Hong Kong protests may force long-term change

Significance Lam delivered her speech by video instead. The policies she announced include measures to tackle the city’s economic problems but do not grant any of the demands made by the ongoing anti-government protest movement. Protests appear to have become more violent since the government exercised emergency powers for the first time on October 4. Impacts The government will weigh further use of emergency powers very carefully, wary of their effect on Hong Kong’s international reputation. At current levels of violence, it is probably just a matter of time until there are deaths. The tourism, entertainment and retail sectors will suffer severe losses; disruption to public transport will damage other sectors too. Despite President Xi Jinping’s recent threat to use deadly force, mainland Chinese intervention still looks unlikely. The main effect of US legislation to sanction Hong Kong will be to complicate US relations with China even further.

The position of the Chinese Communist Party on the Syrian issue

China's foreign policy towards the Syrian issue represent the policy of its ruling party, the Communist Party of China (CPC), which espouses a special vision on foreign policy issues. This research highlights the party's status and influence in China's foreign policy making and its reflection on the Syrian issue . This policy of not to exceed the use of veto power to impede the draft resolutions against the Syrian political regime, And seeking to develop new ways and tools that may succeed in increasing China's intervention in the Syrian issue or retreat from the current level of intervention, This research likely the possibility of increasing Chinese intervention as a result of the increasing interests of China over world, And especially in the Middle East after the adoption of the "Belt and Road" initiative by the Chinese political leadership since 2013 .