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State-run news media depicted the proposed national security laws as necessary to protect the rule of the Communist Party.A screen in Beijing showed the opening session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference on Thursday.Credit...Thomas Peter/ReutersMay 23, 2020, 5:00 a.m. ETChina’s propaganda machine went into full gear as the government sought to defend new laws…

Hong Kong was born at the crossroad of empires, a hybrid of British and Chinese parentage. It may fade there, too.This “barren rock,” as an envoy of Queen Victoria once called it, transformed into one of the world’s first truly global cities, a place where international finance has thrived as its people created a cultural…

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.The Trump administration late Friday accused China of blocking U.S. passenger flights into the country amid coronavirus restrictions, according to a report.“China has, over the objections of the U.S. government, impaired the operating rights of U.S. carriers,” Department of Transportation…

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang delivers his work report during the opening session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 22, 2020.LEO RAMIREZ | AFP via Getty ImagesBEIJING — China made a rare decision not to set a target for its economic growth for 2020 due to…

A proposed new security law has senators calling for sanctions. But the president is reluctant to jeopardize his ties to President Xi Jinping.President Trump has shown limited interest in Hong Kong’s plight.Credit...Erin Scott for The New York TimesMay 21, 2020Updated 8:45 p.m. ETWASHINGTON — China’s plans to impose sweeping new security powers over Hong Kong…