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Hong Kong police arrests four under new national security law for online posts 'inciting secession'
•The month-old law has curbed pro-democracy protests as activists along with academics and others wonder if their activities could be targeted
Donald Trump ends Hong Kong's preferential status citing Beijing's 'oppressive' actions against city
•Acting on a Tuesday deadline, Trump also signed a bill approved by the US Congress to penalize banks doing business with Chinese officials who implement the new security law.
US state department warns of 'heightened detention risks' in China, tells citizens to exercise increased caution
•US citizens may be detained without access to US consular services or information about their alleged crime, the state department said in a security alert.
US considering additional actions against China on Hong Kong's new security law, COVID-19, says White House
•US and China have sparred recently over China's imposition of new national security law in Hong Kong, treatment of Uighurs, and Beijing's handling of coronavirus
Facebook, Twitter and Google suspend the processing of Hong Kong government data requests
•Two of the tech giants said they suspended their reviews of data requests from Hong Kong authorities immediately after the new national security law came into effect last week