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To hold the primaries, pro-democracy activists had raised money via crowd funding. They pledged to veto the government’s budget if they clinch a majority in the legislature. Under Hong Kong’s mini-constitution, known as the Basic Law, the city’s leader must resign if an important bill such as the budget is vetoed twice. … [Read more...] about Over 200,000 vote in Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries

LONDON: Only five years ago, then-British Prime Minister David Cameron was celebrating a "golden era" in U.K.-China relations, bonding with President Xi Jinping over a pint of beer at the pub and signing off on trade deals worth billions.Those friendly scenes now seem like a distant memory. Hostile rhetoric has ratcheted up in recent days over Beijing's new national security law for Hong Kong. Britain's decision to offer refuge to millions in the former colony was met with a stern telling-off by China. And Chinese officials have threatened "consequences" if Britain treats it as a "hostile country" and decides to cut Chinese technology giant Huawei out of its critical telecoms infrastructure amid growing unease over security risks.All that is pointing to a much tougher stance against China, with a growing number in Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party taking a long, hard look at Britain's Chinese ties. Many are saying Britain has been far too complacent and naive in … [Read more...] about UK-China ties freeze with debate over Huawei, Hong Kong

Shot over three days, the film shows how villagers get accustomed to the ‘technology’ that lets them source liquor. A techie-turned-filmmaker, Biju says the film is his take on the larger issue of alcoholism, and adds he wanted to make people think after watching it. “It touches upon the condition of the protagonist’s family too,” he says. … [Read more...] about A short film on what Bev Q, the app for booking liquor, meant to a village

By Alan Crawford In July 1945, at the close of World War II, the leaders of the U.S., Great Britain and the Soviet Union gathered at a Prussian royal palace in Potsdam outside the conquered German capital to hammer out the new global order. The seeds were sown for the Cold War. As visitors in face masks ponder the consequences of those decisions at a new exhibition to mark the 75th anniversary of the conference, the geopolitical map of the world is again being redrawn. This time, it’s a result of the coronavirus, which German Chancellor Angela Merkel has described as the biggest challenge of the postwar era. Half-way into a year dominated by the pandemic, governments are confronting a health crisis, an economic crisis and a crisis of institutional legitimacy, all at a time of heightening geopolitical rivalry. How those tectonic shifts crystallize over the next six months will go a long way to determining the post-virus era. Trends that were already discernible pre-Covid-19 … [Read more...] about A new world order for the coronavirus era is emerging

HONG KONG, July 12 (Xinhua) -- China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government suggested that new civil servants employed from July 1 should sign a document to confirm they uphold the Basic Law and pledge allegiance to the HKSAR, Chief Secretary for Administration of the HKSAR government Matthew Cheung said on Sunday. … [Read more...] about HKSAR gov’t suggests newly employed civil servants should pledge to uphold Basic Law, swear allegiance to HKSAR: official