A new travel advisory from the State Department upgraded the warning for American citizens traveling to China and Hong Kong, warning of "arbitrary detention" from the Chinese government.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Wednesday that Washington will move to suspend three bilateral agreements with Hong Kong, most notably impacting extradition and tax exemptions.
Taylor Lorenz, the New York Times‘s resident expert on teen culture, recently highlighted an “excellent piece” by former Times editorial board member Sarah Jeong. The piece, published in The Verge, criticized the Trump administration’s efforts to ban TikTok, the Chinese-owned social media app popular with sexy teens who like to dance.
Former Vermont governor and Democratic National Committee chair Howard Dean endorsed the Chinese government's sanctions against Republican senators and called for their expulsion from the United States.
The European Union will sanction China for its imposition of a harsh national security law on Hong Kong, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. 
The United Kingdom has announced its intention to offer a special pathway to citizenship for escaping Hong Kongers, effective in January, the Associated Press reported Wednesday. 
President Trump unveiled a new executive order ending the United States’ diplomatic distinction between Hong Kong and mainland China.
The National Basketball Association quietly backtracked its policy that forbade the text "FreeHongKong" on custom jerseys on its online store after severe blowback. 
In keeping with league policy on political statements, the official online store of the NBA does not permit fans to order a custom jersey with the phrase “Free Hong Kong” printed on the back.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - TikTok will exit the Hong Kong market within days, a spokesman told Reuters late on Monday, as other technology companies including Facebook Inc suspend processing government requests for user data in the region. 