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China doesn’t want a new world order. It wants this one
China

China doesn’t want a new world order. It wants this one

Under fire for introducing and spreading Coronavirus across the world and reproached for their move to assert control over Hong Kong, China’s officials are in firefighting mode. Their approach has two parts. First, sell the China story - emphasizing its success in the fight against the coronavirus. Second, attack those who seek to tarnish the country’s image.President Xi Jinping has left this battle to his subordinates. With the world spinning into crisis, he has a bigger campaign to occupy him: taking over the international institutions, like the World Health Organization and the United Nations, that manage the world.Interestingly, the plan also bears a suitably benign title - “Community with a Shared Future for Mankind.” First proposed by Jinping in 2013 and introduced at the United Nati
Pro- democracy groups in China fear of control by China
Opinion

Pro- democracy groups in China fear of control by China

Hong Kong on Monday saw ruckus over the consideration of legislation that pro-democracy politicians fear would tighten China’s control over the semiautonomous territory. It was the second such incident in this month-- on May 8, the lawmakers had argued over the leadership of the committee. The pro-democracy camp made allegations that the establishment lawmakers were trying to seize control of the committee illegitimately, which for months has been led by Dennis Kwok, a pro-democracy lawmaker. ON other hand, Chinese officials and pro-Beijing lawmakers slammed Mr. Kwok of blocking new legislation, including a bill that would criminalize disrespecting the Chinese national anthem. In 1997, Hong Kong officially adopted the Chinese national anthem after when the former British colony returned t