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HONG KONG (AP) — As Hong Kong moves toward enacting a new national security law, four years after Beijing imposed a similar law that all but wiped out dissent and vocal pro-democracy media in the semi-autonomous Chinese city, concerns are spreading among the city’s international business and media communities.
BEIJING — China's government said on Feb 28 that its coast guard patrols around a group of Taiwanese islands near the Chinese coast were "beyond reproach", and dismissed complaints that the boarding of a Taiwan tourist boat had caused panic.
The BFAR vessel, which the PCG said was shadowed and blocked by Chinese coastguard ships, also distributed fuel to Filipino fishermen in the area.
The United States on Monday cautioned Pacific Islands nations against assistance from Chinese security forces after Reuters reported that Chinese police are working in the remote atoll nation of Kiribati, a neighbor of Hawaii.
BEIJING -- The China Coast Guard is expanding its presence in the East and South China seas as well as in waters near Taiwan, deploying larger and more sophisticated vessels as it essentially acts as an extension of the Chinese navy.
TAIPEI (Reuters) -- Five Chinese coast guard ships entered prohibited or restricted waters around Taiwan's frontline islands of Kinmen on Monday, a Taiwan minister told reporters on Tuesday amid a rise in tension with Beijing.
TAIPEI — Five Chinese coast guard ships entered prohibited or restricted waters around Taiwan's front-line islands of Kinmen on Feb 26 but left shortly after being warned away, a Taiwan minister said on Feb 27 amid a continued rise in tensions with Beijing.
Standard Chartered has suspended new subscriptions by its clients in China into offshore products via a quota-based channel since last week, the Asia-focused bank said in a statement to Reuters.