Hong Kong

China has claimed jurisdiction over especially serious security crimes and has allowed its security agents to operate openly in the city for the first time.

Morey, then the Rockets' general manager, tweeted "Fight for Freedom, stand with Hong Kong" in October 2019.

JD Health's total revenue rose to 8.8 billion yuan ($1.34 billion) in the first half of 2020 from 5 billion yuan in the same period last year, it said in its prospectus.

China earlier this year imposed a tough security law aimed at curbing dissent in Hong Kong, which last year saw massive and sometimes destructive pro-democracy protests.

Semi-autonomous Hong Kong owes much of its success to a transparent and internationally respected common law legal system.

A quota of 200 residents from each city will be able to travel on one daily flight to the other.

Thursday's planned listings would have been the world's biggest IPO, with both legs worth $34 billion.

Airlines are hopeful that better testing procedures at airports and "travel bubbles" between countries might encourage more people to fly.

The remarks by Cong Peiwu, Beijing's Ottawa envoy, prompted a rebuke from Canada's foreign minister, further escalating tensions between the two countries.

The law, which criminalises secession, subversion, terrorism and colluding with foreign forces, has intimidated and silenced many protesters.

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Buying was also boosted by news that Trump had expanded the use of a coronavirus treatment using plasma from people who had recovered from the disease.

Uncertainty over the stimulus, rising US infections and the Fed's massive bond-buying has hurt the dollar.

Analysts said easing concerns about the future of the China-US trade pact and healthy China data also provided some cheer to investors.

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

The rapid spread of the disease around the world and fresh flare-ups have caused renewed lockdowns.

A spike in coronavirus infections has forced fresh lockdowns and sparked worries about the impact on the world economy.

Foreign Minister Winston Peters said "New Zealand can no longer trust that Hong Kong's criminal justice system is sufficiently independent from China".

Hong Kong lawyer Antony Dapiran said Chinese control was robbing the territory of the autonomy it needed to keep investor confidence intact.

Diplomatic ties between London and Beijing have been frayed by China's new Hong Kong security law.

An index of US consumer sentiment last week showed it hit a three-month low in July.

Just a week after the legislation was imposed on HK, staff at some institutions have already been warned by their administrators to be careful how they teach.

Asia tracked the New York losses, with profit-taking also playing a part after a broadly strong week.

US President Donald Trump said this week he was considering banning it as a way to punish China over the coronavirus pandemic.

The new base is a hotel overlooking the city's Victoria Park, a location that has hosted pro-democracy protests for years.

The new provisions, disclosed late Monday in a 116-page document, remove much of the judicial oversight that previously governed police surveillance powers.

On Wednesday the first arrests were made under the new law.

Hong Kong led the gains on reopening after a one-day break, despite concerns about a new security law imposed on the city by China.

Gatherings of more than 50 people are currently banned under anti-coronavirus laws.

The legislation was unanimously approved by China's rubber-stamp parliament on Tuesday morning.