The New York Times writes, "Rescue divers from across China converged on a remote stretch of the Yangtze River on Tuesday in a race to save people believed to be trapped inside the hull of a capsized cruise ship that had carried 456 passengers and crew members. As of Tuesday evening, nearly a full day after the four-story ship, the Oriental Star, capsized amid high winds and heavy rain, only 14 people were known to have survived the accident... Late on Tuesday, the official Xinhua News Agency lowered the number of people onboard to 456 from 458, and said there were 14 survivors, down from an earlier report of 15."
"The electoral overhaul package for the 2017 chief executive election will be put before the Hong Kong legislature for debate and voting on June 17, the government said Tuesday, though the possibility of its passage is extremely low...A bloc of 27 opposition lawmakers reiterated its pledge to vote against the package after a meeting in Shenzhen on Sunday with three Chinese officials, who stood firm in refusing to offer any changes. Their no votes would be enough to deny the government the two-thirds majority needed," reports The Wall Street Journal.
According to Reuters, "The presidential hopeful for Taiwan's pro-independence opposition party, Tsai Ing-wen, has called for a more sustainable and consistent relationship with China as she rallies U.S. government and business leaders for support. The chairwoman of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is on a 12-day, six-city visit to the United States to drum up support ahead of the island's presidential vote slated for January 2016. Beijing is highly suspicious of the DPP, and its concerns about the pro-independence movement were exacerbated last year when thousands of young Taiwanese occupied the island's parliament in an unprecedented protest against a planned trade pact involving closer ties with the mainland."