Beijing
Chinese Diplomats Started Burning Documents Hours After They Were Ordered to Leave the U.S.
Officials started dumping documents into burning barrels hours after the State Department told them they had to leave.
Police Raids Against Free Speech in Hong Kong Have Already Begun
The offices of Public Opinion Research Institute were raided after it published a poll showing 60% of residents no longer believe Hong Kong is a free city.
Trump Is ‘Looking At’ Banning TikTok
According to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the administration is “looking at” the possibility of banning a range of Chinese apps.
After Panic in Beijing, FDA Reiterates That COVID-19 Doesn't Spread Through Food
An influx of new coronavirus cases in Beijing led to finger-pointing at a chopping board used to cut fish—but officials now say it's not to blame.
China Is Locking Down Beijing to Stop a Second Wave of Coronavirus
Schools are closed, flights are cancelled, and restaurants and bars that reopened just days ago have been shuttered again.
Zoom Shut Down a Chinese Dissident's Account After He Held a Tiananmen Square Memorial
Zhou Fengsuo says his account was locked at the behest of the Chinese government.
Boris Johnson Just Offered Hong Kongers a Path to Citizenship to Escape Chinese Rule
The British PM has pledged massive changes to the immigration rules to allow as many as 3 million Hong Kongers to live and work in the U.K.
‘It's the End of Hong Kong’: The National Security Law China Just Approved Is the Protest Movement's Worst Nightmare
The vote was expected, but it still sparked anger and despair in Hong Kong, where many fear it marks an end to the city’s freedoms.
Hong Kong Police Are Pepper-Spraying Journalists as Part of a Hard-Line Response to Protests
“Anti-riot police are everywhere. Cars are stopped by roadblocks for searching," one protester said. "The scale of [stop and search] has never been seen before.”
China's 'Nightmare' National Security Bill Has Instantly Reignited Hong Kong's Protest Movement
“The anger of Hong Kongers over this policy is bigger than their fear of coronavirus.”
China Has a Whole New Conspiracy Theory About the Origins of Coronavirus
And Beijing is signaling it will block a global investigation into how the pandemic began.
A Huge Brawl Broke Out in Hong Kong’s Legislature And People Ended Up in the ER
One lawmaker got dragged across the floor by his shirt collar. Another was carried out on a stretcher.