Activist Joshua Wong, who became the face of the 2014 pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, has called on the city’s leader Carrie Lam to step down as he vowed to join the fight against her “evil” extradition bill.
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam vowed to press ahead with a controversial extradition bill, which would allow suspects to be transferred to mainland China, even as an estimated one million people marched in protests.
China’s President Xi Jinping, who is on a three-day visit to Russia, lauded his “best friend” Vladimir Putin, as he seeks to forge stronger trade and bilateral ties with Moscow amid an ongoing trade war with the U.S.
Beijing lashed out at the U.S. for slapping a string of criminal charges on Chinese telecoms giant Huawei, saying that the move is politically motivated and aimed at strangling fair and just competition.