U.S. moves to strip Hong Kong of special status — China's top legislature adopts country's first civil code
Coronavirus
‘You don’t know that feeling of terror’: Wuhan’s survivors find no closure from the coronavirus — Los Angeles Times
For many in Wuhan, the initial fury at being lied to, locked down and abandoned has been replaced by horror at how other countries have failed to contain the virus despite early warnings. There is also a sense of anger that the world is blaming them for the coronavirus, when they were the first to suffer from it.
China’s Virus Apps May Outlast the Outbreak, Stirring Privacy Fears — The New York Times
The government’s virus-tracking software has been collecting information, including location data, on people in hundreds of cities across China. But the authorities have set few limits on how that data can be used. And now, officials in some places are loading their apps with new features, hoping the software will live on as more than just an emergency measure.
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