Hong Kong Bar Association questions Beijing’s legal power to enact national security law, identifies ‘problematic’ features
HONG KONG, May 25, 2020, SCMP. Beijing appears to have no legal authority to enact…
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Xi calls for reforming China’s public health systems
BEIJING, May 25, 2020, China Daily. China will reform its disease prevention and control system…
Hong Kong’s security, police chiefs warn of growing ‘terrorism’ as national laws loom
HONG KONG, May 25, 2020, Reuters. Hong Kong’s security and police chiefs said “terrorism” was…
Coronavirus has hit China’s migrant workers harder than SARS and the financial crisis, but worst yet to come
BEIJING, May 25, 2020, SCMP. In early January, when a mysterious “new pneumonia” started to…
[Analytics] Manufacturers pulling out of China should consider Africa to diversify their supply chain
China’s manufacturing domination, with its share of global manufacturing at 28 per cent, has given…
China’s economy will prove resilient in long-term despite coronavirus impact, President Xi Jinping insists
BEIJING, May 24, 2020, SCMP. Chinese President Xi Jinping has said the country’s economy will…
[Analytics] Australia loses big if China ties unravel
The value of Australia’s deep economic engagement with China has never been more contested. In…
Covid-19 vaccine trial shows promising results in China
BEIJING, May 24, 2020, China Daily. A medical worker extracts the recombinant novel coronavirus (COVID-19)…
Hong Kong police fire tear gas amid renewed tensions, protests
HONG KONG, May 24, 2020, The Straits Times. The game of cat and mouse between…
[Analytics] The pandemic could reshape the world order
Europe outright rejected US President Donald Trump’s vision of the world this week. Tensions between…
[Analytics] Coronavirus: A reckoning for Russia’s Asian energy aims
COVID-19 has birthed an oil shock the likes of which the world has never seen….
China reports no new coronavirus cases for first time
BEIJING, May 23, 2020, AFP. China on Saturday (May 23) reported zero new coronavirus infections…