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Xi faces tough choice over ending HK unrest

Bloomberg China’s signalling it’s prepared to send in security forces to suppress the uprising in Hong Kong. The question now is what President Xi Jinping will do. State-run media have posted videos of the People’s Armed Police assembling across the border in Shenzhen, while Chinese officials describe the protests as a “color revolution” and “terrorism” — a term used to ...

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Lawmakers’ challenge to ‘Brexit plan’ gets court date

Bloomberg A Scottish court challenge to Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s proposal to suspend parliament will be heard on September 6 under an accelerated timetable, a judge said on Tuesday. A group of more than 70 British lawmakers want the court in Edinburgh to say it wouldn’t be legal to ask the Queen to suspend parliament. Johnson has refused to rule ...

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Duterte ‘selling out’ Philippines to China

Bloomberg Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo said citizens were worried Rodrigo Duterte was “selling out” to Beijing and called on the president to take a stronger stand to protect the country’s sovereignty in the disputed South China Sea. Robredo, who is keeping her options open regarding the presidential race in 2022, said in an interview the president had not taken ...

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