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US to sanction 80 more Chinese companies, including SMIC
The US Treasury is set to add 80 more Chinese companies, including SMIC, to its trade sanctions list.
US treasury is set to add 80 more Chinese companies on its trade sanction list.
【美國制裁】美財政部制裁中港等4企業 涉協助伊朗出口石油產品
The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced sanctions against four foreign companies, accusing them of helping the previously sanctioned Zhongxiang Petrochemical export Iranian petroleum and petrochemical products. Two of the companies are based in mainland China and Hong Kong.
美國財政部宣布，制裁4間外國企業，指控這些公司協助之前已經被制裁的眾祥石化公司，出口伊朗的石油石化產品，當中有2間企業設於內地及香港。
美國國會聽證會討論香港情況 羅冠聰盼給予港人庇護
A committee of the US Senate held a hearing in support of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement, discussing eligibility for refugee status for Hongkongers and the situation following implementation of the national security law. Former Legislative Council member Nathan Law gave evidence by video link.
美國國會參議院一個委員會，舉行支持香港民主運動的聽證會，討論給予港人難民的資格以及國安法實行後的情況。前立法會議員羅冠聰，透過視像作供。
Jimmy Lai: Foreign Secretary's statement
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab calls on Hong Kong authorities to end the targeting of Jimmy Lai. He describes the Hong Kong National Security Law as a breach of the Joint Declaration.
UK Foreign Secretary Raab calls on HK authorities to end targeting of Jimmy Lai. He describes HKNSL as a breach of the Joint Declaration.
Chinese Communist Party's members have infiltrated UK firms, banks and pharmaceutical giants: Report
A leaked database of CCP members reveals the party's infiltration of the UK's consulate and firms, including HSBC and Standard Chartered.
A leaked database of CCP members reveals the party's infiltration of UK's consulate and firms, including HSBC & Standard Chartered.
Ex-Hong Kong lawmaker Baggio Leung seeks asylum in US
Former lawmaker Sixtus Baggio Leung is confirmed to have left Hong Kong on 30 November and is now seeking asylum in the US.
Former lawmaker Sixtus Baggio Leung is confirmed to have left HK on 30 Nov and is now seeking asylum in US.
【又一人流亡】避風驛接報已留美尋庇護 梁頌恆：與港家人斷絕關係、辭青年新政職務
Refuge Station, an organisation established by Hongkongers living in exile overseas, said in a statement that former Legislative Council member and former Youngspiration convener Leung Chung-hang left Hong Kong at the end of November and is currently seeking asylum in the United States. Leung later announced on Facebook that he would “sever all ties with his family in Hong Kong” and resign from all positions in Youngspiration.
由流亡海外港人成立的組織「避風驛」發聲明指，前立法會議員、青年新政前召集人梁頌恆已於 11 月底離港，目前正在美國尋求庇護。梁頌恆其後在 Facebook 宣布「與香港的家人斷絕一切關係」，並會辭去青年新政的一切職務。
US shutting down China Telecom operations
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has begun the process of revoking China Telecom’s authorization to operate in the United States, as it takes further steps to crack down on China’s role in U.S. telecommunications, Reuters reports.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has begun the process of revoking China Telecom's authorization to operate in the United States as it took further steps to crack down on China's role in U.S. telecommunications, Reuters reports.
China revokes visa exemptions for U.S. diplomat passport holders visiting Hong Kong, Macau
China will revoke visa-exemption treatment for US diplomatic passport holders visiting Hong Kong and Macau in response to a new round of sanctions imposed by the US on 7 Dec.
China will revoke visa exemption treatment for US diplomatic passport holders visiting HK & Macau, in response to the new round of sanctons imposed by US on 7 Dec.
UN rights chief decries Hong Kong’s ‘shrinking civic space’ under security law
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Bachelet expressed concern over the “rapidly shrinking civic and democratic space” and warned of a “chilling effect on the exercise of fundamental freedoms” under the Hong Kong National Security Law at the annual press conference in Geneva.
UN-HCHR Bachelet voices concern over "rapidly shrinking civic & democratic space" and warns of "chilling effect on the exercise of fundamental freedoms" under HKNSL at the annual press conference in Geneva.
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