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Employee of British Consulate in Hong Kong Detained While in China

Simon Cheng Man-kit, a Hong Kong resident working as a consultant for the British Consulate in Hong Kong, went missing on Aug. 8 while attending a business meeting in Shenzhen, the southern Chinese city that borders Hong Kong. Cheng was released by the Chinese police after 15 days of “administrative detention” and returned to Hong ...

August 27, 2019

Max Lu

Aerial view of the skyline of Shenzhen, China.

China Now Using Military to Intimidate Protesters in Hong Kong

Protests against Hong Kong’s extradition bill have escalated over the past few weeks and have now come to a tipping point. The protests began as a public appeal from Hong Kong residents for Chief Executive Carrie Lam to revoke the extradition bill, which would allow the extradition of Hong Kong residents and foreigners residing in Hong Kong ...

August 5, 2019

Hermann Rohr