26th Anniversay: A Glimpse into the British Handover of Hong Kong By; Varshini S c3sindia.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from c3sindia.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Ever since Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, China has blamed NATO for antagonizing Russia and accused the U.S. of seeking to set up a similar alliance in the Asia-Pacific. The presence of four leaders from the region in Spain this week will only make Beijing more paranoid.
John Lee (李家超) became the only candidate for Hong Kong’s top post by proving his willingness to loyally execute Beijing’s demands despite an international outcry. The question now is whether he can convince China that reopening the Asian financial center to the world would not jeopardize its control.
Lee, a former cop and security minister, emerged as a leading advocate for cracking down on Hong Kong’s pro-democracy opposition over the past three years, defending the police’s use of force against protesters and warning that those who supported the now-shuttered Apple Daily newspaper would “pay a hefty price.”
Such hard-line positions were
Crystal Lau’s parents fled mainland China for Hong Kong when she was a child. Thirty years later she and her husband, Davy, have made a longer journey. They are making a new home in the city of Sheffield, in the north of England, where they have set up a food-delivery business.
The divisions wracking Hong Kong followed the couple to the UK. After the Laus, both aged 33, posted online about a protest advocating democracy that they attended in the UK, they and their business became a target for angry mainland Chinese. Harassment forced them to delist from a popular delivery
The Biden administration is turbocharging its effort to boost inoculations in low- and middle-income countries to prevent new, more-transmissible variants from emerging.