Emanuele Scimia

More charges have been laid against the accused, who are part of a group of 15 activists arrested in April. The divide between pro-Beijing and pro-democracy camps is growing deeper. Anti-government LegCo members kicked out of the House Committee.

WHO’s decision-making body meets today and tomorrow. China opposes both requests. For many observers, the Chinese Communist Party does not want to lose face.

120 million jobs lost in India in April, and the numbers of the infection are increasing. Japan is in recession, but maintains a state of emergency in Tokyo and Osaka, the most productive areas of the country. Abe promises a new economic stimulus.

In April, the overall unemployment rate stood at 6 per cent. For the China Labour Bulletin, whilst dissatisfaction is growing, fear of contagion is hampering labour action. The service sector is unable to absorb surplus labour from manufacturing.

The Taiwanese vice president accuses Beijing. Taipei asks to take part as an observer state. For the Chinese, Taiwan is not a sovereign state. Among the 15 diplomatic allies of the island, only the Vatican has not expressed support for its participation. 66% of the inhabitants of the "rebel province" consider themselves Taiwanese.

Together with the 300 million migrant workers, the fate of recent graduates worries the government. In the first quarter of the year, job offers dropped 27 per cent. Those for recent graduates declined 17 per cent. This is a social bomb that threatens Xi Jinping's plans.

For six days, there have been no infections imported from abroad. Schools, shops, restaurants and offices are open. The baseball championship is also being played. The government intervened quickly, without waiting for the late indications of the World Health Organization. Discipline of the population.

This is the sharpest loss since 1999. For South Korean leaders, the situation is serious, and could worsen in the coming months. The government is working on a third supplementary budget to create 550,000 new jobs. A new outbreak and a drop in exports threaten the recovery.

Shobushi is the first athlete of the popular Japanese sport to die from the disease. All meetings suspended until July. The rate of contagion is decreasing, but hospitalizations are growing. Ban on entering the country extended to 13 states.

Law enforcement officers accuse pro-democracy protesters of pretending to be reporters. Protests in the shopping district have been the most impressive since the outbreak of the pandemic. For Journalists’ associations, the right to report cannot be repressed. Police violence will only cause more resistance.

Arrested by the police for demanding political reform in a letter posted on WeChat. The academic upheld the coronavirus underscored inadequacies of the Chinese government system, denounced the crackdown on society, and called on the National People's Assembly to write a modern constitution.

The human rights lawyer is appealing against his four-year conviction for state subversion. For Wang, the court violated the criminal procedure law. He finished serving his sentence on 5 April. According to his lawyer, Wang was tortured in prison. He has little chance of getting justice.