​Hong Kong elections postponed for a year;
Russia withholding missile deliveries to China while expediting sales to India;
India bans 47 more Chinese mobile apps;
China calls first ever "quadrilateral" meeting with Pakistan, Nepal and Afghanistan;
Hundreds of Chinese fishing vessels discovered near Galapagos Islands

Pakistan signs a flurry of BRI deals;
State Department: U.S. citizens in China face "arbitrary" arrest;
India stops China's firms from bidding on government tenders;
Xi consolidates control over law enforcement before 2022 Congress;
China closes U.S. consulate in Chengdu

China faces massive floods...;
...raising questions about the Three Gorges Dam;
U.S. announces Taiwan arms deal...so China sanctions Lockeed;
U.S. sanctions top PRC official over Muslim abuses;
...so China sanctions U.S. lawmakers

India bans Chinese apps;
China works to suppress Uighur population growth;
Taiwan and Somaliland exchange offices;
China expands its claims in Bhutan
China's Zijin mining to buy Guyana goldfields

China passes Hong Kong national security law;
Hundreds arrested on first day of new security law...;
...and Hong Kong denies bail to first defendant;
British PM offers 3 million Hong Kongers a path to citizenship;
U.S. Army releases film on joint military exercises with Taiwan