Tag Archives: Hong Kong

• Police fire tear gas to disperse thousands in central Hong Kong 19 January 2020 | Jessie Pang and Mari Saito This post has 3 comments

  Police fired tear gas on Sunday to disperse thousands of anti-government protesters who gathered in a central Hong Kong park but later spilled onto the streets, briefly barricading roads and spray-painting buildings. ...

• China defends barring Human Rights Watch head from Hong Kong 13 January 2020 | Jing Xuan Teng This post has no comments yet

  China on Monday defended barring the head of Human Rights Watch from entering Hong Kong, saying non-governmental organisations were responsible for political unrest in the city and should "pay the proper price". ...

• Massive Hong Kong pro-democracy rally ends in police clashes 1 January 2020 | Xinqi Su and Yan Zhao This post has no comments yet

  A huge New Year's Day pro-democracy rally in Hong Kong ended in mass arrests and clashes between police and hardcore protesters, as demonstrators sought to carry their movement's momentum into 2020. ...

• Hong Kong to end year with multiple protests, kick off 2020 with big march 30 December 2019 | Clare Jim This post has one comment

  Hong Kong will end 2019 with multiple protests planned for New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day aimed at disrupting festivities and shopping in the Asian financial hub, which has seen a rise in clashes between police and protesters. ...

• Protesters rally near Hong Kong harbour, more demos planned over Christmas 23 December 2019 | Mari Saito This post has no comments yet

  More than 1,000 protesters, many in surgical masks and balaclavas, filled a harbourside plaza near Hong Kong’s financial district late on Monday to demand full democracy and an independent inquiry into alleged police brutality. ...

• Hong Kong police fire tear gas as protesters return to the streets 1 December 2019 | Jerome Taylor and Su Xinqi This post has one comment

  Police fired tear gas and pepper spray in Hong Kong on Sunday as tens of thousands of black-clad protesters flooded into the streets, a week after pro-democracy candidates scored a landslide local election victory. ...

• Record turnout in Hong Kong elections amid calls for full democracy 24 November 2019 | Yan Zhao and Xinqi su This post has no comments yet

  Hong Kong's voters turned out in record numbers Sunday for local council elections that the city's pro-democracy movement hopes will pile pressure on the Beijing-backed government to heed their demands after months of protest. ...

• Furious China vows to ‘fight back’ after Congress backs HK democracy 21 November 2019 | Jacques Clement and Sean Chang This post has no comments yet

  China on Thursday accused the US of seeking to "destroy" Hong Kong and threatened retaliation after Congress passed new legislation supporting the pro-democracy movement that has thrown the city into nearly six months of turmoil. ...

• US Senate passes Hong Kong rights bill, angering China 20 November 2019 This post has no comments yet

  The US Senate unanimously adopted legislation Tuesday supporting "human rights and democracy" in Hong Kong and threatening to revoke its special economic status, angering China which promptly summoned a US diplomat. ...

• Chinese soldiers help clean up Hong Kong streets, but violence flares again 16 November 2019 | James Pomfret and Sarah Wu This post has 2 comments

  Police fired tear gas while protesters threw petrol bombs and fired arrows in clashes outside Hong Kong’s Polytechnic University on Saturday, just hours after Chinese soldiers made a rare appearance to help clean up ...