カテゴリー: Hong Kong
Sea of protesters pour on to streets calling for elections and inquiry into police tacticsHundreds of thousands of protesters have filled the streets of Hong Kong in a mass show of support for an anti-government movement that shows no signs of flagging…
President and chairman of American Chamber of Commerce told to sign statement saying decision not to enter Macau was voluntaryThe chairman and president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong were separately denied entry to the neighbouring C…
President says China has plenty of money amid market jitters about trade talks and Beijing vow to be ‘strong backup’ for Hong Kong policeDonald Trump has called for the World Bank to stop lending money to China, a day after the institution adopted a l…
Police have fired 10,000 canisters in protests, sparking health scare over possible harmful effectsAngel Chan is more cautious about where she takes her two children, aged three and five, to play these days.“Police have thrown teargas all over the city…
Emma-Lee Moss, who makes music as Emmy the Great, on life, new motherhood and her divided birthplaceIt feels as if the entire world’s press is there, standing on the pavement outside the Foreign Correspondents’ Club. They’re in Hong Kong to cover the p…
‘We really appreciate the effort made by Americans,’ says one protester, as city braces for another weekend of protestThousands of protesters in Hong Kong, some draped in American flags, have staged a “Thanksgiving” rally in the heart of the city after…
Team goes in to polytechnic campus to gather evidence despite claim 20 protesters are still hold up insideHong Kong police and firemen have entered a university which had been under police siege for more than 10 days despite protesters’ pleas for them …
A protester recalls conditions inside campus and questions where the movement goes nextIt took a lot of courage for Peter Lui to go down the sewage drain – but he thought it was better than surrendering to the police who had besieged Polytechnic Univer…
The territory’s recession is getting deeper and the US is threatening its special trading status, bringing serious consequences for Beijing Almost six months after the protest movement that has upended life in Hong Kong began, the region is now facing …
Only one student found during hours-long search of Polytechnic University campusStaff at Polytechnic University in Hong Kong, the site of a days-long police siege, say they have thoroughly swept the campus and found only one remaining protester, sugges…
Beijing re-emphasises its rule in response to defeat for pro-government candidatesChina’s government has responded to a stunning landslide victory for pro-democracy candidates in the Hong Kong elections by emphasising that the city will always be ruled…
Former student activist, who was charged during the Umbrella Movement, says public is to thank for overwhelming victoryTommy Cheung, a round-faced 25-year-old former student activist, did not expect to emerge a winner in the electoral battle for Yuen L…
Analysts say China’s response to victory of pro-democracy candidates in local elections will determine whether protests continueThe unprecedented landslide victory of the pro-democracy camp in the Hong Kong district council election was a “slap on the …
Carrie Lam says she will ‘listen humbly’ after almost 90% of district council seats go to pro-democracy candidatesHong Kong’s voters have delivered an unprecedented landslide for pro-democracy candidates in local elections, in a powerful show of solida…
Residents stand in long queues to have their say in polls expected to be a proxy referendum on pro-democracy campaignHong Kong residents have turned out in unprecedented numbers for local elections that many in the city are treating as a proxy referend…