International Relations in India & Beyond
Contentions related to the Extradition Treaty of Hong Kong have resurfaced again. The Extradition Treaty initially was signed by Hong Kong with 20 different countries, of which many have now denied to ratify the...
China’s new national security law gives Beijing broad powers to crack down on political dissent against the Chinese Communist Party. Critics say that the law, drafted behind closed doors in Beijing, effectively ends the...
On 28 March 2020, deputies of the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC) of People’s Republic of China voted prodigiously in support of the decision on “Establishing and Improving the Legal System and Enforcement Mechanisms for...
Beijing is killing the goose that laid the golden egg, as it imposes its own national security law on Hong Kong, writes John West. From British to Chinese colonialism Hong Kong is basically a...
Following months of intense anti-government protests across Hong Kong, Beijing is now set to legislate a new national security law that is said to have the potential of changing the way the world has...
Hong Kong’s unrest started in June 2019. It was triggered by the plans to allow extradition to mainland China. Critics felt this could compromise judicial autonomy and jeopardise free-speech legacy. Until 1997, Hong Kong...
China said on Monday U.S. military ships and aircraft won’t be allowed to visit Hong Kong, and also announced sanctions against several U.S. non-government organisations for encouraging protesters to “engage in extremist, violent and...
Taiwan’s government condemned China’s “dictatorship” on the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic, saying the country was a threat to peace and trying to find excuses for its military expansion. Defeated...
China has quietly more than doubled its deployment of mainland security forces in Hong Kong, according to foreign envoys and security analysts, in the most dramatic move yet by Beijing to prepare for a...
Hong Kong is one of the regional commercial hubs. Turmoil in Hong Kong could jeopardise regional financial stability, Singapore’s Law Minister K. Shanmugam in an interview said, “Turmoil in Hong Kong would outweigh any...
