US President Joe Biden has signed key legislation into law that extends for another five years the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019, including its sanctions on key Chinese officials. On Monday, Biden signed the massive US$895 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), annual legislation that finances and directs policy for the…
Former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying has admitted he wanted the US to impose “draconian” sanctions to compel Beijing to reconsider imposing the national security law on Hong Kong, while maintaining the “fight for freedom” should persist without regard to personal safety. Lai, 77, also denied on Friday that he ever told a paralegal involved…
He is coming into office with the unreserved support of the world’s richest man, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index – tech mogul Elon Musk – who has just been named to lead a new department of efficiency. The massive power Trump now wields has sent shock waves across the US and around the world….
Marco Rubio, picked by US President-elect Donald Trump to be the country’s top diplomat, is expected to amplify Washington’s hawkish policies toward Hong Kong even as Beijing is better prepared to mitigate the potential impacts, analysts and officials in the city have said. The 53-year-old Florida senator, named by Trump on Wednesday as his choice…