021 - 11:12 VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis named on Monday Stephen Chow as the new bishop of Hong Kong, a long-delayed appointment that comes amid Sino-Vatican frictions and growing Western concern over human rights in the global financial hub. Chow, 61, head of Hong Kong's Jesuit order, will repla...

America’s intent in the aftermath of the Chinese tests was to signal U.S. strength with just the right amount and kind of potential force.

By Pak Yiu HONG KONG, April 26 (Reuters) - An immigration bill on Hong Kong's legislative agenda for Wednesday would give authorities virtually unlimited powers to prevent residents and others entering or leaving the former British colony, lawyers, diplomats and rights groups say. The government says the bill merely aims to screen illegal immigrants at source amid a backlog of asylum applications, and does not affect movement rights. But lawyers say it empowers authorities to bar anyone, without a court order, from entering or leaving Hong Kong and fails to prevent indefinite detention for re...

FILE PHOTO: British National Overseas passports (BNO) and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China passports sit on top of baggage in Hong Kong, China, December 17, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu HONG KONG (Reuters) - An immigration bill on Hong Kong's legislative agenda for Wednesday would give authorities virtually unlimited powers to prevent residents and others entering or leaving the former British colony, lawyers, diplomats and rights groups say. The government says the bill merely aims to screen illegal immigrants at source amid a backlog of asylum applic...