BeijingThe last British governor of Hong Kong criticized the Chinese government on Friday over proposed national security legislation, calling it part of an “Orwellian” drive to eliminate opposition in violation of the agreement on handing the territory over to Beijing.Chris Patten defended London’s announcement that it would grant residency and a path to citizenship for nearly three million Hong Kong residents if Beijing goes through with passage of the legislation.The law is seen as potentially imposing severe restrictions on freedom of speech and opposition political activity in the...…BeijingThe last British governor of Hong Kong criticized the Chinese government on Friday over proposed national security legislation, calling it part of an “Orwellian” drive to eliminate opposition in violation of the agreement on handing the territory over to Beijing.Chris Patten defended London’s announcement that it would grant residency and a path to citizenship for nearly three million Hong Kong residents if Beijing goes through with passage of the legislation.The law is seen as potentially imposing severe restrictions on freedom of speech and opposition political activity in the...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-international-news-apple-inc-weekend-reads-china-clamps-down-3f9a92b8dfd3cae379b57622dd801dd5Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-international-news-apple-inc-weekend-reads-china-clamps-down-3f9a92b8dfd3cae379b57622dd801dd5Click to copyRelated topicsNANCHANG, China (AP) — In a lively Muslim quarter of Nanchang city, a sprawling Chinese factory turns out computer screens, cameras and fingerprint scanners for a supplier to international tech giants such as Apple and Lenovo. Throughout the neighborhood, women in headscarves stroll...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-international-news-apple-inc-weekend-reads-china-clamps-down-3f9a92b8dfd3cae379b57622dd801dd5Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-international-news-apple-inc-weekend-reads-china-clamps-down-3f9a92b8dfd3cae379b57622dd801dd5Click to copyRelated topicsNANCHANG, China (AP) — In a lively Muslim quarter of Nanchang city, a sprawling Chinese factory turns out computer screens, cameras and fingerprint scanners for a supplier to international tech giants such as Apple and Lenovo. Throughout the neighborhood, women in headscarves stroll...WW…

AP NEWS By DAKE KANGhttps://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-lifestyle-china-health-travel-7a6967f335f97ca868cc618ea84b98b9XINJIANG, China (AP) — The razor wire that once ringed public buildings in China’s far northwestern Xinjiang region is nearly all gone.Gone, too, are the middle school uniforms in military camouflage and the armored personnel carriers rumbling around the homeland of the Uyghurs. Gone are many of the surveillance cameras that once glared down like birds from overhead poles, and the eerie eternal wail of sirens in the ancient Silk Road city of Kashgar.Uyghur...…AP NEWS By DAKE KANGhttps://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-lifestyle-china-health-travel-7a6967f335f97ca868cc618ea84b98b9XINJIANG, China (AP) — The razor wire that once ringed public buildings in China’s far northwestern Xinjiang region is nearly all gone.Gone, too, are the middle school uniforms in military camouflage and the armored personnel carriers rumbling around the homeland of the Uyghurs. Gone are many of the surveillance cameras that once glared down like birds from overhead poles, and the eerie eternal wail of sirens in the ancient Silk Road city of Kashgar.Uyghur...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/wuhan-china-coronavirus-pandemic-506398b1a8a01475c81d8324a09ebe26Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/wuhan-china-coronavirus-pandemic-506398b1a8a01475c81d8324a09ebe26Click to copyRelated topicsWUHAN, China (AP) — One year after lockdown, Wuhan has long since sprung back to life — but Zhu Tao remains bunkered in his 14th-floor apartment, spending his days doomscrolling through news, playing virtual soccer on his PlayStation and feeling China is teetering on the brink of collapse. He has blown thousands of dollars, his life savings, stockpiling beef...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/wuhan-china-coronavirus-pandemic-506398b1a8a01475c81d8324a09ebe26Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/wuhan-china-coronavirus-pandemic-506398b1a8a01475c81d8324a09ebe26Click to copyRelated topicsWUHAN, China (AP) — One year after lockdown, Wuhan has long since sprung back to life — but Zhu Tao remains bunkered in his 14th-floor apartment, spending his days doomscrolling through news, playing virtual soccer on his PlayStation and feeling China is teetering on the brink of collapse. He has blown thousands of dollars, his life savings, stockpiling beef...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/china-virus-testing-secret-deals-firms-312f4a953e0264a3645219a08c62a0adClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/china-virus-testing-secret-deals-firms-312f4a953e0264a3645219a08c62a0adClick to copyRelated topicsWUHAN, China (AP) — In the early days in Wuhan, the first city struck by the virus, getting a COVID test was so difficult that residents compared it to winning the lottery.Throughout the Chinese city in January, thousands of people waited in hours-long lines for hospitals, sometimes next to corpses lying in hallways. But most couldn’t get the test...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/china-virus-testing-secret-deals-firms-312f4a953e0264a3645219a08c62a0adClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/china-virus-testing-secret-deals-firms-312f4a953e0264a3645219a08c62a0adClick to copyRelated topicsWUHAN, China (AP) — In the early days in Wuhan, the first city struck by the virus, getting a COVID test was so difficult that residents compared it to winning the lottery.Throughout the Chinese city in January, thousands of people waited in hours-long lines for hospitals, sometimes next to corpses lying in hallways. But most couldn’t get the test...WW…