In the press - "China tolls the end of autonomy in Hong Kong"

There are no longer any opposition MPs on the Legislative Council in Hong Kong.

The dismissal of four pro-democracy deputies following a decision by Beijing precipitated the resignation of all elected officials.

The

headlines this "new law that ousts deputies", in reference to the national security law imposed by Beijing to stem the pro-democracy movement.

Deputies who have been "fired", also believes

.

For this other Hong Kong newspaper "the legislative council of Hong Kong becomes a Chinese Parliament".

This territory is thus "at the beginning of a second transition", the first one initiated 23 years ago "paved the way towards a liberal society".

Today, Hong Kong is heading towards a path which is "at worst Macao style or at best Singapore (...), where opposition voices are almost absent within the legislative power".

In the United Kingdom, a country which had surrendered Hong Kong to China in 1997, the

headlines: "China which is the death knell for autonomy in Hong Kong".

In the editorial, one wonders: "Why has Beijing muzzled an already toothless creature? Not because it fears its bite, but to ensure that others fear the power of China" .

The Chinese press defends the official line: "one China".

For the

the resignation of all deputies is only a "political maneuver", described as "pitiful" and "ridiculous".

A warning that also concerns Taiwan.

The

warns, moreover, that "the American election will not affect the policy of mainland China vis-à-vis Taiwan".

The newspaper calls on the United States to recognize the highly sensitive issue of the rebel island and the One China policy.

Finally, the French daily

believes that unlike Donald Trump, the new president-elect Joe Biden "should be more reserved in his relations with Taipei".

In France, while a new Defense Council is being held and the Chief Executive Jean Castex must take stock of the reconfinement, the press is scrutinizing the government's strategy.

headlines on this "coming peak and what course to take" for the government and wonders: "The images of overloaded hospitals will they revive the debate on the government's lack of preparation or encourage respect for confinement? ".

The liberal newspaper observes in its editorial this general exasperation in the face of confinement and in the face of this impossible equation: "Reconciling the protection of health and the preservation of the economy".

Faced with these two lines which also clash at the top of the State, the Figaro devotes its front page to the executive which "therefore seeks a point of balance".

Laurence de Charrette, wonders about "a strange war".

While "we commemorate the battles of the great war (...) the French are doubting the battle plan a little more every day".

"How will our descendants see this funny sofa war that we are asked to wage?"

The

puts a spotlight on those countries which have stopped the Covid-19 (South Korea, New Zealand etc ...) and asks this question: "In the country of Asterix, are the French ready to give up a little more freedom to stop the pandemic? "

This is unlikely for Jean Michel Salvator, who observes that the curfew is already a test for families, young people and traders.

"We are among the most individualistic peoples in the face of Covid", he writes, and among the most undisciplined ...

If China has stopped the epidemic, it is nonetheless the victim of another outbreak of fever.

For Singles Day on November 11, the online sales giant Alibaba recorded a record for online sales, reports Le

: $ 74 billion, almost twice as much as the previous year.

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