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Coronavirus FAQ: Cases Are Spiking Again In Hong Kong. What Are They Doing About It?

5:28pm July 31, 2020

by Jason Beaubien

Hong Kong had brought local transmission way, way down. But numbers are now going up. What kind of restrictions are being introduced for daily life to get the virus under control once more?

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam, shown here arriving for a news conference in Hong Kong on Friday, is delaying the region's legislative elections by a year.

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Hong Kong Delays Elections For A Year, Citing Coronavirus Pandemic

5:07pm July 31, 2020

by Maureen Pao

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says she is postponing legislative elections slated for Sept. 6 due to a resurgence in COVID-19 cases. Critics say it will further erode the Chinese territory's autonomy.

President Trump speaks during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House, on Tuesday.

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China Threatens Response After U.S. Sanctions Over Crackdown On Hong Kong

4:54am July 15, 2020

by Scott Neuman

China promised to retaliate against "U.S. institutions and individuals" after President Trump signed the Hong Kong Autonomy Act and an executive order rescinding special treatment for the territory.

A visitor wearing a protective mask walks past a statue of Mickey Mouse at the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort on June 18, the day it initially reopened. The amusement park will close again on Wednesday.

Hong Kong Disneyland Closes Again Because Of Coronavirus

12:40pm July 14, 2020

by Austin Horn

A city health official called the virus's spread in Hong Kong "a bit out of control," according to a report from Asia Times. Hong Kong has reported 1,469 cases of the coronavirus and seven deaths.

Children arrive at Hong Kong's Maryknoll Fathers' Primary School on June 8, the first day of classes since the COVID-19 outbreak.

PHOTOS: How Hong Kong Reopened Schools — And Why It Closed Them Again

7:14pm July 10, 2020

by Laurel Chor

Schools were shut when the novel coronavirus first became a concern. Here's how Hong Kong handled re-opening — and now, a second closing due to a spike in cases.

Pro-democracy party activist Nathan Law speaks to the media outside Hong Kong's Legislative Council building last year.

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Hong Kong Activist Nathan Law Says He Has Fled Abroad Amid Beijing-Backed Crackdown

7:04pm July 02, 2020

by Scott Neuman

Law, who spoke to NPR's All Things Considered, announced late Wednesday that he had left the country following the enactment of a draconian new national security law targeting the territory.

Protesters against the new national security law gesture with five fingers, signifying "five demands — not one less" on the anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to China from Britain in Hong Kong on Wednesday.

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As China Imposes New Hong Kong Law, U.S. And Allies Take Steps To Retaliate

5:44pm July 02, 2020

by John Ruwitch

The U.S. is cutting back its special treatment of the territory, while the U.K. offers a pathway to British citizenship for Hong Kongers.

A man displays the Hong Kong colonial flag Wednesday, the anniversary of the city's handover to China from Britain in 1997. The gesture could be prosecuted under Beijing's new national security law, which it imposed on Hong Kong.

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5 Takeaways From China's Hong Kong National Security Law

1:47pm July 01, 2020

by Emily Feng

Those charged under the new law could be tried on the mainland. Legal experts say the measure ends any remaining autonomy the region enjoys under Chinese rule.

Pro-mainland supporters in Hong Kong hold Chinese and Hong Kong flags during a rally to celebrate the approval of a national security law on Tuesday.

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China Enacts Security Law, Asserting Control Over Hong Kong

1:36pm June 30, 2020

by Emily Feng

Despite fierce international criticism and opposition in Hong Kong, Beijing's rubber-stamp legislature passed a law allowing the mainland to impose security measures in the former British colony.

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In this October 2018 photo U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (left) shakes hands with State Councilor Yang Jiechi, China's top diplomat, in Beijing. The two met Wednesday in Hawaii as relations between the U.S. and China continue to deteriorate.

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Pompeo And China's Top Diplomat Meet In Hawaii As Relations Worsen

2:30pm June 18, 2020

by John Ruwitch

Neither the U.S. nor China publicly announced the meeting in advance and it was not clear which side had proposed it.