... country, two systems' and safeguard the rule of law," she said. Lam added that "to allow Hong Kong to move forward steadily, we must handle the problems at hand and acknowledge the shortcomings in o ...More
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... anies and two app-based drivers said the law, which would make it harder for gig economy companies to qualify their workers as independent contractors rather than employees, was irrational, vague and ...More
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... sulted in two women giving birth to three gene-edited babies. The court also handed lesser sentences to Zhang Renli and Qin Jinzhou, who worked at two unnamed medical institutions, for having conspire ...More
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China approved two new genetically modified (GM) crops for import on Monday that could boost agricultural purchases from the United States, while renewing permits for 10 others, Reuters reports, citin ...More
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... on Phase Two are unlikely to be straightforward, especially in an election year, and may dampen sentiment again at some point in the months ahead. However, the trade war has been a sideshow when it c ...More
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... country, two systems” and implement direct and sweeping governance in Hong Kong, in order to restore social order to the city as quickly as possible. On the other hand, some citizens insist that if ...More
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Dear Mr. Xi, As a new decade dawns, it may be fitting to reflect upon the events of 2019 in Hong Kong and how to ensure, as you have said, that "one country, two systems" will be "fully applied ... wi ...More
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... rt to the two permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, Britain and France. Under this arrangement, the EU achieved stability for its neighborhood. While other countries have pursued g ...More
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... ind those two countries. A study by the Japan Times has pointed out that only 35 percent of the 135,000 Tokyo restaurants that are listed on Tabelog, Japan's largest restaurant review website, were ac ...More
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... sue up to two digital full bank and three wholesale bank licenses. Digital full banks can accept deposits from and offer services to both retail and non-retail customers but must be led by a Singapore ...More
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China's parliament abolished on Saturday an extra-judicial system of forced labor used to punish sex workers and their clients for up to two years, Reuters reports, citing state media. The National Pe ...More
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... deal. The two sides are still going through necessary procedures before the signing. -- Contact us at [email protected] RC ...More
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... Iraq and two in Syria, Reuters reports. The locations included weapons storage facilities and command and control locations the group had used to plan and execute attacks on coalition forces. The st ...More
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... life. The two Russian agents accused of carrying out this attack in the British cathedral town of Salisbury plausibly explained their presence in the city by citing their profound interest in cathedra ...More
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... hitting a two-storey building, Kazakhstan’s Civil Aviation Committee was quoted as saying. A survivor told a news website that she heard a “terrifying sound” before the plane started losing altitude. ...More
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... previous two days, riot police stepped up patrols at shopping centers on the Kowloon peninsula and in the rural New Territories. Dozens of police with batons and shields surrounded and sealed off the ...More
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... r serving two consecutive terms as the Macau CE and retiring in the previous year, Edmund Ho Hau-wah was elevated to the vice-chairmanship of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CP ...More
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The former chairman of China’s troubled Hengfeng Bank has been sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve, Reuters reports. Jiang Xiyun was convicted of corruption, receiving bribes, illegally issuin ...More
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... country, two systems.” Despite previous promises, the white paper asserted that “the central government has comprehensive jurisdiction over all local administrative regions, including the HKSAR.” It ...More
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