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Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam insists she wants to stay on as leader, after an audio recording emerged of her saying she would quit if she could

Hong Kong leader insists she will stay on

Hong Kong's embattled leader insisted Tuesday she had no intention of stepping down after an audio recording emerged of her saying she wanted to quit over three months of unrest in the southern Chinese city.Hong Kong has endured dozens of sometimes violent pro-democracy protests triggered by opposition to Chief Executive Carrie Lam's bid to push through a law allowing extraditions to mainland China.
ASEAN defence ministers

South China Sea: US To Hold War Games With South Asian Nations To Challenge Chinese 'Bullying'

The United States and 10 ASEAN members are poised to begin joint maritime naval exercises in what appears to be a response to Chinese aggression in the South China Sea and other Asian waters. Thailand and the U.S. are expected to be the co-leaders of the exercises that will begin in Sattahip Naval Base in Thailand and end in Singapore. The drills are expected to last five days.
China and the US have been embroiled in a bruising year-long trade war, and now Beijing has lodged a complaint with the World Trade Organization

China lodges WTO trade complaint against US: govt

Washington's additional 15 percent tariffs affected a portion of the $300 billion in goods from China that so far had been spared -- and prompted China's complaint to the World Trade Organization

Hong Kong students boycott classes as China warns 'end is coming'

Thousands of black-clad students rallied in central Hong Kong Monday at the start of a two-week university boycott, piling pressure on the city's leaders to resolve months of increasingly violent anti-government protests that show no sign of easing.Students have been the backbone of opposition to government plans to allow extraditions to China, a movement that has morphed into wider protests against the Beijing-backed territory's unelected leadership.

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