Here’s a look at some key developments this year:Taking control in Hong KongHong Kong utterly transformed in 2020. China also reinforced its territorial claims over the disputed South China Sea, which the United States has said it rejects outright. Widening Washington-Beijing tensionsGrowing tensions with Washington spilled into academia, science and media, with Beijing expelling American journalists and the U.S. restricting visas for Chinese students and Communist Party members. Trump, meanwhile, moved to ban WeChat and TikTok in the United States. Ren Zhiqiang, a tycoon who wrote an essay criticizing the Chinese leader’s coronavirus response, was jailed for 18 years.

Source: Washington Post December 28, 2020 15:11 UTC