The Crushing of Light

June 30, 1990 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpts from the "Times Colonist" (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) June 30, 2020 excerpts from the "Los Angeles Times" and the "South China Morning Post" link to article in "Los Angeles Times" in today's digital edition: https://enewspaper.latimes.com/desktop/latimes/default.aspx?edid=0ab16371-019d-4332-93b6-54231ce617a6 China passes security law for Hong Kong Measure will stifle dissent in a financial hub where protesters demanded autonomy from Beijing’s leaders. PASSAGE of the law by China’s top legislature plunges Beijing’s relationship with major powers into uncertainty. Above, a taxi drives past a banner touting the law. (Vincent Yu Associated Press) SECRETARY of State Michael R. Pompeo, with Atty. Gen. William Barr this month, said the U.S. would restrict exports of defense equipment to Hong Kong. (Yuri Gripas Associated Press) By David Pierson SINGA...

June 29, 1990 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpts from the "Tampa Bay Times"/"St. Petersburg Times" (St. Petersburg, Florida) June 29, 2020 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpts from the "South China Morning Post" (scmp.com) Indian missile system order ‘could raise border risk for China’ New Delhi has asked Moscow to bring forward delivery of a Russian S-400 defence order by about a year. 29 Jun 2020 - 11:00PM India-Japan naval exercises: a message for China? Joint manoeuvres in the Indian Ocean come after 20 Indian soldiers were killed in fighting with Chinese troops in the Himalayas and amid Beijing’s dispute with Tokyo over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands. 5 hours ago Visa limits on ‘meddling’ US officials as Hong Kong gears up for security law Move comes after Washington announced its own sanctions against party members who undermine the city’s deg...

June 28, 1990 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpt from "The Philadelphia Inquirer" (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) June 28, 2020 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" link to this article in today's digital edition: https://enewspaper.latimes.com/desktop/latimes/default.aspx?edid=388d0d44-50e2-45da-a73c-289c93ebb724 China’s teaching elite are its latest targets By Alice Su BEIJING — The professor was under surveillance. Cameras taped her every lecture. She couldn’t publish or give talks outside the university. She knew she had to be careful when she taught on one of China’s most sensitive and dangerous topics: the Cultural Revolution. To preempt accusations of straying beyond academia, all discussion was based on archives, books and articles. Classes were kept small; heavy reading lists filtered out potential student-informants. She made seating charts with photos, making sure no stranger could wander in unnoticed. Despite...

June 27, 1990 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpt from "The Miami Herald" June 27, 2020 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpt from the "South China Morning Post" (scmp.com) Why is the US worried about a Chinese-language radio station in California? The US regulator has ordered URadio to close, and said it failed to disclose its owner, Phoenix Radio, which has ties to the Chinese government It came on the day that the US designated four Chinese state media outlets as ‘foreign missions’ 4 hours ago

June 26, 1990 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" June 26, 2020 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpt from the "South China Morning Post" (scmp.com) US imposes visa restrictions on Chinese officials over Hong Kong security law ‘President Trump promised to punish the CCP officials who were responsible for eviscerating Hong Kong’s freedoms. Today, we are taking action to do just that’ Move by the State Department comes a day after the US Senate passed the Hong Kong Autonomy Act 25 minutes ago

June 25, 1990 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpts from the "Miami Herald" (Miami, Florida) June 25, 2020 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpt from the "South China Morning Post" (scmp.com) China-India border clash another obstacle keeping New Delhi from RCEP Regional economic partnership had hoped to bring India back into the fold, but June 15 skirmish overshadows India’s trade grievances New Delhi has started measures to punish China economically, including stepping up goods inspections and halting car plant deal 12 minutes ago

June 24, 1990 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpt from "The Charlotte Observer" (Charlotte, North Carolina) June 24, 2020 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpts from the "South China Morning Post" (scmp.com) Beijing stays quiet on light casualties in China-India border skirmish Both countries claim deadly clash took place on their side of Line of Actual Control and accuse each other of breaking agreement. 2 hours ago Politico |  US out, China in as EU looks to reopen external borders Brussels wants to restart limited global travel from July 1. 4 hours ago ‘Overconfident’ chatty pilots blamed for deadly Pakistan plane crash The plane was flying at more than double the altitude it should have been when it started to land, an initial report says. Of the 99 people on board, only two survived.

June 23, 1990 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpt from the "Tampa Bay Times" (St. Petersburg, Florida) June 23, 2020 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpts from the "South China Morning Post" (scmp.com) China dismisses Indian media reports it lost 40 soldiers in border fighting ‘I can tell you responsibly that it is false information,’ foreign ministry spokesman says, adding that but senior security officers from the two sides are working to resolve tensions. 2 hours ago Contract for Kenya’s China-funded railway ruled ‘illegal’ Court of Appeal finds against US$3.2 billion contract for belt and road project which started operating in 2017. 2 hours ago Coronavirus outbreak at Beijing market ‘coming to an end’, health expert says New cases mostly caused by community spread by those who had been exposed to Xinfadi, Feng Zijian, deputy director of Chinese CDC says...