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Supporting Bookstores
A customer reads at the Sanlian Taofen Bookstore in Beijing on November 28. In 2019, the municipal government invested nearly 100 million yuan ($14.2 million) to support the development of bookstores in the capital, with 239 bookstores receiving support funds.
Regrettable Move
The Hong Kong-related act recently passed by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by U.S. President Donald Trump is “completely unnecessary and unjustifiable,” Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on December 3.
At a media briefing before the weekly Executive Council meeting, Lam said the HKSAR Government strongly rejects the so-called Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019, and regards it as a
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