National Security Law

Hong Kong protests: Teen activist Tony Chung charged under Beijing's national security law

Chung was arrested on Tuesday by the city's national security team only metres away from the US consulate, where he was set to seek political asylum

Negative views of China rise sharply in Australia, Britain, 12 other countries, says survey; COVID-19 handling key factor

Citizens in the surveyed countries also do not trust China's leader Xi Jinping, with a median of 78 percent saying they do not have confidence in him to do the right thing in world affairs

US suspends extradition and tax accords with Hong Kong, cites China's imposition of national security laws

This comes after Donald Trump's decision to revoke Hong Kong's preferential trade status as Beijing clamped down on the territory over pro-democracy protests last year

China announces sanctions against 11 US politicians for interfering in ‘Hong Kong affairs’

The number of Americans named by Beijing exactly equals the number of Hong Kong and Chinese officials placed on a sanctions list by the US last week

Hong Kong's pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai arrested under new national security law

Lai owns the Apple Daily newspaper and Next Magazine, two outlets unapologetically pro-democracy and critical of Beijing

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

UK suspends extradition treaty with Hong Kong; Beijing warns London to avoid 'wrong path'

Britain is one of a growing number of countries to have denounced the security law in Hong Kong, which was introduced after months of pro-democracy demonstrations

UK indefinitely suspends extradition treaty with Hong Kong over China's controversial national security law

UK will also extend its arms embargo to Hong Kong, stopping the export of equipments such as firearms, smoke grenades and shackles to the region.

After National Security Law, China's leash on Hong Kong tightens as it chokes broadcaster RTHK

RTHK has also found itself caught in geopolitical wrangling between China and Taiwan, the self-governing island that Beijing claims as part of its territory

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