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LATEST NEWS May 22, 2020 China Gears Up to 'Perfect Hong Kong's Legal System' With Draconian Security Law China on Thursday said it was gearing up to "perfect the legal system" of Hong Kong with national security legislation that will outlaw speech and actions considered subversive, pro-independence or part of "foreign interference" in the city. ... Read More U.S. Signals Change in China Strategy to 'Defensive' And 'Competitive' Approach The White House on Thursday signaled an end to the U.S.' two-decades-old policy of engagement with China, vowing in a new strategy report to combat Beijing's attempts to impose a "new world order" based on its model of authoritarian government. ... Read More US to Exit International Military Surveillance Treaty President Donald Trump said Thursday that he was pulling the United States out of the 18-year-old international Open Skies Treaty allowing surveillance flights over other countries because Russia has been violating it. ... Read More On the Treaty on Open Skies "Tomorrow, the United States will submit notice of its decision to withdraw from the Treaty on Open Skies to the Treaty Depositaries and to all other States Parties to the Treaty. Effective six months from tomorrow, the United States will no longer be a party to the Treaty. We may, however, reconsider our withdrawal should Russia return to full compliance ... Read More Pentagon Rescinds Ban on COVID-Hospitalized Recruits The Pentagon has rescinded a recruiting policy that banned anyone who was hospitalized because of COVID-19 from joining the military without a waiver, a top official said Thursday. ... Read More Reports: Chechen Leader Kadyrov Has Suspected Coronavirus Ramzan Kadyrov, the Kremlin-backed authoritarian leader of Russia's North Caucasus region of Chechnya, is currently under medical observation due to a suspected coronavirus infection, Russian news agencies report. ... Read More 'Page in history turned' on '1992 consensus' issue: MAC minister "A page in history has already been turned" on the issue of the so-called "1992 consensus" in relation to cross- Taiwan Strait affairs, Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Minister Chen Ming-tong (陳明通) said Thursday. ... Read More China's defense budget stays moderate and restrained: NPC spokesperson China pursues defensive policies and the defense budget is moderate and restrained in regards to the total amount of the budget, per capita spending and the rate of GDP, Zhang Yesui, spokesperson for the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) told a press conference on Thursday. ... Read More Cybersecurity Essentials ($26.99 Value) FREE for a Limited Time An accessible introduction to cybersecurity concepts and practices. Download Now