Emily Fang

Hong Kong's deadliest fire in decades has sparked anger over government oversight, making Sunday's elections more of a litmus test than usual on the Hong Kong government's public standing.

This is the second so-called patriots-only election in Hong Kong, ever since Beijing overhauled voting rules to allow only candidates vetted by Beijing as patriots to run.

Many former legislators declined to run for re-election this year.

Also, only less than a third of the Legislative Council seats will be directly elected.

Voter turnout was low at just over 31% of Hong Kong's voting population.

That's in line with the record low of the first patriots-only election Hong Kong held in 2021.

Emily Fang, NPR News.

The 28-year-old Joshua Wong has been imprisoned since November 2020 on charges of unauthorized assembly and other protest-related charges. Now he's been charged with colluding with foreign forces during a period more than five years ago and faces a potential life sentence if he is found guilty.

The 28-year-old Joshua Wong has been imprisoned since November 2020 on charges of unauthorized assembly and other protest-related charges. Now he's been charged with colluding with foreign forces during a period more than five years ago and faces a potential life sentence if he is found guilty.

Hong Kong has convicted dozens of other pro-democracy activists as well, but the most prominent activists like Wong and publisher Jimmy Lai, face much lengthier stays behind bars. NPR's Emily Fang reporting.

Hong Kong has convicted dozens of other pro-democracy activists as well, but the most prominent activists like Wong and publisher Jimmy Lai, face much lengthier stays behind bars. NPR's Emily Fang reporting.

The announcement sent more waves of anxiety through China, where Tomur Rothschild, who runs a consulting company that helps Chinese students apply for American universities, says many families are besides themselves.

The announcement sent more waves of anxiety through China, where Tomur Rothschild, who runs a consulting company that helps Chinese students apply for American universities, says many families are besides themselves.

There is intense competition and veneration for an American education in China. China is the second biggest source of foreign students to the U.S. Most study in science and technology fields when they get to the U.S. And data from the U.S. National Science Foundation finds more than 80 percent of these students then stay and work in the U.S. after graduation. Emily Fang, NPR News.

There is intense competition and veneration for an American education in China. China is the second biggest source of foreign students to the U.S. Most study in science and technology fields when they get to the U.S. And data from the U.S. National Science Foundation finds more than 80 percent of these students then stay and work in the U.S. after graduation. Emily Fang, NPR News.

If you saw that letter issued by the Department of Homeland Security, it said that, you know, it's effective immediately. So students would have to find other schools to or transfer somewhere else or leave the country.

If you saw that letter issued by the Department of Homeland Security, it said that, you know, it's effective immediately. So students would have to find other schools to or transfer somewhere else or leave the country.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Mattingly. The Trump administration says the U.S. and China have agreed to temporarily reduce the high tariffs imposed on each other's products. NPR's Emily Fang says the announcement follows weekend talks in Geneva, Switzerland.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Mattingly. The Trump administration says the U.S. and China have agreed to temporarily reduce the high tariffs imposed on each other's products. NPR's Emily Fang says the announcement follows weekend talks in Geneva, Switzerland.

Total U.S. taxes on Chinese goods will go from at least 145% down to 30% for an initial period of 90 days, and Chinese taxes on U.S. goods will initially go down to 10% from around 125% earlier. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Besson and U.S. Trade Representative Jameson Greer helped negotiate the deal over the weekend.