Emanuele Scimia

Police have arrested its top executives, including founder Jimmy Lai, and frozen assets worth millions. Without funds, the paper will stop this week-end. Some employees have already resigned. Hong Kong’s chief executive ignores questions from one of the paper’s reporters.

Kim Yo-jong claims Washington has wrong expectations. Last week, the North Korean leader used more conciliatory words. Experts: it is not total closure; they are bargaining. US and South Korea cancel labour forums disputed by Pyongyang.

Mass testing is underway in the large industrial centre to stop a new coronavirus outbreak. The province's ports are still congested, also affected by frequent blackouts. Guangdong produces 10 per cent of China’s GDP; any slowdown is dangerous for the country, already struggling with high levels of youth unemployment.

It would be the first time since its launch in 2003. The organizers of the Civil Human Rights Front targeted by the police. The League of Social Democrats thinks of street booths to demand the release of political prisoners. The independent newspaper Apple Daily is likely to be closed in a few days.

The US Chief of Defense says there is no short or medium term danger of a Chinese attack on the island. In March, the head of the US forces in the Indo-Pacific said that China could attempt to retake the island within six years. Biden rumoured ready to meet Xi Jinping.

Five, including the chief editor of the newspaper owned by pro-democracy magnate Jimmy Lai are taken. They are charged with conspiring with foreign forces to threaten national security. More than 200 policemen searched the editorial office. Assets for 1.9 million euros of the publishing company are frozen. Concern for press freedom.

The B3W is meant to close the infrastructure gap in developing countries at a cost of 40 trillion dollars. It is a transparent and climate-conscious initiative, unlike China’s. Its main obstacle is financial since government finances have been burdened by the fight against COVID-19. Resistance can also be expected from private investors and countries that already have close ties with China. There is also a risk of indirectly subsidising China.

With 28 military aircraft, yesterday the Chinese carried out the most massive raid in months. A response to the G7, which called for a peaceful solution to the dispute between China and Taiwan. The Asian giant's aircraft flew over an area crossed by a US aircraft carrier. Experts: Beijing wants to intimidate its opponents.

The difference in growth rates (25 versus 16 per cent) is due to strong Han migration from other parts of the country. For experts, this confirms that China wants to reduce the demographic weight of the Muslim minority. China rejects genocide charges, claiming that economic development in the region is pushing Uyghurs to marry later and have fewer children.

Many citizens of the former British colony do not want to legitimize Beijing’s "patriotic" electoral reform. The weapon of the white card. The abstention front could grow with new arrests of pro-democracy activists and the disqualification of anti-government candidates.

The increase covers the 2020-2021 period. The number of nuclear weapons in the world is down. The US and Russia have made cuts under the New Start Treaty. For a Russian academic, the Chinese will stop expansion only if the Americans and the Russian accept nuclear parity.

She was sentenced in December 2020 to 10 months in prison for her role in the Wan Chai Police Station siege. Joshua Wong and Ivan Lam are still in prison in connection with the same incident, which took place on 21 June 2019. Chow was one of the leaders of the anti-extradition movement. Her sentence was reduced for good behaviour.