Lord Chris Patten, former governor of Hong Kong, said China’s Communist Party had taken the biggest step. Beijing to overtake Hong Kong electoral system. To obliterate Hong Kong’s freedoms and aspirations for greater democracy under the rule of law. The EU has warned that it may take “additional steps” over the plans announced on Friday. […]
Blue and gold fireworks soared into the sky above the Sydney Opera House; as they do every year, but the harbor below was a ghost town. A fittingly creepy send-off for a year that will not be missed. No light show will illuminate Beijing from the top of the TV tower. The lions of London’s […]