カテゴリー: Hong Kong
Hundreds left without support as some flights resume but many still support protestAs flights resumed at Hong Kong international airport, hundreds of travellers were still left with uncertain itineraries and little support from airlines as they struggl…
Batons and pepper spray used on protesters as flights suspended for second dayPolice armed with batons and pepper spray have clashed with thousands of protestors at Hong Kong’s international airport after they blockaded the departures area of the busy …
The city has been rocked by protests since June, many ending in violent clashes with police. Demonstrators have five key demandsHong Kong has been rocked by protests since early June, many of which have ended in violent clashes between police and demon…
Mass protests at Hong Kong’s international airport have forced flight cancellations to and from AustraliaAustralian travellers are facing major delays after thousands of pro-democracy protesters descended on Hong Kong’s international airport, forcing a…
Disruption on Monday stopped flights to UK, US and Australia and will be felt worldwideThe closure of Hong Kong international airport has shone a fresh global spotlight on the city’s protest movement.The airport was forced to cancel all remaining passe…
Tourists remain in airport during demonstration, with flights to resume on TuesdayHong Kong protesters have shut down one of the world’s busiest airports in a dramatic escalation of the mass demonstrations that have plunged the city into its worst poli…
Footage of helmeted protesters suddenly making arrests causes concern after weekend of intense clashesRights groups and democracy activists have accused police in Hong Kong of using excessive force after teargas was fired into an enclosed subway statio…
Police fire teargas and beat demonstrators during fierce clashes across cityHong Kong has once more descended into violence, with police firing teargas at protesters across the city as mass demonstrations calling for democracy entered their 10th consec…
One of China’s best-known actors, Yang Mi, ends contract over controversyThe luxury fashion label Versace and its artistic director, Donatella Versace, apologised to China on Sunday after one of its T-shirts was criticised for identifying the semi-auto…
China’s media used to ignore the turmoil. Now the state is waging a campaign that could pave the way for interventionAs Hong Kong enters its third month of mass anti-government protests, across the border in China, people are seeing a very different v…
One of the world’s busiest cities has grown unusually quiet as more and more people stay at homeIt was the third night in a row that Biyanca Chu’s neighbourhood, Wong Tai Sin, a working-class residential district in Hong Kong, had been taken over by po…
Dominic Raab, the foreign secretary, underlines ‘one country, two systems’ in call to Carrie Lam, the Hong Kong chief executiveChina has lashed out at the British foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, after he spoke to Hong Kong’s leader about protests that…
State department condemns ‘dangerous’ reports identifying US envoy after supposed meeting with activistsOfficial Chinese media reports about a US diplomat who met with student leaders of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement “have gone from irresponsible …
City’s leader rules out political concessions as demonstrations continue with sit-in at airportThe Hong Kong leader, Carrie Lam, has said her priority is to “stop the violence” rather than make political concessions, as the city’s two-month-long protes…